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Also cited by the House were Barrows Dunham, Temple University philosophy professor, whose case appears in detail elsewhere in the paper; two public school teachers, Wilbur Leo Mahaney, Jr., Trappe, Pa., and Mrs. Goldic E. Watson, of Philadelphia; Ole Fagerhaugh, Oak-land, California, warehouseman, John T. Watkins, Rock Island, Illinois, official of the Farm Equipment Workers Union, CIO, and Francis X.T. Crowley of New York City...
Some tobaccomen thought the blame for the slowdown should be put on the cigarette companies, and especially the new filter cigarette publicity. Cried Grower-Warehouseman Fred S. Royster, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association: "The public is being frightened from tobacco by outlandish medical claims by some of the manufacturers. Much of this advertising is plain silly...
Believe It or Not. In Dallas, Drug Warehouseman Al Semtner left a sign above the safe: "Records only. Money in box under typewriter"-but burglars broke open the safe, found no cash, took $52 from petty cash drawers, missed $150 in the box under the typewriter...
...first time in years, said a Connecticut warehouseman, "our salesmen are actually out on the road selling steel instead of just taking orders." The reason is that Connecticut Valley manufacturers are stocked up with enough steel to last them up to six months; even when the strike came, no rush for steel developed. Texas oilmen have no trouble finding all the pipe they want; Detroit's auto industry is so well stocked that steel sheets are selling at discounts, and expensive "conversion" steel (i.e., metal produced at one plant and converted into shapes at another) has disappeared...
...handful of warehouse operators had been selling the grain when prices were high, hoped to replace it later with cheaper grain. But like the bank teller who borrows money from the till to play the horses and plans to pay it back when he hits a winner, many a warehouseman never got around to making up the shortage. Explained one grainman: "It has been going on for years. It just sort of crept up on 'em. Fellow would start out and maybe borrow a car of grain. Before you know it, he's involved...