Volkswagen Dream Car Delayed For U S Market
Wolfsburg officials say Hitler’s promise of a people’s car remains unfulfilled as the postwar price 5300 marks blocks American buyers. The plant, now under military government, is producing rear engine models but at high cost and uncertain ownership. An NY exhibit is planned.
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Adolf Hitler
Volkswagen
Peoples Car
Hitler
Sano
New York
DAF
Poet of the People warns grumpy grandpas on April Fool day
Edgar A. Guest writes a playful verse urging grandpas to join April Fools with a light heart. The poem suggests embracing jokes, feigned solemnity, and playful mischief to keep the day fun for young and old.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Malaria Spreader Puzzle Clue List Highlights Odd Terms
A dense word puzzle list provides clues and answers across many categories. It includes abbreviations, chemical symbols, and terms like small tiger cat and river in Spanish, with several entries hinting at cross referenced letters and synonyms.
cryptic crossword clue list excerpt
A compact list of crossword style clues and abbreviations includes bibs for Roman bronze and sun god, with entries such as Pilfered tears Celt Gaelic limb and New Mexico abbreviation.
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New Mexico
Union buys Reuther armored car, he prefers Chevy
Walter P. Reuther, CIO UAW president, said he would rather ride in his old Chevrolet than the union’s $12,000 armored car. Emil Mazey said officers decided to buy the sedan without consulting Reuther, noting an unsolved attack on him 11 months ago.
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Union
Reuther
Detroit
Walter P.reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chevrolet
Emil Mazey
UAW
International Executive Board
Mazey
Newfoundland Joins Canada as New Province
Canada accepts Newfoundland as its youngest province after a 1949 referendum by 78 323 to 71 334. Newfoundland adds 325000 people and 152000 square miles, with financial grants and family allowances totaling over 60 million dollars. Talks to establish Canadian command over U S military bases on the island will begin soon.
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Ottawa
Ont
Britain
Newfoundland
Canada
St. Lawrence
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
British North America
United States
U. S
Hoover Commission urges shakeup of government business
The Hoover commission in its final report to Congress calls for scrapping or merging many government business ventures. It cites about 164 billion dollars in activity across lending, insurance, railways, ships, and farm trade as overlapping and wasteful. Recommendations push tighter loan controls, liquidation or reorganization of several agencies, and consolidating housing and farm credit bodies.
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Hoover Commission
Congress
Ately
Puerto Rico Construction Administration
Hoover
Commission
Treasury
United States
Shell
Bargaining Vote Thrown Out Over Threats at Wheeling Plant
The National Labor Relations Board voided the Ladies Garment Workers Union election at G. H. Heig dress plant Wheeling West Virginia after threats by a union organizer. It marks the first Taft Hartley era election canceled for illegal union activity. Chairman Moe concurred in a separate opinion.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ladies Garment Workers
AFL
G. H. Heig Dress
Wheeling
W. Va
James J. Reynolds, Jr
J. Copeland Gray
Paul Moe
John
Union Organizers Said Coercive Under Taft-Hartley
In a ruling, Judges Reynolds and Gray found organizer Joseph Lewis had threatened economic reprisal against Helen Basnett, stating if she did not vote for the union, the workers would shun her. The panel labeled his action coercive under Taft-Hartley.
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M. Houston
Abe Murdock
Reynolds
Gray
Joseph Lewis
Helen Basnett
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Second Ave
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