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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
6
Government issues a stopgap order freezing all wages and prices while the AEC conducts atomic experiments. The editor notes reflect the column's viewpoint as Western Newspaper Union analysis.
The government issued a stopgap order freezing wages and prices to curb the wage price spiral. It halted many collective bargaining talks while exempting food at farm level but freezing processing and retail food prices above parity. The move aims to transition to industry specific ceilings and a flexible wage policy.
Las Vegas residents near the atomic testing range report a bright white flash followed by an orange glow and tremors. The three explosions are said to have caused windows to shake and burglar alarms to go off, with Boulder City feeling the final blast.
French Premier Rene Pleven met with President Truman in Washington as the two leaders agreed on policy in Korea and Indochina. Observers expect the talks to widen Western cooperation and involve France more in European defense.
The January end total shows 966000 traffic fatalities in the United States, 28,000 fewer than all war deaths to date. About 29.5 to 30 million Americans have been injured since 1900.
Reports describe a lull in Korean fighting as UN forces advance north with only minor resistance. Questions persist about Communist casualties and weather impacts as probes fail to contact main Chinese forces north of the 38th parallel.
Senator Taft of Ohio calls Republicans to confront Truman era appeasement and Communist sympathy. He heads the Senate GOP policy committee and is seen as a leading 1952 presidential contender. Taft insists on meeting any aggression toward Russia with firm policy and resource discipline.
The House Armed Services Committee orders the Defense Department to study raising the draft age from 26 to 30 as an alternative to drafting 18 year olds. The plan could yield 350 000 to 450 000 men in year one, while moves to draft more non veterans 19 to 25 who married since 1950 are debated and draft standards are being eased to add about 150 000 eligible draftees.
The article notes farmers are not making as much from each dollar spent on feed as in recent years. It states that the return per feed dollar in producing eggs and milk is below the 1935-39 average.
The craft of glass blowing adapts to petroleum research at Shell Oil lab in Emeryville California. A skilled blower makes a model distillation column for testing oil refining processes on a laboratory scale. The aim is a pilot plant and then a full scale column, with drain tubes cut and slotted to regulate overflow.
The article outlines historical glass production from Thebes to Venice and notes mid-century farm feed returns with beef hog and milk margins. It cites 1950 averages for milk and beef per dollar spent, compares to 1935 39 and 1949 figures, and mentions the spread of glasscraft from the Mediterranean.
The American Foundation for Animal Health lists seven measures to prevent swine enteritis. Isolate new pigs for three weeks, control parasites, separate from rat and contaminated areas, keep feeding equipment clean, check rations for B vitamin deficiency and avoid overeating, earmark sows and litters to weed carriers, and monitor for diarrhea weight loss and poor intake with prompt diagnosis.
The article traces ancient glass work from Roman luxury to Renaissance and modern uses. It notes Fugger gifting a glass vessel to Charles V, silk and glass fabrics, and historic glass adornments. It contrasts glass’s artistic heyday with today’s shift toward laboratory equipment and optics.
Four hundred economists from thirty institutions urge the government to raise taxes and tighten credit controls as the main defense against inflation. They call scrutinizing nonessential spending, achieving a cash surplus with a tax rise exceeding 16 billion dollars, and restricting nondefense credit.
British housewives protest a drastic 20 percent cut in fresh meat ration, the third cut in three months, shrinking each person’s allotment to about a bite a day as prices rise and calls for controls grow.
Researchers from the U S Department of Agriculture with northwest orchardists report fifth straight season of blossom thinning in Golden Delicious orchards increasing average production by six boxes per tree about 15 percent. The thinning compounds were applied on about 20 000 acres this season.
Mrs. Antonina Graziano of Jersey City praises ALL-BRAN for regular digestion after using it since marriage. The ad urges constipation sufferers to eat an ounce daily with water and promises double money back if not satisfied after 10 days.
An advertisement claims saving $2 by making a home mixed cough syrup using 2 cups sugar 1 cup water no cooking plus 24 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle. It touts four times value, soothing effects and quick relief for colds, with a money back guarantee.
Mrs Lucy Braswell of Stone Mountain Georgia says HADACOL improved her stomach problems after six weeks of use. She reports increased strength and urges friends to try the product, noting the 350 hospital economy or 125 trial size options and a money back guarantee.
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