Man Behind Pressure Cooker Firm Builds New Town
Lewis E. Phillips, president of the National Pressure Cooker Company, bought Eau Claire’s cooker plant to save the industry and now plans a new town called Presto, Wis. The firm, once near collapse in 1942, employs over 5,000, profits rose from 278,000 to 5,667,389 by 1947 as it expanded into canners motors and cast utensils.
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New York
Lewis E. Phillips
National Pressure Cooker Company
Phillips
Eau Claire
Wis
Presto
National Pressure Cooker
U. S
Lewis
Jay Phillips
Ed. Phillips and Sons Company
Phillips Brothers
Lewis Phillips
National
Illips
New York Salvager Sells City Surplus for Big Cash
Leo P. Flood runs the city salvage division selling surplus and waste from police fire hospitals prisons and schools to bidders. He has moved as much as 900000 annually and lists items like radioactive gold pigs iron lungs fire engines a ferry boat boats and old gear from civil defense. The program began in 1934 and has ranged from ashes and bones to $1.3 million in a great year during 1942-43.
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New York
Leo P. Flood
New York City
Department of Purchase
Flood
Water Department
Evolution At Annapolis Reforms Naval Academy Education
Annapolis reshapes officer training under Rear Admiral Holloway with a broad liberal arts core. Juniors study economics while seniors finish with elements of national power, foreign policy, and public speaking. Emphasis shifts from pure naval tactics to leadership, social studies, and informal instruction while hazing is banned.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Holloway
Defense Forrestal
Cer
G. Jenkins
University of Maryland
Strategic Air Command Prepares to Fight Anywhere
The Strategic Air Command SAC is a highly trained global force with Eighth and 15th Air Forces based across multiple fronts. It trains for long deployments, operates with limited bomber numbers, and aims to extend range through cruise control and improved maintenance while planning frequent 4,000-mile flights and potential 5,000-mile missions.
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Strategic Air Command
Wahington
U. S
SAC
Uncle Sam
Air Policy Commission
Ramey
Europe
Japan
Alaska
Caribbean
Eight Air Force
Sultech
Save
Ron
Cosmo Pied
Texas
Brest
France
Azores
Rapid City
S.D
George C. Kenney
Kenney
Trucking workforce numbers reveal widespread employment
About 5.5 million Americans work in motor trucking fields, roughly one in every eleven U S workers. The estimate highlights trucking as a major employment pillar across the United States.
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United States
U. S&s
Brehm backs one year ERP trial for foreign aid
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio backs a one year trial of European relief. He said ERP aid should run for 12 months and be administered by an agency other than the State Department. He reserves right to vote on extensions after seeing results. The note mentions a conference path and a dissenting past vote.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Brehm
State Department
Ohioan
Bigger And Better Beaches Goal Of Southern California
Southern California plans a sweeping beach modernization led by the shore line planning commission and engineers like A G Johnson. The program widens beaches from Si Segundo to Santa Monica, builds erosion controls, a 13 mile stretch of beachfront, a 30 million dollar Hyperion treatment plant, and a 75 million dollar coastal park with yacht harbor, bath houses, and extensive recreation facilities.
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Los Angeles
California
Hermosa Beach
A. G. Johnson
Los Angeles Beach
Johnson
Shoreline Planning Commission
Fi Segundo
Santa Monica
Venice Amusement Pier
Santa Monica Bay
Playa del Rey
New York
Jones Beach
Long Island
Redondo Beach
Long Beach
Alamitos Bay
San Diego
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Saul Pett
Pocket
Erskine Caldwell
Mr. Adam
Pat Freak
Farmer Takes
John Gould
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Wm. Faulkner
Mildred Pierce
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Susanne K. Langer
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James L. Holnt
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Arabia
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India
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Matden
China
Far East
London
Ussr
Harbin
Manchuria
Calcutta
Connecticut
Southern
F. H. Gillespie
Insurance Service
Reem
American Trust Ride
Maico Atomeer
St. Louis
Congowall
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