Business Editors Predict 1946 Will Be Prosperous Year
Editors of leading newspapers foresee 1946 as the best year for production, distribution and sale of consumer goods. They anticipate a short steel strike, wage stability, and price adjustments restoring full production, with auto industry near full output by June and aviation at record non war pace. Housing and building activity to rise, while rail freight and passenger use fall as employment stays strong and materials priorities boost home construction in 1947.
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Mueton
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Pusipeds
Melief
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Associated Business Papers
Astos
Banc
Butes
First National Bank of Dothan Reflects on Decade of Growth
The bank speaks of twenty million dollars in assets and nineteen million in deposits, funds invested in U.S. government and municipal bonds. It emphasizes safe handling of deposits, a history of lending to well secured borrowers, and pride in backing Southeast Alabama, Southwest Georgia, and Northwest Florida communities. The message notes capital, surplus, and reserves totaling over one million dollars, a stable growth over forty five years, and commitment to serve in future challenges.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
United States
First National Bank of Dothan
Buddies Help Save Unit in War Time Tale at Fort McPherson
Private Thomas H. Goggins of Huntsville Alabama and his ivory micro pinschers Tiny and Wister found abandoned German soldiers. They kept them, fed them from rations, and the dogs woke him to avert a German sneak attack near Trier, saving his life and fellow soldiers. In industry news, Like Ise predicts a strong furniture era with laminated wood and metals. Textile output expected to surge but hampered by labor shortages and price controls. Small appliances demand, shoe industry recovery, and jewelry reconversion noted as markets shift postwar.
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Fort McPherson
Thomas H. Goggins
Hunts
Ile Als
Tiny
Witser
Goggins
Trier
Ise
Etulers
Precision Instruments Ia
Confederates and Dutch Bonds Survive War Record
New York report shows Civil War Confederate bonds once issued by a vanished government later valued at 440. Although hidden during Nazi occupation, Dutch receipts and bonds remained in circulation with underground workers and fugitives targeted by Germany.
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New York
Confederacy
Holland
Netherlands
Germany
Diplomatic Speeders Safe In Argentina
AP dispatch reports Argentina's law allows 1 to 6 year sentences for public officials who commit hostile acts or harm relations with foreign governments. If such acts cause war, penalties rise to 3 to 15 years in prison.
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Argentina
Huenos Aires
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