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...Britain's provinces, wiry little Harmonica Player Larry Adler was a bust. The British apparently didn't think there was enough musical nourishment in a mouth organ to make a full meal. With two London concerts coming up, Larry Adler, whose mouthings are a big draw in the U.S., arranged a special press concert to persuade reviewers that he is something more than a campfire musician...
What was happening to the building boom? By last week there were plenty of signs that in many cities it was turning into something resembling a bust. Although the construction industry has figured that there will be enough materials for a million new houses in 1947, the Department of Commerce now estimates that only 700,000 to 800,000 will be built. And this seemed highly optimistic. Fewer permanent new houses (133,500) were started in the first three months of 1947 than in the same period last year...
...Building Bust? The U.S. building boom, generally predicted for 1947, threatened to become a bust. President Truman's economic advisers reported that a housing recession was already under way. One Administration economist estimated that about 750,000 housing units would be started this year, compared with 1,000,000 in 1946. His explanation: the construction industries and construction labor are pricing themselves out of the market...
...Wellesley or bust," will be heard once again over the Turnpike Sunday when the Bicycle Club sponsors its annual race into the bosoms of a hearty reception committee ranged in front of Alumnae Hall at the girls' college...
Responsibility for working a way out of the bust has been left squarely in the hands of business. A presidential suggestion for industry-wide negotiations for a slash in prices, to cushion their effect, ran into an opinion of the Attorney General that any such agreements would run counter to the Sherman Anti-Trust Law and would be illegal. Since they cannot do it collectively even in the public interest, business men will have to act on their own, in self interest. The nation can only hope that their self-interest operates quickly enough...