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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1950
Page
7
Bing Crosby will have an appendectomy next week at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica per his brother Larry Crosby. The singer has suffered intermittent appendix trouble for some time and plans to enter the hospital on Tuesday for treatment.
Hogs salable 6000, bids steady to strong. Top 17.40 for 199 lb hogs. most good and choice 190 to 260 lb. Sows 400 lb down 15.25 to 15.75, 425 to 500 lbs 14.25 to 19.00. Sheep salable 1000, slaughter lambs 95 to 105 lb. heavier loads 101 to 105 lb Colorados 28.00. Cattle salable 1200. steers 28.75 with high good 1282 lb. cows 19.00 to 21.00. yearlings 23.00 to 26.00.
The Farm Bureau federation and the National Grange urged Congress to provide an additional 2 million dollars for the Commodity Credit Corporation to sustain farm price supports. CCC current authority stands at 4.75 billion, with Secretary Brannan seeking 6.75 billion for the 1950 crop year.
Air force leaders told House appropriations hearings in secret testimony that Russia could launch a strong atomic attack on any U S region within a short time. Air Secretary Symington and Gen. Fairchild noted one way missions could hit parts of the nation with two way missions possible from Soviet territory.
Deer in Mercer Pennsylvania roam at night drawn to approaching headlights and step into fast moving cars. Drivers suffer injuries and cars sustain serious damage in collisions with the animals.
Rep Samuel K. McConnell of Pennsylvania faces a 239 to 177 vote as the House passes the sponsor FEPC bill. The measure omits penalties for violators and moves to the Senate after the uproar and vote against sending it back to committee.
George Racey Jordan testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that Russia received large quantities of atomically useful materials through wartime lend lease. He cited cadmium thorium aluminum tubes and graphite, claiming records came from Russian sources as he worked as a lend-lease expéditeur at Great Falls in 1943 and 1944.
Hamilton Field announces reactivation of the Pacific coast air raid warning system led by Western Air Defense Command General Hugo P Rush. Federal officials sought the move citing war risk while urging calm. Volunteers will staff observation posts and plotting centers with an estimated 30,000 workers across California Oregon and Washington. A separate town law bans bearing or use of atomic or hydrogen bombs.
In Paris Communist deputies rioted in the French National Assembly seizing the rostrum and trashing benches. Several deputies were beaten and one month expelled after censure, while Gerard Duprat kept the tribune with a communist bodyguard, stalling debate all morning.
Martha Davis of Des Moines is expected today for a weekend visit at the home of her parents Mrs and Mrs Glen Davis southwest of Washington. Davis is a student nurse at Town Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.
Dr. Arthur E. Smith of Los Angeles described a metal jaw replacement for a cancer patient at a Chicago Dental Society meeting. The non irritating jaw is designed per precise measurements and allows movement when muscles are sewn to it.
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