Normandie rusted hull end of an era in shipbuilding
The Normandie, submerged and corroded at Brooklyn, remains water tight but is a bare, iron skeleton with 1,029 feet of empty decks. Todd Shipyard keeps 40 men for maintenance as engines and boilers are ruined beyond repair. Officials estimate over 30 million dollars to replace engines and rebuild interiors.
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John A. Moroso II
New York
Brooklyn
George C. Haefner
Perrysburg
Ohio
Navy
Forty-second Street
Todd Shipyard Corp
Herman Wiese
Todd
Elizabeth
Haefner
H. Struve Hense
Maritime Comm
Naval
Normandie
Hudson River
Mary
France
War era tale of Lalwani Manila baptism party
In Tokyo a Manila distiller Lalwani hosts a lavish baptism party for a guest, spending 21 000 pesos equal to about 10 500 dollars. Lt McNamara recalls lavish gifts and a request for American goods, illustrating excess amid wartime Manila.
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McNamara
Lalwani
Brooklyn
New York
Average Housewife Spends Nine Years In Cooking Meals
Pittsburgh report notes the average housewife spends about nine and a half years cooking for her family and washes roughly 26 280 dishes yearly. Miss Elizabeth Watt of Westinghouse better homes warns reconversion may extend hand washing as manufacturers must revert to prewar models to minimize unemployment.
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Pittsburgh
Ins
Elizabeth Watt
Westinghouse Better Homes Department
Reconversion Outlook For Rubber Industry Surges
John L. Collyer of B F Goodrich predicts rapid rubber reconversion with passenger car tire production at 45 million units yearly in late 1945. The 1946 goal is 66 million, up from 50 million in prewar 1940, signaling strong postwar demand.
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Akron
INS
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich
New Cars Needed for Railroads After War
Philadelphia industrialist Edward G. Budd predicts railroads must increase output to at least twelvefold the prewar rate within five postwar years to modernize equipment. He notes most passenger cars are about 25 years old. A brief mention claims the Grand Canal of Venice was once a river flowing into lagoons.
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Philadelphia
INS
Edward G
Budd
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co
Grand Canal
Venice
Venezuela's Blitz War Redefines Revolution Tactics
C Allison Stewart reports Venezuela shifts from caudillo led uprisings to modern warfare using planes tanks and motorized forces. Air force trained by the U S arrives in Caracas Maracay and Miraflores with dive bombing grenades and armored cars forcing rebel and loyalist positions to collapse.
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C. Allan Stewart
Caracas
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
Maracay
Gomez
Eleazar Lopez Sontreras
Lopez
Contreras
Isaias Medina Angarita
U.S
Vultee
Medina
Jurado
Falcon
Pitt Cyclotron Delayed by War Ready for Next Summer
The University of Pittsburgh expects its cyclotron to operate by next summer as ninety tons of machined steel arrive and remaining materials are on hand. The magnet will be housed in a campus building partly under a hill, with three roof sides covered.
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Pittsburgh
INS
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Atom smasher again explained by project head
Dr. Alexander J. Allen explained the cyclotron under construction has two aims. It provides high energy particles for atomic force study and produces tagged radioactive materials to trace through the human body. The fourth side is defended by a four foot water wall for operator protection.
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Earth
Alexander J. Allen
Quilt Remnant Co. Offer Includes Patch Pieces And Threads
Bargain package offers colorful quilt pieces, giant spool thread, 18 quilt patterns, and assorted goods to make over 1200 patches. Special price 149 C.0.D. plus postage with money back guarantee. Send no money. pay postman. Bloomington department listing Mary Caldwell. Free for prompt action.
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C.0.d
Mary Caldwell
Craft Remnant Co
Dept. Bloomington
Trail Blazers
Almanat
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Naples
Cherbourg
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Hol Boyle
Boyles
Tokyo
Guni
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Mr. Lalwani
Philippines
Robert D. McNamara
Paris
Bang
Rtg
Ashley
United States
Automatic Wood Stove Company
Columbia. S. C
Hyde Park Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
National Order of Ahepa
Stephen C. Scopas
Washington, D. C
Ahepa
Tom Clark
Walter Russell
Harry F. Booras
Boston
Mass
International
DAVIS
Charles
Chesterfield
Victory
Main ST
High Point N. C
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