Better Spud Plan Urged
Harry C. Brandt of Idaho’s production and marketing committee warned that a small portion of farmers may grow excess potatoes this year risking a market drop. He urged a stronger control system beyond federal support and noted 1948 marketing rules kept prices steady through a single price system and government purchases.
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Boise
Harry C. Brandt
Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Idaho
United Press
Brandt
Idaho Observes Foot Health Week Amid Acreage Cut
Idaho marks Foot Health Week as potato acreage drops 12 percent to 132000 acres from 1948's 150000. Dr. Paul E. Crane of Pocatello chairs the event, a joint effort with the National Association of Chiropodists to educate the public on foot care and disorder prevention. He notes over 72 percent of Idahoans have foot ailments and links posture to foot health.
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Idaho
Paul E. Crane
Pocatello
Foot Health Week
Idaho Association of Chiropodists
Crane
Florida’s Shape and Atlantic Gulf Shoreline Noted
A brief description outlines Florida as a pistol shaped peninsula stretching into the Atlantic and Gulf with a 3750 mile shoreline. It mentions the negative view of many movie programs that present a double feature as a half measure.
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Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Loyalty Oath Set by AEC for Fellowship Holders
The atomic energy commission requires loyalty oaths and non-Communist affidavits from 497 current and future fellowship recipients in medicine biology and physical sciences. FBI cleared holders. action follows disclosure that a grant went to Communist student Hans Freistadt of the University of North Carolina.
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Washington
LLP
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
FBI
Senate
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Nora Quits Errol Flynn to Seek Divorce and Freedom
Nora Eddington Flynn initiates a six week residence in Las Vegas to pursue a divorce from film star Errol Flynn and to wed crooner Dick Haymes. Haymes plans to live at Lake Tahoe preparing for divorce. Flynn had revealed a secret Mexican marriage to Nora and is father of her daughter Didre and son Rory.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nora Eddington Flynn
Errol Flynn
Dick Haymes
Diedre
Mexico City
Rory
Flynn
Los Angeles
Class of 34 Reunion Plans Announced in Pocatello
Kenneth Harten, chairman of the dinner committee for the Pocatello High School Class of 34 reunion, says a meeting will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. in the YMCA basement to finalize banquet and dance details for next Friday at 7:30 at the Moose temple. Call Harten or Mrs. Anne Loveland for attendee info, or contact Lynn Hall or Clarence Hillbrand at Idaho Bank and Trust for financial arrangements.
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Kenneth Harten
Pocatello High School
YMCA
Moose Temple
Harten
Anne Loveland
Lynn Hall
Clarence Hillbrand
Idaho Bank and Trust Company
Sheriff’s Posse Kills Jail Escapee In Long Gun Duel
A sheriff posse shot and killed Walter Axel Johnson 35 after tracking him from Fargo North Carolina jail to Ralph Newton’s sheep ranch north of Glendive Montana. Johnson fled after hijacking a car, fired at deputies during a 45 minute gun battle, and was killed with Johnson identified by the FBI.
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Sheriff’s Posse
Glendive
Mont
FBI
Walter Axel Johnson
Fargo
N. C
Ralph Newton
Newton
Martin Kolberg
Kolberg
Johnson
Montana
Terry
Billings
Bloomfield Road
Norman Starr
Starr
Dry Creek
Douglas Hardesty
Hardesty
Newton Ranch
Attack on Burma By Reds Feared
Government sources report strong Chinese Communist forces massing in southwest China for an attack on Burma via the Burma Road. Kachin tribesmen in eastern Burma prepare to meet the assaults, having fought with the Allies against Japan.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Japan
The Careless Motorist Songbook Echoes Sharp Turns
A fragment notes a tune about a careless motorist marked by sharp turns and flats. The lines evoke driving missteps and risky behavior on the road, hinting at a cautionary musical vignette from a bygone era.
Tiny Tristan islanders boast perfect teeth despite brushes
A claim describes Tristan da Cunha natives never owning toothbrushes yet 84 percent reportedly have perfect teeth. It notes a supposed remnant third eyelid in humans and observes eye folding in mirrors.
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Tristan da Cunha
Island
South Atlantic
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