Record Grain Crops Promise Abundance and Mills Forecast
Weekly News Analysis notes the USDA forecasts a 1946 corn crop of 3.49 billion bushels and a 1.13 billion bushel wheat harvest with favorable weather boosting yields in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and others. It also covers Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on freight-rate requests, with opposition from the National Industrial Traffic League and industry groups proposing smaller increases.
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Department of Agriculture
Corn
Usda Crop Reporting Board
Indiana
South Dakota
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kentucky
Crop Reporting Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
National Industrial Traffic League
Eye glass kickbacks suit cites Bausch and Lomb and American Optical
Justice Department files two federal suits in Chicago alleging rebates and price fixing by Bausch and Lomb Optical Company and American Optical Company. About 80 doctors represented in the cases allegedly received kickbacks totaling $585,226 during 1944 and 1945, with some doctors taking as much as $40,000 yearly. The actions threaten about 80 percent of ophthalmic suppliers and accuse the firms of Sherman Act violations through rebating half the cost of patients spectacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Federal District Court
Chicago
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
Rochester
N. Y
American Optical Company
First Co-Operative Redevelopment Underway in NYC
The nation’s first co operatively owned redevelopment project progresses in New York City as about 600 families have paid down for units in a $7 million housing project. Public aid comes via tax exemptions and city acquisition of sites through eminent domain under the urban redevelopment law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Urban Redevelopment Companies
Public health official warns water purity shortfall in U S
Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran says about half the U S population may drink water of questionable purity. He urges passage of the Mansfield bill directing programs to reduce or eliminate contamination.
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Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
America
Bombing of King David Hotel Shapes Jewish State Debate
In Palestine moderate Jewish advocates push for a national Jewish home while fearing a harsher British stance after the King David hotel bombing. Britain seeks Arab goodwill to protect routes and oil interests as Zionist groups press for recognition and equal rights amid limited Jewish immigration.
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Palestine
King David
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Near East
Britain
Anglo-American Commission
Bolivia upheaval and Villarroel fall cited in wave of unrest
In Bolivia a regime change loomed after a week of rebellion that saw the army pivot to revolutionaries. Villarroel faced a brutal end as crowds jeered, and the United States kept a distant stance amid links to German documents. The upheaval stemmed from inflation and civil-liberties suppression with student and labor involvement.
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Bolivia
Villarroel
U. S
Germany
Latin America
la Paz
Sun Yat Sen Widow Urges U S to Withdraw Support
Mme Sun Yat sen widow of Sun Yat sen warns the United States against becoming involved in conflict with Russia in the Far East. She calls for pulling back U S aid to Chiang Kai shek's Nationalists as civil war with the Communists intensifies around Shanghai and the Yangtze river with heavy combat and mass casualties reported.
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Mme
Sun Yat-sen
China
U. S
Russia
Far East
Chiang Kaishek
Mme. Sun
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Army Announces Recall Quotas for Reserve and Guard Officers
The War Department increases recall quotas for 1 000 National Guard and Reserve officers to active duty across civil affairs intelligence foreign liquidation and finance divisions. Total vacancies reach 7 589 with more possible. Volunteers may choose 12 18 or 24 month terms with policy to endure until postwar status.
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War Department
National Guard
Civil Affairs Division
Intelligence Division
Foreign Liquidation Commission
Finance Department
Army
Corps of Engineers
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Transportation Corps
Ordnance Department
Chaplains Corps
Chemical Welfare Service
Medical Administration Corps
Adjutant General’s Department
Counter Intelligence Corps
Medical Corps
Dental Corps
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Corps of Military Police
Medical Department
Sanitary Corps
Veterinary Corps
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Adjutant General
Washington
D. C
Pioneer Family Births and Local News From Big Timber
Dusting off Pioneer files from Aug 1 1918 notes births to Beley families in Big Timber and Harlowton born July 24. Also reports the marriage of Horace S. Davis and Edna Patterson from 1917, miners Charley Blakely and Tom Rowland return from Deer Creeks finding good prospects. Subsequent items list births Aug 21 1928 and community visits, with residents traveling to Spokane St. Paul Billings and Yellowstone Park.
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Louis Beley
Big Timber
Ward Beley
Harlowton
Horace S. Davis
Edna Patterson
Sweet Grass County
Charley Blakely
Tom Rowland
Deer Creeks
Harold M. Lamp
Deer Lodge
A. A. Lanmp
Henry Queen
Billings
M. E. Dixon
Rosa Maitland
Spokane
Colin Jewelry Company
Ingvald Hoyem
Ivor Hoyem
Ole Warp
Martha
St. Paul
J. N. Blankenbaker
Scandinavian American Bank
Yellowstone Park
W. F. Blankenbaker
Virgelle
Mont
Joe Stratton
Billie
Anton Lien
Dayton, Wash
Mr. Stratton
Four Marines killed in Chinese attack near Peiping
Four United States Marines died and 12 to 16 were seriously wounded Monday when their truck convoy was attacked by Chinese forces near Peiping according to a government military spokesman.
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Peiping
China
United States
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