Grass Roots Labor Plan Headlines Main Street Economy
Seven hundred small town unionists in Washington issued a seven point Grass Roots manifesto rallying labor farmers and consumer groups behind a program for equal sacrifice and representation in mobilization and stabilization agencies. The piece warns of budget battles hitting Main Street with cuts to highways welfare health and school programs, and calls for farm parity reform and broader public support for price controls. Ministers and politicians debate cost of living trends with rising consumer prices and tepid retail sales while MacArthur faces U.N. scrutiny and a halfed April draft quota challenges the draft system.
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Washington
America
Congress
Foin Congressional Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
American Farmer Plant Value Soars Since 1900
American farmers now own 91 billion dollars in land, buildings, livestock and equipment, forming a vast plant that produced about 39 billion dollars worth of produce in 1950. The survey notes a 900 percent rise in farm machinery investment since 1900 and advances in methods, seed, livestock, and fertilizer.
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I Pr Uced
Two Jobs for Price of One Time and Money Saving Home Tips
Practical home advice encourages doing two tasks at once to save time and money. Mend tears with ironing tape and iron while repairing, then fix buttons with colorless polish on thread. Suggests dental floss as sturdy sewing option and choosing nylon stockings by denier for durability and appearance. Emphasizes correct sizing, lengths, and care guidance from clerks and labels.
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Selvage
Family Doctor of Year: Canton Physician Luce
Dr Dean Sher wood Luce 74 of Canton Mass was named family doctor of 1960 by the American Medical Association. He began practice in 1905 and has delivered multiple generations of patients. Luce recalls kitchen table operations in 1805 and notes the era's low fees. He remains active in medical societies and stresses practice over profit.
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Canton
Mass
Dean Sherwood Luce
American Medical Association
Main Street
Luce
Selective Service Board
Two Baseball Mysteries And The Spirit Of The Game
St Petersburg report discusses why the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers fail to win big games despite strong lineups. Analysis from Grantland Rice and others notes fans, players, and managers emphasize spirit and soul beyond hitting and pitching, with clubs under pressure to prove clutch performance.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Grantland Rice
Red Sox
Williams
Doerr
Pesky
Stephens
Boudreau
Walloping Dropo
Goodman
Bil Wight
Ray Scarborough
Joe McCarthy
Tom Yawkey
General MacArthur
Yawkey
Florida
Joe Gordon
Philadelphia
Fenway Park
Gordon
A.L
Hard to Please at the Soda Fountain Comic Exchange
A humorous soda fountain exchange features a youth lamenting marriage and breakfast, a bored attendant offering coffee and doughnuts, a woman requesting a hard boiled egg, and a chemist quip about Lot's wife turning to chlorine. A Sunday school teacher and a boy in goggles trigger a pun about sodium chloride while a shy customer asks for adhesive plaster with a thick tongue twister.
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Lot
Classified department notes Iowa farms and Minnesota listings
Classified notices describe boomed farm sales in Iowa and Minnesota including a 300 acre farm near Waterville with good buildings, 140 acres rich muck land near Owatonna, farm machinery in good condition, and a telegraph magneto exchange listing. Also ads for flying instructors, professional services, and real estate in Atlanta, Missouri.
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Ridge
Niles Waterville
Janesville
Eecd
Pric Roe
Converse Agency
M Nneaniée
Iiliabig
Air Bidge
Good Weil
KEA
Welle Daha Pedersen
Goodridge
Minnesota
Sone Owattonna Steel Co
Minn
P. Nansen Otranto
Towa
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