Journal of Commerce legacy adrift in business news
New York Aug 16 profile of the Journal of Commerce, the United States oldest business newspaper. It highlights its rigid, numbers driven reporting, its famous 1915 Indian Ocean burlap and lives loss note, and its discipline in delivering market data. The piece traces origins with silk in 1827, AP cooperative roots, Ridder ownership, and the hectic, colorful city room.
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New York
Journal of Commerce
Indian Ocean
H. EB. Luedicke
Journal
Wall St. Journal
U. S
Ridéer
The
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Pulitzer
Hollywood
Journal City
Deadline Time
Speech Restored to Vets by Re-Educating Brain
ANN ARBOR Mich Aug 16 The University of Michigan speech clinic reports success in 1974 restoring speech to two veterans with brain injuries. Weberlein 29 Detroit and Fletcher 28 Galatia lost speech from war injuries on Guam and in Germany. Both completed courses in speech production reading writing business arithmetic spelling and current events to retrain a brain region to control speech.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigans
Weberlein
Detroit
Fletcher
Germany
62Rd
Jet-power pioneer Col Schilling praised by Air Force group
Tokyo reports the Air Force Association named Col David Schilling, commander of the U S 31st Fighter Escort Wing, as the man who did most for U S air power in the past year. He led the first mass jet flight across the Pacific from Turner AFB to Japan, with in-flight refuelings, and has won honors including the Harmon Trophy for 1951.
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Tokyo
Far East Forces
Air Force Association
David Schilling
U. S
United States Air Power
Ye Schilling
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Japan
Pacific
Schilling
Harmon International Trophy
Manston
Eng
Limestone
North Atlantic
Detroit
Japan Air Defense Force
Leavenworth
Kan
Long Time No See Divorce Suit Filed in Tulsa
Mrs. Letha Lockwood filed suit for divorce in District Court alleging gross neglect after she says her spouse left a year after their 1921 marriage. The action was reported from Tulsa Oklahoma on August 16.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Letha Lockwood
Red Light Aids Egg Production
Corin STORRS reports Rutgers expert C B Platt told the National Poultry Association at the University of Connecticut that during wartime New Jersey farmers used dim red lights in poultry houses to keep hens on nests. The red lighting reportedly boosted egg output and eye production experiments continued to assess its effectiveness.
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Storrs
Corin
Platt
Rutgers University
National [Poultry Association
University of Connecticut
New Jersey
Jersey
Group Selects Officers for Long Beach Insurance
Bob Driscoll elected president of the Long Beach Insurance Association. Jack Berhower and Jett Blackman named vice president and secretary treasurer for 1952 53. Board members include Richard Barton Myron Godwin Chuck Prowton Wally Walgren Ken Patterson and Charles Holmes, with the immediate past president.
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Bob Driscoll
Long Beach Insurance Association
Jack
Berhower
Jett Blackman
Richard Barton
Myron Godwin
Chuck
Prowton
Wally
Walgren
Ken: Patterson
Charles Holmes
Bomb scare at gravel pit ends as boiler found
London reports police cordoned off an area after a bomb disposal squad was called to a gravel pit. A steam shovel scooped up a large oblong metal object and residents feared the worst, but experts confirmed it was only an old boiler.
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London
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Express
Halleck
Hale
Associated Press
David M. Stone
Ridder
Joseph H. Ridder
Bernard J
Eric
Pacific Ave
Bob- Driscoll
Long Beach Penney
Pine
Noys
Penney
Bownstairs
Penne
FREE
RTS
Huntington School For
East
Osean Boulevard
Lexington
College
RAYON
Oxfords
Jeather Uppera
Jong
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