25 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1947
Page
1
Washington analyst outlines UMT as a civilian reserve program distinct from conscription. It would create four agencies, train all young adults, and place them in a national emergency military establishment while preserving individual freedoms.
The U S Senate voted 72 to 1 to ratify the Rio conference defense pact among 21 American republics. The treaty affirms collective defense and automatic aid for external attacks, with internal aid by consultation. President Truman urged turning theory into action with a canal at sea level and a unified Atlantic command. Meanwhile, a rationing bill granting broad powers sparked Republican charges of creeping socialism amid inflation fight.
A New Jersey cattleman tests feeding raw potatoes with salt and molasses, reporting 25 days of gains averaging 1.4 pounds per steer daily. Rutgers professor calls it a success, while former Kansas governor Landon backs Eisenhower for president, and Eisenhower is set to become Columbia University president on June 7.
Idaho sits on 60 percent of the US phosphate rock supply and plans expansion of its dust bowl mining as J R Simplot’s Pocatello plant grows from 60 000 to 200 000 tons yearly of 18 percent super phosphate. The mineral’s wealth could reshape agriculture across the intermountain and Pacific West.
An advisory urging dog owners to match breeds to space and needs outlines working dogs like collies Belgian Sheepdogs and German Shepherd as practical herders and watchdogs. The piece promotes AKC classifications on health diet and training and offers booklet No 78 for 25 cents via Weekly Newspaper Service at 242 West 17th Street New York NY.
A mixed set of trivia prompts questions covering baseball first curved ball Basque mountains circus elephant daily feed Biblical witch Dorcas cross Red Cross symbol lineage division population and eye growth injuries in America last year
Answers reveal details on Arthur Candy Cummings of the Stars of Brooklyn in 1867, plus notes on Pyrenees and animal feed quantities, and various facts about eye growth and national accident statistics.
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