Insurance sale regulation urged by Dallas official
Dallas Times Herald reports retiring State Insurance Commissioner Morris Brownlee will recommend next Legislature tighten rules against forced sale of insurance tied to installment buying. He says coercion of insurance in home and auto sales defrauds the public and enables finance firms to sidestep interest limits while profiting from add on charges.
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Dallas
Dallas Times
Herald
Morris Brownlee
Times Herald
Santa Stolen From Akron Front Yard
J. S. Hartenstein reported a 10 foot Santa Claus statue built over three weeks out of plywood was stolen from his Akron front yard where it was lit by Christmas lights. Police are investigating the theft of the outdoor display.
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Akron
Ohio
J. S. Hartenstein
GI Stevedores Load Amid Yokohama Strike
In Yokohama the Army port faced a labor walkout by three Japanese stevedoring firms since Nov. 29. To keep cargo moving 690 additional troops of the First Cavalry joined 500 already handling cargo, after four firms under a new bidding system began Dec. 1 with contracts valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Army says no legitimate cause for the stoppage. workers protest wages under the new system.
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Yokohama
U. S. Army
U. S
First
Army
Delay Granted in Dallas School Integration Case
Federal Judge William Atwell grants a postponement until Wednesday December 19 in the Dallas school integration suit. NAACP attorneys requested the delay. The case stems from a 24 child class whose parents reported denial of admission to Dallas public schools in September 1859.
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Dallas U8
William Atwell
Dallas
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Insurance Salesman Fell Into Career By Accident
Jack Nussbaum, head of the National Association of Life Underwriters, describes his unlikely rise from a Glasgow cloak factory to a top life insurance salesman. He notes life insurance grew from 95 to 372 billion in force from 1935 to last year and expects 750 billion to a trillion in a decade, cites earnings and statistics, and explains misconceptions about the field and living versus death benefits.
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New York
Jack Nussbaum
Nussbaum
National Assn. of Life Underwriters
America
France
Milwaukee
Round Table
Selesmen
Purdue University
Institute of Life Insurance Marketing
American Legion
Oakland
Calif
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