Nation's Farm Labor Wasted In Output Shortfall
Washington reports a farm labor shortfall of nearly 500000 workers from last year, while millions are deemed wasted on underdeveloped farms lacking soil, equipment, and know-how. Mechanization and targeted government aid could boost productivity, with Farmers Home Administration offering guidance and loans, though funding remains limited.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cotton Belt
Appalachian
Ozark
Oklahoma
Texas
Lake States
Farmers Home Administration
McArthur speech drawn crowds despite few seats filled
General MacArthur spoke on a Houston stage to a vast audience while many stadium seats remained empty. TV and radio carried the 14 minute address that warned against appeasement and insidious internal forces, defending free enterprise and national resolve before a San Antonio stop at the Alamo.
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Jack Harris
Kprc-Tv
Houston
American Broadcasting Company
Mac
MacArthur
San Antonio
Alamo, Shrine of Texas
Woman Hit By Car Driver Flees At East Van Buren
Search continued for a hit and run driver after striking 60 year old Mary Hamilton in a crosswalk near 5200 E Van Buren. Hamilton, of 5218 E Polk, suffered head, leg and ankle injuries and was treated at Memorial then Maricopa County Hospital. Traffic officer said a eastbound car struck her and she was tossed into a second eastbound vehicle driven by Glenn Gilbert Jr.
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E. van Buren
Mary Hamilton
E. Polk
Memorial Hospital
Maricopa County Hospital
John Perica Jr
Hamilton
Glenn Gilbert Jr
E. Pima
Gilbert
Perica
N. Central
McDowell
James Hunt
Route 4
Vera Worth
W. Madison
Duane van Morrow
S. 31St Ave
Jerry C. Coker
E. Harvard
Engebretson Rites Conducted In Mesa
Henry J. Engebretson, a 73 year old Mesa resident for about 15 years, died Tuesday in a Phoenix hospital after a short illness. Services were held this morning at Melcher Mortuary Chapel with Rev. James Dingman of Mesa Apostolic Church officiating. Burial was to be in Mesa Cemetery. No survivors are listed.
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Mesa
Henry J. Engebretson
Phoenix
Melcher Mortuary Chapel
James Dingman
Mesa Apostolic Church
Mesa Cemetery
Secretary Bran nan cites farmer wage claim and interest
Secretary Bran nan states that the average U S farmer earns about 69 cents per hour for labor plus 5 percent interest on investment with no compensation for managing the farm. The remark frames the farmer’s earnings and returns within a critique of farm economics.
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Brannan
U. S
Veterans Administration region head reports declining rehab enrollments
The Legion regional manager cited fewer enrollees in the rehabilitation and training program as courses finish, veterans rejoin the armed services, and private employment improves. In contests, the Douglas post drum and bugle corps won, Luke Greenway post Phoenix second, Tucson third. Thunderbird post Phoenix won drill squad with Wickenburg second.
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Veterans Administration
Armed Services
Douglas Post
Luke Greenway
Phoenix
Tucson
Thunderbird Post
Wickenburg
Dog piano star Tchaikovsky faces a doghouse setback
A Hollywood mongrel named Tchaikovsky rises to piano fame, playing hot licks at cocktail parties and a San Francisco theater, but is blocked by union card issues and a missing standby. The tale notes a dog's take on self-improvement and music dreams.
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Tchaikovsky
Hollywood
L. A
San Francisco
Cohen Starts Defense Against Tax Charges
Gambler Mickey Cohen opens his defense in federal income tax evasion charges with Allen Smiley as a key witness. Defense motions for acquittal and dismissal were denied. Subpoenaed Smiley, an ex aide to Bugsy Siegel, is to testify as Cohen claims a $25,000 loan from Siegel was never repaid. Jurors heard Cohen’s tax totals for 1946 to 1948 totaling over $113,000.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Allen Smiley
Leo Silverstein
Cohen
Silverstein
U.S. District Court
Ben Harrison
Smiley
Czark Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
McNeil Island
Russia
Siegel
Beverly Hills
Maurice Siegel
Lawrence W. Givney
Givney
De Gaullist Partisans Fire On Posters Wounding Four
In NICE FRANCE on June 15 police reported a car full of De Gaullist partisans fired a submachine gun at Communist bill posters. Four posters were wounded, one seriously, in the attack reported last night.
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Nice
France
Truman You must support strong anti inflation law
President Truman urged Congress to back a strong anti inflation law while warning that without control measures after June 30 defense costs will rise and taxes may grow. He blamed NAM for opposing price controls and called for budget restraint and credit controls to curb inflation.
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Congress
MR. Truman
Korea
National Association of Manufacturers
Chicago
William H. Ruffin
NAM
Ruffin
Truman
Office of Price Stabilization
Michael V. DiSalle
Three Women and Three Men Jailed in Vice Raid
Police and deputy county attorney carried out a vice raid at the Drive In Court on 1819 E. Washington arresting three women ages 45 50 and three men ages 37 42 and 56. An informer supplied 10 marked dollars and $7 was recovered with money portions found on a 50-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man. The informer says the woman paid a man to bring the customer to her cabin.
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E. Washington
John J. Flynn
West markets warn of cattle famine and price posters
West markets face a potential cattle famine as the situation spikes. Beauty shops barber shops amusement centers and many service establishments must post ceiling prices today.
Doyles Held On New York Nar cotics Indictment
William W. Doyle and Eileen Doyle of Phoenix faced federal grand jury charges in New York City for narcotics violations. Each was ordered held on 15000 bond. previously they faced 5000 total bond on local heroin charges. Mrs Doyle runs the Commercial Hotel at 205 E Madison St. Indicted with them were 26 others linked to a coast to coast narcotics distributing ring.
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William W
Eileen Doyle
Phoenix
Cc. B. Wilson
New York City
Doyles
Doyle
E. Madison St
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