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...eyed by the Japanese. This autumn they acquired the right from the Portuguese to fly a commercial airline there. Dutch and Australian troops marched into Portuguese Timor last week over the protest of local Portuguese authorities. But even this little triumph was fraught with political hazards which might eventually offset the military advantage...
Although all-out defense will ultimately force; production still further upward, the tapering off of non-defense industries may offset it for a while. Some of them are being cut off short. Last week OPM's tire ban ended for a time the bulk of the civilian sales of the rubber industry (200,000 employes, 200,000 tire outlets). The new auto quota cut foreshadowed no new passenger cars after Jan. 31. Washing machine output (7,000 employes) was cut to one-third of last year's; makers of juke boxes, pinball machines, coin scales, etc, (about...
...Chicago-a well-worn reminder that he loves the town in which he has so large a proprietary interest. (The trouble with New York, says the Colonel, is that it has a bigshot complex.) Belatedly the Tribune started a campaign to get more defense work for Chicago. To offset the Field paper's $10,000 name contest the Tribune ran a half-dozen contests-$10,500 for a new U.S. operetta, $10,000 for easy answers to a State-capital contest, $5 to $25 for best recipes, book reviews, horoscopes...
...offset the expected sales decline, both houses have reduced forward buying almost to a standstill. Until last April both were buying in slam-bang fashion, were taking commitments two years ahead (normal: three to five months). Then Sears began slowing down. Montgomery Ward woke up two months ago to find its inventory at record heights, its forward commitments 80% above normal. It began buying only for replacement...
Even so, Am Ex wants to start service. For one thing any incoming cash will help offset the huge obsolescence on its four-engined boats. More important, by flying the route, Am Ex can win its wings, thus dissolve the opposition's argument that only Pan Am is experienced...