Lack of steel blamed for gasoline shortage
Washington reports the interior department ties August gasoline shortfall and winter fuel scarcity to a steel shortage. Max W. Ball says steel for tank cars and pipelines is key and oil experts foresee regional shortages, with autumn gasoline easing and winter risks in natural gas and fuel oils if strikes end and steel supplies improve.
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Interior Department
Max W. Ball
Oil and Gas Division
Steel
Ball
Krug
Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey
Midwest
Middlewest
Toledo
Ohio
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Smiths Bluff
Texas
Major Raymond Johnson Tours World as McNutt Private Pilot
The article profiles Major Raymond Johnson dubbed Heavy as he led the McNutt family on a five week world tour flying from Manila to Washington in a C-64 Skymaster. Read impressions span Bangkok Calcutta Delhi Cairo Rome Copenhagen Stockholm London and more with notes on Taj Mahal St Peters and Versailles. Johnson’s reflections cover poverty in Calcutta, King Tut, Mountbatten Nehru, Farouk, and various cities’ charm and charmers. He ends by naming Stockholm as his favorite stop and hints at plans to visit South America.
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Raymond Johnson
McNutt
News-Telegraph
Major Johnson
Paul McNutt
Manilla
Washington
McNutts
Philippines
Johnson
Liam
Bangkok
Siam
Calcutta
Ray
Taj Mahal
Agra
India
New Delhi
Mountbat
Shepherd’s Hotel
Las Johnson
Farouk
Mt. Everest
Bagdad
Cairo
Dead Sea
Athens
Greece
Acropolis
Parthenon
Christ
Olympic Stadium
Naples
Italy
Pompeii
Rome
Paul's
Copenhagen
Alps
Pisa
Omaha
New York
Texas
Sopa
Michigan
Denmark
Kronborg
Wark
Sweden
Stockholm
von Ray
London
House of Parliament
St. Peter’s Church
Manila
Washington, D. C
South America
Wiota School Hires Complete for Grades and Teachers Named
Superintendent Christ reports all grades now staffed with three high school positions pending. Elinor Fellows, a Simpson graduate, will teach first and second grades. Alice Huffman and Valerrie Dolingaé take first and third fourth grades respectively. Lois Marie Moser and Arlene Fett will teach sixth through eighth grades. Christ and family will move to Iowa City for the new year.
Prowlers Near Hospital Reported. Gambling Figure Shot
Omaha police answered a prowler call at Doctors hospital where Ernnest B. Sanger, 30, a local gambling figure, lies recovering from four shotgun wounds. He was attacked Friday near Fifteenth and Jackson and has not spoken to police. Forrest C. Stanger of Louisville said he saw two men loitering near the hospital around 1:15 a.m. and a nurse alerted authorities. Police found no loiterers upon checking the neighborhood.
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Omaha
Doctors Hospital
Ernnest
B. Sanger
Stanger
Fifteenth
Jackson Street
Forrest C. Stanger
Louisville
Reverend Richard P. Chambers Receives Parsons Honor
The Rev. Richard P. Chambers of Red Oak Presbyterian Church was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Parsons College in Fairfield. He delivered the baccalaureate address and is a Parsons alumnus, earning a BA in 1930.
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Red Oak
Richard P. Chambers
Red Oak Presbyterian Church
Parsons College
Fairfield
Mr. Chambers
Parsons
Wartime Habits Persist In Bert Childers Household
Bert Childers notes wartime habits linger in daily life. He recalls butter on bread, careful use of fats, and moderation in leisure, while his wife continues frugal practices like saving used fats and waste paper learned during wartime necessity.
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Bert
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