Taft warns of wild military spending at Iowa bankers meet
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, at the Iowa Bankers Association convention, warns that continued large military spending imperils the nation. He calls for a military civilian commission and limits on spending, balancing the budget and capping taxes at 25 percent of national income. He criticizes Truman’s policy and Korea as factors in the current strain.
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Des Moines
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Iowa Bankers Association
Taft
Truman
Korea
Rulings Award Damages in Bail Case
Engel awarded $1,355 with his mother Nina Jones getting $500 after a bail dispute. The deceased husband provided the bail surety.
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Nina Jones
Engel
Burglary Stole 460 Cushions From UT Stadium Gates
Police investigated a theft at the University of Texas Memorial Stadium Gate 7. Forty bundles of ten canvas cushions each were taken, totaling 460 items, with officers on the lookout for suspects.
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Austin
University of Texas Memorial Stadium
Hythe Brewery claims six years with no drunkenness cases
Hythe England reports its chief industry brewing has seen no cases of drunkenness in six years, highlighting a rare record of social discipline within the town and its brewing community.
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Hythe
England
Sentence Accused Spies in Albania
London dispatch reports two of 14 accused spies in Albania were sentenced to death with the rest receiving prison terms. Prosecution said defendants were trained and parachuted by intelligence services of the United States Britain Italy Greece and Yugoslavia into Albania and that the network was directed from a single American center in Italy. Some prisoners received life terms, others seven months to twenty years. Greenland is described as the largest ice covered land.
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London
Tirana
Albania
United States
Britain
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Change of Life Nerves Boosted by Favorite Prescription
Mrs. Helen Toms of Kimball, West Virginia, praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for relief during Change of Life. She says it relaxes nervous tension, soothes the uterus, and acts as a stomachic tonic to boost resistance. Available from druggists in liquid or tablets.
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Helen Toms
Kimball
W. Va
Dr. Pierce
Five-way division of Engel cash in jail case
In Chicago on October 23 a circuit court distributed 5555 found in Sigmund Engel's underwear among five people. Reseda Corrigan 600 won, Pauline Langton 600 won, Florence Barrete 2500 won, and two others received portions after Engel, 76, serving 2 to 10 years for a confidence game, faced lawsuits from women claiming money given while he faced trial. J Edward Jones, Engel's former lawyer, sued for 5000 in legal fees.
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Chicago
Sigmund
Sam” Engel
Romeo
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Corrigan
Pauline Langton
Florence C. Barrete
J. Edward Jones
Texas plant to turn out naval planes at Arlington
General Motors won a Navy contract to produce a Grumman designed war plane at its Arlington Illinois? plant east of Fort Worth. About 6 000 workers will be hired to build the plane and reassemble Buicks Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs. Construction of a dual purpose plant on a 225 acre site will begin immediately with facilities due for completion early in 1953.
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Fort Worth
General Motors
Navy
Arlington
Here
Charles E. Wilson
James FE. Goodman
Goodman
War plants expand output to support war production
During the war General Motors eastern aircraft division produced about 13,500 Grumman bombers and fighter planes for the Navy at Trenton and Linden New Jersey plants. The Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac division in Kansas City is assembling the Republic Thunderbolt F 84. Arlington will be the second air field.
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General Motors
Eastern Aircraft
Navy
Trenton
Linden
New Jersey
Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac
Kansas City
Arlington
Meat flown to Mexico City to relieve shortage
Cabaca cattlemen dispatched meat to Mexico City to ease a local shortage. The move underscores regional supply challenges and the involvement of cattle producers in urban food security.
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Mexico City
Cabaca
City
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