New York Postmaster Credits Able Staff for Soldier Mail Record
New York Postmaster Albert Goldman praises his staff for handling wartime mail, noting millions of daily pieces, a secure system, and 41,000 workers mobilized to manage 5,000,000 daily items at peak. He recalls Christmas surges, Navy segregation, and mail as a morale booster for soldiers and sailors abroad.
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Citizens Union Joins Steingut In Probe Request
The Citizens Union of New York City and Assemblyman Irwin Steingut seek a legislative investigation of his affairs. Richard B. Childs, the union’s critic, sent a letter to Speaker Oswald D. Hock requesting the probe citing unanswered questions from recent grand jury and court actions. Steingut faced a prior contempt ruling for not fully answering questions from a special grand jury about spending, later dismissed by the Appellate Division Third Department.
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Connick Dies Creator of Rose Window at 70
Boston report says C. J. Connick, renowned stained glass artist who crafted the Finse window at St. John the Divine in New York, died yesterday at age 70. He began as an apprentice illustrator at 18, later joined Bailey Hunters, opened a Boston studio in 1913, and received commissions for church windows worldwide.
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Van Mook Plans Peace for Java After Conference
Dutch acting governor Van Mook said he has a plan to bring peace to Java after a meeting with British leaders. He warned that immediate Indonesian independence would not solve the island’s problem and noted the Siri Sjahri government’s push for full independence.
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Bowles Accuses Federal Agencies of Discrimination
Bowles charges officers in some federal agencies resist employing Negroes. He cited specific cases at the State Department Weather Bureau Naval Research Laboratory and Civil Aeronautics Administration. He said agency heads were unaware and would not approve such practices.
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Truman Signs GI Bill Aimed at Loans and Subsistence
President Truman yesterday signed the GI Bill of Rights law detailing veterans’ loan provisions and subsistence allowances for students. The measure raises monthly stipends from 50 to 65 dollars for unmarried veterans and provides increased support for married veterans and those studying through the new act.
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Jap Women Organize First Political Party
The New Japan Women’s Party was inaugurated yesterday in Tokyo. It plans to field several candidates, including organizer Katsuke Miyata of a Tokyo medical institute, though no platform was announced. Major parties court the women’s vote as the Social Democrats push a program for equal rights, education, wages, and anti prostitution laws.
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Dean of Engineering at U. of Vermont Dies
George Frederick Eckhard, 67, longtime dean of the University of Vermont College of Engineering, died yesterday after a long illness. Born in Waverly, he studied Cedar Falls public schools and earned an engineering degree from Iowa State Teachers College. He taught civil engineering at Pennsylvania State University from 1912 to 1913, joined Vermont faculty in 1913, and became dean in 1932.
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Liberty ship Thoreau reports danger averted at sea
The Henry D B Thoreau radioed that 5060 bombs were secured after a distress message. Navy says detonation unlikely without great shock, bombs possibly remnants from Italian or Allied storage being moved to a U S ammunition depot. The vessel was near the Azores en route from Naples to Cape May.
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Pronunciations and word origins in American speech
A reader asks about pronunciations such as win we ve t u and contractor and gullotine origin. Answers explain Guillotin linked beheading machine named for Joseph Ignace Guillotin and American pronunciation of contractor as CON-tract. Also mentions palomino and palomina meaning horse color and young pigeon with guidance to History of the American Language pamphlet.
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Severe earthquake reported near Buffalo and New Hampshire
A seismograph at Cantsite College logged a very severe quake over 7 600 miles from Buffalo at 1 07 yesterday. Austin McTigue said it was identical in nature with a tremor felt across Conway Tameworth Ossipee area and Weston College noted a weak shock before 7 am. A louder shock at 8 20 am was heard as a rumble or explosion with no reported damage.
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OPA Boosts Coal Coke Price By Ten Cents A Ton
The OPA approved a ten cent per ton hike on coal coke and related fuels effective January 2 through April 30. Retailers receive direct loans to offset higher costs and secure winter fuel supplies. The agency also ruled no spare tire mandate for new cars, urged selective tire purchases, and denied a direct mill lumber price markup while approving brick and tile increases to ease Western home building materials flow.
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Spoiguown Club Holds Christmas Party at Perlina Home
The 42 H Club of Spoiguown held a Christmas party yesterday afternoon at Adrian and Helen Perlina’s home. Guests included Robert Crane, Magilyn da Peetz, and Carol. Gifts were exchanged, games played, and refreshments served.
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