Big Increase Shown In Job Placements
Washington report shows public employment service offices placed 2,200,000 people in jobs in October, a new monthly record. Defense manpower director Robert C. Goodwin notes a 28 percent rise from September and a 25 percent rise from October 1949, with agricultural placements totaling 1,616,000 due to favorable farming weather driving the surge.
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Washington
Public Employment Service
Robert C. Goodwin
Defense
Milan to host 28th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition
Milan Italy will host the 28th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition this December. Authorities announced the event and outlined plans for displays and international participation.
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Milan
Italy
Jet Flight Over North Korea War Zone Described
Barbara Brines recounts a dangerous 20,000 foot jet mission over North Korea with U S forces. The escort of four jets engages a tunnel target near Pyongyang Kaesong and a river corridor as American troops move inland. Brines details the zero altitude combat stunts and perilous descent back to base.
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Barbara Brines
Tokyo
Russell Brines
North Korea
Viece
Malcomb G. Armstrong
Portland
Ore
Armstrong
Earth
Pyongyang
Alvin Welbes
Waterloo
Iowa
Kaesong
The Causes of Rail Disasters by Max Hall
Washington reports on why major rail wrecks occur, attributing over 75 percent to human failure. ICC data from 1911 to the present lists engineer error, disobeyed orders, improper signals, excessive speed, flood damage, broken rails, and unsafe practices as leading causes, with notable 1918 Nashville and 1943 incidents cited.
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Max Hall
Washington
Long Island
America
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau
ICC
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis
Nashville
Costa Rica
Ivanhoe
Ind
Congressional Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frankford Junction
Philadelphia
Atlantic Coast Line
Rennett
Family route carried by seven brothers in Lynchburg
Jimmy Thompson plans to give up the family newspaper route next summer ending a 25 year tradition in Lynchburg Virginia. The route has been carried by each of his six brothers in sequence over a quarter century as Jimmy, the youngest, prepares to graduate from high school this spring.
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Lynchburg
Jimmy Thompson
Jimmy
Raspberry To City Fathers
Lincoln Neb. Mr and Mrs Ben A Greenwood filed a $2500 claim against the city alleging they were ordered to cut weeds. They say they complied but city workers used a tractor in their yard while they were away and damaged raspberry bushes mistaken for weeds. the Greensoods run a raspberry business.
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Lincoln, Neb. W.P
Ben A. Greenwood
Indians Set Historic Vote Under New Constitution
In New Delhi, nearly 180 million Indians will vote in April to elect central and state legislators under the new constitution. The polling, starting April 10, aims to conclude by the end of May, marking the largest turnout in the country’s history.
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New Delhi
Paratrooper Ends Combat Mission With Gear Off
A paratrooper describes concluding a combat mission by unlocking the safety belt, removing the helmet, parachute, and Mae West, signaling the mission’s end and immediate post flight actions.
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Mae West
Snow May Stop Charles Barone Title Fight in Cincinnati
Snow threatens travel to Cincinnati Garden for the Ezzard Charles versus Nic Barone heavyweight title bout as officials say the fight must go on. Charles, at his home start as champion, weighed 184 pounds after a seven round session in Cincinnati. Barone’s manager Henry Andrews held him back, with Barone edging toward 180, betting at least 4 to 1 against Barone.
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Cincinnati
Banks
Ezzard Charles- Nic Barone
Cincinnati Garden
Charles
Joe Louis
New York
Henry Andrews
Barone
Syracuse
Police respond to kids in street play clash
A desk sergeant describes officers rushing to a home where a squad car arrived as several youngsters dispersed. One 5-year-old stayed and said his friends weren’t playing fair so he called the police to fix them. The officers instead dealt with the boy and informed his parents.
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Junior
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Iedia
Whiteway Food Stores
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8Th & Polk
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