Navy Accepts New Cruiser From Builder
The USS Des Moines a 17000 ton cruiser joined the Navy after a builder's trial on Massachusetts Bay with no flaws. Fore River Shipyard Bethlehem Steel notes speeds above 30 knots though official speed not stated. Des Moines features nine automatic eight inch rifles, fast fire control, keel laid 1945 launched 1946, 716 feet long and 79 feet beam. Salem and Newport News sister ships due next year. Captain Alvin Duke Chandler to command at commissioning.
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Boston
Des Moines
Navy
Massachusetts Bay
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Company
Alvin Duke Chandler
Richmond
Virginia
Chandler
Africa
Japan
Salem
Newport News
Grain buying switch blocked by White House
Government plan to shift grain purchases to private dealers met a White House blockade. President Truman paused the move from December 1, with Economic Administrator Paul Hoffman saying he will seek a presidential clarification. Agriculture Secretary Brannan had opposed the switch but approved the delay.
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White House
Paul G. Hoffman
Truman
Agriculture Department
CCC
Hoffman
Florida
Brannan
Commodity Credit Corporation
Auto Dealer Testimony Details Car Trade Practices
A Washington auto dealer testified that his firm takes in used cars as trade-ins for as little as possible and sells them for as much as possible. He said selling accessories is standard, while the mark up on trade-ins was cited as 95.4 percent, noted as higher or lower than averages. GM’s Oldsmobile division said dealers are not agents but operate under a franchise.
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Washington
Raymond J. Kearney
Kearney Oldsmobile Company
House
Kearney
William Manuel
John Reddan
Reddan
District of Columbia
H. F. Banks
Lansing
Mich
Oldsmobile Division
General Motors Corp
Oldsmobile
Banks
Auto Group Head Attacks New and Used Car Market
R J Schmunck of Cleveland president of the American Automobile Association told the opening AAA convention that the current car market is scandalous. He estimated 450 million dollars was extorted from buyers in the first seven months through underpriced trade ins and overloading new cars with extras, and he projected 900 million dollars by year end.
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San Antonio
R. J. Schmunck
Cleveland
American Automobile Association
Schmunck
AAA
Australia posts first September trade deficit since 1947
Canberra reports September trade balance with imports at 119.69 million dollars and exports at 113.98 million, marking an unfavorable balance for the first time since September 1947.
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Canberra
Australia
Order Restrain Finance Firms In Four Texas Counties
A temporary injunction blocks C. E. Crowe of San Antonio and R. K. Eckerd of Nueces County from lending at usurious rates. Judge C. K. Quin issued the order in San Antonio as the suit, led by District Attorney William N. Hensley and aides, targets eight finance companies across Bexar Dallas Jim Wells and Nueces counties.
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San Antonio
Bexar
Dallas
Jim Wells
Nueces County
C. K. Quin
C. E. Crowe
R. K. Eckerd
William N. Hensley
Quin
Panola County Gas Well Out of Control
In Panola County near Carthage deputies patrolled highways after gas from a wild well settling in low places. Sheriff Corbett Akin noted damp foggy weather increased danger. The well No 1 Carthage Gas Unit 7 operated by Stanolind Oil and Gas blew out of control from upper and lower Petit Lime formations.
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Marshall
Panola County
Carthage
Corbett Akin
Gasoline Movement Continues Strong, Prices Unchanged
Refiners report gasoline movement remains strong with no price changes. The Midwest markets drive activity as harvest progresses. heavy gasoline flow into the region is expected to persist through December. Demand for kerosene and furnace oils has risen slightly.
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Tulsa
Okla
Midwest
Anglo Aviatrix Plans Alaska Takeoff Today
Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait, 24, the British round the world flyer, remains in Anchorage and expects to depart not before Tuesday after arriving November 12 from Cold Bay on a 700 mile jump.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Cold Bay
University leaders hail research aiding industry at Diamond Alkali plant
Dr. T S Painter, UT president, told Houston audiences industry has a large stake in university research as Diamond Alkali opened a 14.5 million plant. He cited 4000 firms sending recruiters yearly and noted graduates gain three years ahead after five years on the job. Diamond officials described the chlorine caustic soda plant nearing 220 tons daily chlorine and 240 tons daily caustic soda output.
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Houston
University of Texas
T. S. Painter
Diamond Alkali Company
Painter
Southwest
Fred W. Fraley
Diamond Alkali
George R. Brown
Brown and Root, Inc
Diamond
Publisher's Will Contested in Beaumont
A probate filing in Beaumont contests the will of publisher Kathryn S. Mapes who died Oct. 28. Attorneys claim she was en feebled and that only a few attended the Dec. 17, 1945 signing. The petition charges Mrs. Dujay influenced the signing amidst a trust for Dujay and Mapes’s relatives from a $1,000,000 estate.
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Beaumont
Kathryn S. Mapes
Will E
B. D. Orgain
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Metropolitan Opera
Raoul Jobin
Gladys Swarthout
Syria
Pittsburgh
ECA
Surat
Magnavex
Magnavox
Auto Group
LE Sage CO. Distributors
Anglo Aviatrix
E. ST. Disl
Axamas
Alden
Alden Comfort
N. Field
Dallas, Texas
Studebaker
LEO M. Black Motors
Brazos
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