Department Stores to Sell Private Planes This Fall
Department stores plan to display personal aircraft samples by October with deliveries beginning early in 1946. Analysts predict wide growth in civilian planes, with estimates ranging up to 500,000 in five years, while prices hover around two to three thousand dollars for a basic model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department Stores
Geome
Basy Future
Burden
National Resources Planking Board
Department of Commerce
Personal planes aim for safety and economy postwar
An American Press survey shows editors rate safety as the prime factor for personal planes, with manufacturers advertising ease of operation, low operating cost, and versatile designs. Reports note forthcoming models from Ercoupe to Beechcraft, with cruising speeds around 95 to 145 mph and prices near $2500, while industry employment and output are projected to stabilize after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Survey
United
Aline
Lut- Welch
Silvaire
Culver
Stinson
Taylor
Cruisair
Luscombe
Nippon
Civil Aeronautics
T. P. Wright
Storm Plays Havoc With House Wiring in Mexia
In Mexia Texas storm damage disrupted the Wallace Welch home electrical system. Welch reports that after a July lightning event wiring in the house has erratic behavior with lights dimming and radios failing when switches are used. Electricians from nearby cities checked wiring and found nothing wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Tex
Wallace Welch
Welch
Ft. Tos
Amusing Start Masks Worry Over House Wiring
The speaker jokes about rewiring a house to fix trouble but admits it would drain the mood. He adds fear of answering the telephone and of coffee spilling secrets, revealing lingering anxiety and tension in the scene.
Time Ripe for New Small Business Ventures
New Orleans report highlights demand for home manufacture goods as peacetime shift begins. Robert H. Cone of Smaller War Plants Corp cites opportunities for individuals and small firms to produce wooden items like kiddie cars and clothespins, plus metal ware as ex-service members convert garages into plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans LP
Robert H. Cone
War Planta Corporation
Cone
Largest X ray unit for cancer clinic at Hines Hospital
A proposed new cancer clinic at Hines General Hospital will house the largest X ray machine ever used for cancer treatment. Hospital manager Charles G. Beck says the two million volt unit doubles the capacity of current machines and will treat veterans with cancer of the lungs and esophagus in a planned 600 bed facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hines General Hospital
Charles G. Beck
Veterane
Beck
Dutch War Jitters Linger After Liberation in Amsterdam
The piece describes lingering fear in the Dutch population years after Nazi occupation. People remain cautious in public and private life, wary of Gestapo threats, with soldiers prompting tense reactions. A former underground leader is celebrated but still scans for hidden dangers.
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Amsterdam
Gestapo
Baie
Naxi l
Tee
Capes
Germany
Aiready
New Freedom
Wilhelmina
Families Share Births and Army Back Home Moments
Two women, Dagiey and Brown, gave birth at the same hospital on the same day, minutes apart, while their husbands return home on furlough together from service. Both couples had trained at the same medical school and served overseas with an Army medical unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagiey
Brown
Labor Tribute Note From Trojan Maid Co
A damaged notice thanks the laboring public for cooperation and teamwork. It mentions Trojan Maid Co at 8 Liver Street and an address at 750 2nd Ave while urging continued effort to build a better world.
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JenDy Haying
Burton Heath
NER
Weiter
William A. Burden
Commerce
Harvard Business Review
America
Telice
Central Office
Walker State & River
Troy
Storm
Brey
Broadway Beauty Salon
Seer
Formi Cancer Clinic
Indianapolis
Anita Dagley
Betty Alice Brown
By Paul Ford
Wer
Escapism Meads
Trojan Maid CO
Liver ST
Troy Chamber
Labor
Albia Box
Troy Chaix Co., Inc
Foot OF
Tyler ST
Qornez
Winter ST
Pawling Ave
Nartigan’s
Congress
Greetieetings
Model Shirt CO
Faith Mills, Inc
Anerile Park
John E. Matton & Son
Forces I Aeaidan
Boat Builders
van Schaick Ustand
Cobore
Simmons Machine
Tool Corp
Troy Road
Menands
Rensselaer
Ontario
Cohoes
J. J. Ahern
F. Jacobson & Sons
Jay & River Sts
Bere Ray Corp
Labor Day
River St. Troy
Gilbert Geer, Jr. & Co. I. Gundersen
Clyde W. Heer
John Ball Agerby
James Durne, Jr
D. A. Fazioli
E. J. Nicoll & Son
James H. Richards
John F. Shannon
James F. Johnson
C. Milanese
Mary M. Miller Co
Louis H. Moore
Arthur Lofgren
William E. Dunn
Best
Buchman
THE
Troy Real Estate Board, Inc
Comfort Products
Home Army
Dean
Harmony Mls 1
N.Y
Troy and Vicinity
Foris
Ramsey Chain
Aetna Mills
Wrgst Underwear Co
Ty Ee Plants
Hughes Autograf
Troy - Cohoes - Watervliet
Imohawk Paper Mills
Saratoga St. Cohoes
M. Nirenberg Sons
2Nd Ave
Hendrick Hudson Hotel
Trev
Ludlow
Adams St
Montgomery
Ward & CO
OF Labor
United States
Cluett Peabody
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