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...safety of our country is in danger," said Wilson. "What you are doing now can hurt the United States more than all the Communist armies in Korea . . . It is impossible, now to recover the time lost in shipment of supplies overseas or the production lost by the plants which have shut down. No matter how serious your grievances may seem to you, they cannot justify the harm you are doing to your country...
...million-a-year slot-machine-manufacturing business was wiped out with one stroke of a pen last week. President Truman signed a bill banning the one-armed bandits from federal property and prohibiting their shipment in interstate commerce. As soon as the new law went into effect, the military began a roundup of machines in Army and Navy officers' clubs around the U.S. On the West Coast the Army dumped 300 machines into San Francisco...
...lobby, he posted this notice: "Discussions of business deals involving less than $500,000 not permitted in this lobby. This is a high-class hotel." As a bittersweet note, Beckland added: "Credit at the bar-even to half-million-dollar operators-will not be extended until the first gold shipment is made...
...laid out $800,000 last week to launch a Point Four program in Brazil. The money will be spent to help increase Brazil's hydroelectric power potential, improve its agriculture and build up its rickety transportation system, thus speeding shipment of vital cargoes of scarce manganese and high-grade iron ore to market...
Bottled human blood is one traveler that always has top priority on the Military Air Transport Service planes flying from the U.S. to Korea. There is no time for delay in the shipment of whole blood. Even under the best refrigerated conditions, it goes bad within three weeks, yet a steady supply of it is essential...