Causes and groups study small business failures in New Deal era
Washington reports two major efforts to diagnose and fix small business woes. The Committee for Economic Development led by Paul Hoffman releases findings on small firms and management hurdles. The National Planning Association begins a year long study on industrial peace under collective bargaining and labor relations.
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Robert Taft
Congress
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National Planning Association
Paul Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
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Hoffman
Madison Avenue
New York City
Chambers of Commerce
NPA
America
Hough
CFD
Clinton Golden
Golden
Labor Act Passes Despite Veto After Prolonged Row
The Taft Hartley act clears the House 331 to 83 over President Truman’s veto amid a record filibuster. Eisenhower resigns as army chief to become Columbia University president. Omar Bradley and J Lawton Collins named potential successors.
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New York
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War Department
Eisenhower
Columbia
Europe
Omar N Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
J. Lawton Collins
Army Public Information
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Guardians of Past Hallowed Sites in National Park System
The National Park Service guards over 80 sites honoring American history and deeds memorialized in marble and stone. It aims to present history simply and straightforwardly across the nation’s sacred areas.
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National Park Service
America
National Park Service Catalogs U S Historic Sites
The National Park Service outlines six historic periods and lists key sites across the colonies Revolutionary era War Between the States and westward expansion. Notable monuments include Castillo de San Marcos Fort Raleigh Yorktown Manassas and Mount Rushmore with later elements such as the Statue of Liberty and Adams Mansion.
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National Park System
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
St. Augustine
Fla
Fort Raleigh
North Carolina
Colonial National Historical Park
Virginia
Fort Frederica National Monument
Georgia
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site
Pennsylvania
United States
Matanzas Inlet
Spain
Peru
Francis Drake
General Oglethorpe
Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh
North American
Jamestown Island
Fort Frederica
St. Simon's Island
Saratoga
New York
Yorktown
Washington
Morristown
N. J
White Plains
Guilford Courthouse
Moore’s Creek
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
South Carolina
St. Louis
Tennessee
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Pipe Springs
Arizona
Custer
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Soft coal miners strike expands to 180000 workers
Protest strikes surged into a full-scale walkout of 180,000 soft coal miners after Taft Hartley act took effect. At least 41 mines were shut in 10 states as spontaneous reaction by the miners to the new labor law.
Rapid Growth Industry Expands in Far West
New York study in World War II era index shows the Far West region of Arizona California Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington expanding rapidly in population income industry and resources. It credits wartime factories power growth and raw materials with accelerating postwar development and notes a need for broader economy to sustain growth.
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Far West
United States
Index
New York Trust Company
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Accident rate in parks climbs 28 percent
Newton B. Drury of the National Park Service reported a 28 percent rise in park visitor accidents in the first half of the year. He noted 29 fatal accidents across 169 parks in 1946, a rate of 0.131 per 100000 visitors, with drowning accounting for 66 percent of fatalities.
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Newton B. Drury
National Park Service
National Park System
Drury
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