Costs Will Be Up Next Year at Agricultural Outlook
Extension economics from Ohio State University warned farmers costs will rise in 1951 while demand for dairy meat fruit vegetables and tobacco could exceed production. M G Smith urged long term planning as farm prices remain below 1948 peaks and production must rise on the same acreage with less labor.
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Extension Economics
Ohio State University
Agricultural Outlook
M. G. Smith
Mr. Smith
Excess Profits Tax Bill Set For House Action Jan 1
Washington December 23 AP final action on a 3 3 billion tax bill is scheduled New Year’s Day. It slaps a 77 percent levy on excess profits and raises federal tax intake to record levels. The measure authorizes a 77 percent excess profits tax retroactive to July 1 1950, and tightens normal corporate rates with an 62 percent ceiling on total corporate tax. An alternate capital base method allows 12 10 and 8 percent returns on invested capital before the excess rate applies.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Inside The Times Page Summary
The page lists sections such as Building, Radio, Churches, Comics, Portsmouth, Deaths, Dickens Caro, Sports, Editorial, Stamps, Theaters, and Want Ads with page references, indicating a structured newspaper table of contents and feature routing. It shows how content is divided across sections like Social, Sports, and Classifieds for readers.
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Portsmouth
Dickens Caro
United Effort Helps Portsmouth General Hospital Modernize
Portsmouth General Hospital will begin renovations in January funded by a $50 000 bond issue approved by voters November 7 with hospital auxiliaries aid. The project aims to balance the 1950 budget, with 1951 receipts projected at about $325 000, and includes air conditioned operating rooms and upgraded X ray and kitchen facilities.
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Portsmouth General Hospital
E. T. Beall
Beall
Arthur Carvorth
Prayers and Gunfire Mark Yule 1950
Prayers for peace punctuate the Christmas season as the world confronts renewed fears of war. Pilgrims in Nazareth and Bethlehem seek solace at holy sites while American soldiers and civilians in Tokyo and Europe face a cautious holiday under tense skies. Pope Pius XII calls for global prayer. Italy shows postwar prosperity, France reports strong sales, Britain enjoys recovery despite rationing.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Joseph and
Mary
Nazareth
Jesus
Jordan
Tokyo
Europe
Pope
Pope Pius XII
Italy
France
Paris
Britain
Christmas turkey dinners planned in Scioto County institutions
Institutions across Scioto County prepare Christmas dinners with turkey and all the trimmings for residents, including Hillcrest Children’s Home and county facilities. Salvation Army programs supply food orders for nearly 500 families, toys for children, and gifts for shut-ins.
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Tjturkey
Scioto County
Salvation Army
Arthur B. Hills
Salvation Army Toy Department
Thhree
Hill
Hillcrest Children
Pope Declares Tomb of St. Peter Found at Vatican
Pope Pius XII announced in his Christmas message that scientific studies of excavations beneath St. Peter's Basilica indicate bones near the tomb, supporting Catholic belief that the prince of the apostles was buried on that site. The findings, deemed highly important, will be published soon.
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Pius XII
Peter
Prince of the Apostles
Vatican
St. Peter’s Church
Cost of living climbs to new high in mid November
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.5 percent rise in the cost of living between Oct 15 and Nov 15, pushing the index to 175.6 percent of the 1935-39 average and 3.2 percent above the pre Korean War level last June.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Power director named McManus to lead defense power
Clifford B. McManus, an Atlanta industrialist, has been appointed as federal defense power administrator. His selection places a private sector leader in a key federal energy role amid national security energy policy shifts.
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Washington
Clifford B. McManus
Atlanta
Federal Defense
The Times Holiday Schedule for Christmas
The Times announces a Christmas holiday break with no editions Monday and all departments closed. Regular editions resume Tuesday as The Times and its employees extend season's greetings to all readers.
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the Times
Times
White Christmas Forecast Dismissed by Weatherman
The Weather Bureau predicts no snow for Portsmouth with at least two days of fair, mild weather. Tonight’s low should reach 30 to 35 degrees, and Sunday will be mild with some clouds.
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Portsmouth
U.S
Lucasville Soldier Wounded In Korea
Pfc. Charles R. Free of Lucasville Jt 1, son of Mrs. Maude Free, was wounded in action in Korea according to a Defense Department announcement.
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Lucasville
Korea
Charles R. Free
Maute Free
Jt 1
Department of Defense
U S Freezes Auto Wages Key Sought
The Economic Stabilization Agency froze wages for 1,000,000 passenger car workers and pay for their bosses, marking the first mandatory wage action since World War I. The measure lasts until March 1 while ESA seeks a broader price wage policy and possible voluntary standards for all industries.
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Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Alan Valentine
Cyrus S. Ching
Washington
C.I.0
A.F. L
Canadian Plane With 18 On Board Reported Lost
A Canadian Pacific DC-3 carrying 18 people disappeared after departing Vancouver for Calgary. The twin-engine plane failed to reach its first stop, with last radio contact 40 miles from Vancouver at 15,900 feet. It is presumed down in southern British Columbia’s snowy, wooded mountains.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Calgary
Penticton
Here
British Columbia
Walker dies as UN forces face Chinese push in Korea
General Walton Walker dies in a jeep crash en route to front lines as Chinese forces threaten a bloody Christmas. Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway is named 8th Army chief. Six F 86 Sabres shoot down six Mig 15s in the largest jet battle to date. Far East Air Forces report no American losses.
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Tokyo
U.S. 8Th Army
Walton H. Walker
South Korea
MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
Walker
8Th Army
United Nations Force
Northwest
U.S. Airborne Corps
Far East
Hungnam
Korea
U.S. 10Th Corps
Sea of Japan
Sam Sims Walker
27Th
Commonwealth Brigade
Policy Battle Pushes Western Europe to Boost Defenses
Western Europe faces pressure from a broad House bloc to speed defense efforts to keep U S support. Secretary Acheson warns against isolation, citing risk of Soviet conquest. State Department notes Moscow peace talks unlikely but open to discussions on East West tensions and core problems.
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Europe
Congress
State Acheson
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Acheson
United States
Asia
National Security Council
Hemisphere
State Department
Moscow
Britain
France
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Germany
Michael J. McDermott
Five of ten hurt in autos remain in hospitals
Five of ten people injured in a pre-holiday weekend traffic accident near Portsmouth remained hospitalized. Mrs. Emme Walker of Cincinnati and her husband Donald Walker were among those hurt when their car collided with a coal truck on Route 52. Hospitalized also was Thurman Barker of Ashland. The wreck occurred around 4 p.m. as the Walker car turned after the collision, sending the truck off the road and spilling coal.
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Scioto
Adams County
Emme Esta Walker
Cincinnati
Donald H. Walker
Thurman A. Barker
Ashland
Portsmouth General Hospital
Emrick
Walker
Carlos Fugett
Felicity
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