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What scared OPM was that the strike might spread from Buffalo to other Bethlehem plants-Pottstown, Lebanon, Johnstown, the big parent plant at Bethlehem itself. In danger of disruption or complete stoppage was work on a $1,500,000,000 Government contract...
...groans which accompany the payment of the $20 medical fee, he maintains that although the student does not use up all of his deposit, he gains in the long run, since the cost of a private physician would be considerably higher. If he is one of the few who contract serious diseases, he will certainly benefit...
...Alley wiseacres figured that on the pay-as-you-play basis-which the networks wanted instead of the 7½ percentage of network gross which ASCAP had asked under its proposed new contract-ASCAP-ers would receive about half of the $4,500,000 they got from radio in 1939. Stephen Foster's Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair has been a stand-by of the networks in fighting ASCAP with songs in the public domain. Lovers of American music recalled that this number had been written 87 years ago by a composer who was not only free...
...good friend John David Reilly, president of Todd Shipyards Corp., he is helping build 60 cargo ships for Britain, 87 freighters for the Maritime Commission, a fleet of destroyers for the Navy. His Permanente Co. put up a cement plant in California and snagged a big Government contract by underbidding other Pacific Coast firms by an average...
...contract signed last week calls for a loading station adjacent to the Government's Du Pont-built smokeless powder plant in Childersburg, Ala. (TIME, Feb. 17). Through a wholly-owned subsidiary (Brecon Loading Co.) set up overnight, Coca-Cola will spend $1,091,000 on equipment, use the rest for operating expenses. As for profits, Chairman of the Board Robert Winship Woodruff (whose experience with gunpowder has hitherto been confined to his notable quick-triggery in the hunting field) explained: "We don't expect to make any money...