Wisconsin farmers cling to small towns for supplies
Marathon county Wisconsin farmers rely on Wausau and surrounding villages for lumber, cement, feed and groceries, with 30 percent buying farm supplies there and 60 percent purchasing furniture. A postwar spending plan targets 7.4 million dollars in autos, machinery and home upgrades, funded mainly from savings. Marathon leads in American cheese production and milk, and hosts the nation’s largest silver fox operation.
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E. L. Kirkpatrick
Marathon County
Wisconsin
Wausau
Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
University of Wisconsin
United States
Demand for Peanuts Still Big in 1946
Virginia Beach report notes peanuts as a war emergency crop and the tenth largest field crop in America. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson told 400 growers and shippers from 23 states that price support may be unnecessary, though experts warn a buyer's market may come soon.
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Virginia Beach
America
Clinton P. Anderson
Relics Saved From Fire in Northwest Exhibit
Mrs Mary V Lane of Underwood a lineal descendant of the last Cascade chief owns one of the region s most valuable Indian relic collections. She and others lost homes to fire but the exhibition at Maryhill Museum remained intact and protected.
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Stevenson, Wash
Mary V. Lane
Underwood
Northwest
Maryhill Museum
LSU Experiment Aims Roosters Taste Like Hens
In Baton Rouge Louisiana the state university poultry division is testing methods to make rooster meat resemble hen meat by injecting synthetic female hormones. After four to six weeks of injections roosters shrink and accumulate fat improving tenderness and desirability of the meat.
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Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana State University Poultry Husbandry Division
Have Florida Men Design Chapeaux
At a Panama City party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Blackwell the women punished men for snide remarks about women's hats by giving them colored materials flowers and trim and asking the men to design hats themselves The men worked hard and produced some truly unfortunate creations with the ladies admitting some hats were too bad.
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Panama City
Fla
Jack A. Blackwell
Auto Man Weds in Style With Horse and Buggy Trip
LeRoy Ehlers an auto mechanic marries Miss Erma Felhofer at Valmy church. On leaving, a surrey with fringe awaits them. coachman Hugo Kalms in formal dress stands by the horses. They ride to the Ed Felhofer home for dinner in a notable rural wedding twist.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
LeRoy Ehlers
Erma Felhofer
Valmy
Surrey
Hugo Kalms
Autos and Bogs Help City Funds
Arlington Heights officials report a surge in license receipts led by dog licenses. First quarter 1946 auto and business licenses rose, with dog licenses jumping from 410 in 1945 to 859 in early 1946. Police Chief Skoog says education prompts purchase of dog tags.
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Arlington Heights
Forrest Davis
Skoog
Deschutes Project Brings 800 New Farms to Oregon Veterans
The Deschutes irrigation project in central Oregon will host about 800 new farms for qualified veterans as 50,000 acres transition from dry farming. Since the first water on May 18, 80 veterans already found homes, with clearing, homes, schools and roads underway, aiming for permanent irrigated pasture or cultivation across the full 50,000 acres.
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Deschutes
Oregon
Bureau of Reclamation
Deschutes Project
West
R. C. O'Brien
Chuchu Martinez
Irving Hoffman
Ethel Mermani
Anon
J. Joubert
I. Panin
R. Frost
Mlle
Bertin
Wm. Brady
Eric Remarque
Senate turmoil and patient Lew Schwellenbach in wartime notes
The piece highlights a balky Senate Banking and Currency Committee gutting a price control bill with Wagner Taft and Barkley exchanging quips. It profiles Labor Secretary Schwellenbach’s patience during maritime strike negotiations and the White House struggle over Navy involvement. It also recounts historic Senate confirmation battles for treasury posts through Coolidge era. Capitol chaff follows Alabama governor elect Jim Folsom planning a move to study Arnall.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Wagner
Banking and Currency Committee
Taft
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Lew
Schwellenbach
Spokane
White House
Navy
Secretary of Labor
Sec. of Labor
John Gibson
Truman
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney
Tyler
David Henshaw
James M. Porter
Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Warren
Charley Dawes
Coolidge
Dawes
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Polsom
Arnall
Folsom
Henry Wallace
Take My Word For It History of the Big Inch pipelines
In wartime fuel shortages spurred massive pipeline projects. The 24 inch Big Inch ran from Longview Texas to Phoenixville Pennsylvania, with a parallel 16 to 20 inch Little Big Inch from Baytown Texas to Port Neches and on to Pennsylvania. The larger line earned the official name the Big Inch while the smaller line adopted Little Big Inch because it remained smaller by comparison.
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Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Longview
Great East Texas Pools
Phoenixville
Penn
Baytown
Port Neches
Pennsylvania
Quips and Quirks From a Curious Desk Drawer
A jagged column of witty snippets and anecdotes from editors and readers. The piece references Emmery Reyes, Hugo N. Frye hoax, and a mix of pithy quotes about press, politics, and society, ending with a social note about editors and critics.
Justice Murphy Recalled In Supreme Court Circles
The newsweekly notes that Justice Murphy’s opinions are now described in Supreme Court circles as justice tempered with Murphy. The phrase reflects the judge’s cautious and balanced approach influencing contemporary rulings.
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Murphy
Supreme Court
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