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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1947
Page
9
Louise Johnston profiles three crack typists known as official public stenographers who work per page or hour. They handle diverse clients from college dentists to congressmen and illiterate signers, transforming hazy verbal instructions into fully formed letters and documents.
Mrs Kay Johnson at the Montrose hotel lobby has typed for celebritie s such as Grant Wood and Yehudi Menuhin and values content over fame. Miss Elva Becker and Betsy Tate describe legal work and hotel commissions, with confidential notes and court papers as central to their jobs.
The new three cent Famous Americans stamps will salute Dr George Washington Carver and Joseph Pulitzer. White House approval followed a Truman Patterson and Postmaster General meeting with plans for the Carver issue. Pulitzer stamp goes on sale April 10 marking the publisher's birth centenary. both issues honor notable national figures.
The AP reports 51.5 million telephones worldwide, 27.7 million in the United States. New York City holds the largest national count at 2.22 million, while Stockholm rivals San Francisco in per capita density. Britain has 3.93 million phones. Russia 1.27 million. Over 115 million miles of wire exist in U S lines, about 69 percent underground.
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