Minute fraction strikes show outsized impact on city life
The text notes that a tiny portion of New York City's population, about five tenths of one percent, organized a major tugboat strike that halted fuel and food movement. President Truman ordered seizure of the tugboat industry. a mass meeting with 2000 attendees produced only 710 votes, with 26 voting to return and 451 staying out. The strike disrupted 80 percent of the city’s food and 100 percent of fuel supplies, prompting debate on labor power, public responsibility, and government policy.
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New York City
New York
New Jersey
Truman
Oran
United Maritime Division
International Longshoremen's Association
APL
United States
ENIAC birth sparks debate on future of thinking and war
In 1944 Navy Harvard aims to speed calculations with ENIAC a 50 foot 30 ton machine costing 100000 capable of 10 million ten figure operations in five minutes It promises weather forecasts and complex astronomy Yet critics warn mechanical minds may slow human thinking while escalating destructive potential and prolonging global dangers.
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Science
Navy
Harvard University
Army
Initial
ENIAC
Who's Neurotic A Englewood Teacher Speaks On Society
An Englewood New Jersey school teacher critiques national discontent and delusions of grandeur among congressmen and business leaders. He suggests forming an organization of humble, unhappy people to pursue a fairer, calmer environment and a return to basic postwar values.
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Englewood
N. J
Budge
Gag Old Baby Brother and Odd School Notes
A collection of humorous bits and misheard phrases from daily life. Includes a seven year old crying at a new baby, a teacher’s blunt note on discipline, a China house boy and linen, a size 14 recruit, and a postal joke. Also features a jury verdict quip, fatigue discussion, and an African pigmy elephant size fact.
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Butch
Mat
Man Killed by Train Near Country Village Inquest Held
An inquest was held into a death when a man was struck by a train near a rural village. The jury, comprising local villagers unused to such proceedings, heard the coroner attempt to be helpful during the inquiry.
Standards Compared Show Global Living Standards Shifts
An economic study circulating in Washington contrasts living standards across nations. It places Russia at the U S level of 1790, Italy near the U S of 1810, Germany equal to the U S in 1860, and England at U S levels in 1870. Manila hemp is noted by the Commerce Department as the best material for marine cordage.
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Sterne
Washington
Russia
United States
Italy
U. S
Germany
England
Manila
Department of Commerce
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