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Died. Joseph Benedict Chifley, 65, Australian blacksmith's son who developed a knack for finance, became the Commonwealth's World War II Treasurer, its Labor Prime Minister from 1945 to 1949; of a heart attack; in Canberra...
...Andong a new Bridge of the Rising Buddha? Said Tandy: "You supply the materials and the labor; I'll supply the engineers." Tandy assigned two crews of four G.I. engineers each. Each crew worked a twelve-hour shift. Lee supplied several hundred laborers-welders, carpenters, concrete men, a blacksmith...
Harvester's new boss, 58-year-old Larry McCaffrey, is a company veteran. The son of a blacksmith, he went to work at 16 at Harvester, rose through the sales department (McCormick was his assistant), was made second vice president and a director after McCormick became president. For years, the "two Macs" worked as a team, and Mac McCaffrey wanted to keep it that way. Said he last week: "I asked [McCormick] to change his mind after the meeting. I will ask him again the first time...
Post Office on Wheels. Fruehauf's company "invented"' the modern trailer and has paced the trailer industry for 36 years. In 1915, Roy August Fruehauf, a Detroit blacksmith and wagonmaker, was persuaded by his eldest son, Harvey (then earning $7 a week), to build a trailer with hard rubber tires and open slat sides for hauling lumber. He didn't think much of it, but Harvey thought it had such possibilities that he plugged it in trade journals with the slogan: "A horse can haul more than he can carry. So can a motor truck." The slogan...
...Boston's strapping, prow-jawed Archbishop Richard J. Gushing, 55, Bostonborn blacksmith's son, whose able leadership of his 1,300,000-member flock has made him one of the best known members of the U.S. hierarchy...