Put Another Million In Put Another Million In
A 1950 column by Fredrick C. Othman criticizes the RFC loan to Aireon Manufacturing Co. for two million dollars to boost juke box production. After bankruptcy, the government foreclosed, leaving taxpayers with a million in losses. Fulbright questions RFC profitability and liquidation proceeds.
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Fredrick C.othman
Washington
Uncle Sam
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Aireon Manufacturing Co
Kansas City
Kan
Corporation
RFC
Aireon Co
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Treasury
Afrcon
United Features
Literary Prizes To Duke Gains Ancient Italian Library
Duke University library acquires the Mazzoni collection from Florence Italy, a near 100000 volume Italian literature library once owned by Senator Guido Mazzoni. Dr Allen Gilbert arranged the transfer during a sabbatical in 1948, linking Duke scholars to Renaissance and eighteenth century works.
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Durham
Europe
Duke University
Mazzoni
Florence
Italy
Duke
Sen
Guido Mazzoni
University of Florence
Allen Gilbert
DP's Reunited in South Dakota
Janis and Liliga Stupans displaced from Latvia live with their parents on a ranch near Gettysburg. They visited a local market where clerk Livia Tobiass greeted them in Latvian. They learned Tobiass once nursed Janis after his ankle injury at a displaced persons camp in Duresburg Germany.
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Gettysburg
Janis
Liliga Stupans
Latvia
Boeslaus Stupans
Here
Livia Tobiass
Miss Tobiass
Duresburg
Germany
Must Watch Children for Ear Troubles Says Galbraith
National Hearing Week highlights impaired hearing as a larger hazard than heart disease cancer or polio. About three million U.S. children are hard of hearing with one million needing special training and aids. Early medical attention can prevent permanent loss and reduce school costs. An award to Bernard Baruch honors leadership in advocating hearing aid use. The speaker reflects on hearing aids at the United Nations and the hope for future lighter devices.
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United Features Syn
New York
Hearing Foundation
United States
America
Bernard M. Baruch
The
United
Boy reels in 104-pound carp after park lagoon clash
Chicago report says 13 year old Raymond Loffredi grabbed a stick at a park lagoon and struck a big fish. He returned home with a 10 1 4 pound carp and a tale to tell.
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Chicago
U.P
Raymond Loffredi
Ray
Four teens in park damaged 22 evergreen trees
In Indianapolis four teenage woodsmen were taken to juvenile court after police caught them in George Washington Park chopping or damaging 22 evergreen trees. Officers confiscated their hatchet as the youths admitted they planned to build a hut.
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Indianapolis
U.P
George Washington Park
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Globe-News
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Amarillo, Texas
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