Trade with China and Soviet imports in 1952 report
Government watchers scrutinize trade between free nations and the Soviet bloc. The article cites an estimated 300 million dollars in non Soviet imports to Communist China in 1952, with about 50 million from Europe and the Western Hemisphere and 250+ ship arrivals from Soviet ports and routes via Hong Kong in 1953. It notes U S policy cuts and UN actions on embargoes and broad data on shipments and sources.
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Free World
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Egypt
India
Ceylon
Imacao
Europe
Hong Kong
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U. S
Red China
U. N. General Assembly
Communist
North Korea
Embargo on Arms and Help for China and Korea
A Battle Act era analysis notes a complete embargo on arms and war materials under the Mutual Security Act framework. An informal committee including U S officials aims to tighten shipment controls to Communist China and North Korea, with members from NATO nations, West Germany, and Japan. The piece highlights a Ceylon China trade pact involving rice and rubber terms and the U S view that US concern centers on future China performance and the broader US interests in Asia.
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North Korea
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I Q Quiz Challenge Answers and Old Trivia Prompts
A reader is invited to test memory and logic with ten multiple choice style questions. Topics cover seeds government distribution, hemispheric populations, a Tennessee town for a science teacher, a presidential quote, the Isle of Man location, a 1945 regional league, Jasper described city walls, the St Lo battle, vice presidential duties, and Arizona’s classification among U S states.
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Murphy Company 1952 Earnings Report Details
W C Shaw and P L Sample announced G C Murphy Company 1952 earnings of 7 207 853 with 184 065 449 in sales an increase of 15 167 780 or nine percent over 1951 Average sales per store 629 950 across 295 stores Earnings after federal taxes 8 062 000 totals 7 267 050 vs 7 779 120 in 1951 1 382 123 refund of excess profits taxes for prior years lifted 1951 net to 9 161 961 Per share earnings 2 21 on 4 129 500 shares outstanding Dividends 2 per share on common stock Inventories up 2 059 264 to 25 850 908 Working capital up third year to 34 085 522 Current ratio 9 90 to 1. Also reports Gov John Fine prison committee will meet at White Hill Industrial School Harrisburg next week after visiting Morganza Training School. six state penal institutions inspected. A fragment notes glass can be drawn to a thread enabling a marble to smoke a thread 100 miles long.
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W. C. Shaw
P. L. Sample
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Lisi
Morris
Torn codicil to will approved in Dunkirk probate
The torn codicil to the 1952 Florida directed will of Miss Mabel L. Bookstaver was admitted to probate by Surrogate Hugh V. Bodine in Dunkirk after the nurse, who had reassembled the torn pieces, testified. The codicil left 2000 to Miss Harriette Trumbello and jewelry to Dr. Ruth Jewett. no new will was created before her death in 1964. Continuous probate proceedings followed.
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Mabel L. Bookstaver
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Hugh V. N) Bodine
Bookstaver
Cornell
Florida
Ruth Jewett
Winter Park
Miss Bookstaver
Surrogate's Court
Fire alarm weds grass blaze on Third avenue
A silent alarm summoned the fire department to a Third avenue grass fire Sunday morning threatening nearby properties. The blaze was quickly checked with no damage reported. The item also notes marble players on street corners as spring nears and reports the death of Corty resident William Pitts after a long illness.
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Winster
Man Says He Is Wanted By FBI In Boston Check Scam
A 26 year old man walked into the FBI and said he was wanted in Chicago for issuing worthless checks. FBI agents handed him to local detectives after learning no federal charges apply. Det. Inspector George Wochner said Libby is sought by Boston police for bad check charges and possible parole violation. He claimed no phony checks were written in Erie. Authorities seek to uncover any other checks cashed in the area. Libby is described as six feet three inches tall, 190 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI
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Eits
George Wochner
Libby
Boston
Mass
Worhner
Wochner
Doctor Indicted in 1949 Never Been Tried
Erie report says Dr. Abraham J. Ishlon was indicted in September 1949 by a Federal Court in Brie on charges of illegal narcotics sales but has never been tried. The Pittsburgh physician and his wife face government demands to pay 19,070 dollars in back taxes, allegedly from narcotics income, an appeal was filed this week.
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Erie
Brie
Abraham J. Ishton
Pittsburgh
Ishlon
State gasoline taxes range widely in the United States
The report notes that state gasoline taxes span from 3 to 7 cents per gallon across the United States, highlighting the variation in fuel policy among states and potential implications for drivers and taxation.
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