Beet Growers Confer on Crop Support
Representatives of the National Beet Growers association meet with members of Congress and Agriculture Department officials to discuss price and production problems for sugar beets. They review extending sugar control legislation, the fate of price support payments past June 30, and a 1947 beet crop program amid concerns price controls may end subsidies.
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Washington
National Beet Growers Association
Congress
Agriculture Department
OPA
Department
See Idaho First booklet seeks Southern Idaho photos
Harold B. Wright of the Lewiston Morning Tribune announces an illustrated booklet See Idaho First to promote state tourism. It will feature Idaho scenic spots with captions and vacation stories, published by North Idaho Land Association. Wright seeks 8 by 10 inch photos of southern Idaho landmarks and will honor contributors.
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Idaho
Harold B. Wright
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Lewiston
North Idaho Land Association
Wright
Idaho highways to be in good shape in a year or so
State highways director T Matt Hally reports 49 repair jobs underway across Idaho with $3,000,000 already let and $5,000,000 more ready for award before year end. He says highways should be in really good shape in about a year.
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Boise
Idaho
T. Matt Hally
Hally
Idaho agriculture finances improve since WWI end
President Ralph J. Comstock of the Idaho Bankers Association reports that Idaho farming finances in 1945 used only 25 percent of bank credit from 43 banks. He says Idaho banks had $58,116,000 available for additional farm loans on Jan 1, 1946 if there was demand.
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Idaho
Pres
Ralph J. Comstock
Idaho Bankers’ Association
Idaho Association
American Bankers’ Association
Comstock
Druggists Elect LEWISTON Leader at Idaho Pharmacy Meeting
Leo L Robertson of Nez Perce is elected president of the Idaho Pharmaceutical Association at the 40th annual convention in Lewiston. Frank N Squires of Buhl and P G Jones of Clarks Fork named first and second vice presidents. James J Lynch Ilene Cornet Roscoe W Smith C G Scott A E Sutton Louied as officers and board members.
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Lewiston
Leo L. Robertson
Nez Perce
Idaho Pharmaceutical Association
Frank N. Squires
Buh
P. G. Jones
Clarks Fork
James J. Lynch
Boise
Ilene Cornet
Roscoe W. Smith
C. G. Scott
Pocatello
A. E. Sutton
Caldwell
Jones
Truman Praises Red Cross at 21st National Convention
President Truman lauded the Red Cross for its wartime and global relief work and urged it to expand its role. His welcome message to more than 4,000 delegates was read by national Chairman Basil O’Connor at the Philadelphia gathering. He said the emblem can symbolize greater unity and service worldwide amid new challenges and responsibilities.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross
Truman
National Organization
Basil O'Connor
Idaho Doctors Back VA Cooperation for Veterans Care
The Idaho State Medical Association urged closer cooperation with the Veterans Administration to provide adequate medical care for World War II veterans with service connected disabilities. A five physician committee was named to revise compensation and industrial work fee schedules. The group will study prepaid medical care programs before any statewide action. Dr. Harry C. Hughes spoke on disability evaluation.
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Boise
House of Delegates
Idaho State Medical Association
Idaho
Veterans Administration
Veteran's Administration
Harry C. Hughes
Area Seeks Ship School Conversion at Farragut
Western congressmen move to convert the naval training school at Farragut Idaho into a veterans education center. They call for a meeting of college leaders and veterans groups to discuss plans and the disposition of the $60 million surplus Farragut facility, with Coeur d Alene Idaho as a suggested meeting site.
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Washington
Naval Training School
Farragut
Idaho
Office of Education
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Coeur d'Alene
Phosphate Mining Advances Near Fort Hall and Pocatello
O. A. Power reports mining at a new phosphate site 16 miles east of Fort Hall. Rock is trucked to the J. R. Simplot plant five miles west of Pocatello for crushing into superphosphate, with record quantities mined and sold in Idaho.
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Fort Hall
O. A. Power
Power
J. R. Simplot Fertilizer Company
Pocatello
Idaho
Guild Plans Aggressive National Drive for Newspaper Workers
At Scranton convention 250 American Newspaper Guild delegates met in a closed session. Vice President Sam B. Eubanks announced an all-out long range program to organize every eligible newspaper worker and to grow Guild membership nationwide. The delegates reviewed campaign plans drafted by the international executive board.
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Scranton
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
Sam B. Eubanks
Eubanks
International Executive Board
Sen Wiley Fumes At Surplus Sale Scandal In War Assets
Senator Wiley accuses the War Assets Administration of a national disgrace over surplus property disposal and cites alleged law violations and veteran priority issues. The Senate committee weighs atomic energy board composition while funding for the Interior Department is examined and OPA fate discussed.
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Sen. Wiley
Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
R-Wis
War Assets Administration
Wiley
WAA
Woolmen Seek Postwar Wool Purchase Protection
The Senate Agriculture Committee heard Sen. O Mahoney and Agriculture Dept official Lawrence Myers urge four more years of Commodity Credit Corporation wool purchases at 1946 prices to curb a global surplus, much of it British held, and to keep U S wool growers in business amid a glut exceeding 4 0 0 0 0 0 000 pounds.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Lawrence Myers
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
O'Mahoney
United States
Myers
Cherry Prices Up in 1946 Whit Washington State
Grower prices for deciduous fruits for processing in 1946 will match 1945 levels except for red sour cherries plums and apples in Washington state.
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Spokane
Washington State
Prices set for fruits and crops nationwide
Production and marketing administration announced price levels for fruits and crops. Red sour cherry grower prices are 82 cents a pound across states, up from 1945. Plums cost 63 dollars a ton in Oregon Washington Idaho Utah and California. Apple processing prices to be announced later. A Dutch saying links stork nests to safety in Hol land.
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Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
California
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Margaret Perkins
O. R. Baum
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Harry Conover
Conover
Candy
Jessica Wilcox
Goodyear
East Center
South Arthur
Acrees
Durants
Germany
Jack W. Durant
Wac
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Washington PD. C
Frankfurt
Kronberg Castle
Alfred B. Lewis
Union Casualty Company
New York
National Health Insurance
Senate Labor Committee
Interior Department
House
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Reclamation Bureau
Joint Congressional Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Conference Committee
Henriksen
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