Commodity prices fall but individual goods drop sharply
The article notes global commodity prices are down about 5 percent from wartime highs, while key raw materials have slumped 30 to 60 percent. It compares today’s market to 30 years ago, warning of financial risk from government-led support and foreign policy moves. Specific items such as wool burlap rubber and tin show steep declines from peaks.
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Leslie Gould
Russia
Attem
U. S
Frome
Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Imports of Surplus Farm Products
Representative James P. Kem of Missouri introduced legislation to forbid imports from Communist countries of farm products classified as surplus in the United States. He argued the move would curb Soviet Poland's "slave labor pork" flooding the U.S. market while the government buys surplus hams to prop up prices.
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James P. Kem
R-Mo
United States
Kem
Poland
U. S
Rear Admiral's Plane Forced Down in Atlantic Dover to Floyd Bennett
Rear Adm. A. K. Morehouse chief of naval advanced air training was aboard a PBM flying boat that forced landed in the Atlantic after an engine cut out soon after takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field. Coast Guard towed the plane back to the field. Morehouse was enroute to Christie Texas.
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New York
A. K. Morehouse
Naval Advanced Air Training
Atlantic
Floyd Bennett Field
Coast Guard
Admiral ‘Orehouse
Christi
Tex
Greek goddess of wisdom and ancient terms puzzle
A cryptic style list clues a sequence of words linked to classical names and common terms. Answers include a Greek goddess, range of everyday objects, and historical phrases, forming a wordplay grid with cross references.
New York and Pennsylvania to Name GOP Delegates
Pennsylvania will appoint 70 delegates and New York 6 for the 1952 Republican convention with 166 total votes at stake. Dewey leads New York. Eisenhower faces Taft in a contest that may split the Keystone State delegation and influence the nomination.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
R-O
James H. Duff
R-Pa
John S. Fine
Fine
Douglas MacArthur
J R. Grundy
Grundy
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Blican
Warren G. Harding
Ray Clapper
Andrew W. Mellon
Hoover
Kansas City
Pennnsylvania
Dewey
Philadelphia
Edward Martin
AP Confident U S Will Free Oatis in Czechoslovakia
AP Board asserts confidence the U S government will seize every chance to free Oatis jailed in Czechoslovakia on espionage charges. They say he was guilty only of gathering and reporting legitimate news and review Frank Noel’s status as a wartime AP prisoner who continued work from captivity.
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New York
Associated Press
Sina
Oatis
Aphstoria
Ho M. Gruenther
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The
American News
Ogg Publishers Association
Frank Noel
Appher
Mented
Noel
U. N
First Metals Gold and Copper Likely Earliest Used
The article posits that gold and copper were the first metals known to humankind and used by early peoples. It notes their sensory qualities and widespread ancient use across cultures, suggesting their foundational role in metalworking.
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