New Crop Records Foretold and Peace Talks Open in Paris
The department of agriculture predicts record harvests with corn at 3.496 billion bushels and wheat at 1.160 billion, while tobacco and fruits also surge. In Paris, Alcide de Gasperi appeals to Allied leaders against ceding Venezia Giulia and urges fair postwar terms.
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Labor Seizure Battle Fails Over J I Case Plants
President Truman rejected seizing the strikebound J I Case plants at Rockford and Racine despite long advocacy by Secretary Schnellenbach and Labor and Reconversion chiefs. They urged private settlement as seven month walkouts did not affect national interests. Reuther warned of broader strikes if no agreement emerges. Franciscan monk reveals Mussolini’s body hiding place in Milan, police recover it from a monastery in Pavia and arrest suspects. Public voting pushers in Roanoke staged a mock burial to urge turnout. UFW d
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Oil crew to wear armored jackets in Columbia jungles
A party of American scientists and drill crew in Colombia will wear dozen-armored jackets for protection against arrows from native Indians. Eighteen jackets have been supplied to an American-operated oil company for testing in tropical jungles where tribal attacks have injured and killed workers.
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Washington Digest GOP Leaders Intrigue Press With Election Prospects
Washington columnist summarizes GOP campaign maneuvering led by Carroll B. Reece and Clarence Brown. Polls show 54 percent Republican leaning, with hopes to flip 15–17 Senate seats and gains in key states including New York Delaware West Virginia Missouri Montana Washington and Connecticut. Kentucky remains a battleground amid public discontent with incumbents.
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Barbs and Banter on Navy Slings and World Affairs
A witty column notes that navy arm slings sold as diapers by the War Assets Administration are misused as cloth, criticizes the Paris conference for mimicry of Congress, and mentions President Truman's supposed wise Palestine advice. A friend’s hobby of seeking epitaphs in neglected cemeteries is hindered by an allergy in a country churchyard. Not all catastrophes are grey.
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Radio satire frames Anthony as problem case on air
A Sunday night program features John J. Anthony quizzed about happiness and home life. The mock hearing includes Judge Spotlight and references to poems, theater casting, and a sports line about Casey at the plate.
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Army Surplus May Be Returned to Stock or Sold
About 6 million pieces of material are processed monthly by the quartermaster corps for future use or sale as surplus. Roughly half of the materials are usable and returned to stock while the remainder goes to the War Assets Administration or is sold as salvage.
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