Puts New Face on Old Army Universal Training Plan
In a BAUKHAGE column the author explains universal military training UMT as distinct from conscription arguing it strengthens reserve components rather than a draft. He outlines four agencies the act would create the National Security Training Corps policy commission advisory board and a selective training system and notes freedoms and penalties under different training phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMT
United States
Armed Services Committee
House
National Security Training Commission
UMIT
National Security Corps
Defense Pact Ratified and Inflation Bill Proposed
Senate voted 72 to 1 to ratify the inter American defense treaty from the Rio conference. President Truman urged turning the Panama Canal into a sea level route and creating a unified Atlantic command. A federal rationing bill sought broad powers to allocate scarce goods and potentially buy grain crops, drawing GOP charges of socialism.
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Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
U. S. Senate
Americas
Senate
Congress
Truman
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Adm. H. P. Blandy
Iceland
Greenland
Caribbean
Senate Judiciary Committee
Averell Harriman
Secretary of Commerce
Spuds for Cattle Stir New Jersey Feed Trial
A New Jersey cattleman, Dugene K. Denton, tested feeding cattle raw potatoes with ground potatoes salt and molasses water. Twenty yearlings gained about 14 pounds daily for 25 days, averaging 867% pounds at start to 254% total gain. Prof William Ljundahl called the study a success. Denton shared the formula: 100 pounds potatoes plus salt and molasses water. Also notes Alf Landon backs Eisenhower for 1948 and Eisenhower slated to lead Columbia University next June before the GOP convention.
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New Jersey
Dugene K. Denton
Denton
William Ljundahl
Rutgera University Department of Animal Husbandry
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Landon
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Eisenhower
Chicago
Kiwanis
Columbia University
Profitable Dust Bowl Idaho Phosphate Boom Expands
Idaho, home to 60 percent of the nation’s phosphate rock, builds a new agricultural economy as J R Simplot’s Pocatello plant expands from 60,000 to 200,000 tons yearly of 18 percent phosphoric acid superphosphate. The Dust Bowl region, rich in prehistoric rock, shifts from neglected soil to lucrative fertilizer production amid intermountain growth.
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Idaho
Intermountain and
Pacific West
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho-Utah-Wyoming
J. R. Simplot
Pocatello
Simplot
Choosing a Dog Type for Working Class Homes
A guide discusses selecting dogs for large outdoor spaces and labor, suggesting breeds like Belgian Shepherds and Collies for herding and guarding roles. It notes health, diet, and training considerations per American Kennel guidelines and references booklet No. 7B.
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Perdie
Peeta
Fragmentary shop talk and personal quips from a divided diary
The excerpt shows Tye worrying about insurance questions and a family scene in a bootshop. Harmony and Coy interact with customers, while a boy named Jimmy faces a scolding from his mother. The tone hints at frustration and everyday domestic tensions.
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G. T
Vinton
Opitz Motor CO
Clarinda
Jowa
Hiway NO
Roger F.topf
Independence
F. A. Uchytil
Toledo
Iowa
J. Birkestrand
Cambridge
Azie
Hoffman Oy
Hoffman Press
Findler
Wan Fa
Mushroom
Meeker Laundry
Dial
Marshalli
No, la
Beenton
Watts Exchange
Paulina
Lowae
Big, Co
Bonda
Olivia
Minnensta
U. S
Smith Brothers
Pinarat
Baukhage
Washington
House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
Army Information Digest
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
National Security Training Corps
Bankhage
Fort Knox
Pat Wall
Savannah
le Roy Donnay
Glencoe
Ming
Big Medicine
Profitable Dust Bowl
Tye
Tanger
Jimmy
Becaus
Jon Cole Foley
Cony
Tins Lem
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