Bevin To Sign French Pact At Dunkerque
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will sign a 50 year Anglo French pact at Dunkerque en route to Moscow. The agreement aims to deter German aggression and may frame a 30 year extension of the Anglo Soviet alliance, with potential four power talks on Germany.
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London
Ernest Bevin
France
Moscow
Britain
Bevin
Dunkerque
Russia
Germany
James F. Byrnes
Rogers drafts discharge petition to force floor vote on cashing GI leave bonds
Rep Dwight L Rogers drafts a discharge petition to push a House vote on cashing 2.15 billion dollars in bonds issued to discharged GIs for terminal leave pay. The move seeks to bypass the Armed Services Committee and requires 218 signatures to bring the bill to the floor. Bonds bear 2.5 percent interest and cannot be cashed for five years.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
D-Fila
House
Rogers
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Martin
ReMass
Chinese Typewriter Advances to New Progress
The arrival of a first electric typewriter for Chinese and a Basic English program signals a shift in language tools. Kao Chung Chin and IBM engineers built a 5400 word Chinese vocabulary machine addressing 90 percent of writing needs, costing about 1600 dollars per unit, with global implications for business and administration.
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Britcrown
Britain
San Francisco
International Business Machines Corporation
Kao Chung-Chin
Kao
Housewife Slays Drunken Mate To Protect Sister
In Indianapolis a 20 year old housewife was released on $500 bond after admitting she hacked her drunk husband to death with a hatchet to stop an alleged assault on her sister. Police found the victim’s body in a blood stained room. the defendant said she acted to defend herself and her sister.
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Indianapolis
Joseph M. Howard
Fae Davis
Marion Eidson
James
Kidson
Frances
City Park Department
Eidson
Troop Arrivals Report From War Zone Ship Destinations
The destroyer escorts Osmus Spangler and Currier are due to reach San Diego Sunday carrying 79 passengers and 79 enlisted navy personnel along with four navy officers. In Seattle the Hastings Victory is set to arrive from Nesom with one army group. The General Taylor reached New York with 1 074 troops and 28 war brides and children from Bremerhaven.
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Associated Press
Osmus
Spangler
Currier
San Diego
Seattle
Taylor
New York
Bremerhaven
Italian Countess Plans Civil Wed With Adm Ellery Stone
Rome news reports Barones Renata Arborio Mella de Santella 27, niece of the pope’s chamberlain, will marry American Rear Admiral Ellery W. Stone, Allied control commissioner in Italy. Canonic law bars a church ceremony due to Stone’s Reno divorce. marriage to be civil only. Stone, 53, of New York, previously led Postal Telegraph Sales and a former Inc. president.
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Renata Arborio Mella de Santella
Ellery W. Stone
Italy
Admiral Stone
New York
Louise F. Wardwell Stone
Reno
Mar Mella
Stone
Oakland
Caif
Postal Telegraph Sales Corporation
Aen Inc
Waiters Turn Out To Be Detectives At Belmont Plaza
A chaotic hotel party on the fifteenth floor of the Belmont Plaza ends with waiters revealed as detectives. Revelers mingle with scantily clothed guests as the night unfolds, drinks and snacks flowing while manners fade and police or security rumors surface.
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Hotel Belmont Plaza
Freight Locomotives Consume Coal At Nine Miles Per Ton
A freight locomotive uses one ton of coal to travel nine miles on average. This efficiency metric highlights fuel requirements for long hauls and operational planning.
Home Price Downtrend and Slower Sales Across Cities
The National Association of Real Estate Boards reports a sharp drop in home sales and a trend toward lower prices for residential property. In 64 percent of 475 cities surveyed the turnover declined, with larger cities most affected. About one quarter show price declines, while 54 percent still report yearly price increases. rents for business property rose in 85 percent of cities.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Duncan Phyfe Furniture and Notable Patrons
The passage notes Duncan Phyfe as a leading American furniture designer whose success stemmed from patronage by prominent families like the John Jacob Astors. It highlights influence and support from these patrons in expanding his reach and inspiring others to follow.
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Duncan Phyfe
John Jacob Astors
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