Rice and Potatoes To Ease Food Pinch
The agriculture department projects a 10 percent rise in world rice output to about 6.3 billion bushels, with Europe and Asia seeing gains. Potatoes may reach 7.28 billion bushels, about 13 percent above last year but below prewar levels. Europe shows marked increases in several nations. Soviet crops may match 1945, while flaxseed may be at its smallest since 1944. US egg output is expected to fall 6 to 9 percent due to smaller laying flocks.
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One Dollar Buy Wins Two Houses Worth Ten Thousand
In Buffalo Anthony Carnevale bought two adjacent houses assessed at about ten thousand dollars for one dollar. The seller, a bottling firm, said the deal was mutually beneficial and allowed demolition savings as the firm planned to expand its plant.
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Britain and Russia Trade German Goods in Postwar Exchange
In Hamburg the British zone ships iron and steel to Russia's occupation zone in exchange for grain fuel and other products. Officials say using Russian zone fuel in Berlin saves transport that would be needed for Ruhr coal. American occupation authorities were informed of the development.
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Navy Gave Planes To Russia In 1944
Washington reports that in 1944 the U S Navy secretly trained 140 Soviet airmen in the United States as part of a lend lease program that transferred 138 patrol bombers to the Soviet Union. Fifty Catalina seaplanes carried Norden bombsights and advanced radio radar gear. The operation, authorized by President Roosevelt, was carried out by Fleet Air Wing Five under Adm. Ernest J. King with 60 Russians arriving April 3 at Elizabeth City and 80 more on April 17 led by Col. Vasilyev.
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62,800 More Homes Completed in August
Washington report by Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt says August saw 101,000 starts and 62,800 completions, beating July in completions while starts fell 1,400. The veteran home start goal of 1,200,000 this year appears unlikely, as four million veterans seek housing but high prices limit affordability to about 43 dollars per month rent or 5500 dollars purchase.
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Wilson Wyatt
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Kangaroo Grabs Rifle Wounds Man at Australian Station
Arthur Crosbie head stockman at Tipperary station near Adelaide River shot a kangaroo with an army rifle. The animal fell and Crosbie tried to finish it with a stick. The kangaroo wrestled the gun, rose up and shot him through the arm.
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Sunbathing Veteran Targeted as Clothing Grabber Steals
In Cincinnati Thomas Gilbert 22 stripped to sun for a tan when a thief stole his clothes and a discharge papers. Police rescued him and offered protective escort home after the incident.
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Thomas Gilbert
Angry Bull Gores Aged Man to Death on Farm Visit
In SHIPPENSBURG Pennsylvania an elderly man Frank Hoffman aged 70 died from chest injuries after a bull gored him on a nephew’s farm near here. He died at Chambersburg hospital three hours after the attack. The nephew David Gephart found Hoffman in the pasture with the bull standing over him. Gephart was briefly attacked but they repelled the animal.
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Stars share love of golf and showbiz updates
Virginia Vale Ork notes actors like Signe Hasso Joan Caulfield and Virginia Mayo taking up golf between films. Mentions Bob Hope Bing Crosby Ken Roberts William Bendix and Edgar Bergen in TV radio and film projects. Also covers Met Opera stars on Sunday and various Hollywood trivia and upcoming performances.
Radio Train Interviews A Daily Feature On The Cars
A humorous 20th Century radio feature on board the Conk Hollow 7:25 from Conk Hollow to Birdseed Hills. Passengers like Artemus Wiggins and George Squib sey share fast quips and wordplay while the interviewer riffs on microphones and a day coach culture.
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Fly halteres enable insects to balance in flight
A high speed motion picture reveals the halteres, two club shaped organs on each side of flies and mosquitoes, vibrate 200 times a second to keep insects aloft. Loss of one or both halteres prevents flying again, Collier's reports.
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