Word: bureau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...concerned, the test of how thoroughly TIME's convention staff did its job rests in its forecast of the balloting. Before the convention Domestic Bureau Chief David Hulburd's U.S. correspondents and stringers, including Washington Bureau Chief Jim Shepley's staff, had filed detailed information on each state's delegation, estimating its possible first and second ballot choices, describing the background of key delegates, etc. At the Convention this work was continued painstakingly to the point where, the day before the balloting, National Affairs Editor Otto Fuerbringer made some calculations and announced that Dewey ought...
...TIME Bureau Chief Emmet Hughes cabled this account of how the Russians' steady, day-after-day squeeze was working in Berlin...
Most airmen steer clear of thunderclouds. Inside, there's apt to be a rough-house laced with lightning and rattling with hailstones. But sometimes thunderstorms cannot be dodged. So the Air Force, cooperating with the Navy, the Weather Bureau and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, undertook to find the best way to deal with them. If a plane flies too slowly through the vertical gusts, it may lose flying speed and stall. If it flies too fast, the gusts may tear its wings off. This week the Air Force published a chart showing how fast various planes should...
...last week's GOPrimary a surprisingly large number of voters turned up- 42% more than in 1944. The American Farm Bureau Federation (which did not like Governor Blue's tax programs) had drummed up a big registration. Labor unions (which did not like his anti-labor laws) advised Democrats to switch their allegiance, get a Republican ballot and vote against Blue. Teachers (who did not like the governor's economizing on school funds) turned out in droves. Result: a stunning defeat for Governor Blue...
Imports & Exports. U.S. foreign trade declined in April, the Bureau of the Census reported. From their record high of $666 million in March, imports were down 21% to $527 million. Exports, despite ECA shipments of $9.9 million, were down from $1.14 billion to $1.12 billion...