Farm land values hit new wartime peak in 1947 boom
The Agriculture Department notes March 1 values rose to a peak level not seen since 1920, driven by high farm prices and income. No forecast of a collapse is provided as demand remains strong abroad. North Dakota leads gains with 20 percent, Florida Louisiana and California show declines.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Florida
Louiiana
California
Veterans Guide insights from VA head Gray on laws and service
Major Thomas M. Xial reports Carl Gray administrator of veteran affairs held a press conference outlining his stance on VA duties. He said he will implement existing laws, not seek changes, and has no plans to alter the VA despite calls for standards in GI Bill home loans.
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Thomas M. Xial
Washington
Carl Gray
Gray
Congress
Veteran faced with postsale repairs under GI Bill terms
The article explains veterans using GI Bill loans may face no recourse for home repairs after purchase. If the furnace fails or the roof leaks, the deal is closed and the VA has no obligation to force repairs. Gray emphasizes contracts built to specs limit VA responsibility. no landlord function exists.
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Gray
Weu
Along The Potomac To Washington By Rep Beall
Washington April 21 The House voted 343 to 31 to expand the Air Force to seventy groups approving a 198 million dollar budget for planes missiles and aviation research. Chairman Thomas will lead an investigation of Russian nationals in the Panama Canal Zone and the Russian fishing fleet concentration. Clarence J Brown of Ohio named chairman of a special subcommittee to probe activities of the CIA related to the Colombia revolution.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Thomas
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Panama Canal Zone
Stassen
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dewey
New York
Oklahoma
Vandenerg
Taft
Bogota
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
House
Yearlong civic notes and local organizational profiles
A city Postmaster General assignment prompts inspection into delivery, while a DC fire and police delegation discusses H R 6075. A Maryland chapter installs 23 girls led by Miss Gertrude Heimiller. Guardian and Associate councils list officers, and the piece notes world population growth.
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Bethel No. 1
Baltimore
Gertrude Heimiller
Aiaryland
Lorraine Moberly
Beverly Cramer
Guide
Evelyn Summers
Marshall
Betty Wenzel
Ann Alyra Rothenhoefer
Barbara Seeger
Beverly Mercer
Linda Michael
Constance Boone
Ann Staley
Barbara Kline
Avalon Willard
Mary Kathryn Rems
Ruth Shipley Installed as Honored Queen in Job's Daughters
Miss Ruth Suzanne Shipley of Carroll Parkway was installed as Honored Queen at the Frederick Bethel of Job's Daughters ceremony held Saturday night at the United Brethren Church. About 300 visitors from Maryland Washington and Virginia attended the meeting which outlined eligibility for girls ages 12 to 20 related to Master Masons.
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Ruth Suzanne Shipley
G. Raymond Shipley
Carroll Parkway
Frederick
Parkway Study Approved for Canal Trail from Great Falls to Cumberland
A House bill unanimously approves studying a parkway along the Chesapeake and Ohio canal between Great Falls Maryland and Cumberland. National Park Service and Public Roads Administration would survey. canal owned by the Federal Government could link with the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway. The measure advances to the Senate.
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Washington
Great Falls
Cumberland
House
Public Roads Administration
National Park Service
Blue Ridge Parkway
Harpers Ferry
Rep
Beall
Slip Cover School Teaches Custom Tailoring For Home Chairs
Thirteen Frederick County homemakers began a three day course learning to tailor slip covers for chairs. Led by Miss Florence Mason and a team from Maryland universities, the sessions cover fabric cutting sewing and finishing. Participants bring chairs from home and will train as advisers to other club members in local communities.
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Frederick County
Clibe
Church Street
Aubrey Davis
Frederick
County
Merryland Tract Club
George E. Chick
David Kifer
Ballenger
J. Russell Hargett
Leslie Wiles
Jug Bridge
Ronald Kling
Lola E. King
Braddock
Eldred Boyer
Paul Fout
Pleasant Grove
Sueoolt For Today By Earl L Douglass D D
A reflection on bluntly challenging shame and pretense, citing a friend who uses sharp remark as a reminder of human faults. The piece connects to Mark Twain like humor about fleas to provoke thought and accountability.
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Mark Twain
Flea Like Sparks Challenge Complacent Minds
The piece argues social groups need gadflies to disrupt complacency and spur progress. It cites Socrates and suggests enduring figures suffer due to dissent, while noting Francis Cardinal Spellman received a papal gift, the Ring of the True Cross, featuring a sapphire surrounded by diamonds and a True Cross notice.
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Socrates
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archdiocese of
New York
Paul XII
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Melvin Filler
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Miss Himes
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The
Optimists
Elmer K. Chandlee
Filler
Job
Fere
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Reed Paints
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Babson Newspaper
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Boystown
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