Props for Prosperity in Indiana Farm Bureau Leader
INDIANAPOLIS. Harsit Schenck, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau federation, runs a 820 acre grain farm near Lebanon and spends much time championing Farm Bureau causes in Washington and Chicago. He outlines a 20 point farm program on a card, arguing price supports alone fail to define a farm program and urging broad reforms from monetary policy to rural electrification and crop insurance.
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Unnecessary Sounding of Horns During Weddings
Philadelphia authorities issue a missive on noise from wedding processions and insist horns must be silenced on streets and highways during nuptials. The piece notes traditional horn serenades are inappropriate in daylight urban settings and urges brides and grooms to avoid disturbing other drivers.
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Europe
Shivaree I
Louisiana
April income rise boosts hopes for economy
The Commerce Department reports an $800 million April rise in personal incomes, crediting payroll expansion over wage gains. When veterans' World War II insurance dividends are included the rise nears $1 billion, signaling higher spending potential and continued economic activity despite unemployment fears. The national income runs at about $219 billion yearly, while critics worry about costs of atomic energy and graduates facing postwar realities.
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Department of Commerce
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Machine With A Heart Prompts Electronic Brain Debate
HAL BOYLE NOTES PEOPLE want more than thinking machines. An era of the electronic brain may fail without empathy, as a playful mock machine named Euphoria demonstrates potential social help, budget balance, and morale boosts, arguing for heart over mere computation.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Bureau of Standards
Air Force
Edward A. Condon
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Thurmond Charges President Meddling in Primary Election
Thurmond, candidate on the States Rights ticket, accuses President Truman of injecting himself into South Carolina's July 11 senatorial primary. He says Truman allies and pressure from civil rights groups influenced Washington to interfere in the campaign, while Johnston and Thurmond vow cooperation with any Senate investigators.
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MKT Orders 8 Switching Engines
Baldwin Locomotive works announced orders for 92 diesel electric locomotives including eight road switching engines for MKT and 14 switchers for Lehigh Valley 18 units for Chesapeake & Ohio and eight road switchers for Missouri Kansas Texas with other orders for switching and road locomotives.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Jonah and the World Wide Mercy Sermon Insight
A weekly Sible commentary argues the Book of Jonah teaches God’s universal grace beyond national or religious prejudice. It notes Nineveh’s citywide mercy, contrasts Jewish pride with a global mission, and calls modern religious leaders to embrace a broader divine love.
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Coffee price set to hit dollar per pound if production trap
Washington June 23 AP Rep Burnside predicts coffee price could reach one dollar per pound unless Southeast Asia production is boosted. He plans to seek an early heating on a bill to spur production, aiming to increase world supply and counter Brazil’s growers. Current retail price runs about 75 to 80 cents per pound.
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Burnside
Southeast Asia
Brazil
Department Stores Report Sales Gains
Department store sales in eighth Federal Reserve district shopping centers rose 2 percent last week from a year earlier, with district gains averaging 9 percent. Father’s Day and June white sales boosted activity. Memphis up 14 percent, Little Rock 12 percent, St Louis up. The article notes a World War II era reference to United States of Indonesia.
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Federal Reserve
Infantile Paralysis Rumors Are Part True Part False
Questions address whether mild polio attacks can occur without paralysis or diagnosis certainty. The column covers virus detection, tonsil removal during polio season, exercise effects on paralysis, age immunity, urban versus rural incidence, and compares polio deaths to other diseases. A note highlights a 4-year-old long-distance swimmer and his sister undertaking river swims as training feats.
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Duchess of Valencia Retires From Monarchist Drive
Madrid June 23 AP the dashing duchess of Valencia says ill health forces her to retire as leader of a militant monarchist effort to place Pretender Don Juan on the Spanish throne. The ampere unit of electric current is named for French physicist Andre Marie Ampere who died in 1836.
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Red Cross Delegates to National Convention in Detroit
A. C. Weigel, chairman of the Cale county chapter, and Mrs. H. F. Nfallam will attend the national convention of the American Red Cross in Detroit from Monday through Thursday. Mrs. Howard Cook is already in Detroit serving on the national resolutions committee.
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Cale County
the Americas Red Cross
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the Red Cross
Detroit
Howard Cook
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National Resolutions Committee
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