Japanese Peace Treaty Signed And Farm Exports Rise
Summary of the week highlights: the United States and 3 other nations in San Francisco concluded a Japanese peace treaty, viewed as a historic end to aggression. Separately, U.S. farm exports for the year reached 4.4 billion dollars, up from the prior year. steel shortages forecast to affect domestic construction and defense as civilian needs strain supply.
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Private Home Building Drops in August
Private home construction fell in August by about one third from the previous year and private home building was down 2 percent from July. The decline was attributed to mortgage lending restrictions and limits on use of scarce materials, while defense related and industrial projects continued at a steady pace.
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Installment Buying Changed the Auto Industry and Life
A 40-year retrospective on installment buying in the auto sector traces its birth with the first car sales on credit in 1895 and argues the system spurred mass production, lower costs, and broad wealth, reshaping American life, labor, and the economy through decades of growth and development. The piece cites economists and industry leaders, including Dr Av. Anton Friedrich and Isaac Marcosson, as champions of installment payments as a cornerstone of prosperity.
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New York University
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Marcosson
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Studebaker Corporation
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Guaranteed mousetrap ruse sparks family plan in ad era
A rambling reminiscence recalls sighting a sensational guaranteed to kill rats and mice advertisement. The narrator and wife consider ordering Killit, ponder mail order quirks, and joke about using an ashtray and a cyclotron as overblown solutions while recalling past failed traps and cautious bets with a friend known as Big Stout.
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Big Stout
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Garry Modri's Rise From Baltimore Radio to TV Haircut Fame
Gary Modri, born in Baltimore, gained fame after a last minute substitute on a radio comedy show delighted listeners in 1939. His sudden popularity led him to leave writing and become a TV star, with CBS swamped by protests over his growing crew cut.
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Gary Modri
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Across Clues and Crossword Fragments From Tunis to Silhouette
A jumble of crossword style clues listed with numbers and partial spellings. Entries include Tunis river French term cavity apple and many missing letters and questionable words. The page presents a mixed puzzle fragment rather than a completed grid.
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Tunis
Frugality and Thrift as Paths to Self-Runded Success
A column extols frugality and thrift through a farmer’s life, detailing how his father’s farming basics and steady work built a 460 acre farm. It links personal responsibility to national opportunity, warns against seeking “something for nothing,” and notes historical stats on auto injuries and war anxieties.
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Darmer
Hiti
Keep Lakes Deepest Reach Tanganyika Depths
A report notes Lake Tanganyika in East Central Africa is believed to reach depths around 4,700 feet, with researchers citing long used measurement estimates as the lake’s deepest known point.
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Tanganyika
Central Africa
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