House Panel Backs Draft Measure Amid Palestine Hope
Congress moves toward a selective service act to raise U S armed forces to about 2 006 million with registration for 18 to 30 and two years service for 19 to 25 while veterans may be exempt Then the oleomargarine tax repeal advances in the House as senators face a broader fight in the Senate and farmers weigh prices and dairy interests against city consumers.
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Tense War Talk and U S Civil Rights Ruling Highlight 1948
Articles discuss war prospects in Palestine amid Arab–Jewish tensions and the role of King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. The U S Supreme Court declares restrictive covenants unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, outlawing race and religion based property bans in many areas.
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Inflation Hits Swindlers and Victims After War
Postwar inflation affects crime and charity scams as professional solicitors take large shares of donations. They now ask for ten to twenty five dollars instead of the prewar two to five, and benefit dance tickets run two dollars or more.
Five-Question Current Events Challenge
A set of five trivia prompts covers Trans-Jordan's independence dates, Brussels pact lend-lease timing, U S troop deployments abroad, Ohio born presidents, and a February grain market break linked to a March consumer index drop.
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Soviet May Day parade displays large four engine planes
Russians flew oversized four engined planes over Moscow for May Day. U S observers await detailed reports to assess new airborne Soviet equipment. Analysts suspect the TU-70, resembling a B 28, may be a hybrid transport bomber with a 72 passenger capacity and potential use as a troop carrier.
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Colombia Severs Diplomatic Ties With Russia After Uprising
Within weeks of an April uprising in Bogota, Colombia formally cuts diplomatic and consular relations with Russia. Foreign Minister Eduardo Angel states no ties warrant continuation. government redeploys troops and reorganizes administration to curb Communist incursions.
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Eduardo Angel
Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas Demonstrates Postwar Grocery Prices
California Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas bought 17.36 dollars in groceries to illustrate inflation after OPA controls ended in 1946. She has introduced two price control resolutions in the House.
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Science advances in firefly light production study
Science researchers press ahead in decoding how fireflies glow. Dr. Robert D. McElroy leads new experiments seeking the chemical energy transformation that powers the luminescent reaction in the insect.
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Robert D. McElroy
John Hopsome
Murder trial echoes a city hall era and politics
A young man faced murder charges for a sweetheart’s death as city hall rose. Influential lawyers Hamilton and Burr defended him, a Lansing judge suggested acquittal, and the jury foreman was thwarted by the aunt’s shouted accusation of injustice. History records the odd finale as Hamilton’s duel with Burr and the case’s lasting mystery.
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Aaron Burr
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Beetle Threat to Potatoes Prompt Control Measures
The Colorado potato beetle is identified as the top threat to potatoes and other vegetables. It is yellowish with 10 stripes, with larvae red and up to 0.6 inches. Beetles emerge from July onward, with a second brood in August. control methods include paris green, calcium arsenate, cryolite, dusting, spraying, and hand picking of beetles and egg masses.
Insects Launch Early Attack on Vegetables
As warm days return, pests invade cabbage and potato crops. The cabbage green worm appears after the white and yellow butterflies. Control uses rotenone dust at three quarters of one percent, applied first when butterflies emerge, then every ten days.
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Sugar Beets Declared Valuable Crop for Dairymen
The sugar beet is an important cash crop per the University of Wisconsin. Years of production show it blends well with dairy farming, utilizes farm manure, and leaves soil loose and friable. Beets resist frosts and leave the soil in good condition. Tops provide valuable cattle and sheep feed and can be pastured, cured, or used as silage.
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University of Wisconsin
Evergreen Windbreak Design For Farmstead Protection
The plan calls for a windbreak placed to shield the farmstead from prevailing winds. Trees should be set about 18 feet apart in the windbreak layout to maximize protection and shelter.
Trivia Questions From The Past
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