War production expands as nation shifts to defense orders
Defense orders pile up in business and industry with backlogs climbing to 41.7 billion dollars by January end, as Ford and GM units win tank contracts and naval seaplane production rises. Civilians stay supplied amid factory expansion, cotton trading resumes, and prices edge up in a wary market.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Owen
Pene
Hanover
Michael V. di Salle
Seare
Inca Aetures
Elien
New York Stock Exchange
Roy
I Am An American Day Proclaimed By Truman
President Truman proclaims Sunday May 20 as I Am An American Day urging renewal of faith in liberty opportunity and justice. Officials and private stations are asked to hold ceremonies nationwide on May 20.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Ed Lovet
Closing Stock Quotations From Admiral Corps and Partners
A compressed list of closing stock quotations includes Admiral Corps Air Reduction 28 percent Alaska Zinc Al & Dye 624 Allis Chal Mfg 46 Am Car & Fdy 34 Am For Pow 2 percent Am Pow & Lt 214 Am Rad & St 8 144 Am Smelt & Ref 74 AT&T 156 percent Am Tob 65 Atlas Pow 112 Aveo Mfg 8 percent Bald Lima 1314 B&O 22 Bendix Aviat 53 percent Beth Steel 444 Borg Warner Ti Briggs Mfg 34 Budd Co 17 percent Burl Millis 354 Bur Add Mach 174 Calumet & Hee 9 Can Dry 13 percent Can Pac 26 percent Cannon Mills 56 Case J 1614 Consol Edis 31 percent Cons Vultee 19 Cont Can 36 percent Cont Mot Con Ot 994 Corn Prod 71 percent Curt Wright 1 percent Curt Wht A 254 Davison Chem 34 Del Lack & W14 Doug Aire 101 Dow Chem 881 percent.
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Alaska
al & Dye
Am Smelt & Ref
At&t
Atlas
Bald-Lima
B&o
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Borg Warner Ti Briggs
Budd Co
Burl Millis
Curt Wright
Curt
del Lack & W
Doug Aire
Security Quotations Anes Reported 7 6% 39% 15%
A brief item notes quotational data labeled Security Quotations with figures 7 and percentages 6 39 and 15. The piece reads as a concise statistical snippet without broader context or identified entities.
Smoke Control Report Discussion Planned at City Hall
Thomasville officials set a Monday discussion at city hall on the smoke abatement report presented to council March 2. The meeting aims to review the findings and policy implications for air quality.
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Thomasville
Mar
Leity
Aspecitio
Census Counts Farm Homes and Non-Farm Households
The 1950 census reports 6,485,000 farm homes and 39,390,000 non farm homes across the United States. The figures highlight the rural housing base and the large urban-adjacent non farm household sector.
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United States
Scandal Ties Paul Buckley to Rubinstein RFC Deals
New York March 10 The Behind the News column traces Paul O Leary Buckley a Connecticut New York financier linked to Serge Rubinstein and the Lustron RFC loans In Lustron Buckley served as director and funded a trailer contract with Commercial Home Equipment FCC findings suggest potential RFC fraud amid Buckleys dual roles and related connections with Lustron and other borrowers
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Andy May
Garssons
Serge Rubinstein
RFC
Paul O'Leary
Buckley
Connecticut
Rubinstein
James Fe
REC
Lustron
Central Tron and Steel
Meve
E. Meri Young
Lustron’s
Truman
Federal Machine & Welder
Chicago
Ae Lustron
Commercial Home
Senate
Esenes
Paul Buckley
Duck Rescued After Three Weeks In Hole
A duck on the Bill Pickering farm vanished with its mate for three weeks. Gas lost his shoe in a hole and a boy drew the duck from the dark cavity. The bird, fed bread and vitamins, recovered after the ordeal and resumed normal activity.
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Hole
Bill Pickering
Es Aeing
Gas
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