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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
3
The weekly analysis notes critics' sharp opposition to the new farm program and says supporters seek unprecedented controls. It also mentions potential extensions resembling a Marshall Plan as part of the policy debate.
President Truman backs sweeping farm measures amid criticism that it risks socialism and heavy government controls. Brannan warned of imponderables and pork price supports while Rep Anderson projected up to 10 billion dollars yearly, raising questions who benefits as taxes fund farmer income guarantees. Europe aims for Marshall Plan aid with House approval at 5.38 billion, 125 Republicans backing, amid broader foreign and domestic fiscal tensions.
Chicago woman Mrs. Joan Bierdt 20 slashed both arms after reading a letter from her husband 26 detailing his cancer and facial disfigurement at a Bronx veterans hospital. She was arraigned on disorderly conduct charges telling the judge she acted to force attention away from him.
Former wartime secretary Robert Patterson and Herbert Hoover's survey criticized duplications and inflated requests within the armed services. They argued a need for transparent accounting, streamlined budgeting, and better records of national defense spending. President Truman backed the North Atlantic pact to deter aggression and pursue lasting world peace.
A visitor to the White House said Mon C. Wallgren remains available for the chairmanship of the National Securities Resources Board. Wallgren's nomination by President Truman was tabled by a Senate committee in the Washington era context.
William A. Braun of Boston has invented an automatic parking system that would store cars without human contact. City officials show interest, saying the device could relieve the nationwide parking dilemma.
The wartime council warns Congress and the public that a coming 1950 51 period of low economic mood is likely. They urge coordinated action from the administration Congress business farmers and labor to prevent a downturn. They outline a plan balancing voluntary and governmental incentives along with stronger social security and unemployment protections.
On electrified farms elevators handle most heavy lifting and transport tasks. Popularized during World War II due to manpower shortages, portable and stationary models save time by freeing labor for production tasks. Idaho State College tests show average grain load can be emptied and cribbed by one man in six to eight minutes with a portable elevator. Elevators move hay grain and other produce, boosting efficiency across the crop year.
A British reaction rises as a plan to divert 15 percent of corn for cornmeal or hominy grits sparks disbelief. England fears being forced to eat the staple, while Americans see need among Southern poor who rely on grits for sustenance.
Dow Chemical introduces DN-289 the triethanola mine salt of dinitro-sec-butylphenol for orchard use. The stable solution contains eight ounces per quart and is effective against aphids mealy plum aphid eye spotted bud moth and other pests. Applied at one to two quarts per 100 gallons water with variable concentrations for target insects.
Dr. H. A. Scullen reports that ladino clover visited by bees produced far more seed than bagged plants. Bees yielded 13,946 seeds from 100 heads versus 365 seeds from 100 heads without bees, averaging over 139 seeds per head with bees and fewer than four without.
The passage explains that table salt is a true compound of sodium and chloride. When heated to melt and electrolyzed, it yields sodium metal and chlorine gas. Recombining molten sodium with chlorine forms salt again, illustrating the element interchangeability in chemical reactions.
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