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The article reports on the shortage of paper in the U.S. throughout most of the industries, due to the increase in business activity for which paper is being stockpiled. It is reported that the impact of the shortage will be widespread as paper is used in almost all the industries. It is reported that, paper makers in the country are also facing shortage of raw materials especially of wood pulp.

The article reports on decreased profits by U.S. paper companies after it undercuts prices in an effort to keep their big machines rolling at full speed. According to President William R. Kellet of Kimberly-Clark Corp., the paper industry is not out of woods but is starting to be optimistic ahead. Furthermore, Chairman David Luke adds that the paper industry generates 12 billion dollars a year and if it took advantage of wood chemicals, it could double their sales since the materials are free.

The article examines how newspaper exposure has favored more Republicans than Democrats in the U.S. electoral campaigns. It references a report by "The Sun (Baltimore)" journalist Frank R. Kent which cites that Republicans are represented in 7,500 small-town newspapers while Democrats only enjoy publicity in 2,500 newspapers. In comparison to rural dailies, Chicago-based publications have a dominantly Republican bias, while most New York newspapers are described as fair and non-partisan.

The article presents business news briefs from the U.S. as of September 15, 1949. Topics include information on trends in residential building, sales of television (TV) transmitters manufacturing companies, potential drops in the levels of production of the steel industry until December 1949. A potential shortage of supply in the cotton industry, the impact of the abbreviated work-week of mineworkers on the reserves in the field, and a June decrease in paper producion are also discussed.

The article presents business news briefs and forecasts for the United States as of April 15, 1948. Life insurance companies increased their real estate holdings for the first time in a decade. Research showed that television reception can extend beyond the line of sight. $400 million was spent to purchase new machinery for the paper industry.

The article offers various U.S. business news relevant as of March 1, 1956. Topics include Ford Foundation's decision to discontinue the public offering of its stocks, liquor manufacturer Schenley Distillers' plans to sell its products in clear glass bottles, and an increase in European paper exports to the U.S. as a result of paper shortages in the country.

The article cites precedents for the low money rates in the U.S. in 1924. The current rate is the lowest one since the entry of the U.S. into World War I in April 1917. However, 1914, 1913, 1911 and 1912 have recorded cheaper money rates and commercial paper rates. A plan to reduce the New York Federal Reserve rediscount rate to lessen its gap with the market rates is being opposed.

The author comments on various issues related to business in the U.S. The Game-Naps paper napkins being offered by Dennison Manufacturing Co. have tick-tack-toe and other games and puzzles printed on them. R. L. Baldwin & Co. has blocked off windows from the inside at its department store in Durham, North Carolina, preventing outside light, air or dust from affecting the artificial lighting and ventilation.

This section offers world news briefs related to business as of March 1937. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with American businesses to create a program participated by young business executives. A carload of lubricating oil was sent by the Consumers Cooperative Association to the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society in Glasgow, Scotland. Carnegie-Illinois Steel will construct a sheet and strip mill in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. which include, the closure of the U.S. government's tin smelter at Texas city, Texas on June 1956, the damage to peach crop in Georgia due to sudden climate changes, and the introduction of a short cut method to save pulp costs by Crown Zellerbach Corp.

Focuses on faults of the American journalism and the scope of improving it. Factors responsible for some improvement in American journalism; Role played by the American Newspaper Guild to increase the self-respect of the individual newspaperman; Prevalence of the censorship authority exercised by publishers; Drift of the newspaper into the hands of money-minded men who are interested in profits; Danger posed by monopoly in the press; Increasing tendency toward standardized and syndicated material; Over-representation of the middle class in the press; Need of newspapers with a far smaller capital investment, so that genuine competition will more easily be possible.

Presents a survey of the competition among daily newspapers in cities of the U.S. Function of more than 150 newspaper chains functioning in the United States; Focus on Chicago as the biggest newspaper town in the country; Use of the present rate of expansion as an indicator of the fact that daily newspapers will be owned by chains in a few years; Exercise of business acumen and consolidation of industry proceeds by newspaper publishers.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Man Who Wants Montgomery Ward" in the October 2, 1954 issue, "Receding Waters Leave Cities High, Dry" in the October 16, 1954 issue and "The Paraphernalia That Goes With rank" in the October 16, 1954 issue.

