Good Year For Furniture Is Expected
Four officials of the National Retail Furniture data group foresee 1953 as a good year for business. They note higher bank deposits, rising employment, value consciousness, and more furniture choice. TV outlet expansion fuels rug and sofa sales as Americans seek better interiors.
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Stock listings reflect mixed gains in early trading
Montgomery Ward Motorola National Biscuit and other major firms show varied percentages in the session. Large players like General Electric General Motors and United States Steel appear with notable figures as market breadth widens and investors monitor shifts.
Truman Calls for US Resolve as H Bomb Threat Looms
President Truman warned Russians of the H-bomb and said the free world has the will to resist Communist aggression as he stressed foreign policy wins. He cited the Marshall Plan NATO aid and Berlin blockade as proofs of strength and noted significant civil rights progress.
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64 Year Old Groom Wins Divorce From Jealous Wife
Detroit report says George S. Robinson, 77, won a divorce from his eight month marriage to Juliena. He testified she caused misery with jealousy and questioned him about every outing. The piece ties to early colonial Jamestown sulfur shipments as an unrelated historical aside.
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George S.robinson
Juliena
Radon Capsules Found at Belfast Crash Site
A lead pot containing 70 pounds of radioactive radon capsules was found buried in mud at the crash field where 27 people perished including two American teachers. Geiger counters had hunted 24 hours for the capsules carried on the plane from London for a Northern Ireland hospital.
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Northern Ireland
London
Colonel's Wife Stabbed Him While He Was Asleep
In Tokyo the murder trial of Dorothy Krueger Smith, daughter of Gen Walter Krueger, rested as a defense motion for dismissal was denied. Mrs. Smith, 40, is accused of fatally stabbing Col Aubrey Smith in their bedroom on Oct 3. Prosecution witnesses allege she admitted, saying she waited for him to sleep before stabbing him.
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Dorothy Krueger Smith
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Walter Krueger
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Aubrey Smith
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Levie
Sophia Slovak
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Lan Army Hospital
Fruitcake Bandit Nabbed in Manhattan Robbery Case
New York police arrested 28 year old Alonzo Curry who admitted holding up a woman in the Manhattan garment district on December 26. He said he believed the package contained a large payroll but it held a Christmas fruit cake.
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Alonzo Curry
Manhattan Garment District
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Kids Get Chance to Try Out Skates and Sleds
Children who received sleds and skates for Christmas tested them across the nation during a cold snap. Detroit opened its 175 city rinks after a 12 degree low while Chicago’s Edgewater Beach Hotel rink drew crowds. Bitter cold and light snow affected much of the Midwest, Northeast and West, with outages in Wisconsin and North Carolina from a pipeline blast leaving Stoughton residents cold.
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Mercury
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Gravediggers Prepare to Strike in New York Area
Gravediggers in 18 cemeteries across Brooklyn Long Island Westchester and Queens plan to strike unless pay raises and benefits are granted. Local 365 of the Building Service Employees International Union seeks a $5 weekly increase better welfare and a retirement fund. Current daily pay is $13.80.
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Buildin Service Employes Internationa Union
AFS
Brooklyn
Long Island
Westchester County
Queens County
Church Sued For Gambling Losses
Mrs Irene Walhite sues St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and bingo operator Robert Kerner in Flint Michigan for four thousand dollars claiming losses from church bingo over two years Her attorney Sherman Bean says losses exceeded her earnings during this period under Michigan law which limits recovery of gambling losses.
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Irene Walhite
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
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