Robeson Refuses to Answer If He Is Communist
Paul Robeson testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Mundt Nixon bill and refused to say whether he belongs to the Communist Party. He argued the question challenges civil liberties as prosecutors cite Hollywood figures facing contempt of Congress for similar refusals.
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Washington
Paul Robeson
Congressional
Communist Party
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robeson
Homer Ferguson
Mich
House
UN American Activities Committee
Congress
Ferguson
Commencement attendances and local notices in Columbus Junction
Mrs Henry Brase of Bellwood Nebraska visited Columbus Junction to attend commencement where her grandson Lloyd Schrier graduated. The Four H girls club provided entertainment at a Union township bureau meeting. The Columbus high school alumni banquet program lists speakers and performances. New baby Peggy Joyce Evans born May 22 to Mr and Mrs Thomas Evans. Missionary Matilda Canis spoke at the Presbyterian church. Visiting Dayton relatives noted for H T Northey family and Mrs B Simpson.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Henry Brase
Bellwood
Neb
Jesse Schrier
Lloyd Schrier
Wesley Smith
Frank Malle
Arthur
Pittsburg
Kas
Warnie Moran
Union Township Farm Bureau
Four-H Girls Club
Columbus High School
Paul V. Shearer
J. Fred Moore
Clyde Crawford
Paul Masonholder
Don Rutt
Lavon Fuliwrson
Dean Duncan
Bill Park
Jim Rutt
Julia Darrow Hawkins
Evelyn McKee
James D. Helmick
Cornelia Peters Hanft
Ruth Williams Direks
Marian Pugh Cecil
Evelyn Woodruff Buckman
Charlotte Sands Morrison
Kathryn Dwinell Bright
Thomas Evans
West Liberty
Peggy Joyce
Evans
Esther Luk
Matilda Canis
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Presbyterian Church
Edward Ayers
Kathy
Jimmy
Santa Monica
Calif
Glen Ayers
H. ™. Northey
B. ©. Simpson
Dayton
Ohio
Nightly Robbery Sparks Change in a Suburban Man
Henry Hall, a modest sales manager, discovers his wife Grace stashed money in books and confronts a theft that leads him to steal back. His pursuit of a lost old brown suit becomes an obsession, ending with a police stop and a surprising revelation about Grace’s fiancé and a planned marriage and better appliances.
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Enry Hall
Mandy
Wife Grace
Grace
Henry
Henry Hall
Griss
Griscom
Beetle Threat to Potatoes Controls by Dusting or Spraying
The Colorado potato beetle is a major threat to potatoes and other vegetables. It lays orange eggs on leaf undersides, its larvae and adults defoliate plants, and effective control includes dusting or spraying with paris green calcium arsenate or cryolite, plus hand picking and crushing egg masses.
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Colorado
Mechanical Barn Cleaners Improve Dairy Operations
Barn cleaners with simple sturdy design can thoroughly clean an average dairy barn. A clean barn is essential for healthy cows. Installing a mechanical cleaner reduces farm work and drudgery, as illustrated above.
Insects Launch Early Attack on Vegetables
With warm days insects invade cabbage and potatoes. Green worm and lice attack cabbage while Colorado beetles and black flea beetles target potatoes. Cabbage worm is killed by rotenone dusts, not arsenates, with applications starting as butterflies appear and repeated every ten days.
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Colorado
Sugar Beets Considered Good Crop for Dairymen
The sugar beet is an important cash crop according to University of Wisconsin. Years of extensive production prove the crop blends in well with dairy farming and makes good use of farm manure while leaving the soil loose and friable. Beets withstand frosts, and the tops provide valuable cattle and sheep feed usable as pasture, cured feed, trench silos, or silage.
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University of Wisconsin
Evergreen Windbreak Layout For Farmstead Protection
The article advises planting an evergreen windbreak 150 feet from protected buildings. A single row provides basic protection, two rows offer more, and three rows give the best shelter. Space trees about 18 feet apart to create an effective barrier against prevailing winds.
