Diners Club founder's million dollar idea from walletless crisis
Frank McNamara created The Diners Club after forgetting his wallet, forming a credit card service used by about 60 000 subscribers at 700 restaurants hotels and car rentals. The club charges $5 annually and earns a 7 percent take from merchants, with losses under one percent. Revenues grew from 1 2000 in bills to 700 000 last month and projected 1 990 000 monthly by spring. plans include charging air travel.
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New York
Frank McNamara
Les
McNamara
Diners’ Club
Ralph Schneider
America
Moe Namara
Los Angeles
East
Connecticut
County relief should return to local oversight in Ohio
A columnist argues for transferring relief administration from state to counties in Southeastern Ohio. Properly directed county officials could reduce cases while protecting those in need, but risk exists if officials prioritize jobs or votes over welfare. Home supervision, public input, and vigilance could curb abuse and trillion-dollar-like costs.
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Ohio
Free market prices urged to curb government controls
A national retailers group condemns price controls as costly and counterproductive. The executive argues free market pricing drives production and choice, warns permanent controls threaten enterprise and representative government, and cites Economic Stabilization Director Eric Johnston’s call to end controls within two years. The piece closes with carol-like reflections on compassion and giving.
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Eric Johnston
Truman weighs remedies to avert steel strike in 1948
President Truman faces a possible steelworkers walkout led by CIO chief Philip Murray if wages do not rise by January. Options include Wage Stabilization Board action or invoking Taft Hartley to delay and urge settlement, with price controls at stake and possible broad economic impact. The aim is to avoid triggering ant inflation measures while resolving the dispute.
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Washington
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
Jane
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
U. S. Steel Corporation
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
WSB
Taft-Hartley
John L. Lewis
Doctor's Comments On Pernicious Anemia Advances In Treatment
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains pernicious anemia progression from pallor to weakness and swelling when untreated. Diagnosis relies on blood and stomach tests. Whipple and the Boston doctors Minot and Murphy pioneered liver therapy, now by injection or oral, with vitamin B12 later improving outcomes. The disease’s conquest marks medical research triumphs.
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Whipple
Boston
Minot
Murphy
Birthday Reflections On Duty And Future Rewards
A row of moral advice notes a strict sense of duty and initiative can secure future rewards. References to a birthday child highlight practicality, courage, and integrity as stable traits likely to overcome opposition and bring security and merit-based rewards. Local social visits recount Buck Run and Woltz family gatherings and Christmas preparations.
Television Programs Schedule From WLWC and Affiliates
Television listings for WLWC channel 3 and other stations show a dense lineup with shows like Kukia Fran and Ollie, Those Two, Ezio Pinza, The Aldrich Family, and boxing blocks. Saturday features matinees and cartoons, with Nighttime features including News, Wrestling, and Coming Attractions across multiple channels WBNS WSAZ and more.
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Corral
Kukia
Fran
Ollie
Bob
Ray
News Caravan
Ezio Pinga
We the People
Aldrich
Family Theater
Bob Considine
Captain Video
Judy
Hollywood Theater
TV Ranchhouse
Wbns.-Tv
Cisco Kid
Waite Hoyt
Ezio Pinza
Lonely Mother Public Forum Sparks Strong Letters
In a harsh response to a Public Forum piece, a reader questions the patriotism of writers who criticized draft dodgers and recalls veterans who returned maimed in World War II. The letter condemns anonymous authors and urges accountability for those who harmed families through wartime choices.
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Draft Dodgers Union
Sam
Indignant Forum Letter From Mason City Mother
A reader from Harrisonville responds to a Forum titled Indignant. She questions a lonely mother’s stance on deer hunting and military service, asks if she favors exemptions, and accuses jealousy and elitism while noting she is mother of five boys. December 19.
