Auto Output Sets All Time High in 1950 Boom
The 1950 auto year set new records for production sales and profits amid steel shortages and defense program uncertainty. AMA estimates show 6.55 million passenger cars and 1.32 million trucks and buses produced, totaling 7.85 million units, up 26 percent from 1949. Payroll neared $2.7 billion with over 600,000 hourly workers and 25,000 white collars.
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Detroit
United States
Asenciation
Cina
Passengey
Ttermilional Dovers
MBDA
Sto
Dat Frei
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Studebaker
Packard
Sune
Government housing shifts toward war effort amid new loans
The article notes rapid moves in government housing as wartime goals persist. President Truman seeks quick congressional approval for a 1.0 billion insurances loan and 250 million to 800 million for direct construction of about 600 defense housing units. First units may be built at the new riverfront plant near Aikin South Carolina. Public housing programs for WWII veterans’ quarters are discussed alongside continued federal control of wartime housing units.
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Congress
Truman
Heseryve Board
Wal River Atomics
Aikin
S.C
John Taylor
Fis
Ge Korean
Cook 15 Injured In S F By Robber
Mork, a cook, remained in serious condition in a San Francisco hospital after an intruder knocked at his door Christmas Eve, slugged him, and took 800 in receipts from the restaurant where he works.
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Cook
Mork
Restate Rank
Beagle Insurance Pioneer Builds Niche for Prize Dogs
South Fork Pennsylvania producer Evan Stineman runs the country’s sole dog insurance business focused on pedigreed canines. His policies, underwriting prized beagles and other registered dogs, cover values from fifty nine to four thousand five hundred sixty dollars. After a Beagle fire twenty years ago, he created simple policies to ease owners’ worries, expanding to other breeds as insurers backed his venture.
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South Fork
U.R
Evan Slinemi
Pennsylvania
Stineman
United States
Il Ti
Anu
Konnet
Re Isurance Company
Three Runaway Juveniles Seized After Taxi Runway Incident
Three youths were held on suspicion of attempting aircraft theft after a taxiing mishap of 300 feet on the runway. Special Officer A. A. Uurlin at Culver City reported the incident as the youths fled the scene briefly before being apprehended.
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Culver Cfry Cup
A. A. Uurlinohead
Culver Noui
Explosion Rocks Nevada Town
An explosion in Blyaver Nevada damaged the town of about 4000 and shattered windows. Police Chief Bryan Mobison said 109 pounds of dynamite in a mining tunnel one half mile west of the town caused the blast, with no deaths or injuries reported.
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Hey
Nev
Nevada
Bryan Mobison
Dily
Ail Giteks
Wuanel
Blyayer
Rock Island Train Hits Freighter Near Lineville Iowa
A Rock Island Imperial passenger train struck the rear of a freighter train about three miles east of Lineville near the Iowa Missouri border. Three crewmen were injured, with several others believed hurt though not severely. Rock Island agent C. A. West reported the incident and conditions available as of early today.
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Lineville
Rock Island
C. A. West
Tuck Island
Spectacular New Year Display at Castro Area Stores
Readers are treated to a vibrant New Year shopping scene with showcases from Ceciley's Furniture Co and Ray Weckley’s store featuring a colorful show window. The piece highlights interior decorating services by Marion Mich and Sharlene Spicer, beauty and hair services at Amtoingtics Beauty Salon, Castro A Cleaners promotions, Merle Norman demonstrations, and Louie’s Shoe Shine Shop. It closes with social spots Le Club Vagnerne and Al Massa’s, plus Hayward Drug Co offerings.
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Ceciley's Furniture CO
Castro
Youniestownr
Calor Schama
Marion Mich
Sharlene Spicer
Serview
LWA Golthung
Vagnerne
Main St
AL Massa's
Smart Club
Thora Ae AL Massa
LE Club Moderne
Nina Medford
Sarved Cafet
Algla
Thara
Dowman's
Hayward
I St
Alton
Provceiplion
Alamuds
Phang Scription
Dha Hayward Drug CO
Sally
Thors
New Year Gifts Offer Orchids Fur Shoppers Delight
Anachronistic ads showcase florists and fur shops promising New Year glamour. Phil Yarrasso’s Flower Shop promotes corsages and tropical arrangements at reasonable prices, Sally’s Fur Shop touts fur making over coats, and Kirby’s ads prize a $1000 jackpot with Kirby vacuums.
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Phil Yarrasso
Hain St
Corsagua
Pornio Sulyarent
Ciaardaan
Erittanca
Phil
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