Food Production Seen as Japan's Top Shortfall
Lt. Col. Herbert G. Schenck, MacArthur adviser, says Japan faces a food crisis as 15 million acres produce insufficient yields for a population of about 680 million. He warns imports will be necessary despite attempts to raise yields and expand cultivated land, noting fertilizer shortages and land reclamation issues.
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Tokyo
WUP
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
United Press
Herbert G. Schenck
Gen. MacArthur
Schenck
Ameri
Can
State aid push for new Madison schools faces lawmakers
Madison officials and educators urged Wisconsin’s joint finance committee to back a bill offering up to 5 million dollars in state aid for new grade and high school buildings. The plan would cover as much as 40 percent of construction costs while districts’ borrowing powers are said to be exhausted. Supporters include Sen. Brown and Rep. Harper, with Farm Bureau liaison Kasakaitas. no opponents attended.
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Madison
Wis
Joint Finance Committee
W. E. Kimball
Assemblyman Harper
Lancaster
Sen
Brown
Two Gunmen Face U S Kidnap Charges in Fargo
Two St Paul gunmen who fled 1000 miles in 72 hours will be transported to Fargo North Dakota to face federal kidnapping charges. Carl Bistram 27 and Allen Hartman 20 were captured after a car crash near Morrowville Kansas with another suspect Beaty 21 in worse condition. Arthur Bistram 37 surrendered after a radio plea and is jailed in Omaha awaiting hearings. The case stems from kidnapping Ralph Senn a Mandan North Carolina policeman and transporting him across a state line.
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Kan
U.P
St. Paul
Fargo
N. C
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Kansas City
U. S
Carl Bistram
Allen Hartman
Morrowville
Bill J. Beaty, Jr
Tekamah
Neb
Brantley
Beaty
Ralph Senn
Mandan
Nebraska
Senn
Bistram
Arthur
Wisner
Arthur Bistram
Norfolk
Omaha
Minneapolis
Michael J. Dillon
Hartman
Bistram Brothers
Gustav Johnson
Richfield
Minn
Fred Babcock, Jr
Johnson
Arthur Bistom
Babcock
North Dakota
South Dakota
Rancher Slain and Suspect Captured After Shootout
Sonoma California report says Paul Zimmermann, a Valley of the Moon rancher, was shot dead and his wife bludgeoned. A posse of about 100 captured Rudolph Wright, 19, an escapee from Sonoma State Hospital ward. Wright is jailed in Santa Rosa on a holding charge. The Zimmermanns and neighbor John Bowman were abducted in Zimmermann’s car. Bowman escaped and was fired at. The body was found near the Bowman home. pistols likely stolen from Gen H H Arnold’s ranch house. A 300 year old clay pipe was found in London.
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Sonoma
Calif
Paul Zimmerman
John O’brien
Rudolph Wright
Sonoma State Hospital
Wright
Santa Rosa
O’brien
Zimmermans
John Bowman
Zimmerman
Bowman
Gen
H. H. Arnold
New York
David
Military Academy
West Point
Wing and tail recovered from historic air crash near San Juan
Divers recovered a complete wing section and the tail of the plane late yesterday as tides and currents tested the seabed. The wreckage was hauled to San Juan harbor aboard a commercial vessel and operations were halted at dusk. A four way investigation ordered by continental and insular aviation officials calls this the worst aviation disaster by passenger loss.
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San Juan Harbor
Continental
Insular
Hunt for More Plane Victims Near Puerto Rico
Navy crews recovered 34 bodies from the sunken airliner off Puerto Rico and resumed searching for 19 missing people. Coast Guard Cmdr. Dexter cited an unofficial death toll of 53 as salvage by the Opportune continues. Only 28 of 81 aboard survived the crash into 40 feet of water. the plane lay broken on the rocky seabed.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.P
Navy
Coast Guard
D. H. Dexter
U. S. Navy
Opportune
Claudius Lands Elephants and Forces in Britain
The Roman emperor Claudius led an invasion to Britain in 43 B.C. with elephants camels and African warriors aiding generals in the campaign against the Britons.
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Claudius
Britain
Discharged Officer Admits Theft at Police HQ
Keeichi Takeuchi, a former policeman discharged from duty, confessed to stealing clothing and about $100 at police headquarters. He said the act was motivated by it being the easiest place to rob.
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Tokyo
W.P
Keeichi Takeuchi
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