General MacArthur Active At 70 As He Leads Japan
Tokyo dispatch notes General Douglas MacArthur, approaching age seventy, maintains a rigorous seven day schedule as supreme commander in Japan. He remains a stern yet loyal leader who rarely rests, guiding occupation policy, resisting communism, and planning for a formal peace with Japan while considering a future executive role.
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United States
Arthur
Stalin
Asia
China
Remington Rand
Tokyo
Napoleon
Hospital visit leads to another Duke patient
Jan 21 report details Mrs. Ralph Burgess of Benson visiting her husband at Duke hospital in Durham. On returning home she discovers her married daughter ill and, entering the daughter’s trailer, falls and breaks her hip. She is back as a patient at Duke hospital. Coal production figures for the week ending Jan 14 show 7,425,000 tons produced, up from 5,630,000 the prior week and down from 11,775,000 tons in the same week of 1949.
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Dunn
Ralph Burgess of
Benson
Duke Hospital
Durham
Washington
National Coal Association Today
New Arctic housing set to replace WW II quonset huts
NEA reports a shift from quonset huts to inflated neoprene shelters and insulated aluminum panel units for Arctic and cold climate use. The innovations include a four-man inflated hut, wind resistance to 100 mph, and 500 pounds of snow support, with modular panels forming expandable 600 sq ft spaces.
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NEA
Washington
Arctic
Dodge
Bear Tales of Famous Grizzlies and Crafty Hunters
A regional survey of legendary bears and their human rivals. It recalls tame grizzlies Lady Washington and Ben Franklin with Grizzly Adams, famed Smokies stories of Honest John Old Three Toes and Kettle Foot, plus the Wilsons and their Plott dogs. The piece notes cattle killers, park rangers in Yellowstone, and the hardiness of bear dogs in Arizona and North Carolina. It closes with tales of dogs reading bears minds and a dog named Betty.
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Cal
Lady Washington
Ben Franklin
Grizzly” Adams
California Sierras
Adams
Adamis
North Carolina
Honest John
Old Three Toes
Kettlefoot
Hack Smith
Crusoe’s Island
Kittlefoot
Three Toes
Plotts
Wilsons
Daniel Boone
Smokies
Big Tom Wilson
Ewart
Dolph
Utah
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Rangers
FBI
Arizona
Nine Billion To Be Spent In Homes
The American Furniture Mart forecasts 1950 home spending at 9.65 billion dollars for urban owners renters and former owners. Furniture and bedding account for 27.4 percent with refrigerators and freezers leading appliances at 12.2 percent of a 1.2 billion total. The data, from a midwinter show, suggest higher totals if business continues strong.
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American Furniture Mart
U.S
the Mart
Mart
Folk Singing Program Starts on WHPE Today
A new program titled Texas Bill Strength will air Sundays from 1 45 to 2 p m on WHPE starting today. Sponsored by the Congress for Industrial Organization the show features folk singer along with George Baldanzi executive vice president of the Textile Workers Union CIO.
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WHPE
Congress For Industrial Organization
George Baldanzi
Textile Workers Union, Cio
NLRB Orders Union Election at Standard Chair
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election at Standard Chair within 30 days to decide union representation for workers with United Furniture Workers. UFWA official Charles Coburn said NLRB chair Paul Herzog informed the union that a company petition to dismiss the union request had no merit and was denied.
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National Labor Relations Board
Standard Chair Company
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Strugg
UFWA
CIA
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