Farmers Union backs $1.25 wage floor in farm price debate
President James G. Patton urged farm groups to back a $1.25 minimum wage in exchange for support for high farm price supports. He noted labor aid helped pass a bill restoring a 90 percent parity system and warned Eisenhower’s 90 cent proposal is too low. Lubin endorsed the $1.25 floor while American Farm Bureau opposed raises.
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Washington
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Patton
Senate Labor
Strong
House
Eisenhower
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Isador Lubin
New York
Driving license fees doubled in Texas plan
Gov Shivers signed a bill raising Texas driver license fees from 1 to 2 dollars every two years and increasing commercial and chauffeur license fees to 3 and 4 dollars per year. Additional revenue of 1.4 million will fund more state highway patrol officers.
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Austin
Texas
Shivers
Calm and Collected Asked For Money
A brief dialogue captures a speaker saying they were calm when first asking her husband for money. The exchange highlights composure and practical stance in a domestic finance moment.
Whitewright Classifieds Read Across Community Needs
Classifieds from Whitewright include items for sale and requests: upright piano for Mrs. Renee Porter. part or full time work via box 308. wiring supplies from Dollarhide Hardware. floor polisher rental at Dollarhide's. club reports urged by The Sun. Meador's offers food packaging materials and air cooler parts. Cub Scout concern about program and leaders. Thornhill Laundry white wash service with free pickup. Babcock Auto Store heavy duty mufflers. a card of thanks from Ouida Nell Harris for hospital visit kindness.
Detroit Army to Install Mammoth Electronic Brain
The Army will install a $5 million electronic brain in Detroit to replace 350 clerks tracking 450000 inventory items for U S military vehicles. Brig Gen Paul M Selen says it will cut work from a month to minutes and pay for itself in six years by warning when stocks fall.
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Detroit
U. S
Paul M. Selen
Detroit Tank Automotive Center
Poultryman Charged for Trash in Laying Mix Sale
A poultryman asked a feed dealer to take five bushels of laying mix, then questioned the quality. The dealer replied that the price was 10 cents per pound for the mixture, implying it included waste.
RAF Birdmen Defeat Birds at North Weald Airfield
Britain's secret weapon against birds at a jet base is mothballs. Camphor capsules spread over the airfield's 500 square yards irritate birds' lungs, forcing them to abandon the landing area for safer operations. General Walter Bedell Smith left the State Department after 40 years, said friends he is the most even tempered man in Government.
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North Weald
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
House Defeats Territories Statehood Bill in Alaska Hawaii Vote
Washington report notes the House rejected a bill to grant statehood to Alaska and Hawaii by 218 to 170. The measure goes back to the Insular Affairs Committee with possible separate bills for Hawaii and Alaska later this year or next.
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Washington
House
Alaska
Hawaii
Committee On Insular Affairs
Texas Wheat Crop Estimate Announced
The Agriculture Department forecasts this year winter wheat at 652,886,000 bushels. Texas crop set at 11,184,000 bushels from 1,398,000 planted acres. National figure down 9,336,000 bushels from 662,252,000 forecast a month earlier. Last year produced 790,737,000 bushels with a ten year average of 867,390,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Alcohol insanity in Paris cited by Premier Mendes France
Police report shows alcoholics make up a record 32.9 percent of Parisians certified as insane. The figure supports the government thesis that mental illness rises with alcohol abuse.
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Paris
Premiere Mendes-France
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