Scarcity Of Motor Fuels Affects Europe's Winter Tourism
Alvin Steinkopf reports that fuel shortages across Europe may dampen travel to resorts but most Alpine and Scandinavian destinations expect a strong season. Britain sees some cancellations while Switzerland and Austria plan for ample winter visitors. Germany and Italy project high turnout at domestic and nearby resorts.
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Alvin Steinkopf
Europe
Scandinavia
Britain
Switzerland
Austria
France
Germany
Sweden
Italy
St. Moritz
Davos
Hopeustria
Adventure In Diamonds on Alcoa Hour Tonight
Tonight at 9 on WHIS TV Channel 6 the color Alcoa Hour drama Adventure In Diamonds stars Gary Merrill Viveca Lindfors Robert Fleming and Geoffrey Toone. Set in wartime Amsterdam the plot follows Walter Keyser and Major Dillon aiding a Dutch heroine to rescue a world stock of industrial diamonds before Nazis seize it.
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Gary Merrill
Viveca Lindfors
Robert Fleming
Geoffrey Toone
Alcoa
Whis-Tv
Englad
Holland
Amsterdam
Walter Keyser
Merrill
Ministry of War
Major Dillon
Anna
Lindfors
Refugees Consider U S Resettlement Amid Camp Confusion
Refugees from war torn areas face crowded camps with few resources as interpreters and officials struggle to connect them with potential US destinations. Private religious groups handle sponsorships and paperwork, drawing criticism for influence over who travels.
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United States
Promoting Firm Is Out Of Job In West Virginia
Charleston December report states Arthur D. Little Inc. will end its consulting service December 31 after two years surveying industrial possibilities in West Virginia. The change comes with a new administration under Governor-elect Cecil H. Underwood. The firm will finish with surveys on plastics aluminum fabrication nuclear energy and electronics. Seventeen new or expanding plants were noted since the last commission meeting.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Andrew Buckman
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Arthur D. Little Inc
Cambridge, Mass
Little Firm of
Industrial Consultants
Marland
Cecil H. Underwood
Underwood
Ruckman
Dream of a Lifetime Set for Two Wisconsin Families
Two Wisconsin families from Milwaukee begin a 50,000 mile three year world cruise aboard the steel schooner Utopia. Fred Peterson and Irene, plus friends Bill and Anne Fitzgerald, sail from Sturgeon Bay down the Mississippi toward the Caribbean with plans to reach Tahiti, Tahiti and the Pacific before circling back via the Indian Ocean and Africa then up the Amazon to New York and home.
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Milwaukee
Nana
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Fred Peterson
Irene
Aca Tahiti
Mediterranean
Peterson
Utopia
Sturgeon Bay
Peterson's
Bill
Anne Fitzgerald
Mississippi
Caribbean
Pacific
Panama
Galapagos Islands
Easter Island
Tahiti
Samoa
Fiji Islands
New Zealand
Sydney
Australia
Innesia
Borneo
Pabiggines
Singapore
Ceylon
Bombay
Arabia
Africa
Madascar
Cape of Good Hope
Oil Workers To Seek Pay Raise From Union Bargaining
In Denver the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union said 105,000 oil workers will seek no less than 27 cents an hour pay raise next year. Current wages start at 2.56 and rise to 2.67 per hour under contract. The 52 member bargaining committee is led by president O. A. Knight. The rise follows living cost growth, fringe benefits gains in other sectors, and rising company profits.
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Denver
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
O. A. Knight
Umbrella Etymology: Shade from the Sun Core Meaning
The word umbrella originates from Latin roots meaning shade from the sun, reflecting its historic use for sun protection. Its modern role as rain protection, though common, traces to this brightness driven origin.
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