Millett: Soldier with big appetite will eat less as civilian
By Ruth Millett
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Welcome home, 1945 style –
Soldiers stop their griping when trip back home begins
By George Keaney, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Gull hearts for six days is menu of downed flier
Reconnaissance pilot spends part of time fighting off sharks until sighted by P-47s
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‘Shooting Star’s’ speed 526 mph
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Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
The police are afraid to question suspicious looking characters these days for fear they’ll turn out to be members of a Congressional committee investigating something or other.
It seems there are more groups of congressmen traveling to all parts of the glob than there were parties of explorers in the days of Columbus.
I hear the Navy is fighting to keep its old slogan from being changed to “Join Congress and See the World.”
George says that in the old days when a strange white man dropped in on a savage tribe, they hailed him as a god. Now they ask him to get them an appropriation.
The next thing we’ll have on our hands will be strangers at the back door saying they are congressmen soliciting magazine subscriptions so they can investigate their way through college.
Pre-Potsdam selling drives stocks lower
Decline irregular on increased volume
NEW YORK (UP) – Selling by cautious traders in advance of the issuance of the Potsdam conference communiqué today sent stocks down irregularly on slightly increased volume.
Traders anticipated a favorable announcement. There was talk in the Street of possible alignments that would hasten the end of the war and plunge the nation into reconversion difficulties.
In a few instances, losses ranged to more than a point. A break of more than 7 points in Standard Oil of Ohio preferred was attributed to the fact the stock has been called for redemption at a price below the current market price.
Moderate amounts of selective buying went ahead in special issues which registered gains running to 3 points in Curtis Publishing preferred. Houston Lighting & Power ran up nearly 3 to a new high. Gains of a point or more were noted in Coca-Cola, Midland Steel Products, and U.S. Smelting.
Graham-Paige led in turnover and registered a small net loss. Other auto stocks receded small fractions. Steels held steady to easier with the Crucible Steel issues off more than a point. U.S. Rubber lost more than a point.” Douglas and Bell were off more than a point each. Rails turned easy. Oils and utilities were mixed. Johns-Manville rose 2. Airlines held about steady. Liquors were irregular.