Taft and Dewey Move Into South to Mend Fences
Senator Taft and Thomas Dewey push through the South on a final delegate tour as the Republican race narrows toward the Philadelphia convention. Willkie and Hoover lag in delegate strength, while Taft speaks in Tennessee and Georgia to court border state delegates. 102 national convention votes are at stake across six states, with early ballot outcomes shaping the nominating dynamic.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Philadelphia
Taft
Wendell Willkie
The
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Willkie
Herbert C. Hoover
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Deep South
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Cheese Marketers Deny Price Fixing Across Six Corporations
Washington March report states six corporations faced Federal Trade Commission charges for conspiring to fix prices and monopolize the supply of foreign type cheese. Named parties include National Dairy Products Corporation Kraft Phenix Cheese Corporation Badger Brodhead Cheese Company Borden Company J S Hoff man Company and Triangle Cheese Company. The FTC alleges they stifled competition by eliminating nearly all independent cheese dealers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
National Dairy Products Corporation
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation
Kraft Cheese Company
Badger- Brodhead Cheese Company
Borden Company
J. S. Hoffman Company
Triangle Cheese Company
Wisconsin cheese firms deny conspiracy in price talks
Several Monroe area cheese companies deny any understanding or conspiracy to restrain competition. They acknowledge monthly meetings with cheese producers and the state agriculture department, stating the gatherings were producer requested, open to all, and aimed at exchanging market data and discussing fair prices.
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Ers
Monroe
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Pheasant Parade Delays Traffic on Highway 30
State Highway Patrolman C. H. Rudge held up traffic on transcontinental Highway 30 as a hen pheasant and ten chicks crossed the road in single file, attracting smiling motorists.
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Kearney
Neb
C. H. Rudge
Wallace Proposes Shared Farm Credit Profits With Borrowers
Secretary Wallace urged Congress to require the Farm Credit Administration to share profits and losses with former borrowers. He said the current 5 percent stock requirement defeats cooperatives and urged patronage dividends proportionate to loan size to encourage prompt payments and sound local lending.
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Wallace
Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Norse Explorers and Farm Income Figures Mentioned
The excerpt discusses premium payments to associations based on effectiveness and a flow of funds to members as loan cost reductions. It notes Norse explorers likely reached America before Columbus and cites U S farm income in 1929 at 8.25 billion dollars, higher than 1938 and lower than 1937 per the Agriculture Department.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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