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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frank Murphy was mayor of Detroit during the depression, when some 50,000 Detroit families were virtually pauperized. He opened closed auto plants as dormitories, handed out almost $30 million in relief, saving enough on the operating costs of his administration to pay for the program.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death of an Apostle | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Having handed the Congress his prescription for quieting the flutterings of the U.S. economy (TIME, July 18), President Truman was now trying to explain the formula so that the patient itself could understand it. All the country really needed, Harry Truman believed, was the proper dosage of public works, some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Something to Worry About | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

"Deadest Dump." After nine days, the police let Lucky go. They were unable to pin anything on him, but last week they handed him a foglio di via obbligatorio-a document compelling him to report within four days to the police at Lercara Friddi, the humble Sicilian town where he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: City Boy | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

Before the week was out they were paying attention to big Bill Betger, 26, a left-handed policeman from San Francisco who patrols the city's waterfront at night and golfs on the city's jampacked Harding course by day. It was rare for a southpaw to do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Anybody's Open | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

As a top-heavy favorite, Ted Schroeder of California had no reason to be jittery, but as usual he was. As he took the court for the Wimbledon singles finals last week, he nodded awkwardly toward the royal box, where Queen Mary sat watching, instead of bending in the customary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winners at Wimbledon | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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