Researchers at work developing new taste delights for civilian trade after war
By Josephine Gibson, Pittsburgh Press home economics editor
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By Gracie Allen
Well, our bond tour today takes us to Philadelphia, “The City of Brotherly Love.” Incidentally, Philadelphia boys have knocked off so many Nazis and Japs in this war that Hitler and Tojo would like to sue the city for false advertising.
I’m launching a ship today at one of the great Philadelphia shipyards. That’s a strange custom – breaking a bottle of champagne over the bow of a ship. But it’s lucky the custom started with champagne and not Scotch or we’d have a mighty small Navy.
You might say that newspaper gossip columns got their start here. This is the home of the great Benjamin Franklin who, among other things, was the Walter Winchell of his day. Mr. Franklin, as you know, wore square spectacles. My goodness, they must have had square keyholes in those days.
The woman who lived lonely life must be given some consideration
By Ruth Millett
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Famed designer asks $60 to $100
By Judy Barden, North American Newspaper Alliance
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By Joe Williams
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Congresswoman complies with request until she gets ‘short end of deal’
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Pilot lands ski-plane on rocky runway to effect heroic rescue in Greenland
By Peter Edson
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 27, 1944
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 1 of the Act of August 1, 1914, 38 Stat. 609, 623 (19 USC 2), it is ordered that the designation of Dunkirk, New York, as a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District Number 9 (Buffalo), be, and it is hereby, revoked, effective at the close of business December 31, 1944.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 27, 1944
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 27, 1944
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes and by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat 403), it is hereby ordered as follows:
When a disabled veteran shall have completed a course of training prescribed by the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 24, 1943, Public Law 16, 78th Congress, in any department, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, such veteran may be appointed to the position for which the training was received without regard to the requirements of the Civil Service Rules and the War Service Regulations: Provided, that the veteran is recommended for such appointment by the employing agency, that the Civil Service Commission determines that the course of training is adequate for the satisfactory performance of the duties of the position, and that the veteran passes, prior to appointment, such noncompetitive examination as the Commission may prescribe.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 27, 1944