The article offers U.S. business news briefs relevant as of July 1, 1939. Topics include a report released by a sub-committee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance concerning the financial impact of strikes on national income, a study on profits in the wholesale industry, and a report by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on the U.S. automobile industry. Paper-based consumer products manufacturer Scott Paper Co. and the U.S. railroad industry are also discussed.

The article reports on the growth of Boise Cascade Corp. in the lumber and construction industry in the U.S. It cites its acquisition and joint venture with several companies including Kingsberry Homes that forecast to sell 5,000 prefabricated houses for 1967 and Perma-Bilt Enterprises that sold 2,500 dwellings. It presents the company's sales of 489 million dollars with a profit of 17 million dollars in 1966.

The article reports on the improvement of business activities in the U.S. including a sales increase in life insurance and the growth in railroad earnings.

The article focuses on the formation of the U.S. business exclusive club of companies with one billion dollars or more worth of sales every year called U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. with Champion Papers Inc. president and chairman Karl R. Bendetsen and U.S. Plywood Corp. president Gene C. Brewer as the club's chairman and president.

Presents updates on various issues such as business featured in several magazines in the U.S. as of November 1941. Increase in the gross income of the estate of James Stillman, president of the National City Bank in New York; Information on the case of Archie Herron, who was arrested for drunkenness in 1908 in Trenton, New Jersey; Number of nonresident hunting licenses issued by South Dakota in 1941.

Offers news briefs on business and political issues in the U.S. as of April 1940. Demolition of the Boulevard Apartments in Washington by the government; Proposal to cut the rate of the Building Trades Employers' Association in New York; Support of the Connecticut Supreme Court for the state Anti-Birth-Control Law.

The article discusses the survey conducted by the Department of Commerce to examine the spending plans of large and small companies in the U.S. The survey is conducted to determine the spending activities of the companies to ascertain the new investments. The result reveals that 112.7 billion dollar is expected to be invested in the oil, chemical, paper, steel, aluminum and copper industries. However, economists predict that many corporate executives might trim their investment plans in the later part of the year due to lower consumer demand.

This section offers news briefs on business in the U.S. as of December 3, 1949, including the price increases of tires by major producers except Goodyear and Goodrich, the abandonment of the ride-now-pay-later plan by the Union Pacific and 15 eastern railroads due to cost, and the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court to discard the use tax due to tax exemptions of certain motor vehicles.

The article presents business news briefs from the U.S. It is informed that stores in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Salt Lake City, Utah and Atlanta, Georgia, are trying to lure customers with a money back offer. It is reported that National Metal Edge Box Co. of Philadelphia has advertised its paper box by a picture of a donkey resting its front feet on some National Metal Edge boxes. It is informed that a sparkling lapel pin which gives precise time has been introduced in the market.

The article presents business news briefs from the U.S. Segal Safety Razor Corp. has released a new product, called the Skate-O-Meter, using which roller-skaters can measure their mileage. In three years, Bryant Electric Co. manufactured over 20,000,000 molded plastic replicas of cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Caribbean Canning Co. has started marketing sliced and strained bananas in cans for children.

The article discusses the state of the U.S. advertising industry as of August 1942. It states that in fall, advertisers usually begin looking to new business for their campaigns, and that since the war's outbreak in 1939, the military has entered the fray, boosting the industry further. It claims, however, that for the first two months of 1942, sharp declines have been noted compared to the same period in 1941. Figures cited include a decline of advertising in 34 women's magazines by 3.9% and 7.4% in 19 national weeklies, compared to the previous year.

The article presents an update on local business in the U.S. as of November 28, 1953. A lot which was the former site of the U.S. Post Office Building in New York City and has been empty for 16 years was sold to Newark realtor J. I. Kislak after several bids. The city council of Minneapolis, Minnesota has repealed its earlier ban on women's drinking of alcoholic beverages after protests were made against the men-only law enforced by the police chief. The ground at the site of the New York Coliseum at Columbus Circle has been broken.

