Government launches 85 million pork purchase plan
Secretary Benson announced an 85 million dollar pork products purchase program to bolster hog prices through next August. About 170 million pounds of pork and 30 million pounds of lard will be bought for school lunches, charities, and the needy, with no storage purchases or pork price supports planned. Prices have fallen about 30 percent from a year ago due to large recent hog crops and increased production forthcoming.
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Washington
Benson
Midwest
Armed Services
Pigeon Returns After Six-Year Race Mystery
London report says homing pigeon MRP 489307 AX, sent 400 miles in August 1943 from Sidlesham, Sussex to Berwick on the border, arrived home yesterday with no clue on the delay. The incident contrasts with Mickie the parakeet who spoke of Derby Road before being traced to Derbyshire owner Jacqueline Simpson.
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Mickie
Thomas Armstrong
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Armstrong
Sidlesham
Sussex
Jacqueline Simpson
Melbourne
Derbyshire
Hilda Worrall
Judge Guarded After Decision Against Union
Pittsburgh police kept detectives on an all night vigil after a bomb threat to the home of Judge Henry X. O'Brien who issued an injunction restraining mass picketing at two Westinghouse Electric Corp plants. The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers had been striking 44,000 members. The restraining order, issued at the company’s request, bars violence and interference but does not cap picket numbers. Negotiations were set to resume.
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Big East
Homewood
Funeral Rites Held for Dr George Tompkins at Tipton Church
Services for 67 year old Dr George Tompkins were conducted at 3 p m Monday in the Tipton Church of Christ with John W Anders officiating assisted by Byron Fullerton. Burial followed in Tipton cemetery with Pecinosky Funeral Home in charge. Tompkins died Saturday night in an Altus hospital after a three year illness born June 26 1888 in Montague Texas he moved to Tipton in 1920 and was a retired farmer. He was survived by his wife Liza Ann Tompkins of Tipton two daughters E T Pierce Tipton and Tresa Stevens Frederick a son G L Tompkins Tipton four sisters Dora Maddox Marlow Martha Holland Springfield Colorado May Johnson Montague and Alpha Calhound Vernon Texas five brothers Tom Holliday Texas John Montague Angus Wichita Falls Sid Tipton and Bill Oklahoma City four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bearers were L A Bud Todd Richard Dunlap Doc Boyd Robert Vernon Ora McCormick and R B Shortie Boyd. Honorary bearers were George Sealy Jack Fitzgerald Fred McWhorter Frank Rollins Claude Wheeler Homer Vernon John Norie and Tom Killebrew.
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Martha Hollis
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Montague
Alpha Calhound
Vernon
Tex
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Holliday
John
Angus
Wichita Falls
Sid
Bill
Oklahoma City
L. A
Bud) Todd
Richard Dunlap
Doc Boyd
Robert Vernon
Ora McCormick
R. B. (Shortie) Boyd
George Sealy
Jack Fitzgerald
Fred McWhorter
Frank Rollins
Claude Wheeler
Homer Vernon
John Norie
Tom Killebrew
Sake Deluge Sparks Niigata Fire Housewife Complains
A Niigata City housewife blasted condolence gifts after a major February fire. She received nearly 20 bottles of sake and said relief should come from cleanup and aiding fire victims rather than drinking and social gathering.
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Japan
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Solons Welcome Move To Bolster Falling Hog Price
Worthington Minnesota reports the Senate Agriculture Committee welcomed a federal plan to buy surplus pork to stabilize hog prices. Senator Humphrey called the action long overdue while questioning sufficiency. Republican members praised the move amid debate over farm policy.
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Humphrey
D-Minn
Reds Skip Chicago on Soviet Newsmen Tour
Russian newsmen touring the United States skipped Chicago after the State Department declined a flat guarantee against anti Soviet demonstrations. They had faced a fist waving mob in Cleveland and moved on to Salt Lake City as the pork buying program and feed grain prices drew comment from Sen. Young. A St. Paul hearing exposed dairy farmers split over price supports payments and controls.
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