British Labor Proposes Drastic Farm Regulation in Parliament
WNU service reports Britain’s Labour government pushing a farm regulation bill aiming at stability and efficiency. It would fix prices for crops and livestock, set minimums, and extend planning for two years while mandating landowner and farmer duties. Enforcement could include supervision, orders, and potential dispossession or forced sale to prevent uneconomic farm fragmentation.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N. We
Washington, D. C
Washington
Britain
United States
Agricultural Land Tribunal
Europe
Mediterranean
Canada
Poland
Warsaw
Mystery of Whooping Crane Sightings and Survey
A Fish and Wildlife official recounts a Florida report of whooping cranes that proved to be sandhills. The story covers the crane’s rarity, a comprehensive government inquiry with Lincoln and Kelsey, and the search for nesting grounds likely in Canada. The Audubon Society funded a joint survey, but no nest has been found in decades, with sightings noted across the Dakotas, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
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Fish and Wild Life Service
Florida
Washington
Lincoln
Department of the Interior
Kelsey
Department
Canada
North America
National Audubon Society
United States
National Wildlife Refuge
Corpus Christi
Tex
Dakotas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Defense Pact Approved and Arctic Defense Emphasized
The United States and Canada endorse a postwar wartime cooperation pact aimed at strengthening Arctic defense with mutual officer familiarization, standardization of weapons, and reciprocal use of facilities. Congressional approval not required due to informal nature.
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U. S
Canada
Washington
Ottawa
State Department
Arctic Circle
Asia
Europe
Optimistic Picture Crop Prospects for 1947
The Bureau of Agricultural Economies predicts high crop production in 1947 with favorable fall and winter conditions, ample seeds, fertilizers, machinery, and labor. Yields could be about 30 percent above the 1923-32 average, except for weather variability. Province specifics include corn 34 bushels, wheat 17, oats 34, barley 25, cotton 250 pounds, soybeans 19 bushels, potatoes 155 bushels, and tobacco 1,075 pounds.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bureau
America
Great Plains
Reorganization Puts Emphasis On Congressional Committees
In the wake of the 80th Congress reorganization, the Senate and House trim standing committees from 48 to 14 and 17 respectively, shifting power to new chairmen like Chan Gurney in Armed Services and Styles Bridges in Appropriations, with Wayland Brooks heading Rules and Administration and William Langer heading Civil Service, as the series outlines the new committee landscape.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Republican Committee
Armed Services
Chan Gurney
S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
Army
Navy
Regular Forces
National Guard
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Regular
Organized Reserve
Yankton
Chan Gurney Oil Co
Sioux Falls
Bridges
N. H
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Joint
Appropriations Committee
New Hampshire Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Cap
New Hampshire Savings Bank
Putnam Agricultural Foundation
New Hampshire
Wayland Brooks
Committee On
Brocka
United States
Dunoig
Brooks
Chicago
Northwestern University Law
Brocks
Fromllinois
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
William Langer
N. D
Civil Service Committee
Langer
North Dakota
Robert M. LaFollette Sr
Hiram Johnson
State Supreme Court
Privileges and Election Committee
Frisco the fire-fighting hound in Windsor Connecticut
Deputy Fire Chief George A Patterson describes Frisco a year and a half old beagle fox hound as an unusual watchdog who extinguishes fires by scattering lighted cigarette butts then eats the remnants and even onions and garlic. After a day of work he relaxes with a small beer or a splash of mountain dew.
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Windsor. Conn
George A. Patterson
San Francisco
Ask Me Another General Quiz Ret Ate Clipped Questions
A garbled trivia list asks about ancient Roman gladiator judgments, a planet with Earthlike day length, the 1790 US census population, and Washington's red tape. It includes a mixed set of misformatted answers noting thumbs down, Mars day length, and a 1790 figure of 5 920 21, with numbering errors and broken punctuation.
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Rohan
United States
Washington
Henry VIII of
England
Mars
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Richard Tyler
President Truman
Congress
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Forney Johnston
National Coal Association
Almon E. Roth
National Federation of American Shipping
Germany
Reich
Russia
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Mountain
Nevada
Rhode Island
Locust St
Des Moines
Iowa
Business & Invest
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Tractor Lug Company
Fargo, N. B
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Vatriai
Ind
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S. Tenth St
Minneagato
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Jenkins
St. Louis
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Oriole Ave
Chisago
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California
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North
Flint
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Mi Gee
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Novrgske
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Dept. A
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