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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1947
Page
6
Washington reports a proposal to rent out a billion dollars worth of idle war plants to cut upkeep costs and preserve manufacturing skills. The plan would let the government or private renters use rent money to maintain the facilities, aided by a new bill in Congress.
Federal Works Agency head Maj. Gen. Fleming says public project costs peak now but will drop in about a year enabling long range planning and loans to communities for anti-pollution facilities. He notes housing costs included. Meanwhile Newfoundland expected to push Washington about union with the United States. Government payrolls may fall by about 400000 by June 1948 and imports drive aims to offset price cuts with foreign loans and sales to the U.S. economy.
John E. Fitzgerald, 18, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is sentenced to at least 18 months in jail before his marriage trip after being convicted of grand larceny. The case highlights youth crime in the city.
A man convicted of larceny was allowed to marry Mire Naomi R. Mundy before starting a sentence of one to ten years at the state reformatory. Details show the unusual arrangement as the court proceedings concluded.
Lee Court rushed to catch a commercial plane in Boston en route to New York, pressed for time at the airport.
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