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...choices would have brought a profit of better than $160-a remarkable performance. Alf and his paper make a strange combination. Politics, to him, is a vast irrelevance; horse racing, to the Worker, is a questionable capitalist diversion.* But back in 1935, the paper needed to boost circulation, and the Worker decided to cater to a weakness of the workers. The editors looked around for a horse handicapper, and there was Alf. Then unemployed, he had been picking winners ever since he was nine (when he selected Coronach, 11 to 2, in the 1926 Derby). He was no Communist...
...that U.S. industry would be wise to curb its boundless appetite. The Federal Reserve Board, noting that business borrowings for expansion are heavier than they have been since 1953, decided the time had come to apply a mild brake before the boom gets out of hand. The brake: a boost in the rediscount rate from 1½ to 1¾ Since this is the rate at which member banks borrow from the Federal Reserve, the rise will make it more expensive to do so. This is expected to act as a slight restraint on expansion plans, thus keep U.S. industry...
PENNY-A-PACK BOOST is in store for smokers of king-size cigarettes. American Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, and Philip Morris have increased wholesale prices as much as 40? per 1,000 (to $9.50), and retailers are expected to pass the boost on to their customers...
...Government estimates that the number will jump 200% by 1959. But this will tap only a fraction of the potential manpower. Many businessmen are frankly reluctant to hire the handicapped because they fear that such workers are prone to injury, will hurt themselves on the job and thus boost insurance compensation rates. The fears are largely groundless. Some state compensation laws make a company responsible for a worker's total disability, regardless of his previous injury. However, 42 states now have "second injury" funds which protect employers against paying total disability compensation for injuries to an already handicapped worker...
...seemed to linger on after the rattle of the fast numbers had died away. The HDC has also censored itself, with the result that Great to Be Back! now is a family show. Except that one verse of "Mogambo Rag" has been lost, the clean-up served only to boost the entertainment value. Since there has been more cutting than adding, the whole evening is considerably shorter at Peabody this week. It is also much brighter...