Excess Plant Capacity and Global Comparisons
President Kennedy warns that plant investment remains below expectations while high fixed costs and wage demands squeeze profits. A contrasting piece notes Japan's postwar shifts, with U S influence on democracy limited and long term cultural ties resuming. An Agriculture Department study highlights declining per capita cereal consumption and rising reliance on foreign grain markets. Traffic in the United States runs on the right while other trends tilt left.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Corrine T. Riley Begins 31st Year as Deputy Clerk
The Star Files recalls Mrs. Corrine T. Riley starting her 31st year as Deputy Clerk of the Corporation Court. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway rejects Communist propaganda claims and states germ warfare has never been used by UN forces in Korea.
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Corrine T. Riley
Corporation Court
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
King Gustaf V Turns 79 With Tennis Fans In Stockholm
The 79 year old European monarch marked his birthday in Stockholm by playing a game of tennis. Mrs Gordon Whitham and her children Gordon Wayne and Jean then departed for Clearwater Florida to visit Mr and Mrs Marvin Hook for several weeks.
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Gustaf V
Europe
Stockholm
Gordon Whitham
Gordon
Wayne
Jean
Clearwater
Fla
Marvin Hook
Storm devastates Valley of Virginia in 1912
Fifty years ago a severe storm scourged the Valley of Virginia leaving extensive damage. The era’s worst storm in years is recalled by locals. Major Eli H. Janney, inventor of the railroad automatic coupler, died in Alexandria after a long illness. He had many local family ties.
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Virginia
Eli H. Janney
Alexandria
Major Janney
Daily Meditation By Earl L. Douglas
The piece reflects on music as a divine blessing from God and its role in life and faith. It ponders heavenly harmony beyond earthly sound and praises God for sunshine love and music that enriches mind and soul.
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Earl L. Douglas
Heaven
Grant Triumphs at Vicksburg After Prolonged Siege
In 1863 Ulysses S. Grant works through five bold plans to capture Vicksburg Mississippi, finally crossing the Mississippi with Porter's fleet and marching his army onto the west bank. The siege lasts weeks as Confederate defenses, hunger, and constant bombardment wear down Pemberton's forces, ending with surrender on July 4.
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America
William T. Sherman
Mississippi River
Confederate States of America
Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant
Vicksburg
Miss
Port Hudson
Grant
Mississippi
Sherman
John C. Pemberton
Red River
Yazoo River
Yazoo
Fort Pemberton
Steel’s Bayou
Fort Pem
David Dixon Porter
Porter
Gen. Pemberton
Illinois
Benjamin Grierson
Tennessee
Grierson
Baton Rouge
Pemberton
West
Joseph E. Johnston
Jackson
Joe Johnston
Port Gibson
Gulf
Raymond
Johnston
Towad
Big Black River
Pickett
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
John Pemberton
Ulysses Grant
American Heritage Magazine
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Kennedy
U.S
Japan
Asahi Shimbun
Kenichi Yoshida
U. S
Yoshida
Tokyo
Bhis
Farragut
New Orleans
Hartford
Edward Arnold
Smithsonian Institution
By Stephen W. Sears
I.Q
St. Lawrence River
Congress
Philippines
Egypt
John McGraw
San Francisco
Secret Service
Andrew D. Lytle
Miller
National Archives
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