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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
6
Weekly news analysis reports GOP leaders criticizing the Democratic stance as gloomed by the party. They plan a Brannan Plan tied measure to address farm election dynamics amid uncertain turnout and political strategy.
The Brannan farm plan appears as a political bait for the farm vote with extensions of wartime price supports touted as a major issue for next year's congressional races. Washington observers note the strategy ties to Truman endorsement as McGrath contrasts with the Aiken long-range law and signals ongoing farm relief debates.
Bates Mission ex Communist Editor Louis Budenz testified before a senate committee that Gerhard Eisler, who fled the U.S. as a stowaway, was ordered to Europe by Moscow to train new espionage agents for use in America. He linked the probe of aliens' subversive activities to Eisler and Soviet aims. The piece notes Senate Republicans plan a 50 million dollar public works and relief planning bill to address a perceived Democratic depression, along with debate over war powers and peacetime mobilization.
The Agriculture Department outlined new price support plans for tobacco and barley. Loans would be set at parity levels tied to June 15 for shade-cured tobacco and September 15 for barley and other tobaccos, with fire cured and dark air cured rates adjusted. Fees and quotas restrict full loans to growers within marketing quotas for flue cured, barley, fire cured, and all cured tobaccos, with no quotas on other types.
Nineteen senators from both parties join to sponsor a regulation directing President Truman to cut federal spending by four million dollars for the new fiscal year. The reductions aim to trim funds previously approved for various programs, with official enactment set to begin the new year.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, now a college president, warns against federal funding for public schools in all states. He argues it would spur competition for government money among states and localities, though he would support aid to areas with scant resources without abuse or interference.
An analysis argues that Chinese Communists show eager adherence to Moscow’s dictates. It notes the absence of coercion and the presence of a shared doctrinal zeal rooted in Marx and Lenin. The piece suggests China under Mao Tze-tung is becoming a large extension of Soviet influence, despite limited direct Kremlin aid.
The article profiles sportmen and optimistic anglers across the United States as fishing grows yearly. It notes conservation directors fear eventual shortages of fish and game, yet anglers remain committed, returning each season with renewed effort and spirit.
A U S fishery lab expert says a snood like selective net reduces bycatch and saves billions of fish while allowing shrimps and usable fish to pass. Iowa notes rough fish trapping as an aid to seining with fourteen large traps on nine lakes catching carp and buffalo at spawn mouths.
Anglers debate lure color effectiveness but black plugs show strong results on certain days and water conditions. The Johnson silver minnow’s new all black spoon reportedly attracts fish in dawn, dusk, and cloudy water by mimicking a silhouette and adding deceptive action. Idaho's vast waters draw 1948 season and permits appeal, with 20 fish daily bag limit and a $3 vacationist permit.
In St Petersburg last March Casey Stengel stood firm with his staff Bill Dickey Frank Crosetti and Jim Turner as DiMaggio bent, Lindell and Berra limped and Keller struggled. He praised the coaching trio and recalled a minor leaguer’s tale of a starless season rising to first, stressing pitchers as the backbone of any club.
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