Scanning the Week's News from Main Street and World
A digest of postwar issues: Korea talks stalled as UN rejects troop withdrawal from Korea, Taft frames 1952 election critique, price control reform debates, GI Bill benefits and totals, Red Cross flood appeal, price wars fading after fair trade ruling, and Japan peace treaty talks with Russia likely at San Francisco conference.
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Main Street
Korea
United States
Russia
San Francisco
China
South Korea
Italy
Chinese Soong family tied to soybean market manipulation
The column links Chiang Kai-shek kin with an elaborate soybean pool that raised U.S. prices by about one dollar per bushel. It notes T. L. Soong and in law partners bought half a million bushels prewar, reversing later with trade license bans by Secretary Sawyer amid broader Cold War tensions.
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Korea
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
T. L. Soong
T. V. Soong
United States
Eugene Soong
L. K. Kunk
H. H. Kung
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Louis Johnson
GOP Targets for 52 A frank outline of GOP campaign strategy
A. B. Hermann, national committee executive director, outlined 1952 campaign aims to key Republican senators. He cited past successes from aggressive messaging, named target states and potential pickups in Maryland Utah Kentucky West Virginia and southern strength, while warning of possible losses in several states.
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Korea
Taft
United States
GOP
A. B. Hermann
National Committee
Hermann
Senate
Missouri
Connecticut
McCarthyn
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Francis Myers
Pennsylvania
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Frank Smith
John M. Butler
Tydings
Frank
Thomas
New England
Atlantic States
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyomin
Kentucky
West Virginia
South
Downey Talks Oil Tide Lands With Radio Aide
Ex Senator Sheridan Downey of California meets radio correspondent Rudy Block in a capitol corridor. Downey, famed for an old age pension scheme dubbed ham and eggs, is lobbying at 3000 dollars a month for tide lands oil.
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Sheridan Downey
California
Rudy Block
Capitol
Downey
Tide Lands Oil
Block
Reading the Stream for Trout Fly Fishing
Easy Does It outlines how to read a stream to locate feeding trout and choose flies. It discusses resting, eating, and spawning trout, signs of feeding, and techniques for deep, mid, and surface feeding with hair flies, nymphs, hackles, and divided-wing patterns.
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Rio Grande
Gunnison
Senate Appropriation Panel Approves Farm Work Fund Bill
The Senate appropriations committee approved a bill for farm programs totaling 751 million dollars in new cash and 262 million in loans. It also directs a 10 percent departmental payroll reduction from Truman’s budget and allocates 172,177,264 dollars automatically set aside for farm programs. The cash portion surpasses the House by 34.4 million but trails the President’s request by 69 million due mainly to a 24 million boost for soil conservation.
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House
Senate
Congress
House-Senate
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Truman
Department
Two Fly Rig Suited for Beginning Anglers
For beginners, use two swelled flies tied with short gut loops and a leader of about seven and a half feet. The bottom fly is the terminal fly, the top is the dropper attached to the dropper loop. A two fly cast helps entice trout that may not strike a single fly.
Dragon in the King Arthur Picture Confuses Young Reader
A child points to an illustration in a King Arthur tale and asks about a dragon. The father explains it as a dragon, prompting the child to study the image further and ask what it is dragging.
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Naif
Jordan
Aboullah
Amman
Faisal
Iraq
Jonathan
Knights of the Round Table
Geologists Estimate City Lot Gold Value At Depth
A geologists claim an average city lot could yield about 3000 in gold if mined a mile underground. Some tenants joke they would dig that deep to push landlords, highlighting rents and housing tension in the city.
Witness in Court Sparks Confusion Over Identity
Attorney Blank questions a witness who insists he has never appeared in court before. The man claims to be a bartender from the saloon across the street, prompting the attorney to remark on the familiar face.
Schoolroom quip defines millenium with longer legs
Western Kentucky grade school joke defines millenium as like a centennial but with more legs. The lighthearted answer reflects students’ grasp of time periods during a time study.
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Kentucky
Inviting Living Room Adorns Beamed Ceiling in Greens
A living room features a beamed ceiling and three greens plus brown and yellow. The floor and side walls use darker greens while end walls stay lighter, with warm brown woodwork and yellow upholstery. Bittersweet accessories appear in lamp shades and decor.
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Supreme Court
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Arthur Watkins
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Thisted Motor CO
2Nd Ave. N
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P. O. Box
Round California Chain CO
Ray Ammon
McBee Motors
29Th St
Billings, Mont
Farmers Union Co-Op
Riverton
Wyoming
Oregon State Hospital
Salem
Oregon
R. N
New Modern Hospital
Ridgecrest
Real Estate
MISC
Myrdal Realty CO
Missoula
Gilmore Motel
M. J. Wallin Noonan
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Svensen
Ore
Modern Chicken Ranch
T. A. Erekila Rt
Astoria
Idaho
Loran
Gerald Burton Ferry
Independence
Farm Machinery & Equip
Allis-Chalmers
Redwine Tractor CO
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Harris Hillside
Ralph Metcalfe
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Seata 30
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Hank
Mike Hauk Terry
Rathdrum
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ROLLS
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Seeger
Holmes Plumbing & Heating
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Fischer
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Spokane
Washington
Tilford
Arlington
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Express
McNeal Berry Nursery
Hamilton
Buda
Ransome
Austin-Western
Pointer-Willamette
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Fargo
N. Dak
Wallowa
Guy Skaggs
Enterprice
Coeur d'Alene
Northwest
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4Th Street
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Donovan Construction Company
A. J. Bussman
Rapid City
Eugene
R. P
O. R. Skaggs
Sexth
Orexen
National Geographic Society
Laurel
Ford
Wayne
Staton Motors
Hamilton, Montana
K. Gordon
St. Burbank
Anderson Beauty School
Broadway
College Town
Washington Hotel
Main
Pullman
Ethridge Implement House
Ethridge
P. O
Homedale, Idaho
Garfield County High School
Hwy
Gene Stuart
Hayward
Calif
Seth Haynes
Vaughn
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Gubtzabel
Lebanon
Bell
Fountain
Hollywood
Wild Wade
Harrison Ave
Coeur d’ Alene
F. Hammond
Mohawk
Nyack
Rude Voss
West Glacier
Tommy Thompson
Seaburg Buick CO
Pasco
Modern Cold Storage, Inc
Mt. Vernon
John Denman
Fox Theatres
Glenn N
Cain
Whitefish
Superior
Hansen-Mersen Motors, Inc
Glasgow
Hansen Or Bashinski
Buick
Chevrolet
General Motors
Strawn
Wenatchee, Ave
Wenatchee, Wash
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Love Motor CO
Miles City
Rex Wirthlin
Nebo Obeveolet CO
Nephi
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