US Plans Bonus to Boost German Dollar Exports
The United States and Allied authorities approve a retroactive bonus allowing German exporters to use up to 20 percent of dollar receipts to buy dollar imports without usual controls. The move aims to close Germany’s dollar gap and expand access to the U.S. market, with plans for a U.S. dollar gap committee to further widen access to American goods.
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Ers
Allied High Commission
Germany
United States
High Commission
U. S. High Commission
Railroad President Promotes Farming In His Home Town
Isaac B Tigrett, head of Gulf Mobilis and Ohio Railroad, funds an On-Farm training contest in Friendship Thinn with veterans and local Lions Club. Shelby A Robert and GI On-Farm officials organize three competing teams focused on citizenship, home building, and farming. Ten new homes were built, thirteen remodeled, six miles of terraces created, and carloads of lime spread. Modern appliances worth 21885 added. prizes encourage young farmers toward choosing a home and community involvement over mere work.
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Isaac B Tigrett
Gulf, Mobilis and
Ohio‘Railroad
Tigrett
Shelby A. Robert
Jackson, Tenn
G. M
O'agriculture and Forestry
Lions Club
Max Browder
Electrical
Moonshining Surges in Kentucky as Arrests Rise in 1950
In Kentucky the moonshine trade grows amid tougher crackdowns as investigators report many arrests in early 1950, with Nelson and Marion counties hosting the most stills. An investigator notes moonshiners are often modest, cunning, and move operations to hidden woods near water.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Alcohol Tax Anst
United Press
Nelson
Marion
Jeffereson
Tub
Iron Clad Alibi Clears Counterfeit Suspect
Evanston police arrested Fang-wen Weng, 24, a Northwestern student from Chunking, after he attempted to buy a 2 kamera with a counterfeit $10 bill at a drug store. He claimed an iron clad alibi, saying he cashed a check at State Bank and Trust. The teller identified him and returned real money.
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Evanston, II
CUP
Fang-wen Weng
Northwestern University
2 &Kamera
State Bank and’ Trust Company
Wang
Cities Burn Gas Engines Power Sewage Plants
The American Municipal Association says over 300 cities use gas engines at sewage plants to burn sewer gas for power. A new Sioux Falls installation plans a 21600 horsepower engine to power the plant, turning waste gas into electricity.
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Chicago
American Municipal Association
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Scroggins Boys Are In Korea
Two Scroggins brothers Garth and James, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Scroggins of 81914 South Main, are private first class soldiers fighting in Korea. Garth, a Robert E. Lee High School alum, recently wrote home from Japan after eight months abroad. James, Cedar Bayou High School alumnus, serves in the Second Infantry Division, having waited 30 months at Fort Lewis. Their parents had hoped his discharge would come in September before the Korean conflict altered plans.
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Barytoun
Korea
Garth
James Scroggins
J. B.scroggins
South Main
Robert E. Lee High School
Japan
James
Cedar Bayou High
Second Infantry
Fort Lewis
Washington
Town To Amend Bad Name In World War II
Leesville Louisiana moves to repair its wartime reputation as Oklahoma’s 45th Division trains at nearby Camp Polk. Civic groups fix housing rents and allocate units for soldiers and families to prevent profiteering while awaiting full strength deployments. A city official notes cooperative mood and limited need for price controls. Also, a separate item reports an eight-year-old in South Bend charged with check fraud for 58 dollars to buy a BB gun.
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Leesville
Oklahoma
National Guard
Lee Hills
Federal Housing Administration
Bessie F. Lawrence
The
Association of Commerce
45Th
Polk
Lawrence
South Bend
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THENN
Pollo Insurance
Scroggins
Krorea—Garth Above
Dames Scroggins
Chiropractice
Teo
Parker Chiropractic
Chnie
Homer Fontenot
22Th Street
Port Arthur
Parker Chiropractic Clinic
Homer Forteast
Daddy
Dial
Wm. W. Shayter
D.C
Ph.d. Baytown Clinic
W. Pearce
Bony
Edward Ivy
Ehstreet
Ivy
Mercury
America
Market St
Bayshore Motors, Inc
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