Nominees battle across Michigan and Massachusetts in primaries
Michigan and Massachusetts voters weighed governorship and Senate nominees after a quiet Maine primary. Hildreth led in Maine despite a tight race, while Michigan and Massachusetts featured multiple contenders for governor and Congress, including Lt. Gov. Vernon Brown and John F. Cotter among Democrats in Boston.
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Michigan
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Maine
Horace A. Hildreth
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Hildreth
Tol. F. Davis Clark
Milo
Leland B. Currini
Lewiston
Robert T. Bradford
Maurice J. Tobin
James M. Curley
Boston
John ¥. Kennedy
Joseph Pp. Kennedy
England
Catherine F. Falvey
John F. Cotter
Curley
Postwar Survey Indicates Low Household Savings
A Federal Reserve survey shows two fifths of American families have only about $40 in quick cash assets like savings bonds and bank deposits. The bottom 40 percent hold roughly 1 percent of assets, while the top 30 percent own about 87 percent, with median quick assets around $1,100 and the top 100 percent averaging $10,500 per family.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Federal Reserve Board
Can't name your poison can't name your poison
Frank R. Schwengel president of the Distilled Spirits Institute said liquor drinkers will not be able to obtain favorite brands on call until late 1949. Speaking at the 12th annual conference of state liquor administrators from 22 states he noted wartime output was only 86 days and grain restrictions have kept production down since.
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Frank R. Schwengel
The
Distilled Spirits Institute
Schwengel
Disgrace Charged in War Assets Administration
Senator Wiley accuses the War Assets Administration of a national disgrace over surplus property disposal. He claims a commercial crowd controls WAA electronics, harming veterans and educational institutions and urging full exposure and corrective action.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
War Assets Administration
Senate
Teapot Dome
WAA
Buffalo plant set to reopen next Monday
The Ford Motor Company's Buffalo plant, closed since May 15 due to parts shortages, will resume operations next Monday according to an official company announcement.
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Buffalo
Ford Motor Company
British Nurses Freed of Rule
London reports the government freed nurses and midwives from wartime rules requiring work only through the ministry of labor. Nurses may now seek work without daily assignment but must still obtain ministry permission before leaving the profession.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Bidault Poised To Become France's Provisional Chief
Paris reports indicate Georges Bidault of the rightist Popular Republican Movement is near election as provisional president. His allies say he will form a one party cabinet if needed to resolve the government crisis while Edouard Depreaux’s Socialists plan to vote for him, boosting Bidault to at least 320 ballots in the constituent assembly.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
France
Edouard Depreaux
Bidault
Constituent Assembly
MRP
City Board abolishes stenographer job creates new post
The Board of Estimate abolished a 1100 dollar stenographer position and created a 1300 dollar post for the Real Estate Commission with no net salary increase. The outgoing stenographer earned 1300 plus a 200 bonus not paid. The board set hourly rates for third water conduit work including cranmen at two dollars, crane operators at 1.25, and motor operators at 1.65. It also approved interdepartmental fund transfers, settlements of city claims, and a new hall park lease.
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Board of Estimate
Real Estate Commission
Skaneateles Lake
Common Council
Ofice
Hall Park
British Reds Echo Soviet Charges
The British Communist party echoed Soviet charges that reactionaries in Britain and the United States are planning a new world war. They asserted that due to the Labour government’s foreign policy, complete Allied unity has collapsed and dangers of a new war have become apparent to all.
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London
INS
British
Communist Party
Britain
United States
Respect Urged For Government By Lutheran Leader
Rochester clergy leader at the United Lutheran Synod of New York calls for reverence for government in his opening address. Rev. Frederick H. Knubel urges preaching the Ten Commandments realistically against rebellion disrespect cruelty adultery lying injustice and selfishness during the synod's 18th annual convention.
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Rochester
United Lutheran Synod of New York
Synod
Frederick H. Knubel
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Michigan State House
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Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
Detroit
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Arthur H. Vandenburg
James H. Lee
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
David I. Walsh
Republian
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Walsh
Atlantic City
ESSO
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Linoleart Co
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Whitehall
Miss Eleanor Hunt
Syracuse
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Ience Studios
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Ecru Cornel
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