Involuntary Contractors Back Bathhtub Industry
Washington dispatch humorously lampoons delays in home renovations as the Justice Department scrutinizes the bathtub industry. Frederick C. Othman details contractors delaying work on two bathrooms, material shortages, and price uncertainties, while the couple contemplates improvised or self installed fixtures. A Buffalo supplier offers cost reduced medicine cabinets, prompting the author to muse how to bathe in a medicine cabinet.
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Justice Department
Buffalo
Promoted to Corporal Billie G Young
Billie G Young grandson of Mrs. Fanny Williams 205 Jackson promoted to corporal in Air Transport Command. He is assigned to the Second Air Transport Group at Fairfield Air Field California.
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Fanny Williams
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Air Transport Command
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Second Air Transport Group
Fairfield Air Field
Cal
Sower Returns From Relief Session As CROP Agent
Edson Sower of 501 Carolina returns from a Chicago conference as a field representative for the Christian Rural Overseas Program in this region. CROP, recently organized to solicit gifts from American farmers, has shipped 5000 long tons of wheat to Bremen Germany to be milled and distributed through church channels.
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Carolina
Chicago
Christian Rural Overseas
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Paign
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Europe
Bremen
Germany
Motorcycle Rider Injured in Crash at Sixth and Buchanan
R. V. Van Sickle a 22 year old Friona resident sustained slight leg injuries and head and face lacerations when his motorcycle collided with a companion ahead after a sudden traffic light change at Sixth and Buchanan. He was taken to St Anthony's Hospital then transferred to the Veterans Hospital in a Boxwell ambulance. He was part of a three rider cross country trip.
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van Sickle
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Veterans Hospital
Boxwell
Senator Langer Proposes Santa Claus Reply Mail Plan
Senator Langer of North Dakota proposes a program where each child who writes to Santa Claus would receive a personal reply starting Christmas 1948. He would route letters to Santa Claus, Indiana, for processing with a special Santa Claus signature and cards mailed back to young writers.
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Santa Claus
Langer
North Dakota
Post Office Department
Ind
Santa Claus, Ind
First Lady Visits Party At Central Union Mission
Mrs. Harry S. Truman visited a children's Christmas party at Central Union Mission in downtown Washington yesterday, spreading holiday cheer during the season.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Central Union Mission
Marshall Plan Faces Trouble
Washington reports the Marshall Plan will face intense congressional review when Congress reopens January 6. President Truman proposed a four year, 17 billion dollar aid package with initial 6.8 billion dollars for the first 15 months, sparking Republican scrutiny and calls for a mixed bipartisan administrative board and a new Economic Cooperation Administration to run the effort.
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