Living Cost Rise is Small in November Reports
Washington reports no overall change in living costs for November as the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 0.1 percent rise from October. The index stands at 168.6 percent of the 1935-39 average, up 0.2 percent from a year earlier but 71 percent above prewar levels.
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Indonesia Eyes Early Loan to Jumpstart Trade Revival
The Export-Import Bank has revived a 100 million dollar loan request to finance Indonesia’s revival of trade. Cochran, veteran U S diplomat, helped lead U N Good Offices efforts for Indonesia since 1948 and briefly held a Pakistan ambassadorship, staying for Indonesian negotiations. Indonesia once supplied tin and bauxite to major powers and now expects gains in petroleum, rubber, copra, sugar, coffee, and palm oil as exports recover.
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Spending Clash Over Budget Policy In Senate Debates
Senators from both parties weighed federal and party treasuries amid calls to curb spending. Wherry warned of a Democratic Party treasury undercutting the government, while Hickenlooper Watkins Hunt urged budget balance and opposed tax increases. Taft assailed the CIO job guarantee and compulsory health insurance as impractical state overreach.
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Infant Slayer Sentenced to Die in Gas Chamber
Paul Gutierrez was sentenced to death in the gas chamber for the slaying of 17 month old Josephine Yanez near Huron. The 25 year old cotton picker waived a jury trial and was found guilty after a two day trial. The courtroom reacted with tears and fainting as Superior Judge Arthur C. Sheppard called the murder one of the worst crimes.
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CBS Records Sign Rival's Conductor
Sir Thomas Beecham announced he would switch from RCA Victor to CBS Records, extending the networks rivalry to phonograph discs. Beecham leads the British Symphony Orchestra and is a best selling classical artist.
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City duo William Morris Jr and Ruth Redding wed in Saranac Lake
William Morris Jr. of New York City and Ruth Redding, a New York sculptress, were married in Saranac Lake yesterday. Morris age 50 said the couple planned a brief stay in New York before a Paris honeymoon, marking a second marriage for both.
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Rita Hayworth Gives Birth to Princess at Lausanne Hospital
Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth secretively arrived at Lake Geneva hospital after midnight with two police escorts. Rita, wearing a mink coat, delivered a daughter in a luxury suite while Aly coordinated discreet arrangements and a coded police signal. The hospital stay included renowned obstetrician Dr. Rudolphe Rochat, and the couple planned the child’s Moslem upbringing. Rita has a 5 year old daughter Rebecca Welles, from her previous marriage to Orson Welles. Aly has two sons, Karim and Amyam Mohammed, from prior unions.
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10 Top Bachelors Picked by Models 1950
Five hundred Barbizon models named the 10 most eligible bachelors of 1950. The list features Farley Granger Edgar Luchenbach Montgomery Clift Robert Merrill Marlon Brando Howard Duff Jon Whitcomb Paul Douglas Joe DiMaggio and Peter Lawford in order of eligibility.
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Marlon Brando
Howard Duff
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Paul Douglas
Joe DiMaggio
Peter Lawford
Fungal Links to Cancer Studied by Dr Diller
Dr Diller discusses tropical fungi linked to cancer in Philadelphia cases. She notes unknown yeasts found in cancers and cautions results are not proof fungi cause cancer. The tropical fungus kills cancer-susceptible mice but loses potency after being cultured outside the body.
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Fungi Filaments Reach Between Cancer Cells, Dr Diller Says
Dr Diller explains that fungal filaments from growths can be seen extending from one cancer cell to another. The filaments sometimes push into a tissue cell and wind around the cell nucleus.
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Water truck carries Texas water to thirsty New Yorkers
A tank truck carrying about three thousand gallons of Texas water rolled east through Mississippi en route to New York City where residents could not return home for Christmas. The journey began in Austin yesterday after Railroad Commissioner Ernest Thompson toasted peace with a water-filled cup.
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