High Food Costs Hit Consumer Spending Across Sectors
The piece argues rising food prices squeeze household budgets, diverting money from department stores. It cites Wall Street caution with inflation fueling stock buying yet warning of a 1920s style market break, while analysts worry about consumer credit and savings erosion. It notes varied opinions from economists and workers on non essential purchases, and adds context on car ownership and farm ownership in Norway.
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Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Washington
Wrestler Koverly Defeats Duprez in First Round
Los Angeles report states wrestler K. O. Koverly earned a 3290 fine for assaulting Mrs. Florida Duprez, 21, at a recent match. A second round looms as Koverly files a counter claim accusing Duprez of attacking him with a nail file.
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Los Angeles
Koverly
Florida Duprez
Funeral services for Horace Taylor Smith
Funeral services for Horace Taylor Smith will be held from his Baltimore home tomorrow. Smith, 63, prominent in state and city bar associations, died at Union Memorial Hospital yesterday after an operation.
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Baltimore
Horace Taylor Smith
Smith
Union Memorial Hospital
U S To Ignore Russian Blast
In a lengthy session, Vishinsky accused U S figures including Senator Mc Mahon Senator Brooks Major General Deane and Vishinsky pressed claims that American leaders promote war with Russia to justify dominance and avert economic collapse. Dulles denied making such statements and urged constructive debate.
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U.S
Moscow
Paisley B. Harwood
Cutler-Hammer, Inc
Milwaukee
Vishinsky
Russia
Anonymous Gift For Sick Child Stuns Chicago Desk
A receptionist at the Chicago Daily Times reported a nameless man donated five hundred dollar bills to aid the Kwiatek family. He said he wanted to help the four year old blue baby Johnny, needing funds to buy a trailer for air travel to a warm climate after doctors advised relocation.
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Chicago Daily Times
Louis Kwiatek
Johnny
Lynn Belmont
Three City Men Held In Pennsy
Three men were arraigned by Magistrate Elmer E. Smith in Waynesboro on charges of breaking and entering and larceny tied to filling stations and lumber theft from the Knepper home site. Police say stolen goods were moved to auctions across the two-state area. A hydraulic jack found at George C. Clark’s shop in Hagerstown led to Clark being charged with receiving stolen goods and held on $1,000 bond for the November grand jury.
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Knepper
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Florida Avenue
Clark
Harry E. Snnyder
How to Learn to Keep Shirt On Danvers Man
In Danvers Massachusetts Patrolman Raymond Cashman encountered a man rushing toward him at 1 40 AM claiming his clock stopped and he thought he had missed a six o clock. The runner apologized and explained the mishap.
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Cashman
Howling Storm At New Orleans Continues Tolling Destruction
The storm battered Canal Street in New Orleans causing heavy damage including the unroofing of the New Orleans Health Center and a collapsed wall. A 40-foot clock near Pontchartrain Beach was shattered while water from Lake Pontchartrain flooded the waterfront forcing Army evacuations. Florida reported about 12 million dollars in destruction across six urban centers as the system moved inland.
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Officers Granted Change Of Venue In Wicomico Jail Death
Trial of two officers charged with manslaughter in a death after a jail fight was moved from Salisbury to Cecil County. Chief Judge Levin Claude Bailey of the First Judicial Circuit issued the order today.
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Wicomico County
Cecil County
Levin Claude Bailey
First Judicial Circuit
Songwriter Bert Kalmar Dies at 63
Bert Kalmar, 63, famed lyricist of hits like Three Little Words and This Heart Of Mine, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Kalmar often collaborated with Harry Ruby on Broadway songs.
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Los Angeles
Bert Kalmar
Kalmar
Harry Ruby
Lands Big Bass At Central Ave Showdown
Angler at Blwood Showe on Central Avenue caught a four and a half pound bass in the Potomac River below the Potomac Edison power plant yesterday afternoon, drawing a crowd along the riverbank.
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Change of venue sought in indictment for manslaughter
State Trooper John J. Harbaugh and jail night turnkey John W. Turner face manslaughter charges over the death of Milton H. Jones a 21 year old Salisbury automobile dealer and truck line operator arrested by Harbaugh on July 27 for drunken driving The request asks to move the case to another venue.
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John J. Harbaugh
John W. Turner
Milton H. Jones
Salisbury
Harbaugh
W M Hits Snag On Early Train
A morning train to Baltimore faces delay as Westminster residents seek earlier service for No. 5 to arrive around 6 30 to 7 p m. railroad officials note riders come from west of Union Bridge and Blue Ridge Summit area and discuss the impact on schedules.
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Western Marryland
Westminster
Union Bridge
Blue Ridge Summit
Italy seeks one billion in outside aid to cope crisis
Washington reports Italy has informed the United States it requires about 1.0 billion dollars in external assistance to address an immediate economic crisis and endure into next year.
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Ialy
United States
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