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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
Chicago collected more than 14.6 million dollars in the first half of 1952 after a 50 percent rate increase over 1951. The tax is horsepower based at 15 dollars for engines under 35 and 30 dollars for larger motors. Other big cities with similar taxes include New York St Louis Washington Kansas City and Louisville.
Chicago reports about 120 cities with populations over 10 000 levy a car-use tax. The combined estimated annual revenue from these taxes approaches 18 million dollars.
A year end report states Frigidaire had one of its biggest years and projects continued strong business into the next period. The executive highlighted robust demand across major lines and anticipated steady growth despite market volatility.
Dayton report notes Americans will fully grasp an electrical way of life through major household appliances. Mason Roberts of General Motors Frigidaire predicts the next ten years will set records in appliance development and domestic life changes.
Roberts forecasts the appliance industry to sell 130 million major appliances over the next decade excluding radios and televisions. He cites a huge potential market for growth models—automatic washers and dryers, dishwashers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and food freezers—as driving optimism.
Father Adolph Buch, an 87 year old French Catholic missionary who spent 48 years in China gathering an insect collection, had the specimens confiscated by Communist police at the Hong Kong border as he left the country. They warned he could not take them out or risk being handed to Americans who would return them to China.
A Governor’s aide recalls Father Buch's Ningpo years on China's east coast where he collected uncatalogued insect varieties. He distributed many specimens to US and European institutions, cementing his scientific influence despite his death-dealing germ remarks.
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