Simpler Aid to Small Business in Wartime Washington
Washington plans simpler government forms to aid small business after the war. Budget Director Harold Smith and Senator Murray push streamlined statistics reducing redundant surveys and easing reconversion data needs while guarding independence of small firms.
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Eisenhower
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Bureau of the Budget
National Research Center
Factory Magazine
McGraw-Hill
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Smith
England
Price
Pretty Frock Pattern for Gala and Little Girl
Sewing circle pattern describes a charming princess frock with a contrasting yoke for gala occasions. Pattern No. 1252 offers sizes 12 to 20 with a size 14 option and sleeve details, plus fabric yardage for 39 inch material and WE 39 inch material for the contrast.
Quick Witted Exchange Pops Up in School Scene
A playful classroom dialog features a quiet maid, a masterful retort, and a joke about sand. Students joke about geography and a radio answer, while the electronics teacher quips about Pittsburgh between New York and Newark.
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Pittsburgh
Stude
New York
Newark
Stade
Klemperer Delivers Career Focused Barroom Moment
Otto Klemperer, the tall distinguished conductor, enters his favorite barbershop deep in thought. He asks for a routine change in his appearance while his mind remains on a new composition, a scene of quiet preoccupation amid ordinary life.
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Otto Klemperer
Klemperer
Polite Reply Leads to Arrest in Strange Incident
A man offered a quarter to a person pretending to be deaf and dumb. The responder said thank you and was arrested afterward. Details about charges or jurisdiction are not provided in the readable text.
Foggy London Weather Report Report
London weather described as foggy with Smith unable to discern conditions. Sunny England shared the question and Jones confirms return from London.
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Sunny
England
Jones
London
Smith
Jones and Smith dispute radio controls in family scene
Jones asks how many controls the new radio has and Smith replies a half dozen. He notes the count applies to his wife and all the kids.
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Jones
Smith
Gardening Hazard Joke Echoes Through Town
A lighthearted quip jokes that digging in the garden revealed many worms forcing a husband to stop and go fishing, reflecting a domestic humor tone about summer gardening. The line plays on gardening mishaps and leisure activity.
Buying a Tea Kettle Sparks Lighthearted Wit
A light exchange questions why a person would buy a tea kettle. The reply hints at humor in the idea of purchasing something to stay warm with hot water, inviting playful speculation.
London transit tests central entrance bus with pneumatically operated door
Twelve ships a day slide down the ways per Rear Adm. Crisp. Cubans saw snow when NH boxes flew to Havana last winter. Sunflowers may beat soy as returns reach 600 million annually with oil at 14 percent and meal at 53 percent protein.
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London Transportation Company
Frederick G. Crisp
Navy Division
New Hampshire
Havana
Quick Trivia Quiz on History and Science
Answers cover naval costs for large battleships the Bastille what poet claimed by seven cities whether bones are fully grown at birth Raleigh’s death cause the green leaf pigment the meaning of charivari the Bible’s Golden Rule which linsey woolsey was in colonial America and the monthly pay increase for an enlisted Medal of Honor recipient.
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Walter Raleigh
Linsey-Woolsey
Answers to Historical Quiz Items
The remarks provide brief answers: broadside cost thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Paris state prison destroyed during the revolution. Homer. The auditory ossicles are the three middle ear bones. Beheading. Chlorophyll. A medley of incongruous noises. Matthew seven twelve. A home spun cloth. Increased by two dollars.
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