Short Putts Shape Masters Tales and Baseball Averages
A veteran golf observer recalls how two foot putts decide major titles and highlights Sam Snead and Ben Hogan missing crucial putts. The piece shifts to baseball, noting at least 75 players per league gaining 360 at bats with several hitting over .300 including Robinson, Slaughter, Schoendienst, Musial, Hodges, and Kiner as Septem ber approaches.
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Johnny Farrell
Grantland Rice
Ben Hogan
Sammy Snead
Cary Middlecoff
St. Pete
Jackie Robinson
Red Schoendienst
Cardinals
Marshall
Thompson
Lockman
Musial
Hodges
Kiner
Gordon
Stan
Iran pressing for 250 million World Bank loan
The Iranians push for a 250 million World Bank loan led by A H Ebtehaj as Tehran seeks parity with Turkish and Greek aid. Tehran cites famine in Azerbaijan and opium disputes, while U S officials note large oil revenue flows and a $500 000 engineering survey.
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U.S
World Bank
A. H. Ebtehaj
Ebtehaj
Teheran
Iran
Turkey
Greece
Azerbaijan
U S crops forecast shows near record 1949 output
The Agriculture Department projects a near record farm output for 1949 with corn at about 3.5 billion bushels, 13 million below prior forecast, while wheat totals approach 1.25 billion bushels. Officials expect possible price support moves on surplus corn and note other large crops like rice and cotton. Meanwhile in Czechoslovakia the Communist regime arrests priests to crush church networks, yet declarations show clergy prefer jail over accepting new state controls.
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Agriculture Department
Czechoslovakia
Army Air Force Crisis Reaches Calm After Apology
The army and air force eased a flare up over a war game dispute in Germany. The army apologized after admitting the air force was right about armored unit losses, ending a clash sparked by a failed ground umpire assessment.
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Germany
Air Force
Army
Coal Strike Threat Looms as Lewis Accuses Operators
The United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis warns of possible strike actions over payments to the union welfare fund, accusing southern coal operators of withholding. In Washington, officials call the remarks a direct threat, while steel unions settle for a wage-extension and a presidential fact-finding board. A separate study by the Research Council for Economic Security projects social security costs rising to 15 billion in 1960 and up to 30 plus by 2000, with a four-part expansion plan including higher benefits, disability coverage, federal aid, and compulsory insurance.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Washington
National Coal Association
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Truman
Philip Murray
Research Council For Economic Security
Chicago
Council
World Series to Be Televised in Brooklyn Theater
Brooklyn theater plans to show every World Series game on its movie screen this fall. The experimental project cost about $10,000, drawing interest from other venues and backing from commissioner A B Chandler.
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Broklyn
Brooklyn
A. B. ‘Happy’ Chandler
Weekly Crop Peak and Industry Tensions
U.S. crops approach near record highs as analyst Lewis hints at a coal mine strike while the steel industry resists wage hike pressure. The DITOR'S NOTE frames opinions as those of the Western Newspaper Union analysts rather than the paper.
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U.S
Ditor
Western Newspaper Union
Aitken Defends Farm Aid Law Promises High Parity
Senator Aitken of Vermont defends the present farm aid law saying it provides high price supports for wheat and cotton. He argues the 1950 support should be 83 to 90 percent of parity, contrasting with claims of only 60 percent under the 1947 act.
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Aitken
Congress
Ait
Ken
Britain Faces Washington Advice on Currency Crisis
The Washington conference prompts heavy advice for Britain amid its island financial crisis. John Snyder leads U S officials in urging currency devaluation with support from the World Bank and IMF as Eugene Black weighs the consequences.
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Washington
U. S. Treasury
John Snyder
London
Uncle Sam
England
U. S
U.S
Europe
Snyder
World Bank and Monetary Fund
Eugene Black
World Bank
Communist Officials Meet in Beacon Policy Making Session
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration reports a meeting at Beacon by Communist officials including three Moscow representatives. The notes allegedly came from Maurice Malkin of Brooklyn, a former Communist official who now acknowledges his past.
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Moscow
Beacon
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee On
Maurice Malkin
Brooklyn
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Harry Anslinger
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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