The article reports on the demise of American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst in 1951. Hearst had suffered from heart disease and has been confined in the home of his good friend Marion Davies. The article details how Hearst gave journalism a whole new set of techniques. Hearst owns 16 daily newspapers and eight monthly magazines in the U.S. including "Cosmopolitan," "American Druggist" and "Good Housekeeping."

The article discusses business-related issues as of December 1928. Topics discussed include the preference of the U.S. Congress for huge railway groupings, start of the Hoover bull market following the election, political significance of the breaking up of the Solid South and the release of a communication from International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers of the United States and Canada president-secretary John P. Burke.

The article focuses on the importance of call money rates to every business that has anything to do with the money market in the U.S. in 1928. The main factors responsible for the expansion or contraction of financial credits include time money of the short maturities, commercial paper and surplus bank funds. It also presents the instruments used to forecast the movement of rates including a chart of brokers' loans, a combination of bank statement items and a combination of ratios. INSET: Deflation Predicted!.

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. Sales of furniture were running between 4% and 9% going into the final quarter of 1953. A study by the National Industrial Conference Board (NICB) showed that manufacturers have raised their advertising budgets. Philip Morris claims that its cigarettes do not produce irritating vapors because of di-ethylene glycol.

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. including the acquisition of Manning Bowman and Bersted Mfg. by McGraw Electric, 17.6 billion dollars of new construction put in place in the year 1948, and losses of airlines expected to be about 6.7 million dollars.

The article reports on the business conditions of the U.S. journalism and supplement circulation of the late William Randolph Hearst's newspaper "American Weekly." It states that the supplement attached to the Sunday papers scored a financial success in newspaper position with 10 million circulation. However, the businessmen were working hard to keep the supplement from drifting as Sunday newspapers were pulled out in five cities which will reduce its circulation.

The article offers business related news briefs of the U.S. which include the launch of an input-outpul model of the paper industry developed by Jay M. Gould and Bentley H. Paykin, the drop of civil antitrust suit against the Electromotive Division of General Motors Corp. by the U.S. Department of Justice, and the drop of the advertising campaign theme Dodge Rebellion by Dodge Co.

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. Lynn Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 50 years of meter manufacturing by General Electric Co. at its plant in West Lynn, Massachusetts. Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad plans to buy two streamlined electric trains from St. Louis Car Co. Analysis of income of Californians by Dean Witter & Co. reports that their per capita income in both farming and industry is higher than that of the U.S. national average.

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. American Chicle Co. has started a test advertising campaign for its Adams Lorals antiseptic chewing gum. Swartzbaugh Mfg. Co. has launched a boiler which can be attached to a roaster. Colored leaflets have been issued by General Printing Ink Corp. asking the favorite colors of people and thereby commenting on their life.

The article presents several news briefs related to business from the U.S. The National Sportsmen's Show is being held from February 18 to 26, 1938 at the Grand Central Palace, New York. The milk of goat is increasingly bought by people whose health is making cow's milk undesirable. About 80 demonstrators will be equipped by with color machines by Devoe & Raynolds Co.

The article presents business news briefs in the U.S. A machine for automatically vending O-Ke-Doke, a cheese-coated popcorn, has been designed by Motor Products Corp. The contention of the American Brewing Co. that its Statue of Liberty trade is violated has been sustained by the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. A line of pastry cartons and trays has been announced by Sutherland Paper Co.

This section offers news briefs about business in the U.S. as of May 1953, including the expansion program of National Gypsum Co., the merger between Merck & Co. Inc. and Sharp & Dohme Inc., and the decision of Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. to move its offices from Georgia to Washington.

Focuses on the dissolution of Standard Oil Co. in the U.S. Dissolution of the company in 1911 on paper only, bearing the seal of the U.S.; Claims that when dissolved the company controlled probably eighty percent of the business; Division of the Company; Importance of the geographical groups, which are the Eastern Group and the Midwestern group; Information about South Dakota, which is in the recognized territory of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.