USIS Expands Global News and Cultural Exchange Efforts
United States Information Service adapts to censorship and turmoil in China by distributing news via Shanghai broadcasts and the Wireless Bulletin. Over 22,000 English Chinese letters monthly and 11,000 Chinese film showings illustrate broad outreach. The program aims to preserve democracy and aid free peoples, reaching about 150 million weekly across 22 languages.
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Lutheran Church Mission
USIS
Wih
John W Henderson
Department of State
China
Shanghai
United States
America
The
Information Service
George Vo Allen
Europe
South
Central America
Woman Aims for Endurance Kite Flight Record
Mrs Pat Acosta of Columbus announced plans to beat the all time kite flying endurance record if string holds and weather cooperates She seeks to keep a 10 cent kite aloft through Easter toward surpassing a 235 hour mark She has used a mile of line and expects to use more as she flies about 2 000 feet high with her husband and father gathering twine to manage the spool
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Columbus
Pat Acosta
Lambert
Pullman Conductors Strike Date Set for March 31
A nationwide strike of about 2,500 Pullman train conductors is set for March 31 at 6 am local time. The action aims to enforce National Railroad Adjustment Board awards on pay and conditions, potentially limiting operations to day coach service and triggering layoffs for porters and yard workers.
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Chicago
A. G. Wise
Order of Railway Conductors
National Mediation Board
Wise
H. W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
O.rc
O.R.C
Pullman
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Carroll R. Harding
Pullman Company
Harding
Adjustment Board
Former Czech Official Flees to England for Refuge
Dr Rudolf Madar, ex secretary general of the Czech parliament, arrived in London as a refugee from Prague's Communist government. He says the secret police control all movement and imprison without trial, but notes an underground resistance led by Social Democrats with a headquarters called the Council of Freedom. He claims Czech spies are in touch with contacts in England.
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London
INS
Rudolf Madar
Prague
Madar
Czechoslovakia
Council of Freedom
England
New Glass For Sunglasses Announced By AO Company
Southbridge mass AP reports the American Optical Company announced a new green glass for eyewear aiding near and far sighted wearers. It can be ground to an eye doctor's prescription and uses iron and cerium. The two pieces fuse to provide better middle lens protection where earlier colored glasses were thin.
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Southbridge
Mass
American Optical Company
Jobless Pay Hits Three Year Peak
Washington AP reports that February unemployment benefits reached 115 million dollars, the highest in three years, up from January. Average benefits were about 20 dollars weekly, higher than 1946 levels, with January and February 1946 totals at 133.245 million and 120.7 million respectively.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
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John W. Henderson
Killian Company
Wonder Books
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Abe
Gary
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Cinderella
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Peter Rabbit
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Remittance
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Disney
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Daroff
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Killiar
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