Auto Price Trend Heads Upward
Detroit reports the 1951 model price trend is upward as Nash and Kaiser-Frazer raise prices on several models. Packard already hiked low to mid priced listings, with higher priced cars to follow. Wage and pension increases drive costs. adjustments though not uniform across Hudson and the Big Three GM Ford Chrysler. Industry sources expect more hikes on current models and continued price planning through the four month period.
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Detroit
Nash
Kaiser-Frazier
Packard
Hudson
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
United States
Concern Over Care for Wounded Veterans in Korea
Washington reports growing concern in the House armed services committee over care for wounded men returning from Korea. Secretary Pace was asked to brief President Truman with a frank picture, while Rep Shafer calls for Dr Meiling’s ouster for alleged neglect. Pace met with Vinson Short and others in a secret session as the panel pushes fast action to fix hospital shortages.
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Ruth Cowan Washington
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Pace
Vinson
D-Ga
Rep. Short
Missouri
Rep
Shafer
R-Mich
Richard Meiling
Defense Department
Korea
Meiling
Navy
Short
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Percy Jones
Battle Creek
Mich
Valley Forge
Phoenixville
Penn
Murphy General
Waltham, Mass
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Olive General
Money To Be Sent To Woman Behind The Iron Curtain
In Dayton Ohio a common pleas court ordered 3994 to be sent to a woman behind the iron curtain in Communist Poland. Judge Charles Lee Mills acted after Tadeusz Frymar Detroit consul of the Polish government produced power of attorney from Mrs Marijanna Kurl 48. The case stems from the 1941 death of Mrs Helen Borkowski a Dayton cafe owner who died intestate and left a 42000 estate. Son Lee Lucas says the sister’s share equals 3994 and she has not been heard from since 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.
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Dayton
Gcommon Pleas Court
Poland
Charles Lee Mills
Tadeusz Frymar
Detroit
Marijanna Kurl
Kurl
Helen Borkowski
Borkowski
A Turn About Thomasville Honeymoon Torture Tale
Wint Capel Kathleen and W B Walker recount a perilous Fontana Dam honeymoon adventure. A horse trek with a crowd, broken bridges, fallen trees, near loss of route, and bear swarms ended with weary escape and a vow to avoid such trips again. The Walker party, including a photographer and stable owner, faced overturned trucks, delayed mounts, and night camping before returning home.
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Kathleen
W. B. Walker
Thomasville Tribune
Fontana Dam
North Carolina
Fontana
Yellow Jacket
Tower
Walker
Geese Loosed for Christmas Fatting Fly West Across Mortlake
London dispatch reports Mrs. Adelaide Hunt of Mortlake released four geese in her yard to fatten for Christmas. A police property log notes the geese were last seen airborne over Mortlake flying west a few hours later.
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London
Adelaide Hunt
Mortlake
Plan for More Troops in Europe Sparks West European Optimism
Truman’s move to boost American forces in Europe triggers renewed hope across Western Europe beyond Germany where fears persist. Leaders and citizens alike sense U.S. resolve may deter invasion, with Eisenhower’s possible return to Europe seen as a unifying, confidence-boosting factor.
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Europe
Truman
le Monde
Dwight D Eisenhower
Ike
Communists Urge Sabotage of Western Rearmament
In Berlin on September 23 the East German state council urged Germans to sabotage Western Europe's armament against Soviet expansion, claiming the big three seek to draw West Germany into the Atlantic pact. Foreign Minister George Dertinger delivered the communiqué to Soviet satellite military missions in East Berlin.
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East Germany
Western Europe
Soviet Zone
Ern
Europe
West Germany
George Dertinger
East Berlin
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