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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
4
A historical note condemns federal and state liquor taxes as harming the liquor industry and consumers. It cites reduced tax revenue, more bootlegging, and rising gangster activity. It notes higher taxes since repeal and rising prices, with a specific example showing a whisky price tripling since 1939 and a large share of cost due to taxes.
The piece lauds James P. McGranery for resigning a federal judgeship to become attorney general. It credits him with pursuing crooks and Reds, securing indictments, initiating deportations, and instilling grand jury jitters, predicting he will be a bright spot as the Truman era fades.
A 520 pound Russian bear named Big Boy is noted as probably the first bear to testify for the defense in a U S court. The report, dated December 15 1942, marks a unique legal moment in Chicago.
George E. Sokolsky argues the eighty third Congress will expand investigations into past events. He cites Korea policy and Pearl Harbor flaws, critiques Rockefeller and Sloan funding, and urges probes into Tehran and Yalta to counter official propaganda.
Health Talk explains night leg cramps affecting many elderly people, especially calves, with pain disrupting sleep. Relief measures include rubbing, hot towels, and movement. studies link cramps to muscle or joint disorders and sometimes calcium imbalance, while quinine under medical supervision has shown effectiveness. The piece also covers diabetes diet guidance and general medical cautions.
Arthur Bugs Baer questions Republican secrecy and the state department’s distribution system. He lampoons top secret as what sits on a desk, mocks security staff, and notes Ike’s Korean sortie coverage with sly, pointed humor.
Westbrook Pegler outlines a claimed conspiracy surrounding the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. He charges Irving Brown and Jay Lovestone with covert influence over Western Europe and the Adriatic, funded by the Marshall Plan and U.S. channels, and cites David Dubinsky as Lovestone's ally. He questions official motives and warns of imperial socialist aims against anti communism.
Walter Winchell columns reveal the Canadian stock market slump blamed on draft dodger Serge Rubinstein whose deportation delays allegedly aided short selling profits. The piece also catalogs fashion world gossip, media jibes, and Broadway eccentricities with satirical bite, noting Life magazine circulation claims and various celebrity anecdotes.
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