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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1951

Page

6

Kaesong Out As Conference Site and Korea War News

Major war updates report Kaesong dropped as a peace talks venue after Gen. Bradley and Gen. Ridgway refuse to resume negotiations. U S Marines execute helicopter landings in Korea as Van Fleet warns of potential all out fighting if talks fail. New U S draft call of 55 900 to the army and marines raises total draftees since 1950 to 734 680.

Korea Omar Bradley Joint Chiefs of Staff Tokyo Matthew Ridgway United Nations Kaesong Songhyon No-Man's-Land James van Fleet Eighth Army North Korea United States Army Marine Corps House Senate George

Reds in U S Communists in decline says Hoover

A latest survey reports the U S Communist Party is broke and demoralized with leadership undercut by court cases. J Edgar Hoover notes membership down to 37 000 from 74 000 in 1947 as fundraising struggles continue and funds go to defense of 67 leaders convicted or on trial.

United Defense Fund National Community Chest Campaign New York City USO United Community Defense Services American Relief For Korea Truman Community Chest Communist Party United States J Edgar Hoover F.B.I Washington Ohio State Illinois Texas Baylor Tennessee Kentucky Alabama Maryland Oklahoma Miami Michigan State Notre Dame Pennsylvania Navy Princeton Cornell Texas A Nebraska Missouri Valley

Fight Fiasco Prompts Fans to Stay Home

Grantland Rice criticizes the Turpin Robinson melee and the lingering mishandling of fans. He argues state commissions and promoters fail to protect spectators and predicts TV will dominate future big shows, with college football televised earnings shaping the sport's finances.

Robinson-Turpin Saddler Turpin-Robinson Faw State Boxing Commission Commission New York Turpin Robinson England Mike Jacobs Tom Hamilton Ralph Furey Asa Bushnell

War outlook and manpower push across Europe and Asia

U S observers foresee a tense period in September and October as Europe awaits winter. Russia is not expected to start a new war this year but will push conflicts via satellites while China leans toward a truce. Potential moves target Burma Thailand Indo China and northern Iran with oil stakes and border security drawing concern.

Chanceries Europe U.S Russia China Korea Burma Thailand Indo- China Kremlin Moscow Iran Azerbaijan Germany

Strip Cropping Helps Hold Soil in Place In Conservation Plan

Strip cropping is presented as an early step in soil conservation near Neillsville Wisconsin. The piece urges land terracing contouring and mulching, plus crop rotation cover crops and right fertilizers, with advisory help from soil conservation district officers or county agents.

Neillsville Wis Soil Conservation District

Number of U S Farms Hits Postwar Low

The U S Department of Agriculture reports fewer than 54 million farms in the United States last year, the lowest total since before the 1900s. Farm numbers have fallen from about 59 million in 1945 and from a 1935 peak of 6.8 million, even as land under cultivation and total agricultural production rose.

United States Department of Agriculture U. S

Sliding Door System for Poultry Houses

A simple exterior operated sliding door uses a rope attached to a door screw eye that runs to the ceiling and along the wall to a ring. A hook on the building side can hold the door open for easy access and ventilation.

Farm Exports Rise 14 Percent to 3.41 Billion

The agriculture department reports farm exports climbed 14 percent from the prior year, totaling 3,409,245,000 dollars. Cotton topped the list at 35,332,000,000 dollars, the second highest in 26 years, while wheat and flour reached 747,570,000 dollars, up 9 percent from the previous year.

Agriculture Department

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