Hoover Revival of Great Debate Tops Scanning News
Former President Herbert Hoover, at 77, urged cutting military spending and favoring mobile air and sea defenses. He pressed Europe to supply ground armies while the U S would provide air and sea shields, in a speech that revived the great debate amid looming peacetime budgets. Egypt's King Farouk dismissed the nationalist government, martial law imposed, 35 buildings burned and 100 killed as Britain faces evacuation and unification moves. The piece also covers farm waste, inflation controls, universal military training, and Asia tensions with UN actions and Cold War brinkmanship.
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Herbert Hoover
Europe
United States
Stalin
Asia
Hoover
Far East
Red China
Chaing Kai-shek
Congress
Egypt
Farouk
Britain
Cairo
Maher Pasha
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
Vinson
United States Newsprint Use Tops World in 1950
The 1951 United Nations yearbook notes the United States used 60 percent of global newsprint in 1950 but ranked only seventh in newspaper circulation. The UK shows the highest daily circulation per 1000 people at 599, followed by Australia 455, Luxembourg 441, Denmark 414, U.S. 357, and Switzerland 354. Some nations faced cuts in supplies, with England notably reducing newspaper sizes. Burma, India, and Iraq reported as low as six copies per thousand population.
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United Nations
United States
United ‘Kingdom
Australia
Luxembourg
Denmark
Switzerland
England
Burma
India
Iraq
Congress wary on universal military training and grain graft
The piece notes likely failure to pass a universal military training plan in this session, citing concerns over timing and costs. It also reports smear campaigns against Eisenhower by partisan groups, and a government probe into $3.8 million in missing grain from southwestern storage bins with officials slow to act.
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Congress
Lindsay Warren
General Accounting Office
Dallas
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Selecting the Top Football Coach of All Time
Beverly Hills and the Pacific coast debate the greatest football coach. Pop Warner and Lonnie Stagg are praised for innovations like the single wing and forward pass. Knute Rockne is noted for personality, with broader claims about art and amateurism in sport.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Knute Rockne
Rockne
Pacific
Glen
Pop) Warner
Alonzo Stagg
Warner
Stagg
Grants
Rice
Pop
Lonnie
Pop Warner
Carlisle
Pittsburgh
Stanford
Temple
Chicago
UCLA
Michigan State
Mittens as Improvised Pockets With Safety Pins
A mitten fastened with safety pins inside a jacket serves as a handy temporary pocket. This method is especially useful during hunting or fishing activities.
Agriculture goals mark 1952 growth for farm output
Main Street merchants note 1952 Department of Agriculture goals for agricultural products about six percent above near 1949 output and nearly 60 percent above the 1935 to 1939 average. Top priority to feed grains with rises in corn grain sorghum and barley while oats stay level. Commerce reports third quarter 1951 national income at 278 billion dollars, up 34 billion from Q2, driven by wages and defense payrolls. Farm owners income rises about 6 percent to one billion dollars. third quarter profits after tax run 16 billion versus 18 billion and 20 billion earlier, reflecting higher tax liability.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Retail sales and defense procurement notes from 1951 report
November drug store sales reached 363 million while groceries gained to 2 550 million and dry goods rose to 393 million. Defense procurement notes list 3000 small firms as worthy of attention and point to new Small Defense Plants Administration efforts to ensure material access. Corporate working capital in Q3 1951 rose with September estimates at 79.2 billion dollars as current assets grew.
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Defense Production Administration
Small Defense Plants Administration
Division of Printing Services
U.S
Army to call Reserve officers, Korean veterans in 1952
The Army plans to order into active duty from June to September 1952 all officers commissioned in the Army Reserve who have ROTC deferments, plus veterans with less than two years of active service between December 7, 1941 and September 2, 1945.
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HE Army
United States Army Reserve
Army
Army Develops New Armored Jacket Tests Warned for Combat Use
The Army Quartermaster Corps unveiled a new armored jacket showing superior ballistic protection in tests and planned field testing by combat troops. In Korea’s outbreak, rapid staffing needs arose, leading to a reinforcement category in the Organized Reserve Corps for veterans returning to civilian life with remaining reserve obligations. They may train in reserve duty and earn drill pay if funds permit.
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Army Quartermaster Corps
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
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Bob
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