Truman seeks wheat pact ratification amid bipartisan tension
The article notes President Truman urging Senate ratification of the international wheat agreement to guarantee export markets and fair prices for farmers, detailing price steps from 1.50 to 2.00 per bushel through 1948–1950 and offsets by the government. It covers supporters and opponents among farm groups and industries, plus broader foreign policy strains and debates on displaced persons and the gold standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Senate
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Russia
U. S
William E. Jenner
Rep
Ind
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
National Farmers Union
National Grange
Pacific Northwest Farmers Council
Millers National Federation
Flour Millers Export Association
Cooperative Exchange
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House of Representatives
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
United Nations
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Howard Buffet
Neb
Clarence J. Brown
Taft
Reviewing Our Yesterdays in August 1938 Local Notes
Arnold Lambarth to preach at St. Paul's on Sunday. Miss Neva Longnecker visits Jeanette Clay. Methodist Sunday School picnic set for August 17 at Recreation Park Ypsilanti. Beulah Underhill recovering from stove burns. OEB S members host bride shower at Mrs C Greydon Everett home. Mrs Margaret Schroen helps at York farm. Ruth Sweetland visiting aunt Mrs William Lindeman. J C Fey and Arend relatives visit from Toledo, depart for Canada. Ray Armbruster's truck damaged by car west of town. Bernard Boettger buys Chris Rentz house on West Michigan Ave. Samuel Boyd struck with further bad luck Saturday. Charley Morgan of Detroit dies tragically. Wild carrot spreading. locals note. Straw stack struck by lightning. Fire Dept. saves nearby buildings. Beam family reunion at F C Rickitt farm. Gala Day celebration planned Wednesday. George Burkhart family outing to Portage Lake. Ann Seeger leaves for Jackson for new position. Maccabbee Day at Ann Arbor draws big crowd. Max Fitzgerald heads West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Lambarth
St. Paul's Church
Neva Longnecker
Hast Lansing
Jeanette Clay
Methodist
Recreation Park
Ypsilanti
Beulah Underhill
O. EB. S
C. Greydon Everett
Ray Armbruster
Bernard Boettger
Chris Rentz
West Michigan Avenue
Samuel Boyd
Ward
Charley Morgan
Detroit
Carrot
George Heininger
Fire Department
Beam
F. C. Rickitt
George Burkhart
Portage Lake
Ann Seeger
Jackson
Maccabbee
Ann Arbor
Max Fitzgerald
Vaughn Monroe Band Leader Profile In Chicago Gates
Vaughn Monroe, hailed as band of the year, leads a top musical group with the Moon Maids and Ziggy Talent backing him. Born in Akron and raised amid country life, he celebrated an eighth anniversary as band leader in Chicago as he pursues film work and tours. He stands 6 ft 2 in, 195 lbs, and quotes a quiet, personable family life with his wife and daughter who gifted him a red blue robe. He enjoys carving miniature trains as a hobby and remains focused on his music career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Connelly
NWNS
Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn
Ziggy
Chicago
Akron
Ohio
Yau-Ben
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Devoted husband urged wife to end sorrow and help others
A widow recalls her husband’s effort to ease her grief and learns that continuing sorrow would harm him and others. She vows to stop mourning so as not to burden or influence others negatively and hopes other sorrowing mothers benefit from her example.
Local Notes Mix War Talk Oddities and Travel
A dated item mix notes in a small town column mentions a man enlisting in the regular Army, residents with health issues, dance plans at the Gala Day hall, a granddaughter arriving, poultry shipments to New York, a Detroit trip, and a notable death. It also reports a massasauga bite near Alfred Daniels and a peculiar caravan with horse traders and a funeral party. It closes with a brief note on USSR meteorological stations and automatic weather data broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lindsley Klein
Snauble
Ann Arbor
Alfred Daniels
Lister & Sheeden
Ussr
Soviet Union
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Saline
Michigan
Myron B. Gallagher
Myron B. Gallagher Jr
Michigan Press Service Inc
Orangeburg
W. Stadium Boulevard
Ann Arbor, Mich
William Lindeman
J. C. Fey
Arend
Toledo
Fred Arend
Mr. Arend
V. Monroe
Leo Herndon
Abilene, Tex
D. Carnegie
Mrs. Herndon
Hulda Lasher
Bridgewater
Walter Feldkamp
Lashier
Opera House
Frank Spears
BE. A. Hauser
Walter Nissley
Tema Rentschler
G. A. Lindenschmid
Underkicher
Alice Caldwell
George J. Nissly
American Express
Patan
Santagy Eee
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