Upswing in Less Costly Homes Seen
Washington government housing chief Raymond M Foley predicts an upswing in homebuilding within the 6000 dollar class as builders shift from higher priced markets to lower cost homes to stay busy. He notes the downturn since mid 1947 and cites an FHA insured loan program up to 95 percent for 30 year loans on homes under 6300 dollars as a catalyst once widely used.
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Washington
Foley
Federal Housing Administration
Gene Autry Mixed Up On Plugs On Godfrey Show
Hollywood AP reports Gene Autry, guest on Arthur Godfrey's Chesterfield radio program, mixed tobacco and gum product plugs. Godfrey urged lighting Chesterfield cigarettes and chewing Wrigley gum, while Autry, a nonsmoker, awkwardly clarified. CBS rebroadcast the broadcast for western listeners without change.
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Hollywood
Arthur Godfrey
Gene Autry
Godfrey
Wrigley
Gene
CBS
All That Trouble Due To Toy Horn
In Omaha a toy horn injured a boy, drawing police response. A squad car crashed into a 38 year old driver Ralph Lundstrom as it rushed to the scene, damaging two parked cars and a fire hydrant. Lundstrom was injured and charged with reckless driving.
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Omaha
Billy Carpenter
Billy
Ralph Lundstrom
Lundstrom
Factory Wages Reach New October High Across Industries
Washington AP reports average weekly wages for 132,400 factory workers rose to 54.64 in October, an all time peak. Wages increased by about 50 cents weekly as a longer work week spread across most industries.
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Washington
Labor Department
Mustangs Break to Saddle Sale in Early Texas
In early Texas, horses known as Mustangs were broken to the saddle and sold for roughly ten to twelve dollars, reflecting frontier trade and equine value of the period.
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Texas
Douglas speech at CIO convention called history making
Justice Douglas delivered a history making speech at the CIO convention in Portland. President Murray praised it as historic as the packed hall gave him a rising ovation and a motion to publish and distribute the speech passed unanimously.
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Portland
CIO
Douglas
United States Supreme Court
Philip Murray
Sadsack Sergeant Victim of Jokester
In Hillsboro Texas an army recruiting sergeant was pranked when a caller posed as an officer gave orders to take down, then revealed himself as a jokester. A follow up call identified by another voice.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Army
Ken Griffith
Lieutenant ColonelCalls Bluff in Military Exchange
An army officer, a lieutenant colonel, warned a caller that the deception would fail. Sergeant Griffith confronted the prank and hung up, revealing the caller’s claim was a false lieutenant colonel.
Thanksgiving settlement tops Low family’s $69,500 windfall
Anton Low, who earned little above minimum wage, received a $69,500 check as a settlement for a lawsuit against the Airline Passenger and Transfer Corporation of Detroit. The suit arose from injuries in a January 5 accident on the Detroit Willow Run expressway. Mrs. Low waived damage claims for $500.
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Cleveland
Anton Low
Low
New Covered Bridges Rise Across the United States
A wave of new covered bridges is under construction nationwide, linking rural towns and historic routes. Builders emphasize preservation of heritage while improving local transportation access and tourism appeal.
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United States
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