Job Clinic Home Building Expands for Young Men
The article notes a shift to merchant builders who develop land and plan communities, creating broad opportunities in engineering, drafts, sales, and supervision. It cites a national build rate of over a million homes yearly, expanding demand for materials, finance, and labor relations. More colleges offer related courses and apprenticeships have surged since the war, with high wages and four years of training leading to journeyman roles and supervisory positions.
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Rodney M. Lockwood
The
Associated Press
Quick Treaty Action Sought
The State Department urges Senate leaders to prioritize ratification of the 12 power Atlantic Pact over major legislation. A report by the foreign relations committee is expected to gain approval before week’s end, with a push to debate early next week to strengthen West defense at the Paris conference.
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State Department
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Soviet Embassy reps charged in Ankara kidnap bid
Turkish authorities accused four Soviet embassy representatives of attempting to abduct a Russian woman who refused to return to the Soviet Union. Officials said the kidnapping attempt failed.
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Ankara
Soviet Union
Truman joins Annapolis midshipmen for chapel service
President Truman interrupted a naval cruise to attend the chapel service with the Academy’s graduating class of 791 mids. He urged reporters to attend and emphasized unity and public kindness as Wesley Brown, a notable graduate, prepared to become the first African American to complete an Annapolis career. The ceremony honored John Paul Jones’ tomb, and the president later resumed his cruise toward Washington.
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Truman
Naval Academy
White House
Williamsburg
E. Bishop
Blackstone
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Mr. Truman
James Holloway Jr
Wesley Brown
Washington
Justice Vinson
John R. Steelman
William D. Leahy
Clark M. Clifford
Robert L. Dennison
William D. Hassett
Eben Ayers
Richmond Keech
D. C
George Schoeneman
Internal Revenue
Romanian Oil Case Figure Gets Liberty
In Bucharest on May 29 AP reports that restrictive measures on former Foreign Minister Gheorghe Tatarescu’s household eased though he remains under house arrest. Telephone lines are restored and family members may enter and exit the house. The oil stock trial’s chief defense lawyer alleged Tatarescu planned in 1946 to smuggle Romanian oil assets abroad for political reasons.
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Bucharest
Romania
Gheorghe Tatarescu
Tatarescu
Soviet General Mak simov dies railroad expert
Soviet Lt General Matvei Maksimov, a chief railroad troops expert who supervised railway line reconstruction to Soviet battle positions during the Battle of Stalingrad, has died. He held three Orders of Lenin and other top decorations.
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Moscow
Matvei Maksimov
Red Star
Stalingrad
Auto Fuel Taxes Hit Record $1.3 Billion Nationwide
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports that state motor fuel taxes totaled $1.3 billion last year, a new all time high and the third straight year over $1 billion. The rise reflects more vehicles, higher auto registrations, and state rate increases. At least a dozen states voted to raise rates this year.
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Chicago
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Police Seek Kin of Paul Matalene in Paterson Accident
Police here request help locating relatives of Henry Paul Matalene 41 who died May 27 in Paterson New Jersey from an accident. He was reportedly a Canton native who ran away early in life. Authorities say his Canton father may live there but no such listing appears in city directories. Contact local detective bureau with any leads on the father’s address.
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Henry Paul Matalene
Paterson
N. J
Canton
Cleveland Man Drowns After Fall From Tug Sherman H. Serry
Coast guardsmen recovered the body of Harry Mannix a 40 year old Cleveland resident believed to have fallen into Lake Erie from the tug Sherman H. Serry where he worked as a grease man.
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Cleveland
Harry Mannix
Lake Erie
Sherman H. Serry
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