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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1947
Page
2
Washington report outlines a food conservation plan to cut grain use by 100 million bushels by eight months to aid hungry Europe. Agriculture officials say farmers can help by selling lighter-weight hogs and not fattening cattle to top grade. The drive targets reducing choice beef fat and waste while preserving exports for shortage areas.
Redwood City reports say a group of 11 teenage boys, mostly Sequoia High School students, staged drunken raids on a school and church parsonage. One offender was a Preston Reformatory parolee. Two grocers were charged with selling the game ball. Four boys appeared in Juvenile Court. six were released to parents.
protest speakers including Sen Sheridan Downey and Reps Alfred Elliott and Gearhart urged Washington to champion raisin growers. They said they were shocked by the department's low parity price plan for 30,000 tons and approved sending telegrams to the President and to Agriculture urging the government to buy raisins.
A wartime remark discusses conserving grain to boost food supply for Europe and domestic needs. Analysts say high feeding rates curb prices, urging cautious reductions to secure supplies during the war.
Di Giorgio Faros Co. denied today that its 10,000 acre farm had been crippled by a two day strike of county farm labor union. Union officials claimed the strike went effective.
Washington reports from the U S unemployment and population bureau indicate Europe’s rising birthrates and wartime gains may stress global food supplies. Europe added about 21 million to its population during the war and is projected to gain another 22 million in the next decade, with land limits and emigration shaping the consequences.
Chicago December story reports Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska, chairing the Senate small business committee, vows to press a tax reform campaign to aid small enterprises. He announces hearings on small business tax reforms and urges stronger antitrust and unfair competition law enforcement, plus more funding.
An obscure report notes miracle in wheat with Arizona irrigation experiments aiding grain growers in Newark and Minnesota. The bureau cites Salt River and Yuma reclamation projects boosting Arizona farming, while threats from sawfly infestations loom and Montana wheat growers face bankruptcy.
Senator Ball says it is perfectly valid to interpret the Taft-Hartley Act as requiring non Communist pledges from top officers, even though Congress may have intended a narrower reading. He argues the aim was to cover international language and broad conduct.
Washington reports Navy statistics showing Naval Reserve enrollment at 856,683, about 73 percent of the year’s target. Of the total, 578,875 are men, with 277,808 serving as officers, as released by the Navy today.
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