Truman Signs New Farm Price Bill Amid Surplus Push
The House bill sets price supports for basic crops at 9 percent of parity next year with controls like acreage allotments or marketing quotas. Tobacco is separately supported at 90 percent, and many other commodities fall within 0 to 90 percent. A modernized parity formula based on current farm and non-farm prices and labor costs will start next year, with basic crops switching fully to the new method in 1954.
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Agriculture Department
Ita
Growere
Brannan
Department
Wizard of Woo Engel Misses Testify Defense
Sigmund Engel 74, nicknamed the wizard of woo, did not testify as the state rested its case accusing him of swindling $8,700 from Chicago widow Mrs. Corrigan and other women. Prosecutors presented witnesses describing the ruse, while Engel spoke to reporters promising acquittal. Court adjourned until Tuesday for closing arguments.
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Engel
Sigmund Engel
Wizard of Woo
Chicago
Reseda Corrigan
Annette Kubiak
San Francisco
Woo
Sigmund
Sam) Engel
Corrigan
Clifton W. Smith
Minneapolis
Vember
Madge Hoffman
Smth
Painter Dies After Fall From Dallas Building
A 31 year old painter, Joe Wavrusa of Ennis, died after falling from the four story W T Grant Building at 1602 Elm Street in Dallas. An eyewitness, Virail J Etchie, said a gust of wind caused him to lose balance on the roof where he and Wavrusa were attaching a hook for a painters scaffold. He died en route to St Paul's hospital.
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Dallas
Joe Wavrusa
Ennis
W. T. Grant
Elm Street
Wavrusa
St. Paul's Hospital
Virail J. Etchieson
Little Old Bullet Fails To Stop a Bug Cutter
Gloria Noble, 20, danced for five hours with a bullet in her chest after a fight at a Houston dance. Hospitalized the next day, her condition was not serious. She told officers three shots were fired during the disturbance but the party resumed.
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Houston
Gloria Noble
Miss Noble
Take Your Choice Paramount Thursday Event Notes
Fragmented OCR text references a paramour event with various names and phrases and includes a line about mosses. Readable elements mention 14 000 moss varieties and a date with times, but the overall piece is garbled. The readable facts point to a set of features or program notes rather than a coherent news item.
Four Randolph Field fliers killed in dog-fighting planes crash
SAN ANTONIO Oct 31 two trainer planes in flight near Randolph Field collided ten miles southeast of the base killing four Randolph Air Force Base officers. Witnesses said the planes were at 800 to 1 000 feet when they crashed, one losing a wing before burning. Names not immediately released.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Randolph Field
Jesse Barr
George Tudhope
Udhope
Norman Traverse
Randolph
ATG
Hiss Set to Stand Trial on Perjury Charge
Alger Hiss former State Department official is ordered to stand trial on November 17 for perjury linked to accusations he passed government secrets to a Communist spy ring. Judge William Bondy noted the court expects trial then. Hiss seeks delay due to volume of evidence and new counsel.
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New York
INS
Alger Hiss
State Department
William Bondy
Hiss
Claude B. Cross
Boston
Whattaker Chambers
Chambers
Burglars Loot Fur Vault Of Chicago Store
Chicago police report burglars broke a rear window at Locker Fur Service on Racine Avenue and, after damaging a wall, fished 50 fur coats worth about 15000 from storage racks. An officer investigating the break set off the vault alarm.
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Chicago
Racine Avenue
Locker Fur Service Company
Mail Order House Sales Jump in September
Washington reports September sales of chain stores and mail order houses rose two percent from August after seasonal adjustment, yet stayed two percent below September last year. The Commerce Department notes overall nine month lag of three percent but September remains a bright spot with a 207 percent index versus the 1935-39 monthly average, and clothing and hardware goods up notably.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Many Uses Individual Custard Cups For Baking
Individual custard cups may be used for baking muffins popovers puddings and other desserts.
Dixie Politico Planter Dies of Heart Attack
Sumner Miss October 1 Judge Joseph Albert May 62 died Sunday after a heart attack. May was a well known planter and former close political friend of Governor Hugh White.
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Sumner
Miss
Joseph Albert May
Judge May
Hugh White
First Bottle Promises Easy Fat Loss for Beginners
A promotional claim touts an initial bottle as the simple path to shedding excess fat. The text suggests an easy method but provides no verifiable evidence or specifics about the product or treatment.
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