Bipartisansponsor Bill Bans Yellow Oleo Deception
Washington lawmakers August H Andresen of Minnesota a Republican and Walter K Granger a Democrat from Utah join to push similar measures banning imitation butter via artificially colored oleo. The bills would prohibit the deceptive coloring and production while removing taxes and license fees on oleo. Both men sit on the House Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
D. C
H- Andresen
Minnesota
Walter K. Granger
Utah
House Committee On Agriculture
Dairy Goals Meet. Democratic Pledge by Walter K Granger
Walter K Granger a Democrat from Utah argues against unrestricted oleomargarine sales. He says tax removal aligns with the Democratic platform but warns it would worsen costs for dairy farmers. He notes high feed prices and strained livestock and soil programs, urging policies that protect meat milk and dairy supplies. He asserts his bill aligns with the President and party platform.
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Walter K. Granger
Utah
Dairy Bill Promises Tax Relief and Oleo Coloration Ban
Republican politics confront dairy policy as August H. Andresen argues the bill lifts taxes and bans deceptive yellow oleomargarine to protect butter markets. He warns repeal would devastate 2.5 million dairy farmers, 40,000 plants, and force cow slaughters amid declining dairy prices.
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H. Andresen Republican
Minnesota
Harry S. Truman
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Insurance Investments in Securities by U.S. Life Firms
U.S. life insurance companies bought $9.017 billion in securities and mortgages in 1947, averaging $751.4 million monthly, up from $8.838 billion in 1946. The peak year for purchases was 1945 at $12.278 billion, with two thirds in U.S. government bonds. Industrial and miscellaneous bonds rose sharply in 1947 to $2.019 billion, totaling $4.86 billion, a 49 percent increase.
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U.S
U. S
Busy Bee’s Small Honey Yield Contrasted with Big Farm Benefits
A brief note explains bees produce about a quarter of an ounce of honey per season, a tiny amount for a single bee, yet their pollination supports crops such as apples melons clover seed and more. It also mentions sawdust mixed with nitrogenous fertilizers as a compost material to retard growth and aid soil health.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Doctors Earnings Skyrocket to Postwar High
Net incomes of private physicians rose from a 1935 low of 3792 to a 1947 postwar high of 9884 a year, per Medical Economics. In 1947 average gross was 1476. top specialists reported 180000 gross and 86000 net, with 2.8 percent earning 50000-plus and 0.1 percent over 100000.
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Medical Economics
National Business Magazine
Physicians
Discoverer of DDT Dr Mueller Wins Nobel Prize
Dr. Mueller of Switzerland, who discovered DDT as an insecticide, has recently been awarded the Nobel Prize. The recognition underscores his pivotal work in pest control and public health.
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Mueller
Switzerland
Laboratory Snow Crystal Shaping by Vapors Tested
Researchers Dr Vincent Schaefer and Dr Bernard Vonnegut of the General Electric Research Laboratory report that exposing cold chamber snowstorms to 30 different vapors can transform hexagonal plate snow into four other shapes and even freak forms. They say the finding, while not yet applicable to natural snow, marks progress in understanding weather patterns and crystal formation.
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Vincent= Schaefer
Bernard Vonnegut
Development of Atom Bomb Brings New Problems
Dr J Garrett Allen of the University of Chicago warns that acute irradiation injury from atomic bomb exposure will affect young and old alike, crossing economic lines. He notes nutrition problems after exposure, protein depletion, and hemorrhage as serious complications, with toluidine blue dye offering a potential aid.
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Nagasaki
J. Garrett Allen
The
University, of Chicago
Allen
Dr. Allen
Albert Merritt
Billings Hospital
University of’ Chicago
Anti TB Campaign Plans At Point Barrow Alaska
A cooperative anti tuberculosis program with the U S navy is under way at Point Barrow Alaska. Dr Joseph D Aronson of Philadelphia will direct the plan to vaccinate natives who tests indicate are free of tuberculosis using Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine developed by Calmette and Guerin.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
U.S. Navy
Joseph D. Aronson
Philadelphia
Aronson
Detecting Old Eggs with Ultraviolet Light
Westinghouse tests show black light reveals freshness in eggs. An egg glows scarlet when fresh and turns purple as it ages, with shell proteins fluorescing under ultraviolet. Refrigeration slows the color change, delaying oxidation effects.
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Westinghouse
Forest Fire Statistics and Protection Spending
The article notes 12 000 to 14 000 yearly fires in national forests and about 15 000 more on state and private land. It cites six million dollars from the federal government and 11 million from states counties and private owners for fire protection. It highlights vulnerable areas in the Sierra foothills southern California the Douglas fir region of the northwest and white pine regions of northern Idaho and western Montana.
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Sierras
California
Northwest
White Pines
Idaho
Montana
Hyderabad Tiger Man-Eaters Loom In Monsoon Jungle
A Hyderabad feature outlines the season for tiger hunting, focusing on man-eaters known for stalking roads and villages. It notes methods across India, the Adilabad Phantom, and local beliefs about tiger behavior and hunting setups in forests and villages.
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Hyderabad
Adilibad
Tigereas
India
Blade Extracted from Spine After Twenty Three Years
In Ann Arbor Michigan the University of Michigan Hospital removed a two and a half inch knife blade from a man’s spine after twenty three years. The blade lodged between the shoulder blades but did not cause distress for most of the period. The patient, now 48, began gait trouble four years ago, leading to the discovery by X ray.
Reservations Like Concentration Camps Say Former Indian Chief
Denver report cites Robert Yellowtail of the Crow Nation accusing U S reservations of mirroring Russian camps. He tells the National Congress of American Indians that Indians are imprisoned and controlled in their own land, criticizing the Indian Bureau’s expenditures since 1903.
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Denver
U. S
Robert Yellowtail
Montana
National Congress of American Indians
Plenty
Yellowtail
Indian Bureau
Saroyan Seeks Sale of 30 Acre Farm by Fresno River
William Saroyan advertises selling his 30 acre ranch on the San Joaquin river near Fresno with no garage or barn, a broken heating system, and olive trees. He lists a $32,000 cost and offers six to seven acres for himself, with the balance at $35,000 and invites inquiries via Fresno number 8-8574 to owner’s cousin Ross.
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San
Francisco
William. Saroyan
Joaquin
Fresno
San Francisco
Examiner
Saroyan
Home sewing rises as clothing costs soar
With prices at a high and fashions changing, more homemakers turn to sewing. The number of women making many of their clothes has increased over 130 percent in five years. They sew current styles, buy quality materials, and copy new designs. Pattern sales and sewing machine demand have surged, with patterns more than doubling and machines up at least 200 percent over the past decade.
Titanium Strongman and Early Uses in Industry
The fragment notes titanium as a strong light metal with potential in high speed planes and corrosion resistant equipment. It states titanium is abundant, seventh most common metal and ninth element in the earth crust, more plentiful than copper zinc or lead. A separate dialogue shows a woman seeking a loan and a banker directing her to the loan arranger.
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