Rail Industry In Its Biggest Postwar Drop
Government and industry figures say the railroad sector is in its steepest postwar decline. Freight shipments and passenger traffic are down sharply, employment at its lowest since 1942, with 100000 layoffs cited as the scale of disruption. Weather and shifting transport modes are blamed for the downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naéhwar Elima
Wa Osuisspete Association of American Railroads
Association
Railroad Association
Atlantic States
Indels
All Schools Make Up Lost Hours in Blizzard Era
In Independent School District No 55 Blackfoot, all schools opened Monday with buses bringing rural students. Attendance was good despite late buses and some routes not fully covered. Washington's Birthday was not observed as a holiday to recover time lost during the blizzard closures.
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Blackfoot
Independent School District No. 55
Washington
Cunard liner speeds to aid freighter aground off Colombia
The Cunard White Star luxury liner Carmen reported speed to 22 knots Friday to rescue a 4,449 ton freighter aground eight miles off the Col ombo coast with its crew ready to abandon ship.
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SOS
NEW York
Cunard
Carmin
Colomb
Taft Hartley Law Breeds Board Strife
The Taft Hartley law has bred friction between the National Labor Relations Board and General Counsel Robert N. Denham, with Chairman Herzog noting near crises in their arguments. The administration seeks repeal of Taft Hartley provisions amid broader labor policy shifts.
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Washington
LLP
National Labor Relations Board
Paul M. Herzog
Senate Labor Committee
Robert N. Denham
Herzog
Truman
Congress
Weather Bureau Mystified By Nasty Winter Of 48 49
Washington officials say the western United States endured a record winter in 1948 49 with unprecedented snow wind sleet and freezing rain. The Weather Bureau admits it cannot explain the cause citing a lack of comprehensive global data and comparing the pattern to a jig saw puzzle with missing pieces.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Ivan R. Tannehill
Bureau
Bikini
Eniwetok
Tannehill
Japan
Formosa
Great Britain
U. S
Tea types differ by processing methods
The three tea types are black green and oolong. Black tea is fermented green tea is unfermented and oolong is semi fermented.
Pork and Beef Prices Rise on Chicago Wholesale Market
Wholesale pork and beef prices have climbed since February 10 with pork loins up to 11 cents a pound and beef up to 54 cents per pound. Veal fell up to 7 cents, lamb held steady. retail spreads vary with beef at 40 to 42 cents, pork loins 52 to 53 cents, veal 42 to 50 cents.
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Chicago
U. S
Aetna
Rigid Price Supports Challenged by Hoover Task Force
Washington report says Hoover Commission agriculture advisers urged Congress to abandon a higher rigid wartime price support for another year. They favor flexible lower supports starting with 1950 crops and warn the current system risks major financial losses. The task force also backs direct subsidies for permanent crops and broader Secretary of Agriculture discretion, plus greater transparency in farm spending.
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Hoovers Commission
Congress
Agriculture Department
Eugene Millikin
Colo
U. S
Lawnce H. Whiting
House
Hoover Commission
Washington
Commission
Agriculture “Task Force
Dean H. P. Rusk
Illinois State College of Agriculture
Urbana
Secretary of Agriculture
Stewed Student In Death Escape
A Yale student fell onto train tracks in Darien Connecticut as a slow moving train stopped after a brakeman triggered the emergency cord. Freemont B Hitchcock a junior from Jonathan Edwards college Redwood City California faced acute alcoholism charges and was held for observation after the incident.
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Darien
Conn
Yale
Freemont B. Hitchcock
Redwood City
Cal
Hitchcock
Jonathan Edwards College
News of the Day In Rhyme and Recall of 1912 Tales
A verse filled roundup notes money for food relief amid suffering from blizzards killing livestock and asks about spring losses. It cites Washington Senator Harry Cain opposing Mon Wallgren, plus California fire alarm rules and a Pasadena court scene as anecdotes.
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Seattle
Hubby
Washington
Harry Cain
Mon C. Wallgren
Wallgren
Cain
Senate
Pasadena
California
Amnesia victim gains memory of husband in Seattle
Mrs. Hertis Sugden, 26, an amnesia victim who lost memory in 1944, told her husband Will, 33, that he is kind and affectionate after a recent recognition in Seattle. She recalled her spouse and faced unfamiliar feelings toward new clothes while her children remained unsure. The couple planned a second honeymoon, and Sugden anticipated daily adjustments.
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Seattle
Hertis Sugden
Will
Albert Barnes On Gods Love And The Saviour
The quote affirms divine love as willing to sacrifice to save humanity and presents the gift of a Saviour as the expression of that love. It attributes the view to Albert Barnes, highlighting theological emphasis on salvation.
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Albert Barnes
Truman outlines threefold social security expansion plan
President Truman proposes widening old age and survivors coverage and payroll tax boosts to fund higher benefits. He also backs sickness benefits up to 26 weeks and disability equivalents, federal grants to states for aged, blind, and children, and broader need-based aid from general funds. Unemployment insurance and a national health insurance program are also anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Memorial
Leon H. Gavin
Nun
U. S
Titusville
United States
Washington
Truman
General Treasury
LDS Church Buys Royal Dairy Farm Near Logan
The Cache Logan and Mt. Logan Stakes of the LDS Church announced the purchase of the Royal Dairy Farm, 85 acres west of Logan, for 45000 dollars from Red Devil Coal Co. of Salt Lake City. The farm will support church welfare programs and be operated by W. W. Owens, former Utah State Extension Service director.
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Logan, Utah
Cache Valley
Latter- da Saints Church
Royal Dairy Farm
Logan
Red Devil Coal Company
Salt Lake City
Cache
Mt. Logan
W. W. Owens
Utah State Extension Service
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