Stock Exchange Week Slowest Of All Year
Prices on the New York Stock Exchange declined fractionally in the slowest week of the year as vacation mood damped activity. Volume averaged 949,460 shares daily, with 4,747,301 shares traded for the week and a $1 billion drop in market value.
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Shrine to Dead of Both World Wars
A memorial chapel at Suresnes France will be dedicated September 13 as a shrine to the dead of both world wars. Gen Matthew B Ridgway will give the principal address and Gen George C Marshall will preside over two days of dedication exercises.
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Cow vs Officer Ends With Rope Tangle
In Fort Worth Texas an 800 pound runaway cow tangled with Officer Myron Baker of the city pound after he tried to rope it into a trailer. The cow dragged him around a vacant lot before he released his grip.
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Red Cross Urges 100 Graduate Nurses for Polio Areas
The American Red Cross issued an urgent appeal for at least 100 graduate nurses to be assigned immediately to polio stricken areas. With infantile paralysis cases rising, more than 300 nurses have been recruited since January and 137 in July. Registered nurses are urged to respond. two month service and expenses are covered by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Production Recovers From Strike In New York Report
Industrial output rebounded this week with freight carloadings and power up, construction awards at a record 1.366 billion dollars led by atomic energy work. Oil and coal production surged while the cost of living reached a July high, lifting wages for over a million auto workers tied to the CPI.
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Two-year-old Alexis Polina Tosses $95 From Window
In New Haven on August 23, two year old Alexis Polina grabbed a roll of cash left by her father and threw ninety five dollars from a third floor window while a nap was taken. A family search for lost money yielded only ten dollars.
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Rising costs squeeze city families under Fair Deal rhetoric
The Labor Department reports city families spend 6 percent more than income due to inflation and heavier taxes. It cites examples showing required living standards rising from 1939 to present and argues the New Deal Fair Deal worsens cost of living and tax burden.
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Philippines to Cut Oil Imports by 15 Percent
Miguel Cuaderno says allocations for oil imports will fall to 54 million dollars this year from 63 million dollars last year. Government and private transportation officials agree to curtail fuel use to conserve dollar reserves.
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Philippines
Miguel Cuaderno
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Bronze Star Winner Takes It In Stride
A note to Pfc. Erwin Young’s parents states he earned the Bronze Star in Korea for gallantry. He describes shooting a Chinese fighter at point blank range as heroic, while a grenade blast cauterized his face but left his looks intact.
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Great Lakes Cities Extend Pipelines for Clean Water
Chicago and Duluth plan 2 to 8 mile offshore pipes to draw lake water beyond polluted areas. The move aims to restore clean supply by accessing clearer water offshore and reduce contamination risk.
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Disgraced Becknell seeks 124000 damages over tied tail incident
George T. Becknell, race horse owner, sues for 124000 alleging someone tied Detroit Tiger’s tail to the starting gate at the county fair track last year. He says the act caused disgrace, forced sale of the horse, and prevented participation in other meets.
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George T. Becknell
County Fair Track
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Detroit Tiger
Worm Vendors Clash Over Prices End With Arrest
In Louisville a price war among worm vendors sparked a sidewalk dispute leading to the arrest of 47 year old Manda Lucas after police ordered her to move on. She faced a municipal court charge of conducting a private business on public property amid protests over undercutting the 50 cent per hundred standard.
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Farmer Faces Calamities as Hail and Minks Roam
On the Lloyd Morgan farm a hailstorm damaged crops and mink raided the henhouse killing over 120 young chicks and two hens. In desperation the Morgan family set a trap and caught their own cat.
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