California primary quirks reshape 1946 politics
The piece explains California’s unusual primary system where voters must support their registered party but can back cross party nominations. Warren and Roosevelt show dual-ballot strength, Nixon faces a split Boddy-Douglas result, and the article cautions that November outcomes hinge on undisclosed evidence and conduct of a Senate investigation into McCarthy’s charges.
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Censorship Fights and War Powers Dominate Postwar News
General MacArthur press censorship in Korea sparks critique from AP and others, while Truman scales back whistle stop plans and war powers debates unfold. Hidden Russian naval strength alarms U.S. planners as Baruch urges profit conscription. Congress remains stalled on wartime controls.
4-H Club Fencer Turns Woodlot Task Into Savings
Terry Liston a 17 year old South Carolina Four H Clubs president found that thinning a Smoaks area woodlot produced 700 fence posts. He learned creosote pressure treatment can extend life to over 30 years and arranged treatment for posts ties and poles at a local plant. His solution spread as other farmers adopted the method.
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Sale of Farm Churned Butter at New Low
The U S department of agriculture notes farm butter sales have fallen from historic highs. By 1947 production slipped below 50 million pounds and by 1949 stood around 41 million, less than a quarter of 1924 levels, with only eight states exceeding 2 million pounds that year.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abolish the double play break up in baseball say Dr Bennett
Dr George Bennett of Baltimore declares the double play break up at second base the most dangerous and useless play in baseball. He urges abolition to protect players from back and leg injuries citing Eddie Joost and Cliff Mapes as recent examples and notes the need to avoid turning baseball into football. Nap Lajoie is praised as the most graceful player observed with remarks on his timing and fielding.
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Ketchel and Greb clash in famed boxing duel clash
The piece weighs Ketchel as a puncher and Greb as a boxer while noting a hypothetical meeting would be a classic. It recalls Philadelphia Jack O'Brien outboxing Ketchel for nine rounds before Ketchel’s dramatic ending to the tenth, a moment likened to Byron's Turk.
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Greb
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
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O’brien
Hy-Line Chicken Developed at Doylestown Hatchery
Hy-Line chickens were developed by Robert Wallace at his Doylestown Pennsylvania hatchery. The breed arose from cross breeding using a hybridization formula similar to that used in creating hybrid corn.
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Doyletown
Nebraska Farm Families Face About 10 Percent Income Drop
Nebraska farm families will have about ten percent less net income in 1950 than in 1949, says L F Snipes extension farm management specialist at the University of Nebraska. Costs of production and family needs are expected to be as high or higher than last year.
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L. F. Snipes
University of Nebraska
Sewing Circle Patterns Charm in Fitted Yoked Dress For School
Pattern No. 8613 offers a versatile shirtwaist frock with a rolled collar and adjustable sleeves in sizes 14 26 18 20 40 42 44 and 40. Includes 4% yards of fabric for size 16 and a 25 cent offer for the fall and winter Styl ist book featuring 48 pages of new styles and free inside pattern. Pattern No. 8612 presents a yoked style for grade school miss sizes 4 6 8 10 12 with narrow edges and three quarter sleeves.
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Betty
Princess Elizabeth’s Husband Advances In Navy Career
Prince Philip has earned his first command in the British navy and will lead the anti-aircraft frigate Magpie, set to assume command in August. He is expected to be promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant commander around the same time, currently serving as first lieutenant of the destroyer Chequers from Malta. The Magpie, 1,430 tons, carries six officers and 186 men with four six-inch guns eight two-pounders and pompon anti-aircraft weapons.
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