The Price of Peace and War Costs in 1940s Era
Corry Journal reprints observations on federal budgets from World War II through the Korean War era. It notes expenditures rising from 1942 onward, peaking in the mid 1950s, and links defense cuts after World War I to aggressive totalitarian regimes. It cites a total wartime expenditure of about 901 billion dollars and a national debt increase of roughly 263.6 billion dollars across 1942 to 1956.
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Pearl Harbor
United ‘States
South Korea
United Nations
Hitler
Mussolini
Torofein
United States
Price of peace vs war costs in Congress plea
A speaker argues that the price of peace is high but worth paying to avoid war. They warn unpreparedness costs billions in lives and suffering, urging Congress to value peace over mere economic savings and to act now to protect soldiers and families.
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Sion
Indochina
Korea
Middle East
Congress
Girl Dies After Auto Rolls Over Near Kane
Shirley Westherbee, 19, of Kane, was killed instantly when a car driven by James Snyder left Route 8 south of Kane, struck a pole, and overturned. Snyder, injured, was hospitalized in serious condition. A second driver, Merry Novae, 29, of Franklin, sustained head lacerations and was treated then released.
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Kane
James Snyder
Snyder
Summit Hospital
Uberar
Ares
Merry Novae
Franklin
Reno
Heskass
Ol City
Spies Sentenced to Death in Soviet Espionage Case
Forty four alleged spies described as wreckers and Trotskyists, including one woman, have been sentenced to death by the Soviet Union on charges related to espionage against Japan. The announcement came today as part of the case disclosed in Siberia.
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Habarovsk
Siberia
Soviet Union
One Dead One Hurt In St Marys Crash
A two-vehicle collision on State Route 120 near St Marys left one man dead and a passenger, Donald Chuser 20 of St Marys, seriously injured. Authorities could not determine the operator of the auto.
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St. Marys
ST Marys
Gerald
Hoo D
Bellefonte
Donald Chuser
Andreth Keath Memorial Hospital
Clauser and
Hoover
G. A. Maine and Son Company
Brie
Aaa
Gas kills Pittsburgh steelworker turning on valve
Joseph Chromey, 44, a Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp employee, suffocated yesterday while turning on a valve in a one foot deep manhole at the Hazelwood plant in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The incident, part of a system that will provide power to homes in the district, prompted police to investigate a series of robberies nearby including the ransacking of Eugené Brigham’s home at 505 West Pleasant Street where household articles valued at $100 or more were taken in the past ten days.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Hazelwood
Pennsylvania
Eugené B Brigham
West Pleasant Street
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