California Grabs Most Of The New Cars Available
California led 1946 new car registrations with 2,142,xxx units, barely under its 1941 peak, as New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas followed in the top states. National total reached 25,192,527, down 9.23 percent from 1941 but up 4.26 percent from 1944. Nevada led the field in growth while several southern and western states trailed.
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New Car Sales Rise 1946 Over 1941 In Many States
The Dothan Eagle reports 1946 car sales topped 1941 in several states with gains from 11.50 percent in Arkansas to 0.67 percent in Tennessee. The District of Columbia suffered a 33.74 percent drop, followed by Illinois 20.21 percent and Montana 18.48 percent. Mississippi and North Carolina showed the smallest losses. Only five states, including California, fell between 1944 and 1946.
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Chicagoans Becoming More Art Conscious
Chicago attendance at the Art Institute of Chicago rose in 1946, noted director Pirsel Carlon Rich, reaching the second highest figure in its history. The institute has averaged about 1,000,000 visitors annually since 1921, with the peak reached during the Century of Progress year 1933.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Train of Tomorrow to Be Put On Exhibit Across Nation
Detroit dispatch reports General Motors plans an experimental train of tomorrow with four cars and a diesel engine. The exhibit will tour large cities this spring, featuring a diner car chair car observation lounge car and sleeper with glass enclosed roof compartments seating 24 passengers.
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Detroit
General Motors
Puerto Rico Plans To Pay Own Way By 1960
Washington dispatch reports Puerto Rico aims to be self supporting by 1960 with an industrial and agricultural development program led by Rexford Tugwell era reforms. The Popular Democratic Party under Luis Munoz Marin seeks U S aid as needed while expanding education health and private investment to raise per family income.
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Washington
United States
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Senate
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Near, Yet So Far If You Lived in Chicago
If you lived in Chicago you’d be nearer to every European capital and even closer to Me cow than to Buenos Aires, Argentina, the hemispherical neighbor.
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