Battle Over Brannan Plan Splits Farmers and Officials
Washington is a battleground as Secretary Brannan faces organized farm groups led by the American Farm Bureau and the National Grange while congressional and presidential politics loom. The dispute centers on farm price supports and who should speak for farmers.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Farmer’s Union
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Farmureau
Federation
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
Farmer-Com
Truman
Missing Woman Rescued By Scouts Near Winslow
Ellen Rymus, 68, wandered all night in subfreezing temperatures eight miles southeast of Winslow. Bear patrol scouts aged 12 to 15, with police and civil air patrol planes, found her in snowbound racks canyon and carried her to an ambulance in serious shock and exposure.
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Winslow
Ariz
Ellen Rymus
Racks Canyon
Compromise Ended California Unemployment Dispute
Secretary of Labor Tobin announced a settlement over California unemployment compensation, dropping the claim that state rulings diverged from the Federal Social Security act. An exchange of letters with California officials resolved conformity issues, saving jobless pay and avoiding higher employer taxes. The dispute centered on a California appeals board ruling denying benefits to union seamen on strike in 1948.
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Washington
Tobin
California
Charles W. Johnson
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Labor Department
Appeals Board
Water Alcohol Mix Could Cut Gasoline Costs
James C. Porter of the federal Agriculture Department said injecting a water alcohol mixture into gasoline allows use of cheaper fuels while automatically supplying high octane when needed. Tests are under way at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria. Also, G F Sainsbury discussed Delicious apples stored at 30 F lasting 280 days, while 70 F outdoors cuts life by nine weeks, and Robert L. Givens noted rapid initial cooling aids storage life.
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Chicago
James C. Porter
Federal Department of Agriculture
Porter
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Department
Peoria
Ill
G. F. Sainsbury
Agriculture Department
Sainsbury
Secret Fire At Frankford Arsenal In East Philadelphia
Fifty firemen were sickened while fighting a windowless three story compartmented building fire at the Frankford Arsenal. Firemen used air masks as smoke and fumes overwhelmed crews in a foggy, fortified site. No cause or damage details were released and FBI agents blocked information.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Arsenal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Philadelphia Arsenal Complex in Frankford Explained
The Frankford arsenal is a sprawling government establishment in northeast Philadelphia. It comprises multiple buildings used for the manufacture and testing of ammunition.
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Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
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