Ruml Urges High Postwar Jobs and Production Levels
Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, told the Massachusetts Bankers Association that a high level of land production is essential to world peace and freedom. He urged policies to maintain high employment, coordinated fiscal action, and cautious tax reductions aimed at balancing the budget at high employment. He warned against public spending for its own sake and called for modernizing social programs and unemployment insurance to match employment levels.
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Boston
INL
Beardsley
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
United States
Massachusetts Bankers Association
Ruml
R. H. Macy and Company
Indianapolis Man Named Moderator By Presbyterians
The Rev Dr Roy Ewing Vale of Indianapolis was elected moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America at the 156th assembly opening in Chicago on the third ballot with 272 of 453 votes. Dr Vale ran alongside Dr George Emerson Barnes of Overbrook Philadelphia and Dr Robert Bissett Whyte of Cleveland, with Barnes withdrawing after the second ballot.
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Chicago
Roy Ewing Vale
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Vale
Henry Sloane Coffin
New York
George Emerson Barnes
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Robert Bissett Whyte
Cleveland
Barnes
German Writes of Terror of Retreat
A May 18 letter from the commander of the 115th German reconnaissance battalion, captured at Naples, describes immense fatigue and hunger during a retreat. He states the French opposing unit is near and notes Allied pressure. A separate captured order bans the word catastrophe in reports and requires using emergency instead.
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Naples
INS
Italy
Nis
District Optimists Conference Opens At Montrose Hotel
The ninth district Optimist International conference begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with G S Thorvaldson of Winnipeg presiding at the Montrose hotel. Mayor Hahn welcomes visitors as Paul Abiden responds. The morning session runs to noon with an oratorical finals luncheon featuring Ted Corbo David Voellinger and Bob Engbretson as finalists.
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Optimist International
Montrose Hotel
G. S. Thorvaldson
K. Co
Winnipeg
F. K. Hahn
Paul S. Abiden
Bureau of Public Schools
St. Paul
Ted Corbo
David Voellinger
Sacred Heart High School
Waterloo
Bob Engbretson
Milwaukee
Fred Kiuss
Roosevelt High School
M. W. O’reiley
F. L. Hinshaw
International Optimist conference attendees and speakers listed
International Optimist leaders including David W and T. F. Peirce will attend a banquet at 7 p.m. R. T. Ter meilien will chair the evening and district officials from St. Louis Madison and Minneapolis will address the gathering. Elmer Young's orchestra will provide dancing music.
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Ternational
David W
Alis
B. E. Miller
Madison
Robert Dancer
Winnipeg
Raymond H. Fiverger
Minneapolis
City Bonds Interest Paid On Various Bonds
City council approved payment of 13411.25 in interest coupons on sewer police park exhibition hall swimming pool sewage disposal bridge and Memorial bonds.
Woman seeks taxi jewelry lost in yellow cab
Mrs. Robert Guyer asked New York police to help recover jewelry valued in the thousands left in a taxi. The only clue she could provide was that the cab was yellow.
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New York
Robert Guyer
65 Carriers In U S Fleet Size and Flight Deck Area
Navy official Artemus Gates announced 65 aircraft carriers are in active service with the fleet and their combined flight deck area equals 120 football fields or a seven mile long airstrip. He said navy planes of all types will total about 37,700 and 1,000-plane raids against Japan are only the beginning.
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Washington
Artemus L. Gates
Norwegian patriots set fire to German office in Oslo
Nazi controlled Scandinavian telegraph Bureau reports April 3 fire at a German office in Oslo. Norwegian patriots escaped after using the mobile fire brigade chief’s vehicle while he fought the blaze, described as an unbelievable check.
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Senholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Oslo
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District Conference of Optimists
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International President
Merle E. Garmoe
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Third Street
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Iowa
U.S. Fleet
Azees
Edgerton
Rss
Henry Burma
Gap
Burma
Dobbs
California
Mark Twain
Arrow
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