Farmers borrow more as costs rise in Midwest survey
A Midwest bankers survey shows higher farm loan demand in 1951 amid price declines and rising operating costs. Machinery and livestock costs push credit use. fuel, fertilizer, and wages lift overall farm expenses about 15 percent from last year.
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Great Midwest
Kentland
Ind
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Iowa
Dover
Minn
F.C.B
Chicago
Minnesota
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower GOP draft talk sparks sharp Beltway chatter
Drew Pearson reports Congressman Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania claimed Eisenhower would accept a GOP nomination after a Paris meeting. The piece outlines muttered plans at the AFL CIO convention in San Francisco to dump Truman, pivot to Taft backed by Hutcheson Meany Beck, and a Los Angeles labor rally on October 8 led by John L. Lewis and Harry Bridges aimed at Truman and Walter Reuther.
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Ike
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Senate
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Harry Bridges
CIO
Bridges
Los Angeles
Los Angeles. Chief Speaker At the Labor Rally Would Be Doughty
John L
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Defense Production Sees 50000 Planes and 30000 Tanks
Manly Fleischmann, defense production administrator, tells the 70th AFL convention in San Francisco that the nation can soon produce 30000 tanks and 50000 planes annually plus strategic stockpiles to endure a year of total war. He notes steel capacity up 18000 tons from pre Korean War levels and a 90 percent rise in primary aluminum capacity with related gains in electric power.
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Manly Fleischmann
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
United States
Senator O Mahoney criticizes defense department credit
Wyoming senator O Mahoney telephoned Assistant Secretary Anna Rosenberg to say the Defense Department earns too little credit for its work on the 60 billion defense budget. Congress will soon act on a Rodino sponsored resolution urging release of American prisoner John Hvasta in Czechoslovakia.
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Wyoming
Anna Rosenberg
Defense Department
Congress
Peter Rodino
New Jersey
Czechoslovakia
John Hvasta
Mulching Helps Plant Protection Not Frost Prevention
Mulching does not prevent freezing but reduces rapid temperature changes and spring damage. Leaves grass straw peat moss and ground corn cobs are suitable mulches for perennials borders beds rock gardens evergreens and shrubs. Straw is good for strawberry beds oats straw preferred. Ground corn cobs aid roses and boost soil microbe activity.
200 240 Pound Hogs Will Bring the Best Price
Livestock experts say fall hog prices hinge on weight and condition. With the 1951 pig crop near record highs and fats demand softening, underfinished and overfinished hogs face larger discounts. Farmers are advised to feed hogs to 180 pounds and market primarily 200 to 240 pounds to secure top prices.
Reopened Kansas City Stockyards After Flood
Restored pens in the Kansas City stockyards begin to fit up as cattle fly in again after more than 20 feet of flood water covered the area. Livestock men across the Midwest hail the rehabilitation as an outstanding feat.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Cattle Grubs Trim Beef and Hide Profits Across U S
Livestock specialists report at least 12 million pounds of prime beef are trimmed due to grub holes reducing carcass value. Estimated grub damage to hides runs about 20 million dollars annually, sufficient to craft a million shoes.
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U. S
Tree Farms Certified On West Coast In 1950
In 1950 thirty three percent of the West Coast region’s industrial forestland was certified as tree farms, reflecting a push toward managed forestry.
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West Coast
Small Ratio: Diamonds Are Extremely Rare In Ore
The World Book Encyclopedia notes that in South Africa diamond sorting centers workers face a daily search. Only one part in thirty five million of mined ore yields a diamond, underscoring the rarity of this precious gem.
Classifieds Prompt Local Biz Listings and Sales Offers
Buhl Idaho construction and ready mix plant offered at very reasonable price. Fred Kallusky in Buhl seeks buyers. Bottling plant for 32000 after dissolution of partnership and nearly new equipment available Caldwell Idaho. Travel opportunities in World Merchant Marine guide 1951 price one dollar Fisk’s Patriot Indiana. Dr Lee’s Tonic Tabs for fatigue sold by Lee Lab Co St Joseph Missouri. Deer elk skins tanned and made into fur coats by Cherven y Glove & Tanning Portland Oregon.
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Buhl
Idaho
Fred Kallusky
Fisk’s
Patriot
Indiana
West
Cherveny Glove & Tanning
19Th Ave
Portland
Oregon
Interior estimates coal reserves at 1.2 trillion tons
The U S Department of Interior estimates recoverable coal reserves total about one and one fifth trillion tons. The figure implies a coal pile five miles high and fifty miles in circumference.
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U. S. Department of Interior
For You Planes Scatter Nails on Roads Behind Front Lines
U S planes in Korea dropped millions of large steel roofing nails on roads behind Communist lines to puncture tires on enemy supply trucks. The nails blocked routes and disrupted logistics as part of air force operations.
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U.S
Korea
Orphan Turtles Details and Early Hatchling Behavior
Orphan turtles are born without parental care as the mother deposits eggs and departs. Hungry hatchlings seek the nearest water source where they find their first meals of insects and tadpoles.
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