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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
2
Bill Schoentgen and WNU staff assess crop yields and the potential impact on living costs. The column weighs the spy probe confusion and the wider economic outlook, noting editorials reflect Western Newspaper Union analysts rather than the host newspaper.
U S crop forecasts project record corn and wheat yields for 1948 while grain prices ease and fears of future surpluses grow. A separate congressional probe into the Russian spy case centers on Mikhail Samarin and Oksana Kosenkina as they maneuver through testimony and disappearance episodes. Accidents claim about 100 000 American lives in 1947 with home and traffic hazards driving most fatalities and notable disasters cited.
The commerce department reports a June personal income of 211.9 billion dollars, up 2.5 billion from May. Gains are linked to fewer strikes, third round wage boosts in durable goods, and higher livestock prices for farmers. Wage and salary payments rose 2.3 billion dollars in June.
The piece stresses that juvenile delinquency begins at home and promotes Youth Month to mobilize families and public media. It cites a National Conference digest on causes and solutions and urges parental leadership as essential. It also notes Cold War tensions in Berlin and propaganda's harmful impact on East West relations.
The article compares soil fertility to a financial bank account, stressing deposits through nutrient-rich practices and withdrawals via harvest. It recommends deep rooted legumes, soil testing lime, phosphate and potash fertilizers, returning organic residues, and contour cultivation to prevent overdrawn soil, warning of lower yields and higher costs if neglected.
Mrs Fannie Blankers Koen the Dutch Olympian returns to domestic life after a celebrated career. In Oakland Edwin G Chester pleads guilty to killing a 850 pound heifer amid high meat prices. In Chicago Diane Janakos files for divorce alleging cruelty with a pocketbook of hair as proof of abuse.
The eight page draft questionnaire asks draftees about social economic physical and marital status. It notes that the only sensitive issue not questioned is political loyalty or Communist affiliation.
A farm bulldozer blade can be attached or removed from a tractor in three minutes. The blade is salvaged from an old road scraper and uses old irrigation pipe pushers. U clips and braces are bent and welded from flat iron and pipe components.
Hampshire Sow Ringold Lady Dora 753,056 pigs produced sets a new Hampshire breed production record. The five year old sow, first to achieve a Six Star record, has 75 pigs in eight litters and 62 pigs in six star litters averaging 10.3 per litter. Total pig weight at 56 days after farrowing was 418 pounds. Owned by William C. Goodheart Jr. of Eaton Ohio, she was fed corn oats alfalfa and pelleted milk by products before farrowing. Pigs raised on seven parts corn to three parts oats with 8 percent milk by products.
Tests of haymaking methods indicate silage yields more feed tonnage than other storage methods. Field cured, mow cured hay and grass silage show higher protein percentage in grass than in similar forage cured in the field or mow.
Needlecraft pattern 718 offers six motifs sized 6x7 inches for tea towels. Includes charts, photos, and concise directions to simplify embroidery work.
A trivia list asks six questions about human bones geographic center states hair and nails traffic signals ice at the pole moths and nylon. Answers: 1 200 or 206 with ossicles. 2 Kansas. 3 Yes hair scales feathers beaks horns show material likeness. 4 Antarctic region could cover world with 120 feet of ice. 5 1868 London first use of red and green signals. 6 Nylon moth proof.
The Federal Reserve Board reports Americans bought homes and cars faster than production, boosting indebtedness. Savings fell, about 3 million with savings bonds in 1947 no longer held by early 1948. Credit purchases rose, more spending beyond income expected in 1948.
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