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...Freighters on the Pearl last week were laden with steel rails, zinc plate, asphalt, Indonesian rubber, Pakistan cotton, American trucks, steel piping, tubing. To China's Reds, Macao and Whampoa are not ideal: goods must be long-hauled by rail 2,000 miles to the north. But to unload farther north on China's coast, ships must run the Nationalists' blockade...
...sergeant, was sick of living in a tiny apartment on Chicago's South Side, with his two kids sleeping in the windowless hallway. He rented an apartment in Cicero.* But when he tried to move his family in last month, two Cicero cops refused to let the Clarks unload their furniture because they had no "permit." Beefy Police Chief Erwin Konovsky arrived, ordered the Clarks to leave town. The real-estate agent who rented the apartment said Chief Konovsky struck him several times and shouted: "Get out of Cicero and don't come back...
...ceilinged concourse, 21 broad stairways lead to 28 bus-loading stations where 750 buses load and unload the building each day. The concourse's walls are lined with shops where the Pentagonian can buy a uniform or a brassiére, a bestseller or a funeral wreath, a birthday cake or a railroad ticket, get a haircut or a loan. Once a guiding officer boasted to visiting General Henri Giraud that the Pentagon office girl could buy both a wedding ring and a baby carriage within its walls. The Frenchman asked: "Which do they buy first...
...sales to retailers were 53% ahead of last year; retail sales, on the other hand, have been running only 18% above a year ago. Retailers stocked up in anticipation of more scare buying, which did not develop. Unless buying picks up, many will be forced to trim prices to unload. Said one Atlanta retailer: "The test will come after Easter...
...issue at stake was whether the Federal Reserve Board must bow to White House pressure and continue to peg, or support, the price of Government bonds above par, thus continuing to make available billions for credit inflation any time that banks or insurance companies wanted to unload their bonds. Harry Truman had insisted that FRB continue the support policy, but had become alarmed at the uproar this had caused...