Famine Threat as Locust Plague Spreads Across Africa and Asia
Locust swarms darken skies over Africa and southwest Asia threatening millions with famine. Governments and colonial authorities mobilize about 1 million dollars in desert regions to combat breeding insects. Breeding grounds span Egypt Sudan Kenya and Iran with plans for conferences in New Delhi and Tehran to coordinate action.
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Africa
Asia
Mer
Egypt
Sudan
Libya
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somaliland
Kenya
Tanganyika
French Equatorial Africa
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Lebanon
Iran
Pakistan
India
Arabia
New Delhi
Tehran
Russia
Baluchistan
Arabian Peninsula
Wage Price Freeze Demanded To Replace Voluntary System
Four senators urged mandatory wage price controls as the only way to curb inflation, saying voluntary measures failed after Ford and General Motors rejected government requests to rescind price increases on 1951 models. They cited DiSalle's jawbone plan as ineffective and warned swift legal controls are needed.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Maybank
Ives
Capehart
Ford
Alan Valentine
American firms plan largest first quarter investment on record
Washington reports that American business plans to invest 4.8 billion dollars in new factories machinery and equipment in early 1951 as part of a record expansion to meet rising military needs and civilian demand. Manufacturing leads with 2.19 billion, followed by utilities 0.74 billion and other sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
God
Automatic Pilot Installed in Air Force Jet Fighters
Push button flying comes to jet warfare with a new automatic pilot in production for the F5 fighter. Developed by Lear Inc in coordination with the Air Force AMC the system uses gyroscopes and circuits to maintain straight and level flight and allow one handed control for basic maneuvers. It aims to relieve pilot strain during high speed turbulent conditions and will be used in all weather fighters with radar and two man crews.
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James J. Strebig
Washington
AIR Force Air Material Command
AMC
Lear, Inc
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wright-Patterson Aire
Dayton
Ohio
Robert J. Collier
William P. Lear
Air Force
Lear
Hannibal
Chicago
Tulsa
Oklo
Quincy
New York
Piqua
Los Angeles
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