Farm Board Could Steer Agricultural Policy Like Fed Board
The piece argues for an independent agricultural adjustment board to replace discretionary secretary powers in setting acreage allotments and price supports. Eisenhower proposed enlarging the Commodity Credit Corporation advisory board from five to seven with Senate confirmation to aid decision making.
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Agricultural Adjustment Board
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation Advisory Board
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Benson
Ax stone weapon recipe surfaces in secrecy memo
A classified note describes an ax stone weapon, Model AS13, with a split green stick handle and two rock heads. It outlines rugged production plans, training, and a two moon timeline for combat units, warning disclosure will trigger severe penalties.
Imprisoned Splendor Awakens Through Faith and Quest
Faith releases imprisoned splendor as Norman Vincent Peale recalls urging people to unlock inner greatness. A Syracuse businessman describes discovering his purpose and using God given potential to achieve in business and scholarship.
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Norman Vincent
Peace Faith
God
War Era Curtails Iowa Store Hours and Encourages Home Gardens
Forty years ago the Iowa fuel administration ordered all stores to cut hours to conserve coal for the war in Europe, except essential shops. Cedar Rapids unions backed Samuel Gompers and Wilson, forming a local branch of the American Alliance of Labor and Democracy. Citizens planned municipal gardens amid meatless and wheatless days, while the city urged more garden tracts. Henry W Savage’s Have a Heart played at Greene's Opera House and U. S. Senator Kenyon spoke in Cedar Rapids about Europe travel notes on war conditions.
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Iowa
State Fuel Administration
Europe
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Alliance of Labor and Democracy
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
U. S
W. S. Kenyon
St. Paul's Methodist Church
McClellan
Arkansas
Congress
Harry Truman
Joseph McCarthy
Public Pulse Investigations Spark Praise and Debate
Elmo Roper surveys show broad support for congressional probing while noting risks. The piece reviews the McClellan committee influence, Kefauver era drama, and the balance between informing lawmaking and political theatrics. It argues investigations aid lawmaking but can harm innocents if overextended.
Europe Growing Americanized in Colorful Global Exchange
London dispatch notes a widening American influence across Europe driven by prosperity and American goods. English is now a compulsory second language in some schools, and critics increasingly value American art and culture. The traveler senses abundance, fewer sharp wealth gaps, and Americans are seen as neighbors rather than outsiders.
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West Germany
France
Europe
Vacuum truck leads cleanup push in Los Angeles
Learn From Ladies Housekeepers of American cities may follow the house wife's lead and switch from sweeping to vacuum cleaning streets and parkways. Los Angeles uses a ly built vacuum cleaner truck that picks up leaves and debris and a flexible hose for under parked cars, enabling removal of heavier material missed by the truck.
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Los Angeles
American Municipal Association
Reds Pressures Across Africa and Asia Alarm West
The AP report outlines a two way Soviet squeeze aimed at undermining Western sea and air power from Africa to the Indian Ocean. Officials foresee a long campaign to gain raw materials access and control of trade routes, with key prompts in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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Middle East
Saudi Arabian
Reds
Africa
Orient
East
Asia
South Africa
Sahara
Kremlin
Eric Louw
Cuma
Indian
Pacific
Indian Ocean
West
Europe
Red China
China
Japan
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Indonesian
Singapore
Britain
Malaya
Burma
Thailand
India
Pakistan
U. S
Fenses
Turkey
Mediterranean
Syria
Adnan Menderes
Saif Al-Badr
Moscow
Peiping
Aden
Gulf of Aden
Arabian Sea
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Burami Oasis
Muscat
Gibraltar
Malta
Suez
Mombasa
East Africa
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Suez Canal
United States
Dahran
Philippines
Cedar Rapids Business Leader Harold Wendorf Seeks Growth
Harold A. Wendorf, secretary treasurer of the Killian Company, lives at 1122 Twenty-fifth St SE Cedar Rapids. Born Chicago 1919, he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1938 to attend Coe College and became store controller and superintendent. He cites honesty and the will to learn as hiring keys and notes a shift to electronics in accounting and a projected 2-3 percent rise in disposable income. He enjoys family time, bowling, golf, swimming, YMCA handball, and Shrine Band activity, recalling a 1939 auto accident as his most unforgettable experience.
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Harold A. Wendorf
The
Killian Company
Twenty-fifth Street
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
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Council
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Greene's Opera House
Senator Kenyon
Congressional Investigations
Elmo Roper P. Associates
Washington
Congressional
Estes Kefauver
John Kennedy
U.S
By Rene Kuhn Bryant
London
William L. Ryan
Peninsula Pressed
Coe College
Coe
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
C. Ward Macy
YMCA
Shrine
Bruce Fishwild
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