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Auto Reflex. In Toledo, Mrs. Margaret Cook's car blew a tire at a railroad crossing, careened down the tracks, struck a signal switch, threw a red block against an approaching freight train...
Rationing: On & Off. To speed civilian access to goods and services, Boss Snyder's master plan called for an end to rationing as quickly as possible. The picture: ¶ Immediate lifting of gasoline rationing, but not of fuel oil which is still short. ¶ Continuance of automobile and tire purchase controls-for a short time. ¶ Canned goods off the ration lists at once. There will be more food, but meat rationing will probably continue for months. Shortage of sugar, fats and oils will mean continued rationing. (The Army will cut its food demands about one-fifth, will live...
...reconversion outlook for some representative U.S. companies: GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. Output of tires and plastics for civilians can begin immediately. Estimated postwar employment: 30% greater than the prewar peak of 28,561, but only 30% of their 1942 wartime employment peak...
...bride, in knee-length white lace and satin, was seven minutes late to the wedding, and the bridegroom arrived 21 mintes later (flat tire). Afterwards, every body adjourned to the bride's place of business, Manhattan's Café Society Up town, where 2,000 guests were invited and 3,000 showed up. Then came the blowoff...
...Friday, Hollywood was beginning to tire. But not, Mr. Rank. At week's end, as the suspense became more than Hollywood could bear, someone boldly asked Rank if he were accomplishing anything. "Accomplishing anything?" 'he chuckled. "How can you accomplish anything in fairyland...