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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
2
A department of agriculture study warns pests and weeds threaten grain, corn, and cotton with billions in losses. Insect pests like boll weevil and corn borer cause tens to hundreds of millions in crop damage, while weeds total about 3 billion dollars annually. Health and property harm from mosquitoes, roaches, bedbugs, and moths are noted as well.
Delegates at the Philadelphia convention hall report Dewey leading in early balloting with multiple states listing votes for Dewey Stassen Taft and others. Key moves include Saltonstall withdrawing Massachusetts backing Dewey and McCormick naming Halleck as Dewey’s VP option amid a high tension ballot showdown.
The article notes that Real 2 Geggies Industrial can be made to withstand 90 tough units and may exceed 10 feet to a con emate floor without breaking.
Motor vehicles move dairy products from farms to plants and to consumers with about 190000 trucks in use. In a city of 1600000 people residents spend 190 million dollars annually on private car travel while transit costs total 10 million dollars for buses trolleys and streetcars.
LaQueta Ann Bratton age 15 of Milton died en route to a hospital after an auto crash on US Highway 23 near the Missouri line. Fern Humphrey, also of Milton, sustained critical back injuries and was hospitalized in Kirksville after treatment at the scene. Ray Bratton drove the car that went over an embankment when the lights failed. The group was returning to Milton from Memphis, Missouri, shortly before midnight. Robert Litehy of Memphis sustained only minor injuries.
President Truman signed a bill carrying 3,749,069,260 to fund navy and marine corps expansion for the year starting July 1. It includes money to begin construction of a 65,000 ton aircraft carrier costing about 127,000,000, which will be the largest of its kind afloat. The navy will have more than 5,000 in wartime reserves and prior appropriations.
The Washington DC residence where noted producer Cecil B. DeMille was born now operates as a tourist home attracting visitors.
Ten passengers were killed in a Batavia derailment near Angang following an attack on the wreck site. Authorities reported ten additional injuries as rescue efforts continued at the scene.
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