Guns Or Butter Feud Rages Mobilizers Charged With Apathy
Washington reports the Senate Preparedness committee renewed its guns and butter feud with mobilization planners charging apathy toward the Communist threat. The annual rearmament report claims lagging production due to civilian emphasis, criticizing officials for lack of urgency and bold planning. Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson defends production balance, while military leaders receive praise.
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Oil Rate Slash To Cut Royalties
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced April oil production to 3,644,060 barrels per day, cutting daily output by 115,009 barrels from March. All fields participate except East Texas, which remains at 8,700 barrels daily. A new wildcat near Baytown, E B Barrow Number One, lies 15 miles east in Chambers County, slated to drill to 600 feet.
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Dogs Howl After 14 Days On Ledge On Whitehorse Mountain
Four hunting dogs remained stranded for 14 days on a narrow snowed ledge four thousand feet up Whitehorse Mountain southeast of Darrington Washington. Three dogs dwindled in hunger while a younger one slipped away Tuesday and was found by Cleo Riddell. Town Marshal Victor Gilmore said another rescue attempt would be made as deep snows hinder efforts. A separate report notes a C 47 transport made an emergency landing west of Fredericksburg Texas with three crewmen and two passengers injured.
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Leaf Feeding Boosts Oklahoma Wheat Yields Cautiously
Oklahoma A and M Experiment Station scientists report leaf feeding with urea on wheat yields up to 13 bushels per acre above average, though they caution results are preliminary. The liquid nitrogen spray raised yields on April 3, while leaf feeding may hurt during application. Also, researchers found a chemical treatment eliminates skunky flavor in milk by removing cow exposure to two weeds.
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Five MiGs Shot Down by New Red Jet in Korea
In northwestern Korea, five Communist MiG-35 jets were shot down and five damaged in two air battles by F-86 Sabre jets. One new plane, called type 15, reportedly attacked. First Lt. James D. Carey of Las Vegas engaged a suspected conventional MiG-15 that proved to be the new type with wings swept back high on the fuselage.
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Douglas says Point Four in East is waste
Associate Justice William C. Douglas criticizes President Truman's Point Four aid to underdeveloped areas in the Middle East as a waste of money. He argues the program benefits only the rich while failing to aid millions of workers living near starvation.
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William C. Douglas
United States Supreme Court
President. Truman
Middle East
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Strickler to Speak at Crosby Lions Ladies Night Dinner
J. Kannarr, chairman of Zone 282, announces Strickler head of the Big town Retail Merchants Association will speak at Crosby Lions Club Ladies Night at the Riverview Inn. Cy O5-Dusek Crosby schools superintendent will be master of ceremonies. Lions members across the district will receive key awards for top men in the recent drive.
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LIVESTOCK BOLRT AND DRY GOODS SUMMARY
Cattle price ranges show slow steady demand for yearlings and cows with utility and commercial types at 23 to 28 and beef cows 20 to 23. Hogs about 50 percent. butchers and sows mixed with higher futures, feeder activity steady. Pigs 10 to 12. Also notes a robbery incident at a Fort Worth liquor store where a cashier was bound and assaulted. a kissing assault reported. Libya described as Africa's fourth largest independent nation joining Ethiopia, Egypt and Liberia in free status.
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Choice
Death of farmer in field injures wife near Brown
Joan Henry Brown, 75, a farmer, died while cultivating a row with his wife aiding him. He fell and knocked his wife down, causing her to suffer a broken wrist and broken hip. The incident occurred as they worked in a field, with local authorities investigating.
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