Economic study groups seek to fix small business flaws
Washington discusses two independent efforts to fix business weaknesses in small firms. The Committee for Economic Development, chaired by Paul Hoffman of Studebaker, surveyed executives on why small business fails and how to help them. The National Planning Association pursues industrial peace under collective bargaining, aiming to guide planning across agriculture, business, labor, and government.
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Committee For Economic Development
National Planning Association
Paul Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Raymond Rubicam
Hoffman
Madison Avenue
New York City
Chambers of Commerce
NPA
Labor Act Is Effective as Truman Veto Falls
Senators vote 68 to 25 to override President Truman and pass Taft Hartley after a 331 to 83 House approval. The political clash leaves farmers facing possible reduced corn yields due to weather and rising pond overflow, raising questions about grain export policy amid farm conditions.
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Truman
Alben Barkley
Dem
Senate
Congress
Ike Resigns and Coal Miners Strike Roils Nation
News wires report Ike resigning as army chief of staff to become Columbia University president, effective next year. Simultaneously 180,000 soft coal miners walk out, closing at least 41 mines in Iowa and other states, amid Taft Hartley law disputes and long senate filibusters. Weather floods reshape Midwest crop outlook with widespread losses. Eisenhower will retain five star rank and $15,000 annual pay, with Omar Bradley and other generals discussed as successors. He becomes Columbia president with the approval of the President and Secretary of War.
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Midwest
Iowa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Columbia, University
New York
Floyd L. Parks
War Department
Eisenhower
Columbia
Europe
Hisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
Jacob L. Devers
J. Lawton Collings
Army Public Information
Nicholas Murray Butler
University
Guardians of Past A Park Service Trusts History
The National Park Service preserves over eighty sites that honor American events and deeds. It aims to present U S history simply so it is easily understood and remembered by visitors.
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National Park Service
National Park
America
National Parks Preserve American History Across Six Periods
The National Park Service preserves six historic periods from Colonial to Industrial Expansion. Sites include Castillo de San Marcos in Florida, Fort Raleigh in North Carolina, Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, Fort Frederica in Georgia, and George Washington birth place in Virginia. Revolutionary battle sites such as Saratoga and Yorktown, and War Between the States battlegrounds at Manassas, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga are highlighted alongside western frontier posts and modern monuments like the Statue of Liberty and Wright brothers site. A complete list is available from the National Park Service Director in Washington.
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Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
St. Augustine
Fla
Fort Raleigh
North Carolina
Colonial National Historical Park
Virginia
Fort Frederica National Monument
Georgia
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site
Pennsylvania
United States
Matanzas Inlet
Walter Raleigh
North American
Jamestown Island
St. Simon’s
Iceland
South Atlantic
Potomac River
Farmington
Fort Necessity
Saratoga
New York
Yorktown
Washington
Morristown
N. Y
White Plains
Guilford Courthouse
Moore's Creek
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
South Carolina
Fort Mellenry National Monument
Baltimore
Lee Mansion National Memorial
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
National Park Service
St. Louis
Tennessee
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Pipe Springs
Arizona
Whitman
Custers
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mount Rushimore
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Harbor
Kill Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New Mexico
Quincy
Mass
Republic
Department of the Interior
D. C
Rapid Growth Industry Expands in Far West
The Far West region of the United States shows rapid postwar industrial growth fueling expansion in population, income, and factories. Arizona California Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah and Washington led gains in population 31 percent and factory jobs 68 percent since 1939, with food production up 25 percent. Continued expansion hinges on resources climate harbors and forests to support future demand.
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Far West
United States
Index
New York Trust Company
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Park Visitors Face Rising Accident Rate in 1946
Washington report by Newton B. Drury of the National Park Service shows a 28 percent rise in visitor accidents in the park system during the first half of the year. Fatal incidents in 1946 totaled 29 across 169 areas, with drownings making up 66 percent of fatalities and falls from heights only 14 percent.
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Washington
Newton B. Drury
National Park Service
National Park System
Drury Re
Fragmented Odds and Ends from a Busy Day
An inquisitive tourist questions a mule driver about kicks while a chaotic scene unfolds with licenses sought a hunting and a marriage license, a foreman rushing a crew, a humorous misread romance, and a loud exchange over an earphone.
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