Must Lick Dirty Five Warns Farmers Cooperatives
Dr. Roger B. Corbett, ex Maryland extension official and now agricultural counsel for the National Association of Food Chains, warns farmers aiding cooperatives to control the dirt five taxes insurance repairs depreciation and interest. In Country Gentlemen he argues good management and a strong sales program are essential, citing two cooperatives showing success and failure due to sales knowhow and leadership.
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Roger B. Corbett
University of Maryland
Country Gentlemen
National Association of Food Chains
Corbett
West Coast
Midwest
Four Generations in Cooperatives Built on Cornell Learnings
The article profiles a Cornell graduate under H. E. Babcock who led a regional farmers cooperative in New York. Over 27 years he helped establish five cooperatives applying his college-taught principles, after starting at a fruit packing and marketing cooperative in the Empire State.
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Torest
Cornell University
H. E. Babcock
New York State
Empire State
Two Georgetown Students Rescued From Potomac Rock
Two Georgetown University students John Hurst and Henry Owens, both 18, were rescued after five hours on a rock in turbulent Potomac waters near Little Falls. They paddled to shore when the rapids appeared, then clung to a rock about eight feet above the water as Fishermen and harbor police aided them with a breeches buoy after nightfall.
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Washington
Potomac River
Georgetown University
John Hurst
Lynn
Mass
Henry Owens
Foreign Service
York
Little Falls
Hurst
Virginia
Daring Rescue on Rocky Shore Ends in Safe Shore Return
On a wooded boulder strewn shore a group of youths crossed a line secured by safety belts. Hurst tangled a belt knot and dangled above water until rescuers looped another rope. He freed himself and inched to shore along the main rope. Owens was hauled to shore without incident.
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Hurst
Owens
Weather data snippet with temperatures and moon phases
The daily weather summary reports none precipitation in the past 24 hours and shows May precipitation at .97 inches so far this month. It lists May 1948 total at 5.03 inches, excess in 1949 up to May 1 at 2.66 inches, yesterday high of 74 and a year ago high of 75, last night low 42, and a year ago low 42. Sunset 8.11 p.m. sunrise 6.02 a.m. Moon rise 6.18 p.m. moonset 4.42 a.m.
Injured Trucker Glenn Bidle Hurt In Lancaster Pike Crash
Glenn W. Bidle a well known Middletown trucker is recovering at home after his trailer rig overturned and burned on the Lancaster pike in Radnor about 15 miles from Philadelphia Pa. The truck owned by a county man and carrying a load of glass marbles for Masser Express Co Hagerstown was wrecked by the crash and fire. Bidle said the fire started in the motor and the driver lost control while seeking its source.
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Glenn W. Bidle
Middletown
Lancaster Pike
Radnor
Philadelphia
Bidle
Masser Express Company
Hagerstown
Parade Planned For Taneytown Carnival At Fair Grounds
The Taneytown Volunteer firemen plan an annual carnival at the Carroll County Fair Grounds from June 13 to 18. A parade will headline on Thursday evening June 16 at 7 p.m. Invitations go to over 75 companies with marching units bands and ambulances.
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Carroll County Fair
Cellowax Promotion Promises Superior Floor Wax
A promotional claim asserts Cellowax outperforms leading waxes in homes and on rink floors. No verifiable test details are provided, and the wording emphasizes consumer choice and product comparison without independent sourcing.
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Packard
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Thurmont
Woodsboro
Myersville
M. D. Harp Agency
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Gordon W. Spurrier
Howard, Fink
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N. Bentz St
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Hryn Mawr Hospital
Taneytown
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