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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
3
Community sayings promote Nu Maid margarine with Miss Nu-Maid imagery and a contest offering $10 for accepted entries. Readers encouraged to mail ideas to Grandmas address in Cincinnati Ohio for publication consideration.
The column cites American firms shipping strategic materials to Communist states, naming Rolfe G. Grote, Pacific Trading, Harris Chemical, and Muir Aluminum of Canada. It also covers debate on a 3 percent income tax boost, corporate tax rates, and excises, with Rep. Dingell, Mills, Boggs and Reed voicing contrasts. The piece notes B 29 missions in Korea, MiG-15 responses, and uncertainties about a second Soviet A-bomb.
The week’s news notes small businesses as a defense casualty amid material shortages and contract barriers. It cites 3.67 million firms, a 16 percent closure rate in World War II, and rising firm-level protests to Congress about defense allocations and subcontracting shifts.
The Agriculture Department reports the land boom of 1950 pushed farm real estate debt to 5.8 billion dollars, an 8 percent rise. Non real estate debt also increased as farmers bought more equipment and machinery. Real estate mortgages remain 54 percent of the 1923 peak, with twelve states exceeding that peak: New Hampshire Rhode Island New Jersey Delaware Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Florida Tennessee Alabama Louisiana and New Mexico.
Agricultural guidance urges stocking freezers now as prices stay stable through summer. Tips include defrosting, inventorying, using newspapers to line cartons, and packing by category. Use dry ice for large freezers, rotate with numbered packages, and plan future purchases alongside garden produce. Cabbage is highlighted as a versatile, nutrient rich staple.
Sam and Dorothy Thompson of Olney Illinois retreated to a three room cave in the Rocky mountains west of Denver in 1950 as A bomb refugees. The long hard winter tests their resolve as the Thompsons consider quitting their cave home.
A passerby helped a frantic mother when her son Little Herman swallowed a half dollar. He followed them into the house and shook the boy by the heels until the coin dropped out. The relieved mother asked if he was a doctor. he replied he is a collector of internal revenue.
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