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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...editorial cost of TIME today (not counting paper, printing, distribution, etc.) is $1.48 a word. In 1923 many newspapers had an average editorial cost of a cent a word; their average is still well under a dime. TIME'S $1.48 is spent (sometimes in vain) in looking for significant facts that make the story "come alive"; in checking up on other news media, and on itself; in finding the event's right place in the procession of events...
...Without a cent of backing, famed Dr. Frederic Wertham launched for Harlem Negroes a now successful...
Memphis' boll-headed Boss Ed Crump told the press that he had got a note demanding $50,000 on pain of death. Crump paid, said he-one cent postage due on the letter. He took a brown grip to a designated spot and left it there for 40 minutes, but nobody came for it. So Crump cleared his throat and read to reporters the contents of the grip: "To the coward perpetrating this dastardly thing: anyone could take a white mouse with baby teeth and run you in the Mississippi River...
American Youth Hostels, Inc. offers a small group of Ski Hostels for these energetic few. Two dollars will take care of gastronomic needs while an additional 25 cents per night blankets the necessity of a roof overhead. A 15 cent utility charge and an equally small day charge, imposed on those still in the building by 9 o'clock in the morning, complete the hosteler's expenses...
...million. For France, Austria and Italy, this meant $88 million less than the "irreducible minimum" set by the Administration and approved by the G.O.P. foreign-policy leader, Arthur Vandenberg. For China, which the House had insisted on including among the aid recipients, the Taber bill provided not one cent. The State Department, said John Taber, had not "justified" China's need (see Foreign Relations). For good measure, tight-fisted Mr. Taber wanted a 53% cut (fron; $490 million to $230 million) in the funds requested by the Army to meet occupational expenses in Germany, Austria, Japan, the Ryukyus...