British Newsboys Seek American Small Merchant Idea
A British group after visiting U S newspapers proposes a "little merchant" system to employ boys on rounds. They argue it could teach business skills without harming education, but British news agents resist, noting rail distribution and the dominant role of large news agents.
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London
Britain
Anglo - American Productivity Council
Albert Whinfrey
The
News Agents Federation
Whinfrey
William Ridd
Newspaper Society
Kidd
U. S
Little Merchant
Kersten Targets UE Union Over U S Open Spies
Rep. Charles J. Kersten says in Reader's Digest that the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union remains linked to major firms like General Electric, Westinghouse and Sylvania. He calls UE subversive and urges actions to cut its influence and protect defense plants. The article also notes Americans drink more coffee than people elsewhere.
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Washington
Charles
J. Kersten
Milwaukee
America
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Kersten
Reader's Digest
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
Sylvania
Red J
Justice Department
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Defense Department
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Physical requirements for doctors and dentists lowered
The Defense Department announced lowered physical standards to reexamine 4,000 doctors dentists and veterinarians previously rejected for service. The move aims to expand medical staff while preserving care quality and shows savings equal to four thousand physicians from freeing military doctors from non medical duties. Deaths among wounded under medical treatment since Korea run at about half the World War II rate.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Andorra Described as Sans Armed Forces and Modern Trims
A historical note describes Andorra as a tiny Pyrenees state lacking an army police postage stamps coins newspapers and railroads. The description emphasizes its austere profile and unique status between France and Spain.
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Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
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Bert Spangler
Howard Langlois
Army and
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Irving Bellas
Army
T Tribune
R. J. Ertl
Arthur Vandrey
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Navy
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AP News
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Tenn
Tennessee
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Kenneth McKellar
House of Representatives
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Maine
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Burton M. Cross
Supreme Court
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