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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1951
Page
4
London on April 4 AP reports the government warns Britons of harsher times with wages buying less as Russia blamed. The fifth annual economic survey led by Hugh Gaitskell notes the ongoing decade long austerity and outlines a new drive for yearmament and heavy public spending to combat downturn.
Reports from Red China indicate a new high in the purge during late March with mass executions in Tientsin and Swatow and thousands more under arrest. Nationalist sources say about 10,000 await execution at Nanchang while claims of over 1,000,000 victims have circulated. Five Canadian Catholic nuns are cited, accused of causing 2,116 deaths, later handed to a people's court for punishment as Canton hosts rallies demanding life sentences. Hong Kong Catholic sources note the nuns worked at a receiving center for Canton's abandoned children.
Detroit April 4. A small British Ford named the Consul goes on sale to U S buyers in limited quantities to pit against the Nash Rambler and Kaiser's Henry J. The Consul offers a 100 inch wheelbase four door sedan for five passengers. Price at port of entry expected between 1700 and 1800 dollars. Fuel economy up to 37 miles per gallon claimed.
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