Economic groups study small business flaws and planning
Washington reports from the Committee for Economic Development and the National Planning Association outline efforts to study small business problems. CEO chair Paul Hoffman leads research into how firms improve relations with employees, while NPA pursues a plan titled The Causes of Industrial Peace under Collective Bargaining.
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Committee For Economic Development
National Planning Association
Paul Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Raymond Rubicam
Holman
Madison Avenue
New York City
Chambers of Commerce
NPA
America
Nye
Guardians of Past Hallowed Sites in National Park System
The National Park Service preserves over 80 sites as trustees of American history and tradition. These sacred areas memorialize events and deeds, presenting a straightforward educational program with historians to help visitors understand and interpret the nation’s past.
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National Park Service
America
National Park System Notes Historical Sites by Era
The article outlines six historic periods represented in the National Park System. It lists major colonial sites such as Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Raleigh, Revolutionary battlefields like Saratoga and Yorktown, and War Between the States sites including Manassas and Gettysburg. It notes later monuments like Mount Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, Wright Brothers flight site, and Adams Mansion as the newest additions.
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National Park System
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
St. Augustine
Fla
Fort Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
Fort Frederica National Monument
Georgia
George Washington, Birthplace National Monument
Fort Necessity
Pennsylvania
United States
Matanzas Inlet
Spain
Peru
Francis Drake
General Oglethorpe
Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh
North American
Jamestown
St. Simon’s Island
Saratoga
New York
Yorktown
Washington
Morristown
N. J
White Plains
Guilford Courthouse
Moore's Creek
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
South Carolina
Fort. McHenry National Monument
Baltimore
Lee Mansion National Memorial
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Abraham. Lincoln
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
National Park Service
St. Louis
Tennessee
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Pipe Springs
Arizona
Walton
Custer
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Harbor
Kill Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
New Mexico
Quincy
Mass
The
Republic
Labor Act Is Effective After Senate Vote
After a two day struggle weary senators approved overriding President Truman and enacted the Taft Hartley labor bill. The veto override followed a large house victory and a final political plea by Truman. Weather notes warn corn crops may suffer as floods threaten upland farms.
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Glen H. Tay
Wayne Morse
Rep
Ore
Truman
Sen
Alben Barkley
Dem
Senate
Mr. Truman
Congress
Miners Walk Out Across States After Taft Hartley
Scattered protest actions after the Taft Hartley act triggered a full scale strike by 180000 soft coal miners. At least forty one mines closed across ten states in what appears to be a spontaneous response to the new labor law.
Far West shows rapid postwar industrial growth study says
The Far West region comprising Arizona California Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington posted the largest relative gains in population and income during World War II. Factory jobs rose 68 percent and food production up 25 percent as the area attracted new factories and resources. Continued expansion is deemed essential to support future population growth and economic development.
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New York
Far West
United States
Index
New York Trust.company
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Park Visitor Accident Rate Rises 28 Percent
National Park Service Director Newton B. Drury reported a 28 percent jump in park visitor accidents in the first six months of the year. For 1946 there were 29 fatal accidents across 169 areas, a rate of 0.131 per 100000 visitors, with drowning causing 66 percent of fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newton B. Drury
National Park Service
National Park System
Drury
Practical Home Nurse booklet offered for 25 cents
A newspaper service advertises a booklet titled Practical Instruction for the Home Nurse. It promises guidance on cleansing scrapes, eye injuries, nosebleeds, household emergencies, caring for a bed patient and a new baby. Send 25 cents to Weekly Newspaper Service in New York for the booklet No 81.
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Westith St
New York
N. Y
Hypnotizing Animals Demonstration at Budapest Zoo 1937
A Hungarian physician at Budapest zoo in 1937 demonstrated hypnosis on about a dozen feared animals. The display used only the voice to calm a surly lion a combative swan and a bear that had mauled its keeper.
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Budapest Zoo
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Los Angeles
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