Benson aims to reduce food surpluses with acreage controls
The article discusses Benson's shift from pushing for less government to enforcing strict farm acreage controls to cut massive food surpluses. It notes Congress delays and the admin’s belief this approach may spur reduced production and lower price supports, with emphasis on urgent action despite uncertain results.
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Benson
United States
America
Doctor's Diamond Ring Symbolizes Personal Victory
A doctor, writing a prescription, flashes a new diamond ring on his left hand. He reveals his poverty-driven childhood, recalls making baseballs from string, and explains the ring marks his financial independence and childlike dream fulfilled by self‑made success.
Broadways Last Time Day Robinson In Buy Me Blue Rib Bons
The article recalls ALONG BROADWAY THE LAST TIME day Robinson two and a half years ago in a fall 1951 comedy Buy Me Blue Rib Bons. It followed his rise as a teen stage performer and his attempt to star in a play that he quit when found lightweight for the role. Roddy McDowell has a TV version of the same story.
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Jack Gallaghar
Texas
Jack
Robert E. Lee
Luc la Borde
Beverly Rockhold
Jerry Ribnik
Houston Chronicle
Derry
Ross Hoyt
John Reregan
Tou Star
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Nétle
Mr. Million
Robinson
Roddy McDowell
Pondle Mitt by Nas Hau Sponge Co
Robert Rosenfels, president, added a cellulose sponge line when demand outpaced supply and then created a fluffy, absorbent cotton mitten called the Pondle Mitt. It cleans, dusts, protects hands, and saves time, quickly catching on and challenging the natural sponge business. A biblical verse from Thessalonians appears at the end.
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Robert Rosenfels
Nashau Sponge Co
Rosenfels
Caligula in Demand as Jay Robinson Rises in Films
Publicity backdrop shows actor Jay Robinson leveraging theater roots while branching into cinema. At 24 he has Caligula in two Fox films, aims for Hamlet by 30, tours 20 cities and speaks to 250,000 students, shaping a dual stage screen career amid The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators.
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Jay
New York
2¢Th Century-Fox
Caligula
Hollywood
Demetris and
Calignia
John Wilkes Booth
Richard Burton
Edwin Oosh
Hamlet
Demetrius
Prdlic
Salt Lake City
Hig
Ming
Experiment in Pennsylvania Second Grade French Class
In York Pennsylvania Dr. Victoria Lyles leads a public school language experiment teaching French by conversation to second and third graders. Children learn to speak first then read and study grammar later, using Mickey and Minnie Mouse as gender memory aids, games, picture books, and song to aid retention. York has been chosen by Bilingual World for a twinning exchange with Arles France, including letters, visits, and cultural exchanges to foster international understanding.
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Central Press
York, Pa
Victoria Lyles
City of
York
Br. Lyles
Wilbein
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Minnie
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Europe
Dr. Lates
Pennsylvania
Aries
Quick Knowledge Quiz Answers From A Snippet
A reader asks five trivia questions covering state capitals, constitutional amendments, Supreme Court justices, titles conferred by monarchs, and Bell’s telephone invention location, followed by assorted quotes, misprints, and historical notes extracted from a newspaper column.
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United States Supreme Court
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Republicans Debate McCarthy Role In Campaign Strategy
Washington column details GOP internal split over using Joe McCarthy in 1952 campaigns. It cites Maine race signals, Jones candidacy efforts, and AP commentary while outlining a chronology from August through February about McCarthyist strategy, Jones actions, and Maine voters' reactions. Francis X. T. Crowley testifies on Communist activities at the University of Michigan, prompting quips about ages amid HUAC proceedings.
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Senate
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Joe
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Stover
American Trurkine Association
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Fostric Joneas
Portland
Teves
Tene
He Earthont
McCarth
Ranodrovain
Tne Congress
Sanford
Lewiston
Carroll Army Hotel
Maire
Smith
Francis X. T. Crowley
House Committee On UN- American Activities
University of Michigan
Kit Clardy
Congress
Gorden HK. Sheerer
Ohio
Crowley
Clardy
Scherer
Try And Stop Me A Poet On The Almanac Staff
A Maine weather note mocks the Old Farmers Almanac with lines on rainy months and dirty days. A Los Angeles fashion editor misreads a Monroe dress preview, as Connor quips Marilyn’s look. A New York ad agency woman ends a crasher romance. her ex sends letters stamped Fourth Class Male.
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Farmers’ Almanac
Maine
Los Angeles
Mike Connolly
Marilyn Monroe
Mike
New York
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