Perini Pushes Two 12-Team Leagues For Major Baseball
The piece argues for realignment by creating two 12 team leagues to include growing cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco. It notes these markets could rival traditional giants and questions why fans in large cities must settle for minor league play. The column also contrasts baseball with football and highlights insights from jockey Ted Atkinson on split-second decisions.
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LY Perini
Braves
Perini
Los Angeles
San Franccisco
Baltimore
Buffalo
Houston
San Francisco
Santa Anita
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Pacific Coast
California
New England
Minnesota
Florida
Texas
Edldie Arcaro
Atkinson
Ted
Hirsch Jacobs
Shipping Ban Violated Exposes OIT Export to Czechoslovakia
A column claims the Office of International Trade issued licenses to export ball bearings and steel balls to Czechoslovakia via Overseas Mercantile, despite official bans. It notes Czechoslovakia’s Skoda plant is a major munitions supplier and highlights large proposed 1949 military budgets for Army and Navy, with air force figures pending.
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U. S
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade
William Remington
House un-American Activities Committee
Russia
OIT
Czechoslovakia
Overseas Mercantile Company
Great Skoda
Germany
Washington Merry-Go-Round Behind Pearson In Vacation
The Washington Merry-Go-Round is written by Robert B. Allen while Drew Pearson is away. The piece notes national and state contests heating up before Labor Day with undecided voters and Kefauver defeating Memphis Boss Crump signaling political upheaval and uncertainty.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Robert 8. Allen
Harry Truman
Thomas Dewey
Congress
Truman
Memphis
Crump
Kefauver
Advisory commission report flags raises for lower ranks
The report proposes pay increases for enlisted personnel and junior officers but not for senior grades. It suggests eliminating tax deductions and certain allowances, potentially cutting top pay. A prior generals and admirals panel urged boosts for all ranks, while Defense Secretary Forrestal deferred to a civilian commission for a new study.
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Advisory Commission
Defense
Forrestal
Congress
Summer spraying not effective against heel fly grub
An agricultural note reviews cattle spray trials with benzene hexachloride rotenone and DDT. Older cows showed few grubs after summer treatment while calves and young stock remained infested. Experts caution that summer sprays are ineffective and that control is best when grubs are in the cattle backs.
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Dgne
Corn Belt
Pas
Department of Agriculture
Soil Inventory Aids Farm Management
A soil fertility inventory helps farmers manage assets like buildings and livestock by tracking soil nutrients, organic matter, and structure. Contour cultivation strip cropping and terracing slow runoff, protect topsoil, and sustain soil quality for higher output.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Soil fumigation boosts sugar beet yields in Utah trials
Joint tests by sugar interests and the USDA show soil fumigation after sugar beets markedly increases yields. Without fumigation, fields with a large beet crop become death beds for the following year’s crop due to rapid nematode buildup.
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Utah
Sugar
USDA
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Greensboro
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Elizabeth Bentley
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Mae
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Shirlington, Va
Victor St. Cyr
Woonsocket
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William Walmsley
American Institute of Baking School
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Wyoming
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
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Home Furnishings & Appll
Monsey Iron & Metal CO
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