Midwest oil supply seen sufficient for heating this winter
Chicago reports from the National Petroleum Board say oil should cover Midwest homes with oil heat this winter unless major work stoppages or severe weather disrupts distribution. Officials warn against rapid widespread switch to oil furnaces as supply could strain, noting pipeline extensions and shipping ease. Some areas used natural gas in summer easing strains.
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Chicago
National Petroleum Board
Midwest
B. L. Majewski
J. W. Boatwright
National Board
Boom Ends for Japanese Farmers After Postwar Profit Boom
Tokyo reports that the postwar boom in blackmarket food profits for Japanese farmers has ended. Overpopulation repatriates and factory layoffs squeeze rural incomes. tax hikes reach about 43 percent. strict rice quotas cut profits. American land reform views clash with daily Japanese reports of tenant farmers abandoning cultivation.
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Tokyo
INS
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Mototake Yukawa
Central Agricultural and Forestry Bank
Agricultural Management Research Association of Tokyo University
Seiches Revealed Across Lakes Spark Scientific Puzzlement
Lake pulsations known as seiches were first observed in Lake Geneva and later identified in many other lakes. Scientists have yet to fully explain the phenomenon, leaving a gap in understanding of these oscillations and their causes.
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