Postwar Confusion In Orient Courtesy Japs Kow Tow To Americans
The narrator recalls encounters with Japanese in Shanghai and at an American plant in the Netherlands Indies. Japanese hosts bow and aid American aircraft in Shanghai while planes remained unopposed. later a Japanese guard at an American plant tours repairs, praising Japanese workers, yet American ownership remains unchanged and unprofitable.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Kenneth Romney Jr
Kenneth Romney Sr
House of Representatives
Young Romney
Office of Strategic Services
Shanghai
China
Weeklong Mail Bag Finds From Unasked Subscriptions
A reader catalogs 233 unsolicited mail pieces filling nearly a thousand pages. Items include Omnibook back matter, News From Sweden, CIO News, National Opinion Research surveys on Germans and Japs, Business Weeks, and Program Information from ABC. Also currated are letters from associations, government bulletins, and political leaflets, with a tainted mix of ads and propaganda before stopping mid pile.
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Omnibook
Sweden
Taw-Cio
CIO
University of Denver
American Broadcasting Company
American Feed Manfacturers’ Association
General Motors
National Planning Association
Leon Henderson
Department of Agriculture
Committee On Small Business
U S Notes Hard Line in Rising Cold War Tensions
U S notes press Moscow and Belgrade as naval power blocs show force in the Mediterranean. Tito releases captives after U S threats. Turkey’s Dardanelles stance outlined with a proposed conference on wartime straits rules. A 37-page mobilization plan envisions peacetime groundwork for M Day led by a national security council and allied agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
State Department
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Tito
Austria
Italy
Belgrade
U. S
United Nations
Dardanelles
Turkey
Black Sea
Moscow
Poland
Warsaw
Army
Navy
Services’ Industrial College
National Security Council
Resources Board
Central Research Agency
National Intelligence Authority
Foreign Resources Board
Donald M. Nelson
Truman
Congressional Pensions Extend to Retired Lawmakers
Dozens of exiting lawmakers may collect federal pensions starting 1947, with years of service and minimum back payments dictating annual checks from about 1500 to 7500 dollars. Hatton Sumners Wheeler Shipstead and Henrik Shipstead illustrate potential yearly sums based on back payments.
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Congress
Sumners
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Henrik Shipstead
Minn
First Public Farm Lands Opened to War Veterans
In California's Tule Lake sector the first public farm lands for World War II veterans will be opened, with 86 units ranging 60.8 to 141.3 acres each. Some 15,000 veterans are expected to apply. deadline September 15 for applications mailed to Klamath Falls. Selection includes local exam, public drawing, appeals, and eligibility criteria such as citizenship, farm experience, $2,000 capital, and 90 days service with honorable discharge.
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Reclamation Bureau
Department of Interior
Klamath Project
Oregon-California
Sacramento
Calif
G.i.s
China
Elbe
Klamath
California
Oregon Border
Klamath Falls
Ore
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Good Children Cost Less Survey Shows
INDIANAPOLIS IND It costs less to keep a good child than a bad one according to figures cited at the Central States parole conference in Indianapolis Reports indicated Indianapolis pays 7 cents to keep a child out of trouble and 75 dollars to care for a child in trouble Main item in the citys program to keep children out of trouble is an athletic program in which 75000 Indianapolis youngsters have participated thus far this year Cost has been approximately 7 cents a delinquent child who is turned over to the juvenile aid division for care costs the taxpayers 75 to cover expense of administration investigation and disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Hoosier Capital
Juvenile Aid Division
Sailors Spread Cross Roads Tattoo Trend in Honolulu
In H I area tattoo parlors attract sailors from the new Operation Crossroads fleet seeking full color atomic cloud designs on the chest. The aerial test leads, underwater blast rapidly closing the gap in popularity among crews.
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Honolulu
H. IL
Publicity Director injured by office door crash
Kansas City chamber of commerce publicity director Richard S. Haggman walked into a glass panel after a gust blew his door shut. A shard nicked his right hand, with his aides noting the pair of door mishaps caused the mess and denying a publicity stunt claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Richard S. Haggman
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Haggman
Simple Home Fixes From Everyday Items
Practical tips include notching bacon edges to stop curling, stiffening laces with borax solution, threading a curtain rod through a shoe bag to prevent sagging, painting old fiber rugs with canvas paint while protecting the floor, rotating rug positions for even wear, and placing a damp cloth under a moving mixing bowl to keep it steady. A tea towel also helps stabilize the bowl.
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Backhage
Washington
Netherlands ‘Indies
Bankhage
Leo Peters
New Hyde Park
N. J
Detroit
Dobbin
Association of American Railways
France
French Information Service
la Republique Francaise
Germany
Friends of Finnish Democracy
Finland
Procope
Taft
Republican National Committee
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
National Highway Users Association
Progressive
LafFollette
Army Air Forces
Chanute Field
Ill
Capitol Hill
Hatton W. Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
United States
WAC
Man
Sioux City
Lewae
Pope County
Minnesota
Paul Alsaber
Renson
AI Snd Dairy
Dell Ri
Salk
Rialectric
URE
Bavinge Ban
Swift Packing Plant
Pleasant
Milan
C. Henkel
C. Riddle
P. G
Washington, D
Kelly-Springfield
Kemp Service CO
Laws
Paterson
Iowa
Idaho
Chisholm Retail
Benners Ferry
Sinner
Atitch
Prine Furniture & Hardware
de Smet
Dak
Northw
Ae Gorder Company
Rib Dakota
Bay Steels
Milligan & Eon
Sioux City -9
Towa
Lert
Guntzler
Saint Leals
Joseph
Noaoph
Ulval
WNUK
Vichoy Hava
Doans
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