Railroads face sweeping probe as transit needs shift
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee launches the first comprehensive study of U.S. transportation, focusing on railroads, trucks, air, pipelines, and the regulatory failure of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It aims to assess postwar needs, with fierce rail lobbying and potential shifts in freight and passenger movements. Leaders anticipate findings will affect millions of Americans' incomes and budgets.
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Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
United States
Intestate ‘Commerce Commission
ICC
Middle West
Far Wear
Pinar Davis
Tors
Whitmore Delivers Dinner Talk for Lions Club
Dr J H Whitmore pastor of First Presbyterian Church was guest speaker at the Thomasville Lions Club dinner at the Woman's club building. He described the church as one of the oldest firms in existence. Club president J C Pennington led a brief business meeting noting August 6 would be skipped and members would attend Lexington charter night. Visitors included Dave Conrad Lexington club president elect Joe Bales and Calvin Knight.
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Thomasville
J. H. Whitmore
First Presbyterian Church
Lions Club
Woman's Club
J. C. Pennington
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Lexingon
Dave Conrad
Lexington Club
Joe Bales
Calvin Knight
Thomasville Scrap Collection Postponed to Next Sunday
The Thomasville scrap paper drive by the Junior Chamber of Commerce was moved from last Sunday to next Sunday due to weekend rain. Eight trucks will collect on all city streets starting at 1 p.m. donations should be left at the curb in front of homes.
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Thomasville
Casual Commentary on Hirohito and Liberty Bell Reflections
A pasted clip surveys Hirohito’s ritualized rule and public worship, noting age six children and rare interviews, then shifts to Liberty Bell restoration hopes and an account of Goering’s toy railroad incident as WWII history pondered.
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Little Herman
Herman Goering
Germany
Nero
Goering
Karinhall
Luftwaffe
England
London
Cosmo‘politan Magazine
Company Banks Pay For Workers
By suggestion of employees R G LeTourneau Inc Peoria AL manufacturer of heavy earthmoving and lifting machinery starts a bank deposit service crediting workers pay to checking accounts. The plan eliminates pay lines lost checks and lets workers pay bills by check with deposits available at 14 participating banks.
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R. G. LeTourneau, Inc
Peoria
City of Pittsburgh B-29 carries crew man from Steel City
A B-29 named The City of Pittsburgh carries its crew led by 2nd Lt. Roy C. Collingwood, a native of Pittsburgh, as it targets Japan.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Japan
Roy C. Collingwood
Steel City
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker life feature premieres
A feature on Captain Eddie Rickenbacker titled Captain Eddie runs in Cosmopolitan and will be premiered in Columbus Ohio during a memorial event in July. The piece profiles the famed flyer and notes the Luftwaffe officers referenced as part of wartime history.
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Captain Eddie
20Th Fox
Capt
Eddie Rickenbacker
Cosmopiltan
Columbus
Ohio
Jermemee
Rickenbacker
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