Senate Tour To Check on Waste Charge
A Senate subcommittee will conduct a month long global flight to probe potential waste of military goods and food. Sen Knowland notes wartime salvage saved shipping while warning some destruction may be necessary. the group will assess reports of trucks pushed off cliffs and food spoilage harming civilians.
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Penney Stockholders Approve 3 for 1 Stock Split
J C Penney stockholders at a special meeting Wednesday approved a three for one stock split increasing outstanding shares from 3,000,000 to 9,000,000.
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NEW York
J. C. Penney Company
Radio Waves Hold Out Hope Of Cure for Dishpan Hands
New York AP report previews the electronic future in Steelways magazine. Blakeslee describes dishwasher devices that burn grease from dishes and air drying, plus electronic steam tables and cookstove modules. He notes costs and power limits but envisions cheap energy enabling home electronic tubes for lighting, cooking, washing, and purifying. Dr Langmuir of GE predicts 10 to 20 years to full development and even electronic farming and automated railways.
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General Electric Company
Pearl Harbor
Space tube cars promise frictionless high speed travel
The concept imagines magnetic tubes across vast distances where trains ride in space with no rails or friction. Cars would travel at extremely high speeds, held steady by magnetic forces, offering a smooth ride free of vibration.
Marines Take Cab Across Continent
Five marines traveling by cab from Los Angeles to New York after avoiding a train shortage completed the last leg to New York on schedule. One Marine, Set. Joseph Ward, left the group in Pittsburgh, leaving five aboard under Sgt. Sam Steinman and four others from Hollis New York Long Island City Niagara Falls and New Hampshire. Cab driver Harry Arsohn provided transport for expenses and took turns driving with the marines who slept in the car on the cross country trip.
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American Airlines to Buy 100 Jet Exhaust Planes
American Airlines announced a contract to purchase about 18 million dollars worth of jet exhaust propulsion planes, the first used by commercial passengers. The 40 passenger twin engines will gain 20 mph in cruise speed to about 300 mph and serve short US Mexico Canada routes as supplements to its four engine fleet.
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American Airlines
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