Readability Expert from Vienna Joins OPA in Plain English
Rudolf Flesch, once a Vienna lawyer, now writes OPA regulations in simple everyday English. He tests sentences for readability aimed at the average reader with about 8 1/2 years of schooling and urges short, direct phrases and personal references.
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Vienna
Welles
OPA
Washington
Rudolf Flesch
Flesch
Tradesmere
Hitler
Columbia University Library School
American Association For Adult Education
Columbia
Harper's
Liberty Magazine
Internal Revenue Department
Invasion Troops Given France Notes
American invasion troops were prepared financially for the assault on France with payday in franc notes issued in 1944 and bearing Bank of France authority. Notes ranged 5, 60, 100 and 500 francs, exchange rate two cents per franc. Smallest note about three by two inches, larger 500-franc note similar to prewar French issue with 1939 date. all carried anti counterfeiting warnings.
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W. R. Higginbotham
Associated Pres
U.S. Coast Guard
Transfort
France
Bank of France
Bank Robber Holds Sligo National Bank for $5000
State Police intensified a manhunt for a short stocky robber who held up the Sligo National Bank at 9:45 AM yesterday and escaped with $5000 in mixed currency. He fled in a car abandoned at New Bethlehem and is sought by authorities in PA, OH, WV and NY. He wore dark glasses and a cloth face covering. Only a clerk was present during the robbery.
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Clarion
Sligo
New Bethlehem
J. R. Dodson
Puyxsutawney
Brookville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
New York State
Postwar Vacations Planned By Many
Harrisburg reports widespread interest in an extensive After-the-War vacation plan. Letters requesting Pennsylvania literature and information are flooding the State Department of Commerce. Director J Herbert Walker notes a large cross-state and cross-border interest, with inquiries detailing proposed itineraries to combine recreational centers with historic shrines and scenic sites.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department’ of Commerce
J Herbert Walker
Department
Vacation and Recreation Bureau
Canada
War Sees Personnel Plan Quiet Rest in Pennsylvania
Hce staff anticipate furloughs and plan rest in Pennsylvania. Some men and women look forward to long vacations after the war and are already making plans, the department says.
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Hce
Pennsylvania
The
Department
Utilities Under Jurisdiction of P U C 1943
In 1943 the Public Utility Commission had oversight of 9739 utilities delivering various services. The list includes electric 52, gas 138, telephone 232, water 476, taxicabs 424, street railways 17, truck 7600, telegraph 2, refrigeration 1, steam heat 32, ferry 16, express 2, common carriers by water 5, canal 2, bridge toll 11, Airways 4, bus scheduled service 417, grain elevator 2, incline plane 3, pine lines 6, stack yards 3, coverage 15, wharfage 3, and other items.
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Public Utility Commission
Lions 45 Meet In Pittsburgh
SCRANTON June 1 delegates of the Pennsylvania Association of Lions Clubs elected district governors as Pittsburgh hosts the 1945 convention. District governors named were Thomas S. Howland Philadelphia 14A A C Warren Shanar Rochester 14B Lewis S Kneffler Huntingdon 14C Monroe Nite Kenneth Square 14D and William B Schmidt Irwin 4E.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania Association of Lions
Pittsburgh
Thomas S. Howland
Philadelphia
Warren Shanar
Rochester
Lewis S. Kneffler
Huntingdon
Monroe Nite
Kenneth Square
William &, Schmidt
Irwin
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George Zielke
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hollywood Motion Picture Studios
Geiuger Aesio
Endocreme
Nature
Tolletriese
Troutman's
Lions
Post
California
General Foods
Oal
Sterling
By Frank Beaven
Sterling Motor Oil
Quaker
Banut
SES Tour
Indepee
TOR and Quaker State Products
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