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October 4

Can anyone find image?

... of the "Flying cartoonist" mentioned here? seems like it would be a very interesting plane. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:06, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After a lengthy search I could only find a crude cartoon of it in the Raritan Township and Fords Beacon (Nov. 23, 1949) on p. 7 under the heading,; "Uncle Sam Says". No cartoons on the 'plane though, I imagine that the artist had never seen it. Other exciting news in that issue was that three boys had joined the local Cub Scout Pack. Alansplodge (talk) 12:39, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Volkswagen Group

According to the Volkswagen Group article, the state of Lower Saxony owns 11.8% of Volkswagen's shares. How and when did this happen? Did the state invest in Volkswagen at one time? Or was it leftover from a privatization deal long ago? Mũeller (talk) 05:21, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As the article says, VW was founded during the Nazi era, taken over by the Allies after WW2, and "in 1948 the British Government handed the company back over to the German state". The German article is more detailed and explains that it became a public company belonging to both Lower Saxony and the FRG after the war, and in 1960 it was partially privatized with the FRG and LS each keeping 20% of the shares. AFAIK since then, the German state has sold his shares, while LS still keeps some. The still strong connection of the company to politics is somewhat infamous in Germany nowadays.--Roentgenium111 (talk) 08:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Volkswagen Act has more information on it. The state actually dis-invested in it. --Qlearn (talk) 11:05, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]