Hungarians Starved U S Prisoner In questioning
Israel Jacobson, relief official for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, charged Hungarian police subjected him to 20 hours a day of interrogation and perpetual light. He said he was stripped and searched, kept in Soviet custody briefly, and warned of harsher treatment if he did not comply. He noted fellow detainee Robert Vogeler at large in Eastern Europe remains imprisoned on spy charges.
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Vienma
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Sarv
Jacobron
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
Nicvous
Hig Ordeal
Neva
Ray
Lfe
Rochester
N.Y
Eaply
Ving Dn
Myungaury
Perio
Robert A. Vogeler
Americian Dger
International 4 Éphone and Telegraph Co
Europe
Vogeler
Ha c Jacobsog
Atomic fertilizers do not boost crop yields says report
Washington reports that two years of experiments by the Atomic Commission show radioactive fertilizers do not increase crop growth. Tests at Beltsville, Wooster, and Morgantown confirm earlier findings that low-level materials offer no real benefit and high-level materials would be dangerous. One test even showed slowed root growth in a test-tube solution.
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Washington
Rhe Atomic Commission
Beltsville
Wooster
Morgantown
Eating Habit Of Nation Is Important For Agricultural Economy
Farm Advisor Lee Benson notes three factors shaping future food consumption incomes prices and changing habits. University of California agronomy expert George COLT reports from a Washington conference that long term data since 1809 show higher income boosts food intake more than price levels, with current consumption about 26 percent above prewar and a projected 52 billion spending on food this year.
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Lee Benson
Benson
George al- Colt
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Alegra
United States
Alcorn
Onha
Neb
Roosevelt Tops Poll Edits Say Made Greatest Impact
A United Press poll of American editors ranks Franklin D. Roosevelt as the top figure shaping the first half of the 20th century. Adolf Hitler, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, Lenin, the Wright brothers, Albert Einstein, Joseph Stalin, and Louis Pasteur follow in the top ten.
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United Press
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Shopes
Tate
Hitler
Thomas Edison
Wilston Churchill
Henry Ford
Nicolai Lénin
Wright Brothers
Albert Einstein
Joseph Stalin
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur
Lise Meitner
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Roosevelt
Edison
Churchill BI
Ford
Lenin
Wright Bros
Einstein
Stalin
United States
America
Lincoln
Thomas A. Edison
Winston Churchill
Belease
Industrial Growth Along Rails Cite
An end review of Southern Pacific activities notes rapid 1949 growth in population and traffic but offsets from weather rail ties, car shortages, and highway competition. Wage costs rise with a 10 hour week adding about $14 million annually, shaping a costly year for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Southern Pa
A.T. Mercier
Suanthorna Pacific
California
New York
Mercier
Igh
Farmers Use Accrual Method Inventory Rules for Taxes
The Fourth article by Collector James G. Smyth explains accrual accounting for farmers. It covers using inventories at year start and end, optional schedules on Form 1040, and methods for valuing inventories such as farm-price or unit livestock price. It also outlines items included in gross income and deductions, with notes on depreciation and recent equipment orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Review
Venus
Janes G. Smyth
California
Reservists Open First Drill of Year Wednesday
Reservists begin the new year with the first drill scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Oakland army base. Lt. Col. John M. Fowler announces the training division will host officers and enlisted men who will hear the proclamation of the Military Transport Service by Capt. William C. Richardson of Oakland and Capt. William E. George of Richmond.
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Oakland Army Base
John M. Fowler
Oakland
Wd i
Militaeransport Service
William C. Richardson
27Th Avenue
William BE. George
Bissell Avernue
Richmond
UN to take over Germany occupation to avoid war
Frank Niemoeller, foe of Hitler, proposes UN stewardship of Germany to avert an almost inevitable war. In an open letter to Gustav Heinemann he argues no peace while Germans are divided by Russia and the West. He warns keeping occupation posts risks security and calls for sacrifice of outposts for peace.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Martin Niemaelter
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Russia
West
Gust
Prs Niemocher Snic
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Hayward
Hayward Floral Shop
Chile
Niles
Munich
Britain
France
Nicolai Lenih — Breausa
Karl Marx
Russias
St. Petersburg
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Albert Eimstein
Beccause
Becawe
Marx
Pasteur Laboratory
State of
Maine
Highlands Firemen’s
Dania Hall
Lario
Hotshots Door Frizes
Hlhlf,d
Carl Schwarz
Soname County
Somumea
Calif
Jane Maggard
Dickson
Schwarz
Dicksoty Ranch
Internal Revenue
James G. Smyth
Southern Preifie
Carson
Carson Buick
Buick
AA Office Equipment Co
St LU
First Christian Church
Comer Soto
Simon Sis
Lederle Laboratorins
Culbertson’s Drug Store
Castro Valley Blvd
Banchero
Gastro St
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