Boom in land values alarms farmers across the nation
The USDA index shows farm real estate rising about 1 percent per month since late 1943. If inflation continues, land prices may surge further, risking long term farming viability. The report notes high farm incomes, strong crop prices, and rising demand for land, with transfers for speculation increasing.
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USDA
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pacific
North Central
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Cubs GM Prefers Day Games Over Night Ball
Jim Gallagher, Cubs general manager, doubts night games hold more appeal than day games, expecting daytime crowds to grow with time. The piece notes Gus Mancuso, once a pitcher for the Cardinals, now making a surprising comeback as catcher for the Giants after signing in 1925. A fragment mentions Lieut Sally Pastor’s assignment to a unit, but details are incomplete.
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Jim Gallagher
Cubs
Gus Mancuso
New York Giants
Cardinal
Sally Pastor
Andersson’s Historic Four Minute Mile Duel In Sweden
Arne Andersson, a Swedish schoolteacher, completed the mile in 4 01.6 in a famed race against Gunder Hagg, nearing the four minute mark and proving his supremacy. Hagg at 4 02 set a previous best in the same duel, marking a landmark in distance running history.
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Andersson
Hagg
Sidney Wooderson
England
Arne
United States
Sweden
Walter Slade
Walter George
Tom Coneff
U. S
John Paul Jones
U.S
Norman Taber
Paavo Nurmi
Jules Ladoumegue
France
John Lovelock
Glenn Cunningham
Arne Andersson
Gunder Hagg
First Normandy Beach showing marks Cover Girl film debut
Col. E L Munson reports Columbia Pictures released Cover Girl in Technicolor to invading troops on June 16 at the Normandy beachhead, a historic co-starring effort for Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly that the soldiers reportedly loved. The piece also notes Les Tremayne joins Gene Lester productions as production aide, Carleton Young shifts from radio to film in Take It or Leave It, Gary Cooper backs a new Western The American Cowboy, Bob Haymes recalls Seven Days Leave via a jacket clue, James Melton rises at Metro for Cimarron, and Jeanette MacDonald resumes Oklahoma recordings ahead of a Met Opera season.
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Normand
Columbia
E. L. Munson
Army Motion Picture Service
Gary Cooper
International Pictures
James Melton
CBS
Metro
Strange Adventure to Star Clark Gable with Myrna Loy
Metro reports Clark Gable's postwar film Strange Adventure based on The Anointed a prewar tale of a merchant seaman and a non seagoing girl with Myrna Loy as the heroine. Columbia will present The Kids Go to War a Screen Snapshots study honoring former child stars in the armed forces.
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Metro
Clark Gable
the Anointed
Myrna Loy
Columbia
Ralph Staub
Staub
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Jackie Cooper
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield
Mickey Rooney
Film Notes on Dietrich Montez Dietrich Gifts and Cast Picks
Marlene Dietrich gifted Maria Montez a coral necklace upon her return from Italy, a token from Jean Pierre Aumont. Paul Henreid is set for the remake Of Human Bondage with Eleanor Parker not taking the Bette Davis part. Diana Lynn headlines Paramounts Out of This World while Paulette Goddard occupies Star Row. Lee Tracy signs with RKO for Betrayal From the East marking his first film after army discharge as a captain.
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Marlene Dietrich
Maria Montez
Italy
Jean Pierre Aumont
Paul Heinreich
Eleanor Parker
Bette Davis
Diana Lynn
Paramount
Paulette Goddard
Star Row
Lee Tracy
RKO
World Population Alive Now at Two Point Two Billion
An estimate states that of about 30 billion humans born since history began, roughly 2.2 billion are alive today. The figure translates to seven living persons for every hundred born across roughly six millennia.
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St. Lo
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Theodore Roosevelt
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USNR
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Mexico
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Mexico City
National Proletarian Front
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Ace of Aces
Alexandre Pokryshkin
Airacobra
Paul Douglas
Paragould
Ark
Harold P. Sparks
Frankfort
Sfndane
Virginia Vale
Western
Union
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Gene Lester Productions
Hollywood
Carleton Young
Chips Davis
Commando
Phil Baker
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Mr. Winkle
Victor Mature
Bob
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Preston Sturges
Dr. Wassell
Wake Island
Eta
Will Bermanent Town Starr Electric Co
Seon, Ga
Eauratga Wandenema Post
Asell
Gibson Jacobs Pharmacy Co. Inc
Auburn Ave
N. E
Carhart
E. R. Partridge, Inc
Pryor &I
Atlanta, Ga
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Greenville
Boston
Madison Highway
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Madison & Jefferson
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We Girard
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Hercules Plastic Metals Co
Berkeley Rd
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Vita-Berles Sales CO
Ohio
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Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E . Pin
Sara
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
WNU
Dean
Doans
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