Nation Near Quarter Trillion Production Pace in 1948 Second Quarter
The Commerce Department reported the annual rate of goods and services reached 248 billion dollars in Q2, 1948, with last year at 231.6 billion and the year before at 204 billion. Inflation, higher prices, and wage gains boosted value while factory output dipped in June due to material shortages. farm product value and services offsets kept total up. Government spending rose, private investment fell, and consumer spending rose modestly aided by a tax cut returning about 3 billion dollars of income to households.
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Walrngton
Commerce Department
Department
Ding
NBC Midwest TV Network to Start Program Operations
NBC announced the Midwest television network will begin program operations on Sept. 20 with five stations. Original members include KSD-TV St. Louis WWJ-TV Detroit WTMJ-TV Milwaukee WSPD-TV Toledo and WBEN-TV Buffalo. The plan was outlined at a meeting with NBC officials.
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Chicago
National Broadcasting Co
Midwest Television Network
E. Showerman
Vice Presided
Ksd-Tv
St. Louis
Wwj-Tv
Detroit
Wtmj-Tv
Milwaukee
Wspd.tv
Toledo
Wben-Tv
Buffalo
N. Y
N. B
Moulders Union Leader Harry Stevenson Dies in Manchester
Harry Stevenson, president of the Moulders and Foundry Workers Union of America and a leader in the AFL, died suddenly in his hotel room in Manchester England on August 24. He was from Cincinnati Ohio.
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Manchester
Eng
Harry Stevenson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Moulders and Foundry Workers Union of America
American Federation of Labor
China’s Inflation Spiral Recedes
Reports from Changchun say three fire merchants were executed for price violations and six banished to Communist territory while Nanking authorities arrested five merchants for violating price regulations. Chiang Kai-shek expressed gratification as 1800 ounces of gold and $54,000 in U S currency were turned in at Shanghai on the first day of conversion.
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Shanghai
China
Changchun
Manchuria
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Metropolitan Opera to Open After All for 1948 49
New York Aug 24 The Metropolitan Opera Association confirms a 1948 49 season after employees dropped wage increase claims. The decision revives a previously cancelled season and openings will be announced later by Edward Johnson.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Association
Edward Johnson
California Girls Brown School Networks Open in West Coast
A fragmented OCR snippet outlines Brown School systems including California girls academies in Glendora and San Diego, with grades from primary through twelfth and a Brown Military Academy link. It notes separate buildings and connections among the Brown institutions.
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America
Brown Military Academy
San Diego
California
Brown
War Department
Southern California
Long Beach
Brown School
Glendora
Brown Junior School
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COPR
American Tobacco Company
Tad
Television Network
Bow
England
Mark Clark
Companion Schools
Meat Institute
Venn
San Francisco
West
Fred Waring
NBEC
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