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Three and a half years ago, in the name of all humanity, the victors of World War II put the leaders of the vanquished on trial. In over 50 million words of testimony, the Niirnberg mill ground out the story of six million Jews murdered, millions of laborers held in near-slavery. So huge were the figures that the world could scarcely grasp them. Though Hermann Göring postured in the dock and Rudolf Hess bellowed his insane laughter, interest in the courtroom scene flagged. But last week, crowds once more flocked to the big red-roofed Palace...
Just before his retirement to his native village of Fenghua last January, President Chiang Kai-shek thoughtfully moved some $300 million of Nationalist gold, silver and foreign exchange from Nanking and Shanghai to safer vaults in Formosa and South China. There it was put under tight control of generals and officials loyal to Chiang. If the Communists toppled the peace-seeking government of Acting President Li Tsung-jen and tried to occupy all of China, the gold and silver would serve Chiang's still-faithful followers as a nest egg for further resistance against the Reds...
Last week, with the air of a man who had stood for such nonsense long enough, President Miguel Alemán announced that his government would spend $88 million in the next two years to overhaul Mexico's railways. His plan (prepared by a special commission appointed last February): 1) convert every line in the country to standard gauge; 2) eliminate the steep grades and kinky turns that cause most wrecks; 3) gradually modernize rolling stock. The President called on his Finance Minister to find the necessary funds, which will probably be raised through new taxation. "The railways," Aleman...
...Francisco to make a quick 30% of the gate for refereeing an evening of wrestling, retired heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis said reports that he is broke are exaggerated. Said Joe: "I could make half a million a year just refereeing fights and wrestling matches . . . I could get myself booked every night in the week, but it interferes with my golf...
...created 18 months ago, the crime of air pollution had been on the increase for seven years-ever since war orders made Los Angeles a small-parts arsenal. With near-dictatorial powers to shut down plants which disobey his smoke-curbing orders, McCabe has persuaded industry to appropriate $10 million for smog control...