Truman defense of Eisenhower Korea trip and McDonald stay
President Truman defended Eisenhower’s Korea trip at a news conference and said he would stay as Reconstruction Finance Corp. head if Eisenhower wants him to. McDonald confirmed willingness to remain administrator, noting his Republican Detroit roots.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
McDonald
RFC
Eisenhower
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Detroit
Unfinished Projects Spotlighted in City Paper
A wry note laments endless tasks as both women and men juggle duties, implying no one can finish every job in sight before quitting. The quip highlights busy domestic and labor expectations in a humorous register.
Steel mills face surging orders amid 1952 end boom
New York reports heavy steel orders piling up as industrial spending for plant expansion hits new peaks. A Commerce SEC joint forecast puts expansion at 28 billion dollars annually at year start with strong demand from autos, appliances, oil and gas, freight cars, and construction. Major producers like GE and Westinghouse push ahead with multi hundred million dollar investments and expect continued growth into 1955.
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New York
National Tool — Die Manufacturers Association
General Electric
Ralph J. Cordiner
Cordiner
Westinghouse Electric
Department of Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lit
Outdoors In Wisconsin Christmas Gift Sparks Outdoor Interest
The piece explains Christmas gifts can shape a child’s view of the outdoors beyond hunting. It suggests tools like a microscope, a wildflower manual, and a fly tying kit as unobtrusive introductions that foster discovery, curiosity, and a broader appreciation of nature.
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Junior
Pop
Blackhawk
Eisenhower to Take Presidential Oath Using Washington Bible
Sen Styles Bridges announced Eisenhower will be sworn in January 20 using the same Bible George Washington used. The 200 year old Bible is held by St Johns Lodge No 1 Ancient York Masons in New York City for 195 years.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Joint
Congressional Inaugural Committee
St. John’s Lodge No. 1
Ancient
York Masons
New York City
GE Workers Win Five Percent Pay Increase
The Wage Stabilization Committee approved a five percent raise for 200,000 General Electric workers, with plans to quickly extend similar gains to 100,000 Westinghouse Electric, Sylvania Electric, and other firms. The move, noted as a 7 to 8 cent hourly average, has Oct. 13 effective date for GE and Oct. 1 for Westinghouse.
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Washington
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sylvania Electric Products Company
Harry Weiss
Weiss
Westinghouse
Hunter Gets Limit Of Wooden Ducks
A Memphis hunter bagged a limit of ducks all wooden on Wednesday night. A sports shop display of decoys outside the store was found spattered with shotgun pellets and shells when owner Bob Shepard discovered Thursday morning. The incident follows reports that hunters were having trouble finding real ducks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bob Shepard
Shepard
Eisenhower Chooses National Presbyterian Church
President elect and Mrs. Eisenhower will worship at the National Presbyterian Church on Connecticut Avenue in Washington. Rev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, who served with Eisenhower in World War II, is the present minister. A private family service is planned for Jan. 20 in New York after a preinaugural conference. Presidents who attended include Jackson, Pierce, Polk, Cleveland, Buchanan, Grant and Harrison. The church is known for its President’s Pew.
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Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
Connecticcut Avenue
Edward L. R. Elson
Eisenhowers
Elson
New York
Jackson
Pierce
Polk
Cleveland
Buchanan
Grant
Benjamin Harrison
Pew
Dainty Dotty Circus Fat Lady Dies at 43
LOS ANGELES The former 585 pound Ringling Brothers attraction known as Dainty Dotty died at her home in Los Angeles. In private life she was Mrs Owen Jensen wife of a circus tattoo artist. She had weighed 350 pounds in 1949 when giving birth by Caesarean. She leaves her husband and another son Richard Strindberg, 21, from a prior marriage.
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Los Angeles
Dainty Dotty
Ringling Brothers Circus
Owen Jensen
Richard Strindberg
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