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the Messenger
Mason City
Selective Service
G. Z. Johnson
Harrisonville
R. D
Laurelville Christmas party and mystery sisters event
The Les Amies Sunday school class held its annual Christmas party at Dorothy McClelland's home with a reading by Gwendolyn Egan. After a brief business meeting, gifts were exchanged and new mystery sisters chosen for the year. Attendees included Jane Good and multiple local members, with Jean Shupe visiting relatives in Columbus and Mansfield. The Laurelville school closed briefly due to bad weather.
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Laurelville
Les Amies
Dorothy McClelland
Gwendolyn Egan
Jane Good
Fred Fetheroll
Lucile Swackhamer
Wavelene Parker
Egan
Jean West
Charlotte
Avondale Soda Fountain Secrets Stir Suspicions
Elizabeth Browner overhears Lee Hildreth and Anne Harwood discuss hidden alibis and a river bank meeting tied to the Benson murder case. Lee recalls a shadowy stranger crossing the dam path, a tall man with a black fedora, possibly Alistair. The town page ends with a hospital note for Mrs. John Landis.
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Avondale
Elizabeth
Aaron Riggs
Lee Hildreth
Lee
Miss Brownell
Anne Harwood
Mr. Smathers
Anne
Miss Browne
Brownie
Miss Browner
Alistair
Benson
Unk
Aaron Rigg
Naval Observatory
Patient Returns Home After Tonsil Operation
Donna Ferre has returned to her home in Carbondale after undergoing a tonsil operation at Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville.
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Carbondale
John Landis
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Donna Ferre
Broadcast radio listings across multiple stations and programs
Radio schedule listings for NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCCL Columbus and others detail daily noon to 1 PM through late night programs. Includes news, dramas, variety, music, sports, and special segments with stations WSAZ WCHS WPAR WATH and more and notes on hosts and show titles.
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NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
ABC
WCCL
Columbus
WSAZ
Huntington
CBS
WBNS
WCHS
Charleston
Mbs
Abe-Cebs
Abc-Mbs-East Kiddies
Ebe
Nbe
Nbe Beulah
Cbs News & Commentary
Abe
Jack Smith
Cbe
Cbs Evening
Rogers
Abbe Mousicland
A.S.A
Richard Diamond
Martin & Lewis
This
F.B.L
Abe Paul Weston
Abe R. Q
Abe Bandstand
USA
Nbe Capitol
Nets
Abee
Harmony Rangers
Earl Godwin
Faith of Future
Ay Meee
Hawaii
Guy Lombardo
Abe Eo
Wax Workscbs
Chicago Theater
Orch
News
Variety
All Nets
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Hal Boyle
Diners’ Credit
Margaret Murray
Caius Mobilius
World Today
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
Buck Run
J. E. Woltz
Edwin Woltz
Dave Woltz
Sugar Grove
Emma Meyer
John Creighton
Woltz
Effie Woltz
Tena Woltz
T. J. Woltz
Creighton
Gail
Effie A. Woltz
WLWC
Whistling Wizard
Smilin Ed McConnell
Derry
Sammy Kaye
Kit Carson
Ker Mecray
Page Emerson
Wsaz-Tv
Playhouse 12
Frank Sinatra
Garry Moore
Ken Murray
the Public Forum
Kitten In the
Kathleen Briggs
Tee
DuMont
Crime
Stu Erwin
Playhouse of
Dbs
Father
Cba
Lee Weg Iee
Cbs Space Patrol
Cbs Junior Junction
Ea Fisher
Marine Band
Cbs Ranch Boys
Abec
Hollywood
American Farmer
Abe Fifth Army Band
Abe Grand Central Drama
Cebs
Abe ‘Sons
Coast Guard Cadeta
Abe Sty Hospital
Abe Mbe
Girle
Abe Duss
Cbs Bandstand USA
Farm News
Cbe Sporta
Stan Daugherty
Cbs Caribbean Crossroads
Dave Stevens
St. Louis
Abe Sammy Kaye
Cbs Ruggles
Abe Ken Murray
Cbs Whiteman
Abde
Sperta
Sid Caesar
Abe Fay Emerson
Cbs Chicago
Ebs
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