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Trade Catchers. The cost of such trains has been heavy; in one year the net working capital of U.S. roads has dropped $450 million to $705,013,000, a 39% decline. But the return has been worth the price. Though passenger traffic is off as much as 50% from its...
Killing. In her first week as editor, she dictated an editorial sneer at Alice Roosevelt Longworth, one of her society foes. "Put it on the front page," she ordered. "Mr. Hearst says that's the only place where people will read it." Circulation, wallowing at 61,000, soon doubled...
The Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. is not standing still. The 1948 Official Catholic Directory, published last week, showed that the number of U.S.† Catholics increased 807,524 during 1947. Total of U.S. Roman Catholics (according to the Directory): 26,075,697. The hierarchy was augmented by 25...
1. Doubled the subway fare.
Legmen had to face competition from their bosses. The Louisville Courier-Journal's Publisher Mark Ethridge doubled in brass as bureau chief for his nine-man news staff. Blimp-shaped Publisher Roy Roberts took intelligence reports from his Kansas City Star staff then retired to Suite 1206 at the...