Ford Company Begins New Era Under Henry Ford II
Henry Ford II leads the Ford empire as executive vice president with his grandfather in retirement and Edsel Ford gone. He vows to push peacetime production, faces tougher competition, and promises the finest car in Ford history once facilities catch up. The young chief emphasizes realism and a strong family-guided policy.
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Ford Company
Henry 2
Henry Ford II
Edselherd
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Florida
Ford Empire
United Press
Ford Board of Strategy
Ford
Portrait of a Humble Executive in Quiet Southern Life
A business leader resides at his desk eight to ten hours daily, greeting callers and staff, maintaining a simple, grandfatherly lifestyle and modest social habits. The vignette emphasizes a restrained, contemplative approach to leadership and daily routine.
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Quently
French Women Say Yanks Not Like Hollywood Movies
Paris reports French women find American soldiers poor lovers and ill behaved, criticizing drunkenness, loud talk, insolence, and insensitivity in contrast to Hollywood images. Samedi Soir cites Stars and Stripes complaints, noting French men’ s view of Yank influence and fashioning hairdos.
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Paris
U.P
Army
Stars and Stripes
Samedi Soir
France
Veteran worker vows to stay on till Japan is licked
Peter Weber, a 72 year old industrial veteran of two world wars, remains the oldest employee at Buckeye Brass & Mfg Co in Cleveland. The firm makes bushings for Diesel engines and Weber says he has no plans to retire until the enemy is defeated.
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Cleveland J.P
Peter Weber
Buckeye Brass & Mfg. Co
Inside Conquered Germany Today by U P Manager
A United Press report from June details devastation across Germany including Cologne Hamburg and Munich. The article notes half the great cities ruined thousands of bodies beneath ruins and crowded living conditions as USSTAF and RAF bombers target industrial plants to cripple Germany’s war effort.
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United Press
Co Upright
Germany
Reich
Cologne
Essen
Mulheim
Duisberg
Nuremberg
Hannover
Magdeburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Braunschweig
Ludwigshafen
Munich
United States Strategic Air Force
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Usstaf
Carl A. Spaatz
RAF
Spratz
England
Spaatz
Britain
Winston Churchill
Bombing of German oil plants cripples war industry
USSTAF and British airmen targeted Germanys oil refining complex at Merseburg Leuna. More than 11,000 USSTAF aircraft participated over months, smashing the synthetic oil plant and undermining German war capacity. A GI survivor recalls the plant was ruined beyond repair.
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Usstaf
Spaatz
Luftwaffe
Germany
Merseburg- Leuna
G. I
Montgomery coal czar of Ruhr named by Truman
President Truman seeks Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery as Ruhr coal czar to revitalize mines in the British occupied zone. Europe faces a 50 million ton deficit with many nations almost coal free and Germany needing to restart production to avert unrest.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Winston Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ruhr
Montgomery
Europe
J. Potter
France
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
North Africa
U. S
Britain
Potter
Germany
European Coal Organization
Local families visit relatives and friends in multiple towns
Mrs Harley Haskett and children visited near Bloomfield with her parents the Sparks. Mr and Mrs Ross Evans spent Thursday with Mrs Anna Clark and Mrs Stella Hollis at Orwell. Several families visited relatives in Fort Meade Bethesda Spencer Ashley Chatsworth Indianapolis and Freedom. The Rum Join Us class held an evening gathering at Hulda Frey home. The Missionary Society of the Christian church met for an all day session with a covered dish luncheon.
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Harley Haskett
Sparks
Bloomfield
Ross Evans
Anna Clark
Stella Hollis
Orwell
Roy Groves
Mary Martha
Imogene Shilkett
Charles Greves
Ft. Meade
Bob Bock
Anderson
Orlando Roach
Methodist Sunday School
Hulda Frey
W. H. Frye
Ott Wright
Bethesda
Ohio
J. B. Dillon
Lola Dillon
Gail Abrell
Freedom
Ralph Need
Spencer
Kathleen Latier
Ashley
Fred Stantz
Golda Carter
Frank Bump
Mary Fran
Chatsworth
Ray
Eva Gray
Mond Chaffee
Jesse Lee Fox
Indianapolis
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Claude Gibson
Foundation Formed to Lead Funeral Service Education
A new $500,000 educational foundation led by funeral service leaders and the National Selected Morticians aims to advance embalming science and public understanding. Founder George W. Olinger cites a post graduate school, memorial library, updated model prep room, public education, modern display room, and research program as core features. Five trustees will oversee operations including C. Howard Tickner and T. Clyde Drennan.
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Chicago
George W. Olinger
America
United States
U. S. Treasury
Olinger
C. Howard Tickner
Baltimore, Md
T. Clyde Drennan
Airector named in regional appointment
Secretary announces Wily Krieger as Airector with recipients including George M. Davis Jr of Oakland New Rochelle N Y Russell D Eaw of Colorado Springs and W Emmet Mil ward of Lexington Ky in the appointment notice.
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Oakland
Calif
George M. Davis, Jr
New Rochelle
N. Y
Russell D. Eaw
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. Emmet Milward
Lexington
Wily Krieger
Japs Apologize to Asia Clients for Delayed Transmissions
The Japanese Domei agency apologized to client newspapers in occupied Asia for hours long delays in transmissions. A May 26 B-29 raid damaged its Tokyo plant, disrupting service. cause of new delays was not reported.
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San Francisco
Comei
Asia
Domei
Tokyo
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