Small businesses power U S auto output and economy
The article notes that auto production in the United States has surged to peacetime peaks, with a 19 percent rise in the first quarter from 1949. It emphasizes the vast network of small and large suppliers behind car and truck manufacturing, counting roughly 500,000 enterprises and nine million workers, plus related industries like service stations and road contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Booneville
Missouri
Philadelphia
Sré
Automotive
Automobile Company
It’s Time To Buy New Car Spring Creates Old Urge To Travel
Detroit report notes spring car buying surge as families seek travel. Major manufacturers push overtime amid record March sales for Chevrolet and Ford, with many buyers facing longer delivery times and tight inventories.
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Chevrolet
Ford
Chevry
Automotive Newa
Book Tells Of Heresy Case at Interdicted School
Boston based Catholic author Catherine Goddard Clarke unveils The Loyolas and the Cabots, a full account of the 1949 Boston College firing uproar over the belief that non Catholics can attain salvation. The book, to be published May 29, recounts actions by St Benedict Center members and support from Rev. Leonard Feeney.
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Boston
Loyolas
Cabots
Catherine Goddard Clarke
St Benedict Center
Cambridge
Clarek
Boston College
Boston College High School
St. Benedict Center
Jesuit College and High School
Leonard Feeney
Center
Father Feeney
Jesuit
Navy Tests Ram jets At Texas Laboratory
The Navy operates a test chamber for ram jet engines at 100000 feet and four times sound speed at Dainger Field Texas. Tests move beyond prior 20000 foot simulated altitudes and aim to gather vital guided missile data. Archbishop Gush ing of Boston faced sanctions, an interdict and suspension of sacraments for the Center’s activities. Attendance at the center rose from 65 to about two hundred amid the dispute.
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Washington
Navy
Daingerfield
Texas
Ordnance Aerophysics Laboratory
Richard J. Gushing
Boston
Feeney
Reds Challenge U S Rights On Okinawa
The Chinese Communists accused the United States of claiming exclusive authority over Okinawa and the Ryuku Islands. They charged General Douglas MacArthur annexed the Ryuku islands without consent to establish a U S military base and launch new aggressions. The claim appeared in a 3000 word Peking Radio report through the People's Daily and was broadcast in English.
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TORYO
America
Okinawa
Ryuku Islands
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Peking Radio
Japan
Ite
Peking Peo- Plex
Exng- Lah
MacArthur
Bridge article on blocking and spade bidding strategy
A detailed discussion of throwing away obstructing high cards to clear paths in a suit. It analyzes two Souths in a team match, noting different play lines after the heart lead and spade sequence. The piece ends by asking what bidding plan a South should choose after East opens with spades, emphasizing deductive play and entry management.
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Eko Z Ames
South West North East
West
East
South
Dester
Baytown Car Dealers Directory Snapshot
A list of Baytown automobile dealers with brands and addresses notes multiple firms including Bayshore Motors Lincoln Mercury 2100 Market, Buck Turmer Chevrolet 115 North Main, Franta Motor Co. Desoto Plymouth 100 West Pearce, Crest Motor Co. Dodge Plymouth 420 West Texas, Higginbotham Motor Co Chrysler Plymouth 2112 Market, and J B Hollaway Motor Co Studebaker 310 North Main among others, outlining shop names and phone or dial numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franta Motor Co
Desoto-Plymouth
West Pearce
Gulf Crest Motor Co
West Texas
Higginbotham Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
J. B. Hollaway Motor Co
Studebaker
North Main Dial
Labor Leader Calls For 35-Hour Week
Jacob S Patofsky president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America told 1500 delegates at the union’s 17th biennial convention in Cleveland that the 40-hour work week should be cut to 35 hours. He argued technological progress and productivity justify Congress enacting legislation to reduce the standard work week to create more jobs and renew the economy.
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Cleveland
Jacob S.patofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Patofsky
Congress
Motorist Drowns In Water Filled Ditch Near Palestine
James Thomas Simmons Sr. of Rockdale drowned when his car plunged into a water filled ditch after a tire blew out in the Neches River bottom, 12 miles northeast of Palestine. He was pinned beneath the vehicle.
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Palestine
James Thomas Simmons
Neches
Simmons
Rockdale
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Yie Hanes
Ing
Ayear
Fred Dittman
Oldsmobile
Baredeldl
Baytown
J.B. Hollaway Motor CO
DIAL
Automotive Service
Chrysler Engineered
Franta Motor Company
Rite
Commerce
Pearce
OUR Car Service
Bayshore Motors, Inc
Detroit
Sis
Dad
Texas Laboratory
Reds
U.S
Harrington Hudson CO
Barclay
Shephard Barclay
eAt2
Asia
Bragg Callaway, Inc
Packard
Texan
Buck Turmer
Willis Cole Nash Co
Wash
Thad Felton
Terns
Hemphill
Ponting
Harrington Hudson Co. Hudson
Jack Saunders Buick Co
BUICE
Gulf Coast Motor CO
Hemphill Pontiac CO
West Texas Avenue
Buick Engineering
Jack Saunders Buick
MarKet St
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