Translators Master 3000000 Word UN Charter in Nine Weeks
In San Francisco AP reports the United Nations Charter was translated into five languages by 135 translators over nine weeks. They produced up to 60 000 words daily and 1 700 000 pages in a single day. Andre Simonpietri and Guillermo Suro led the effort coordinating multilingual teams.
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San Francisco
Andre Simonpietri
U. S. State Department
Guillermo Suro
Simonpietri
Suro
Postal Pay Rise Bill Sent To Conference Committee
The House plans to send the measure to a conference committee to resolve differences with the Senate over postal pay increases. The bill provides raises for regular postal employees, postmasters, supervisors, inspectors, rural carriers and others, with automatic grades seeing a 20 percent base rise, minimum 300 and maximum 400 annually. Overtime compensation is included for work beyond 40 hours weekly, though Senate committee members expect overtime to be minimal after V J Day.
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House
Senate
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate OKs Postal Worker Pay Increases
The Senate approved wage increases totaling 150 million dollars annually for about 300,000 postal employees. The boost comes via a House bill that now returns to the chambers for final action.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Kruschen Salts touted as fast acting laxative solution
Advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as superior to other laxatives with quick relief from bloating and sluggishness. It claims 245 million bottles sold worldwide and promises double money back if not delighted, urging purchase at May's Drug stores and Osce Drug Co.
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Kruschen
May’s Drug
Osce Drug Co
Signature of Hirohito Saved Life of Filipino
John H. Schlobohm recalls how a diploma bearing Hirohito's signature saved him and his family from execution during a Japanese raid in Manila. The document, kept on top of a radio, diverted soldiers and allowed escape, highlighting a life saved by a memento from the 1928 Tokyo Olympics.
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Schenectady
N. Y
INS
Tokyo
Manila
John H. Schlobohm
Hirohito
Schlo
Bohm
University of the Philippines
International General Electric Company
Schlobohm
Champlain
Chlobohm
Senate votes to return U S Jobs Service to states
The Senate adopted by voice vote a rider to a labor department appropriation bill calling for the United States employment service to be re gionalized under state control within 90 days after the war ends. The action accompanies a $1 123 749 241 appropriation.
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Washington
Senate
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
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