U S Concludes Its Worst Year For Labor Conflicts
The 1946 period saw unprecedented labor strife with strikes across autos, steel, coal, and rail. Government action, wage controls, and the push for peaceful arbitration shaped the closing year as 1947 looms with hopes of fewer stoppages and renewed bargaining.
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U.S
Phillips J. Peck
Eo News Service
Washington
INS
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Republican Congress
Organized Labor
Union Treasuries
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Truman
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Lewis
UMW
United States
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Micro optometer aids ultra precise bearing measurements
Said to be the most precise measuring instrument in the world a micro super precision electric optometer used in the roller bearing industry for measuring super precision bearings within tolerances of plus or minus one tenth or one thousandth of a millimeter.
Insurance coverage trends in US families since 1920
In 1945 the average US family carried life insurance roughly equal to its annual income. The 1920 family carried insurance below its income, while by 1927 insurance exceeded the annual income, illustrating shifting coverage levels over the interwar period.
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United States
Hotels Face 1947 Slump as Beverages Signal Decline
A coast wide analysis shows hotel beverage sales down and room occupancy slipping. In New York midtown, 20 hotels report seven day Thanksgiving period occupancy from 98 to 88 percent. General J Leslie Kincaid warns profits threatened unless room rates rise, with possible OPA action anticipated.
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Ae Horweth
Collewete
New York
J. Leslie Kincaid
American Hotels’ Corporation
OPA
Kincaid
Prehistoric Find at Tepe Hissar Sparks Archaeology Talk
A fragmentary report notes a prehistoric site at Tepe Hissar near Perth yielded an object dated beyond a dozen millennia. Jerusa lem history claims a former population exceeding one million, underscoring ancient urban scale.
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Tepe Hissar
Yin Perth
End of an Era as Cheap Money Roars and Fades in 1946
The 1946 finance year saw a peak in U S government bond prices in April under New Deal policy, followed by a midyear pullback and a rise in rates as the Treasury clashed with the Fed over rates. Bond trends shaped corporate financing, aiding postwar expansion while affecting households and businesses facing debt and inflation concerns.
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New York
Roosevelt
U. S
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Government policy and bank credit in the debt shift
The text analyzes how government action on interest rates affects insured policy holders and taxpayers. It describes banks holding government securities as the base of credit expansion and a shift of debt from banks to individuals and investors. It notes underwriting syndicates facing unsold securities and a late fall loosening with higher returns for new investors.
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West
Moonrise Times and Wartime Etiquette Echo Across England
A fragment notes that near the Arctic Circle the moon can rise earlier than previous nights. It recalls wartime England where discarding ticket stubs on streets was an offense because they were salvaged for paper.
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Arctic Circle
England
Mistere Sold For Bronchial Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Mistere as a cold remedy from a Canadian discovery. It claims the product loosens thick phlegm and soothes irritated bronchial passages to ease coughing.
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Buckley
Canadios
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