Cotton Dominates U S Fiber Consumption By Far
Cotton continues to supply more than three fourths of all fiber used in the United States. Wool and expanding rayon consumption account for most of the remaining share.
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Denmark
United States
Hirohito to abdicate Aug. 15 and Crown Prince Akihito rises
Reports from Tokyo claim Emperor Hirohito will abdicate on August 15 the date of Japan's surrender. The plan favors Crown Prince Akihito age 15 and aims to avoid Tojo becoming a martyr by bearing wartime guilt.
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Japan
Hirohito
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
Akihito
Tokyo
Tojo
Truman Declares Northwest Flood Areas Disaster Zone
President Truman declared Oregon Washington and Idaho flood areas as disaster zones and ordered immediate use of surplus war property for relief and rehabilitation. The action follows Maj. Gen. Philip B Fleming Public Works Administrator and was issued aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg on the Potomac. The order enables rapid deployment of federal resources to the affected regions.
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Washington
Truman
Oregon
Idaho
Williamsburg
Potomac
Philip B Fleming
Red Cross allot $250000 for Vanport flood relief
The American Red Cross allotted 250000 dollars for emergency needs in flood devastated Vanport City Oregon. The aid covers the Columbia River valley and tributaries in three states plus the Kootenai valley in northern Idaho. White House press secretary said President Truman expresses deepest sympathy to residents, especially in Vanport.
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Washington
The
American Red Cross
Vanport City
Ore
Columbia River
Three States
Kootenai River
Idaho
White House
Truman
Vanport
Ancient turtles unearthed fossils reveal vast age
Fossil findings indicate turtles have existed on earth for 100 million years, underscoring their long geological history. Discovery adds evidence of early reptiles and long-term lineage persistence across eras.
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Earth
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Adtaker
Milan E. Roberts
Nelson Well Company
Fairfield
Iowa
Mose Levy
Eod
C. L. Jennings
New London
Ernest Krantz
Wellman
Foster Radio Service
North Iowa
J. C. Penney Company
Ira Gastman
South Second
American Pearl Button Co
Inquire Journal
BROWN
Jack Dempsey
Wayne Marston
Lemmon’s Jewery
Washington Motor Co
West 2Nd
Kermy Payne
Mills Auto Service
Randle
United Mattress Co
Eclipse Lumber Company
Call
Kamprook
Bell & Gevock Firestone
Cod
East Washington
Washington Oil Company
Dick's Furniture Store
Whitings
Crawfordsville
Bill Perdock
Tucker Chevrolet
William J. Greiner
Keota
Ainsworth
Poland
China
Howard Fisher
Riverside
Norge
Humm Gns
Plymouth
Nicola & Harmon
Washington County Farm Stores
Glen Beenblossom
Geo. Goetz
Don M. Hayes
Sam Baker
Richland
du Pont Duco
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Deering & Foot
Orville Meeks
John Deere Corn Plan
Everette Green
Kepta
Robert E. Lowe, Sr
Deering
John J. Pacha
Brighton
Massey Harris Bean Drill
Cloyce Tinnis
Chevrolet
Inquire Steak House
John Deere
Orin Kepper
Crull & Lee
Dwane Shalla
DU Pont White House
du Pont
Callum
By Ken Reynolds
Hawkeye State Livestock Buyers
Boyd Besco
Mgr
Eclipse Lumber
U.S
Ind
Porter Elevator
West Chester
FORD
Mace Motor CO
Commie
Kathryn Bemis
Samodasioy Usais
Ueggssay
S.c
Vaug Addy
Evergreen
Washington, Iowa
Evening Journal
Prince Akihito
Emperor Hirohito
War Assets Administration
Kalona Sales Barn
Midway Sales CO
Columbus Junction, Towa
Louisa County
Klotz
Duncan & Dunlap
Aucts
PD. Smylib
Mager
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