The RFC and Two Dollar Gag in Historic Debate
Washington notes a two dollar check from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation sparks a larger issue. The piece argues RFC loans shaped wartime and postwar America, fueling banks, firms, and municipal projects while facing calls to liquidate assets and end government aid. It condemns perceived favoritism and warns of a citizen untouched by RFC actions.
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Washington
Rage
Andy
Reconstruction Finance
Clenaire
Mac Craaman
Recs
RFC
Amer
Railroats Rfc
REC
U.S. Sees Red Air Threat From Latin American Routes
The piece outlines fears of Soviet air power reaching Central and South America via Mexico and Panama, with TU-2 class bombers and TA-4s potential use. It notes reconnaissance and patrols by U.S. air and naval forces, the difficulty of tropical surveillance, and mentions Moscow accepting to participate in the 36th World Marksmanship Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, November 14–27.
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Western Hemisphere
U. S
Panama Canal
Pacific
U.S
Mexican
Russia
Central America
Mexico
Kamchatka Peninsula
Soviet Eurasian Empire
United States
Lata America
Caracas
Venezuela
Rian
Moscow
Dragging Object Seen Before Rocky Mountain Rocket Wreck
Witnesses told of something dragging beneath one of the Rocky Mountain Rocket trains as it wrecked in Hallam Nebraska. The crash injured more than 75 people, with eight in serious condition. Rail officials blamed a frozen motor armature bearing causing drag and wheels to stop, sending eleven passenger cars down a 25 foot embankment and burying one car in the ground. Hospitals in Lincoln Beatrice and Crete treated survivors. some required no care.
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Hallam
Neb
Rocky Mountain Rockett
St Inte
Be . Sones
Rock Island
Fairsbury
Lincoln
Beatrice
Crete
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Lincolnt General Hospital
German Woman Hides Husband in Wardrobe on Ship
A homesick German woman traveled from Montreal with her husband hidden in her cabin wardrobe aboard the German motor ship Alexandra Sartori. Brei mann Gisela Maria, 28, nearly completed the smuggling feat as her husband was found briefly outside the hiding place just before Hamburg harbor.
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Hamburg
Germany
Montreal
Canada
Motorsip
Alexandra Sartori
Gisela Maria Breimann
Hemburg Harbor
Billy Graham Berlin Rally Draws Thousands
Billy Graham holds a Berlin rally with about twenty two hundred Berliners attending. The event, described as non political, drew crowds at a stadium and then moved to a sports field as speakers discussed US relations and the role of faith in public life.
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West Bertine
Sol
Mate Killed Mother Held in Amesbury Case
A mother of three was arrested in Amesbury on murder charges after the body of Melvin W. Clark Jr. was found in a West Newbury marsh on June 2. Investigators said wounds and disposal suggested multiple people. Clark had beaten the mother prior to his disappearance and she filed for divorce twenty three days later, seeking custody of Marlene 8 Sally 3 and Maurine 3.
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Amesbury
Mass
Lorraine Clars
Lawrence Afr
Melvin W. Clark, Jr
West Newbury Marsh
Clark
Marlene
Sally
Maurine
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