Threat to Oats Wheat in Some Pennsylvania Areas
State Secretary of Agriculture Miles Horst warns of a serious rust threat to wheat and oats in parts of Pennsylvania due to black stem rust from barberry bushes. In seven counties workers will remove infected bushes. crews to operate in Crawford, Lebanon, and Franklin counties. Barberry eradication has run 13 years as a Federal-State project.
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Pennsylvania
Miles Horst
Erie
Centre
Susquehanna
Lackawanna
Crawford
Lebanon
Franklin
Horst
Farm Groups Support Brannan Choice In Weekly News Analysis
Weekly analysis notes farm groups back Brannan as secretary of agriculture while a proposed Palestine truce request fails to gain traction. GM wage pact could set industry pattern, analysis suggests potential broader impact on labor and policy.
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Brannan
Palestine
Brannan Approved as Secretary of Agriculture by Farm Groups
President Truman’s pick Charles F Brannan to head the agriculture department wins broad farm group support. Brannan a former assistant secretary is praised as a farmer ally and reformer of parity laws seen as outdated by postwar producers.
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Charles F. Brannan
Clinton Anderson
Brannan
Congress
Brannon
War in Holy Land Escalates as Arabs Refuse Truce
Arab states rejected a U N call for a truce and vowed to press the assault until Israel renounces its new state. Haganah forces capture Acre while Egyptian aircraft step up raids on Tel Aviv and Arab troops claim major gains in Jerusalem.
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U. N
Palestine
United Nations
World Councils
Israel
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
U. S
United States
Chaim Waizmann
Truman
Mr. Truman
Weizmann
Middle East
Holy Land
U.N
Haganah
Acre
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Pay Hike Creates Cost of Living Adjustments at GM
GM averted a 225000 worker strike by offering an 8 cent cost of living increase and a 3 cent efficiency boost. Wages adjust every three months to reflect the consumer price index, risking passing higher costs to the public. The plan, praised as a new approach, could influence other industries though its effect may be eroded by rising prices since 1940.
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General Motors Corporation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
United Auto Workers
OPA
Fewer Benefits Lost In Social Security Discovery
Inadvertent loss of social security benefits remains a major problem as people discover gaps and questions about eligibility. Officials note the issue involves many individuals and requires clearer guidance to prevent benefit reduction or loss.
Obscure Quiz Sparks Historical and Political Facts
The document lists exam style questions and answers on world capitals Mecca Riyadh and Baghdad. penicillin discovery. GOP nomination history with Herbert Hoover in 1928. Truman cabinet appointments totaling 16. Hartley as in Hartley-Hartley Act, with Fred A. Hartley Jr. cited.
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Israel
Mecca
Riyadh
Philadelphia
GOP
Truman
Taft
Sen
Robert. A. Taft
Qhic
Saudi Arabia
Baghdad
Iraq
Damascus
Syria
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Beirut
Lebanon
Saria
Yemen
Herbert
Power
Kansas City
Fred A. Hartley Jr
Don McNeill Celebrates 15 Years On Breakfast Club
Oratorical Flight notes Don McNeill as a vibrant symbol of ABCs rise in Chicago. The Breakfast Club toastmaster marks 15th anniversary June 23, hosting five mornings weekly since 1933 with off the cuff humor and no script.
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American Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Don McNeill
ABC
McNeill
New Jersey
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