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...consumer credit industry happily reckoned its alltime peak volume at $9.5 billion. Of this sum, U.S. citizens were pledged to pay $5.9 billion on the installment plan for autos, home appliances, furniture and jewelry; charge ac counts and personal loans on "easy" terms added up to $3.6 billion...
...bluff and ambush to modern big-scale war. In one day he lured 300 British tanks into almost total destruction. In another day he overwhelmed the British stronghold of Tobruk. He tied up much of Britain's military strength and leaders for nearly two years and at his peak he stood at El Alamein, 65 miles from Alexandria...
...Government bonds is bulging the U.S. bank assets. As of June 30, 1940, the country's commercial and savings banks held only $19.6 billion of Governments. In four years they have swelled their holdings by $56.5 billion, thus pushing deposits up from $70.7 billion to their current alltime peak of $129.3 billion, carrying bank assets along...
...Information Board reported that 5,000,000 Canadians were now employed, including 750,000 in the armed forces. It estimated that full employment after the war would mean 4,700,000 jobs, including 200,000 in the services. This amounted to a million more jobs than existed in the peak prewar year...
...peak of the injury season is the first five minutes of the third quarter in the game nearest October...