Congress Passes Flexible Price Support Farm Bill 1949
Congress approves the Agricultural Law of 1949 in a bipartisan 10 year moving parity plan with flexible price supports for major crops. The measure sets 75 to 90 percent parity for most commodities, with tobacco fixed at 90 percent under quotas, and adds wage and wartime subsidies to the moving formula.
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Congress
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
AFBF
CCC
State Duck Season Opens November 4
Missouri duck hunters are told the season opens at noon on Friday November 4 and runs until one hour before sunset on December 13. Harold Terrill notes excellent food conditions and strong nesting in the north. Limits: ducks four with up to one wood duck, mergansers 25. geese four with species limits. coot ten. Regulation details include shotgun size no larger than 10 gauge, three shells, no live decoys, no baiting, and federal duck stamp required for hunters over 16.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Harold Terrill
The
Conservation Commission
Canada
Terrell
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Rising Cost of Government in the United States
United States Department of Commerce data show government costs at all levels nearly matching food expenditures in 1948 and rising sharply since 1929. Federal spending grew from 2.6 billion in 1929 to 35.4 billion in 1948, driving overall costs upward beyond housing, clothing, and transportation.
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United States Department of Commerce
United States
Department of Commerce
Wasteful VA Government Agency Report Raises Alarm
A critical examination shows VA employs one sixth of federal workers yet processes only 12 insurance conversions daily, far behind Prudential's 32. Records for 167 289 national life insurance cases are missing, and bills are mailed to deceased veterans. Twenty eight agencies run welfare programs.
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Veterans Administration
Prudential Insurance Company
Magnuson Amendment Excluded From Farm Price Bill Conference Report
The conference report on the farm price support bill omitted the Magnuson amendment which barred future trade agreements. Sec 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act authorizes import fees and quotas as needed to protect a domestic support program, a point discussed in relation to the bill’s language.
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Magnuson
Tax receipts surge in postwar years as 1948 gains outpace economy
The period notes Federal tax receipts rising sharply since 1940 with 1948 showing a 400 percent increase in total receipts and a 1,300 percent jump in personal taxes, outstripping general economic growth and consumer spending. The Herald urges readers to phone news tips and promotes Christmas cards from the paper.
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Goodyear Service Stores
Seeley
St. Kingshighway
the Herald
Herald
America
Gulbransen
Lairs Home Furnishings
Sikeston, MO
Rivn
de Soto
Jess
Sikeston Tractor & Implement Co
DE Soto-Plymouth Sales and Service
Sikeston, Missouri
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