Corruption probes and Korea talks dominate postwar headlines
The era’s graft scandals loom with a White House plan to create a cleaning agency and cabinet shakeups amid probes into the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Korea peace talks stall over prisoner lists while budget and tax policy loom, with Britain repaying loans amid high postwar debt.
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Finance Corporation
W. Stuart Symington
William J. Boyle
Special Congressional Tax
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bbig
America
GOP
Teapot Domé
Farm Labor Shortage Prompts Commission Plan Reforms
A fragmented report notes the John W. commission announcing mobilization of its program to address farm labor shortages. The plan aims to prepare dairy housing and transportation in order to prevent migrants from becoming a public charge and to support refugee settlement.
Michigan farmer wins wheat king at Chicago show
Willard C. Kirk of Jeffersonville Indiana crowned wheat king at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. His entry Metcalf, a soft winter wheat, weighed 60.5 pounds per bushel. Lee D. Ferden of Chessning Michigan won reserve. Kirk farms 335 acres rotating corn wheat oats red clover and alfalfa and feeds outputs to livestock.
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Harold LA
Michigan
United St
Yorkwin
Chicago
Willard.c. Kirk
Jeffersonville
Corm Fee
Lee D. Ferden
Chessning
Saginaw
Metcalf
U.S
Kirk
United States
Canada
Champion
Hardware Can Kill a Cow Says Veterinarian Report
A veterinarian at the University notes cattle can die from ingesting small metal objects. Tiny wire or broken nails ingested accidentally may lodge in the digestive tract, causing severe injury or death.
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Dilnoiris
Highway deaths and wildlife loss drive conservation concerns
Article notes motorists kill edible wildlife on highways, with Kentucky data showing 13,267 animals and birds killed in eight months. Extrapolated across 48 states suggests over 600,000 fatalities and about 2.5 million dollars in meat losses, with rabbits and opossums most affected. It contrasts hunting ethics with highway carnage and touches on fishing technique.
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Kentucky Sta Division of Game and Fish
Kentucky
Beachy Head Loses Naval Station Status
Britain's Beachy Head chalk promontory loses its professional coast guard status. The 575 foot headland will no longer host a modern naval station, shifting observation duties to nearby eastern and western points along the Sussex coast. The article recalls Hastings and the 1066 Norman invasion tied to the area.
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Beachy Head
Britain
English Channel
French
Tountless
Sussex
London Company
Hingland
National Geographic Society
Pevensey
William
Duke of
Normandy
Harold
Hastings
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Harold Barber
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