Truman interim appointments likely to win Senate confirmation
AP looking ahead notes President Truman’s interim picks to the Atomic Energy Commission and other posts face likely Senate approval with minimal debate. Lilienthal may head the five member AEC. Clapp to succeed him at TVA. Harriman eyed for Commerce. UNESCO posts also pending. Others await decisions.
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Truman
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W. Averell Harriman
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Five Day Week Possible for Exchanges and Banks in 1947
New York report says year round Saturday closing of stock exchanges and most banks may begin in 1947. Law now allows five day weeks and many institutions operated a four day week June through September. employers face pressure from businesses offering two day weekends.
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New York
German peace treaty draft eyed for Berlin conference
U S military officials expect the Big Four Foreign Ministers to finish their German peace treaty draft in Berlin and call a full dress conference in a different city. Russians favor Geneva or Paris while Britain and the United States prefer London and New York respectively. The Trades Union Congress gave tentative assent to the plan last week.
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Berlin
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New York
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Economists See Profit Surge but Warn of Industry Strains
Economists in Washington project after tax corporate profits will exceed wartime peaks this quarter though uneven gains across industries signal trouble ahead. Automobiles with strong 1948 prospects may push for profit sharing while textiles face declining 1947 prospects and wage demands rise.
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Washington
Railroad freight bill seen rising by year end
Washington reports that the nation’s railroads seek at least 5oo million dollars in new revenue and transportation experts expect the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant no less than half by January 1, boosting freight costs for shippers nationwide.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Maiden postwar Atlantic crossing planned for America
The America, reconverted from a troop transport, is set to make its tardy maiden postwar crossing by November 14 after delays due to maritime labor disputes. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has already crossed, but officials say there is no great concern about being out-publicized. A large backlog of passenger traffic could keep the America busy for about a year.
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America
Great Britain
Elizabeth
Railroad Car Shortage Seen Easing by March
Officials of the Office of Defense Transportation warn that tight railroad supply should ease around March 1 but soon tighten again as new cars equal worn ones, leaving no surplus for heavy spring traffic.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Juke Box Tests Wits With Five Questions in Cleveland
A new juke box in Cleveland uses the nickel slot to flash five questions on a screen. The machine scores the player, times them, and shows the result on a large red indicator. It originated from naval use to teach aircraft identification and aims to measure intelligence.
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Cleveland
Navy
Watch
Quick Change Artistry Solved College Crisis
Bucknell University faced gown shortages at its first graduation a century ago. Each graduate wore the same cap and gown, retreating to a adjoining room for the next student to be dressed, solving the ceremony’s attire problem.
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Lewisburg
Bucknell University
Women Old Soldiers Share Vets Home in West Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Veterans Administration home houses a Women's Cottage for disabled women veterans from wars since 1898. Built in 1940, the four story 54 room building accommodates about 60 residents including Miss Bessie Rowland a 76 year old World War I nurse. The cottage offers a kitchen dining room dietetic staff recreation rooms lounges solariums a dispensary sewing rooms and a beauty shop.
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Los Angeles
Veterans Administration
Bessie Rowland
Howland
Lost Quarter Returns to Church After 50 Years
In Newport Kentucky Mrs Lydia Pyle Simkinson found a 25 cent church campaign coin from 1896. The quarter traveled across the country and back with 13.65 in compound interest and a $50 penalty check, returning to York Street Congregational Church via Rev Charles J Schaufus.
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Newport
York Street
Lydia Pyle Simpkinson
Simpkinson
California
Charles J. Schaufus
Dealer Finds Flawed Airmail Nicaraguan Stamps
Larry Borenstein, a French Quarter stamp dealer, bought hundreds of sheets of Nicaragua airmail stamps commemorating the Atlantic Charter. Perforations on two sheets were imperfect, dropping value from $2 to $600 each, and he also received a letter of apology from Nicaragua's Secretary of State.
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New Orleans
Larry Borenstein
Borenstein
Republic of Nicaragua
Zoo Feeds Lions With Own Slaughterhouse Horse Meat
Philadelphia Zoo says no meat shortage exists as lions and tigers feed on horse meat. The zoo operates its own slaughterhouse and averages three horses weekly, mostly lame or retired animals.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Truman
Giant fir tree yields lumber for 59 houses
In Tacoma a 12 foot nine inch diameter fir, aged 586 years, supplied enough lumber to build 59 average houses. Three men worked a day and a half to fell the tree, with annual rings determining its age. Texas reportedly has 132 government hospitals.
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Tacoma
Wash
Woman Rewards butcher with large steak gift
A devoted housewife from South Bend walked to Russell McDaniels shop and gave him a two steak gift from her cold storage because he had stored and cared for her meat purchases over many years. The steak was large enough to serve four.
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Ind
Russell McDaniels
McDaniels
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