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...that the plan, if approved by the Department of Justice (which must waive prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act on such an industry agreement), would be only a stopgap. The shortage will soon get worse. The enormous demand for oil this year is expected to exceed the 1945 wartime peak by some 14%. Among the reasons: over 90% of the locomotives now on order are oil-burning; oil-burners are being installed in homes at a record clip, and farmers are mechanizing their farms at a record rate. Since 1938 U.S. per capita oil consumption has increased 66%. The shortage...
...there wasn't any upset, and so the season must be racked up as a failure. Everyone played his best, even in defeat the team appeared at close to its 1947 peak, but the Elis still had Jackson and Nadherny and Furse and just too much the better team; and the better team seems always to get the better share of the breaks. The final score was 31 to 21. The season's final record was 4 up 5 down...
Last summer Boston suffered some record heat waves, and this winter has already established itself as the peak in many eastern areas...
...peak year (1939) Britain had 2,034,000 private cars. The U.S. in 1947 had more than 30 million...
...Bonds Today? The Treasury Department reported that purchases of Series E Government savings bonds in 1947 topped cash-ins by $155,298,000, boosting the public's holdings of such bonds to an alltime peak...