Coin machine business tops one billion dollars
In Chicago Americans will spend over a billion dollars this year on vending and coin-operated amusements. Machines promise everything from beverages to advice, with 3.3 million machines in use including 400,000 juke boxes and 1.5 million other types. A new punch board aims to cut pilfering while several machines promise profits well above costs.
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Chicago
W.P
Herbert Jones
American Coin Machine Manufacturer’s Association
Association
Cotton stocks rise as world output grows
Geneva reports cotton production expanding faster than consumption with world stocks up about 15 percent from a year earlier. The 1949 50 season saw output exceed 31 million bales, the third largest crop on record, while nations agreed nautical mile lengths from 6,076.1 to 6,085.95 feet.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Sees Favorite Paris Sights Sees Favorite Paris Sights
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts a Paris trip with her grandchildren starting from Luxembourg to Rheims then Paris. She notes rain delaying cathedral viewing, visits to Rheims Cathedral Auberge de Bellevue Chateau Thierry monument, and remarks on Allied WWI memory and Franco American friendship.
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United Features Syn
Paris
Luxembourg
Rheims
Joan of Arc
Auberg de Bellevue
Amarillo
Teaxs
Europe
Opera House
Madeleine
Place de la Concorde
Invalides
Paris in June Enchants Guests at Harriman Dinner
A June Paris dinner with Mr and Mrs Averill Harriman and Mr Robert Hopkins and wife drew many delightful guests. The gathering highlighted Paris as a magnet that stimulates European and global thinking among attendees.
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Paris
Averill Harriman
Robert Hopkins
Fewer Austrians in Colleges Reported
Vienna reports college and university registrations fell ten percent from the prior year. The government attributes the drop to long standing overcrowding in liberal professions, indicating fewer entrants into higher education amid crowded career paths.
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Vienna
Germans Seize Dutch Bulbs and Soil for War Industry
Report states Germany received large shipments of Dutch bulbs and bulb soil during the war aimed at controlling the bulb industry. The flow of goods suggests a strategic move to dominate production and supply chains in occupied territories.
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Germany
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