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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
3
President Truman signs the North Atlantic Pact as debates rage over the Brannan farm plan in the House. British calls for access to atomic bomb secrets intensify global tension amid postwar policy wrangles.
House approved a measure to continue the current farm price support system despite a Brannan plan trial fail. The Pace bill for a three-crop experiment died 222 to 152, while the Gore substitute passed 383 to 75. Senate ratified the Atlantic Pact 82 to 13, with few votes to keep the Aiken law alive and critics urging consumer protections.
The SEC reports first quarter 1949 profits drop to about 2.4 billion dollars after taxes, with large corporations hit hardest and returns to equity down. Separately, Syria and Israel sign an armistice to demilitarized zones in north Galilee, aided by UN mediator Ralph Bunche and Gen. William E. Riley, with civil liberties to resume in zones awaiting final borders. Guatemala ends military revolt after 24 hours of fighting over Col. Francisco Javier Arana’s assassination. casualties include 40 dead, with U.S. citizens unharmed.
At the University of Toledo Floyd J. Brinley reports strange results from stock boosting studies. The developments include thirty three eyed brown trout and hearts transplanted outside their bodies that pulse after death. Also reported are fish babies kept alive in oxygen tents to study heart action.
British rule is challenged again in Singapore with torn Chiang Kai shek portraits and covert Mao Tse-tung banners. Last summer the Red high command ordered Reds Cover Singapore, prompting swift action that raided and hanged Communist leaders, breaking Communist power in the city. Singapore remains a blend of Chinese and British enclaves.
Janice Harvell, 18, of Carolina Beach, N C, was selected queen of the Lions internal competition at the 32nd annual Lions International convention in Madison Square Garden New York.
Russia protested Italy joining the North Atlantic alliance but Secretary of State Dean Acheson denied the protest. Russia argued the move violated a postwar treaty pledging neutrality toward blocs. Acheson denounced the Soviet stance.
Clemson extension specialists in entomology and plant disease stress that diagnosing plant ills is complex and must consider winter injury and cold damage. Seed treatment helps but is not a cure all, and disease control often requires multiple practices including soil, crop residues, and weed management to delay or prevent spread.
A chemist from W. W. Alien’s paint firm gazes at a sprayed poison ivy plant to demonstrate Weedone brush killer 32, a 2 4 D and 2 4 5 T mix. The denuded plant illustrates the product’s woody growth and weed destruction. The killer was applied with diesel oil.
Dairymen now have two guides to gauge production efficiency. The first rule says ship 50 gallons of milk per full time worker in the dairy. The second rule states one gallon of milk per day per acre of cropland and pasture used for feeding the herd. Both come from Joe Pou extension dairyman at the University of Maryland.
Missouri university tests show poultrymen increasing use of range shelters. Shelters are cheaper and movable, giving growing birds more fresh air and access to clean pasture. Birds pastured on well fertilized alfalfa were healthier and required less feed per pound of grain.
A home pattern program offers nearly 100 woodworking patterns to build affordable household items with no special tools or skills. The featured 6 by 30 by 30 inch workbench promises professional results for unskilled makers, emphasizing relaxation and savings. Send 25 cents for pattern No. 15 to East Bird Pattern Company in Pleasantville.
Use coarse sand paper wrapped around a wood block to rub down rough areas. If painted, walls must be refinished after leveling. An abrasive stone can substitute for the sandpaper to smooth humps and ridges.
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