Probe over corruption and Korea peace talks dominate early 1950s headlines
The piece outlines a government ethics probe touching FRC and IRS figures with a push for a cleaning agency, plus updates on Korean prisoner exchange talks and budget plans. It notes potential disclosures, political pressure, and possible GOP critiques as the Truman administration faces public scrutiny.
Farm labor shortage noted in early summer analysis
A fragment discusses a peak in farm labor shortages and quotes Gibson explaining that American workers will not be guaranteed assistance for refugee transport or storage, signaling concerns about summer labor availability and related costs.
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Americha’ Fae
Michigan farmer wins wheat king title at Chicago show
Marold Metcalf of Fairgrove Michigan wins the wheat king honor with Yorkwin soft winter wheat weighing 60.5 pounds per bushel. Willard C Kirk of Jeffersonville Ohio takes corn king, the first Ohioan to win the prize in history, with Indiana 944-D Hybrid corn.
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Fairgrove
Michigan
United States
Chicago
Willard C. Kirk
Jeffersonville
Corm King
Lee D. Ferden
Chesaning
Saginaw
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Kirk
Canada
Champion
Highway toll on wildlife draws sharp critique and rare losses
The essay argues automobiles kill vast numbers of wildlife on roads, especially during breeding seasons. Kentucky data for 1951 estimate 13,267 edible birds and animals killed in eight months, implying nationwide tolls well into hundreds of thousands and a monetary loss near $2.5 million. It highlights rabbits and opossums as top sufferers.
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Nature
Kentucky State Division of Game and Fish
Kentucky
Hardware Can Kill a Cow Warns Veterinarian
Dr R D Hatch of the University warns farmers that cattle often swallow stray hardware found in feed such as wire pieces nails pins and other metal. These incidents can cause serious injury or death to cows and are a recurring safety issue on farms.
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Purpose ‘Rubber. Co
James A. Newman
B. F. Goodrich Company
R. D. Hatch
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Beachy Head Loses Naval and Coast Guard Station
Beachy Head in Sussex, a 575 foot chalk promontory overlooking the English Channel, has relinquished its role as a modern naval and coast guard station. Observation duties will be taken over from nearby eastern and western points, while the region’s martial history is noted by the National Geographic Society in the surrounding discussion of Pevensey and Hastings and the Norman conquest.
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Sussex
London
Beachy Head
Eingland
National Geographic Society
Pevensey
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Normandy
Harold
Hastings
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