New UNC Press Director Brings Wide Career of Service
Dr. Thomas J. Wilson III takes over as director of the University of North Carolina Press after a varied career as professor editor and U S Navy officer. Born in Chapel Hill he studied at UNC and Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and later held leadership posts at Henry Holt Reynal and Hitchcock before naval service. He returns in January to steer press policies while preserving its southern voice and expanding sales and advertising.
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Fears Earthquake Shake Traps Wife and Husband
Mrs. Sauers in WallA WallA fears an earthquake while driving and stops. A loud clink from the car returns after resuming, and on opening the trunk she finds her husband concealed, a staged disturbance by George Sauers.
Sugar beet acreage set at over a million for 1946
The 1946 sugar beet goal for U S farmers is slightly more than a million acres, up 31 percent from 1945. The delay in restoring sugar reduction elsewhere in Europe and Asia supports a $1 per ton higher price in 1946, while an odd line notes someone enjoying a practical joke with tools.
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War Welders Find Peaceful Farm Work Ahead
Winnie and Bill Welders, trained in wartime shipyard and arsenal work, can now apply their skills to building steel frame farms. Carnegie-Illinois plans a Site-Welded System of Construction to produce low cost barns silos cribs and dairy buildings from plentiful materials. Economists note 364 000 welders will need new postwar jobs and industries.
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Unique Tanker Concept Aims To Refuel Navy Vessels
New York January 17 reports discuss a novel tanker design to refuel ships at sea. The idea envisions a mobile structure that can dock alongside a battleship or carrier and deliver large oil quantities, with potential to streamline building supply chains through site welded systems.
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