Auto industry starts year with rising costs and profits
AP Detroit 1948 saw rising costs and profits across the auto industry with higher retail prices and a large unfilled order backlog. Production neared historic highs despite material shortages and labor disputes, highlighted by Kaiser-Frazer’s 200,000 car output and GM UAW wage-COB price links.
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Detroit
United States
Buick
Oldsmobile
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
K-F
Kaiser-Frazier
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Mercury
Lincoln
Cadillac
Nash
Chevrolet
Plymouth
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
1948 Postal Revenue Hits 335003 49 in Middletown
Middletown postmaster Hilbert H. Martin reports 1948 gross postal receipts totaling 335,003.49 dollars, up 14.02 percent from 1947. Fourth quarter revenue rose 20.05 percent year over year, with 1948 calendar year money orders totaling 535,314.51 dollars and postage fees 238,649.27 dollars.
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Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
Martin
Dog Tag Sales Slump Still behind Last Year
Deputy county treasurer staff report dog tag sales are far below the same period last year. With a January 20 deadline, more than 1,000 pet owners may not have applied for licenses. Office hours are weekdays and Saturday until noon. fees are 1 dollar for male and spayed dogs and 3 dollars for females.
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Deputy County Treasurer's
Deputy Treasurer's
Doubting Doctor Corrects Frazer on Fake Syphilis
A man named Frazer endured six months of distress after a quack claimed he had syphilis. A Worried Clinic physician ordered four labs to test blood and spinal fluid, confirming Frazer never had the disease. He warns against gullibility and negative thinking, noting treatment can cure venereal disease.
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Frazer
Gandhi program training centers set up in provinces
Washington Letter discusses violence ideology tied to industrialization and militarization. It notes volunteer training for Gandhi's program in provinces, with doctors and nurses earning as little as 50 dollars a month, English nurse Dr. Nayar earning 15 dollars and deeming it sufficient. It contrasts Gandhi’s emphasis on means with Communist focus on ends, citing the creed from each side.
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Nayar
Gandhi
Dr. Nayar
Moron term origin traced to ancient Greek roots
An etymological note explains the term moron derives from Greek moros meaning foolish and cites Moliere who used the name Moron for a court fool in a 1664 play. The piece discusses historical context and linguistic evolution.
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Moros
Moliere
Moron
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