Selected stocks up, rails and mail orders among advancers
By Victor Eubank, Associated Press financial writer
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Lyttleton rebuked for ‘mischievous’ remark about U.S.
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Lease-Lend account favors Belgium, official says
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Atomic bomb test on theater screens
Newsreel shots of the atomic bomb are now being shown in all downtown theaters. The film was photographed from a distance of six miles by the U.S. Army and shows the test bomb explosion in New Mexico. President Truman’s announcement of the surrender of Japan is also included in the newsreel as well as V-J Day celebrations through the nation.
Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
HOLLYWOOD – Well, I see that Mr. Henry Kaiser who used to build almost as many ships a day as Japan lost in a day, is going to build automobiles soon. He plans to turn out a complete car for about $500 and send it through the mail. It’s really something new in the mail order business and I’ll bet Mr. Sears and Mr. Roebuck are still glaring at each other for not thinking of it first.
I’ll tell you one thing, though. If all these cars are coming by mail. I’d suggest that Mr. Kaiser better design a new type of feet for the mailmen who deliver them. As it stands now, Mr. McGuiness, our postman, is already so worn out he barely has time to read over the postcards in his mailbag anymore.
MacArthur’s new post
A San Francisco broadcast received here today by the Domei News Agency reported that General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in the Pacific, has been appointed American Assistant Secretary of State by President Harry Truman.