Rail sea rate cut urged for Alaska shipments
Washington dispatch notes Alaska interests should seek rail and water rate reductions. The Interstate Commerce Commission confirms joint rail-water rates are allowed from Pacific Coast ports to Hawaii, South America and the Far East. Rep. Tollefson argues steel in carload lots costs 44 cents per hundred pounds for export routes but 1.10 dollars for Alaska shipments.
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Washington
Alaska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rep. Tollefson
R.wash
Hawaii
South America
Far East
Pacific Coast
G. A. R. Full Strength 52, Youngest Member Is 97
The Grand Army of the Republic will number 52 survivors as of May 26. The youngest is 97, James Cragom of Chicago, and the oldest, Albert Hard of Rochester, N.Y., who turns 107 next July 13. Most receive about 120 dollars monthly. Confederate veterans receive some pensions from states.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
The
Veterans Administration
James Cragom
Chicago
Albert Hard
Rochester
N.Y
Government of
Confederate Veterans
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
There's no place for the old folks they pace the world
A spirited editorial notes society ignores aging talent as youth dominates work and culture. It cites Baruch, Rockefeller Jr., Weizmann, Jinnah, Churchill, Shaw, Toscanini, and others proving septuagenarians remain active and influential, challenging the idea of no place for the elderly.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
King Ibn Saud
Arabia
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
Themistocles Sophoulis
Greece
Haakon VII
Norway
Gustav V
Sweden
George Bernard Shaw
Broadway
Somerset Maugham
Arturo Toscanini
Jan Sibelius
Finland
Carl Saarul Ee
Robert Frost
Army names candidates for chief of engineers
Washington May 28 The Army submitted a list of about six officers to President Truman for the chief of Army engineers vacancy Lt Gen Raymond Wheeler retires next month An Army selection board sent five or six names to the White House Brig Gen Lewis Pick Army engineer for the Missouri Valley District is among the candidates Pick helped build the Ledo Road in Southeast Asia and outlined Missouri River basin development with the Reclamation Bureau
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Washington
Army
Truman
Army Engineers
Raymond Wheeler
Senate
Army Selection Board
White House
Lewis Pick
Missouri Valley District
Pick
Ledo Road
Southeast Asia
China
Reclamation Bureau
Missouri River Basin
Conversion urged for Rock Island plant to fertilizer use
Rep Horan urged the Munitions Board to convert Rock Island Washington ferro silicon plant into a fertilizer plant and keep it at its present site. The board notified Senator Magnuson that power is not available at Rock Island and a proposal has been made to move the plant to Kentucky where TVA power would be available.
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Washington
Horan
Wash
Munitions Board
Rock Island, Wash
Sen
Magnuson
D.wash
Rock Island Sand
Kentucky
TVA
Supreme Court’s veteran nine face fresh scrutiny
The passage notes Felix Frankfurter, aged 63, among the nine justices as the U.S. Supreme Court confronts ongoing competition and challenges. The tone suggests a young-spirited bench enduring external pressures and internal debates.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Plane's Sharp Bank Saves Boy in Flight to Surgery
In Seminole Texas on May 28 Dr. Andrew Tomb flew a boy with a swallowed toy wheel to Big Spring for surgery. A sharp bank during landing dislodged the object, ending the emergency as the operation was rendered unnecessary.
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Seminole
Texas
Harry Lewis
Seminole Chamber of Commerce
Jack F. Jones
Andrew 5
Tomb
Big Spring
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York
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