Soybean Title Winner Named
Lafayette Indiana Eugene Gwaltney of Gaston won the Indiana soybean championship for a yield of 54.6 bushels per acre on five acres. His nearest rivals were Herman Miller of Bluffton with 52.6, L. K. Wyckoff of Valparaiso with 52.1, and Glenn Kinsell of Remington at 50.8. 88 contestants from 17 counties competed.
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Lafayette
Ind
Eugene Gwaltney
Gaston
Indiana
Purdue University Extension Service
Gwaltney
Herman Miller
Bluffton
L. K. Wyckoff
Valparaiso
Glenn Kinsell
Remington
Smokey Bear Doll Toy Warning Voices Mismatch
Smokey the bear toy with a dainty voice caused alarm in South Carolina forests office after the wrong talking voice was used. The South Carolina Commission ordered 98 Smokey bears and the incident sparks concern over miscast lines.
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Atlanta
Smokey the Bear
Forest Service
Smokey
South Carolina
State Forestry Office
South Carolina Forestry Commission
New Zealand Antarctica Air Link Opens With Safe Landing
Four U S Navy planes completed the first Wellington to McMurdo Sound Antarctic air link landing safely near Dunedin after a 2 200 mile nonstop flight from New Zealand. Four other planes were forced back by headwinds as Rear Adm Richard E Byrd led the American expedition.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Antarctica
McMurdo Sound
Mt. Erebus
South Island
Richard E. Byrd
Dunedin
Ross Island
Victorian Land
Antarctic
Ross Sea
Byrd
Kefauver Wisconsin Primary Announcement and Campaign Planning
Sen. Estes Kefauver announces entry in the Wisconsin April 3 presidential primary and outlines campaign roles for former Truman aides F. Joseph Donohue as campaign chairman and J. Howard McGrath as head of the campaign executive and advisory committee. He also signals plans to contest California and New Hampshire.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
D - Tenn
Wisconsin
California
New Hampshire
Kefauver
Truman
Joseph Donohue
District of Columbia
Mr. Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Finois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Indiana AG rules shorter school year possible
Indiana school districts may cut the number of school days per year to 1621 days for an eight month year, 162 days for an eight and a half month year, or 172 days for a nine month year. The opinion, requested by state superintendent Wilbur Young, allows holidays like Discovery Day and Veterans Day to be exempt from instructional time. It could also permit an extra week off with pay for teachers during the year.
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Wilbur Young
Steers
Young
Amnesty Plea for Communist Leaders in U S
A petition to President Eisenhower by 42 signers including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt requests Christmas amnesty for Communist leaders jailed under the Smith Act. Signers say they oppose the party but advocate clemency for those convicted of teaching overthrow. Several named figures lend support.
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New York
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communist Party
Ultt
Norman M. Thomas
John C. Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Lewis Mumford
Elmer Rice
Stephen Cary
American Friends Service’ Committee
Philadelphia
Albert Sprague Coolidge
Harvard University
Roland H. Bainton
Yale’ Divinity School
Church Canvass Success Boosts Meadowbrook Drive Fund
An all members canvass for carent expense and missions funds raised 18 357 dollars toward the Meadowbroo church budget. The effort included leaders Robert Mc Coy and John Jenkins Des Moines with about 45 participants and ongoing building plans in Detroit and Ste Marie.
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Carent
Meadowbroo
Associated Press
Robert McChicago
Snow 218 Coy
Detroit
John Jenkins
Omaha
Ste. Marie
Sioux City
Bismarck
Addi
Fargo
Seattle
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Diego
San Francisco
Denver
Ork Worth
Kansas City
Memphis
Chicago
Woman’s
Boston
i _aunseas Temperance Union
Cincinnati
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Miami
John Gutknecht
New Orleans
Tampa
Winnipeg
Evanston
Ition
WCTU
Holiday traffic toll eyed as deaths rise
The Interstate Traffic Toll Estimating Board predicts over 200 lives lost in six days of the holiday season. Using Christmas to New Year statistics from the National Safety Council, the group notes that about one fourth of fatalities involve a drinking driver or a drinking pedestrian.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
National Safety Council
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