Investment guarantees urged for foreign projects abroad
The article discusses US policy on private capital in Point Four lands and ERP. Treasury Secretary Snyder argues for government guarantees against special risks like war damage and expropriation to entice American investors. The piece notes Senate and House actions and the advantage of private capital bringing in executives and know-how despite past 1930s losses.
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United States
U. S
Truman
Point Four
Taskweek
Treasury
Snyder
Senate Banking Committee
Snider
House
Senate
America
Truman names aide George McKee Elsey to White House post
President Truman named George McKee Elsey age 31 as administrative assistant earning 10000 dollars annually. Elsey from Oakmont Pennsylvania is a former aide to Clark Clifford the president's special counsel. The move raises the number of presidential administrative assistants to five.
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Truman
Washington
George McKee Elsey
Elsey
Oakmont
Clark
Clifford
Twenty Years Ago Highlights August 16 1929 News
From journal files a factory tank explosion injures Fred Kinley at U8 Radiator plant and a truck strike on East Main Street kills Wands Buell, age seven. A second fire near French Creek inspires fear of arson as Davis saw mill burns. Mildred Winnie returns home after hospital care and Minnie Buell’s hand injury leads to blood poisoning. Labor Day plans advance with vaudeville acts in city park.
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Soiectore
RED Kimball, Inc
W. 44Th St
New York Square
Detroit
Mortings
Pittsburgh
Philadephia
Associated Press
AP News
Corry
Fred Kinley
Radiator Corp
East Main Street
Wands Buell
David Buell
Shady Avenue
Corry Hospital
French Creek
Ted” Davis
Findley Lake
French Creek Bridge
Mildred Winnie
Minnie
Classified Ad Space For Three Days
A brief classified notice offers space to advertise for three days. Rates and contact details are not provided in the fragment.
Ocean Explorer Halts Deep Sea Descent
Smuggler's Cove California August 16 Marine explorer Otis Barton halted his attempt to descend 6000 feet below the surface after three days of mechanical trouble and rough weather. He had reached 2300 feet in his diving bell before surfacing. Barton and naturalist William Beebe held the previous record at 3028 feet off Bermuda in 1934. He said the descent would be a stunt without lights or pictures.
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Cali
Otis Barton
Barton
William Beebe
Bermuda
Shirley May in France to continue training
Shirley May France arrives in Calais to prep for a Channel swim with Mary Lou Walsh and coach Harry Boudakian. Tad Warner and J Walter France accompany but do not sail. Warner says Shirley May needs two days rest away from reporters after the attempted escape details become public.
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Calais
France
Shirley
Somerset
Mass
Mary Lou Walsh
England
Harry Boudakian
Tad Warner
Shirley May
Warner
J. Walter France
Warer
Boudakian
How's Your I. Q. A quirky memory quiz test
A humorous quiz invites readers to score 10 questions on September days professions and history. It promises a monthly average based on memory and directs to Classified Page for answers, with questions about a Constitution signing city and art history mysteries.
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Jean Francois M
Bridges To Resign Trusteeship Of Mine Welfare Fund
U S Senator Styles Bridges said he will resign next month from his $35000 a year trusteeship of the United Mine Workers Welfare Fund. He wants to await the fund’s first annual report, due next month, before stepping down. The disclosure showed Bridges and Esra Van Horn, a fund trustee for coal operators, drew a $4500 yearly allowance while John L Lewis, the union chief and third trustee, drew none.
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Bridges
Concord
N. H
U. S
Styles Bridges
United Mine Workers Welfare Funch
Esra van Horn
John L. Lewis
Memorial service held for Mrs. Alda Crosby at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home
The funeral for Mrs. Alda Crosby was conducted at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home with Katherine Stone leading. Bearers included Howard Green and George Savko. interment followed at David Curtis Cemetery in Columbus. Out-of-town attendees listed from Akron, North Boston NY, Titusville, and Columbus. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Marie Crosby. Arsenic is a metal.
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Alda Crosby
Bracken-Keating
Katherine Stone
Christian Science Reader
Howard Green
George Savko
Michael Savko
Dale Bunnell
Don~ald Engle
Frank Dodd
David Curtis
Columbus
M. 5. Mansfield
Charles Mansfield
Harry Brown
Akron
John Barrett
Leila Meyers
North Boston
N.Y
Vivian Barkett
Ethel Clark
Electa &. Clark
Titusville
John Brown
Amy Green
Clara Dalton
Donald Engle
Frank Betts
Donald Betts
Vern Smith
Louie McGuire
P. K., Mead
Hartley Smith
Floyd Holcomb
A. R. Whittier
Carlton Curtis
Weeds Plague Chautauqua Lake During Village Tour
Jamestown August 16 With Mayor Howard Sutphen and Village Trustees surveying Lakewood waters fronting the village citing weeds by the ton along shore and a nearly solid weed island in the middle. They call the growth the worst it has ever been and warn of worsening conditions each year.
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Alda Crosby
Jamestown
Howard S. Sutphen
Lakewond
Lakewood
Maynard Thompson
Sherman's Bay
Burtis Bay
Charles Strunk
Chautauqua Lake
Ethel Barrymore Celebrates Birthday With World Leaders
President Truman and former leaders honored Ethel Barrymore’s birthday with a nationwide broadcast. Lionel Barrymore added a light remark as studio head Louis B. Mayer hosted a luncheon in her honor.
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Jess Hollywood
United States
England
Ethel Barrymore
Lionel
Miss Barrymore
America
Ccasion
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Toostvelt
Winston Churchill
Lionel Barrymore
Ethel
Tim
Louis B. Mayer
Trumans Broadcast Tribute to Ethel Barrymore
President Truman paid tribute to Ethel Barrymore in a radio broadcast honoring the actress. He praised her long career and expressed gratitude for the pleasure she provided him and many Americans.
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Truman
Ethel Barrymore
Indy
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