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...favorite form, German lieder, and, from the time she first opened her mouth, never uttered an unpleasant sound. She ranged with practiced ease from a fragile, little-girl voice in such songs as Schubert's Die Vogel to big, dramatic tones in Hugo Wolf's Kennst Du das Land. She could soar high into the flute altitudes with the same rich quality that she used in her cello-like middle register. Before her program was half over, the audience was convinced; by the end, it was shouting its approval...
...year amateurs are spending well over $100 million on developing and printing, as against $20 million in 1940. ¶ The photographic industry will net an estimated $700 million, against $126 million in 1939. The lion's share, an estimated 65%, will go to Eastman, the rest to Ansco, Du Pont, and nearly 200 smaller camera and equipment manufacturers...
Goal for 1954. In the chemical industry, Du Pont's sales were up 8% to $440 million, while net was put at $1.21 a share, v. $1.14. Diversified Olin Industries boosted its net 23%, to $4,000,000. Mathieson Chemical, on sales of $60 million, netted $5,000,000, or 28% more than in 1952. In the steel industry, Republic was the first big company to report, and gave a hint of things to come. Its sales were up 52% (to $292 million), and net soared 172% (to $14 million), as compared with the strike-hampered third quarter...
Skidless Shine. A tough, nonslippery floor wax is being test-marketed by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. For use on both hardwood and linoleums, the Safety Floor Wax contains tiny, gripping particles of Du Font's Ludox (colloidal silica) which snub the forward motion of a shoe hitting the shiny floor, bring it to a safe and sure-footed stop.. Price: $1.29 a quart...
...show what could be done. NBC, CBS and Du Mont each took a turn transmitting scenes ordered by FCC: NBC ran off a short variety show, then bounced | some color pictures to Washington, D.C. and back, alternating between coaxial cable and microwave relay: CBS concentrated on a brief outdoor scene; Du Mont showed some ultra high frequency color slides: NBC finished up with its own outdoor pickup. Hovering tensely over FCC during the programs was a Hues Who of experts, executives, engineers and designers. Among them: RCA Board Chairman David Sarnoff. who kept his eyes fixed...