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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
8
Chicago June 30. John B. Foreman told a convention of clothiers that shoulder pads will be removed from men's suits next season. He warned the move will reveal frailty in men but will yield softer lines and more comfortable suits. A bari-basso is noted.
Mary Alice Kleckner of 112 South Vine street Palo Alto has been named display manager for the Clothes Closet a women’s shop Her Mother’s Day window display drew national ad agency attention She majors in art at San Jose University and works with a Little Theatre group in Palo Alto She will visit New Castle in August for a month’s vacation staying with her sister Mrs George Drake and brother in law in New Castle and with her grandmother Mrs Heywood Bryan of Highland Avenue in New Castle
Secretary George C. Marshall lured Undersecretary Lovett back to Washington to handle a more complicated task. The ex banker faces fears of private cartel power returning to stifle production as in pre-1939 Europe, while Truman and Marshall push a firm anti cartel policy. Lovett’s 18 hour tempo and organizing capacity are highlighted as crucial.
The phrase mag nolia refers to multiple tree species sharing the Magnolia genus name. Botanists distinguish them by scientific names and regional usage, noting that common names can overlap across species.
A reader challenges Walter Walkinshaw of the State Department Public Liaison in a 1947 King Features column. The letter cites Roosevelt Morgenthau plans from 1944 and 1945, the Quebec Memorandum, and JCS 1061 to argue the Morgenthau Plan and Potsdam chronology were misrepresented. The piece urges scrutiny of official documents including JCS 1067 and the Potsdam agreement.
The text discusses how traffic can cross a dividing line on a four lane road and collide head on despite safety measures. It mentions a well known Englishman taken on a nationwide motor ride about seven years earlier, illustrating concerns about dangerous driving and road design.
A speaker marveled at the vast growth of U S highways and asked where the funds come from. The response: democracy provides the money. In other notes, cotton stored for 80 plus years shows little deterioration and the nickel name origin is traced to copper nickel from Saxony. Walnut carryover for spring 1947 totals around 26 million pounds, about three times normal.
The article notes that visible star points to the naked eye are caused by Earth's atmosphere. It also explains that ammonium nitrate, about 95 percent of blasting powder, is popular because its explosion tends to heave rather than shatter coal.
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