Show NEWS REY REVIEW VIEW CUA corn estimate lowered aid europe 1 now plea REPEAT less corn the 1947 corn crop estimates of which have been shrinking like a 10 suit ever since august was re deuced by another 33 million bushels in the department of agriculture s september report total estimate cuts since august 1 I were million bushels an and d the expected outturn this year now has been placed at 2 bushels there was more potential bad news said the department in case MEAT SUPPLY meat production can be main tamed at a high level tn in the next year despite the curtailed corn crop animal feeding author authorities atles declare extensive and efficient use of vegetable oil meal and other products will enable farm ers to produce pork freely at less cost than if corn were used exclusively in feeding an early trost frost should blanket the corn belt another reduction would be likely crop reporting board said that it now seems likely that at least 75 per cent of all corn in the 12 corn belt states will have matured by the average date of the first killing frost but warned that if it were a week early it would catch about 40 per cent of all corn at an immature stage if frost came a week later only 1 a 15 per cent loss would be registered latest estimates also foretold a sharp reduction in the record wheat rop crop output was set at 1408 1 bushels as compared with the au gust I 1 prediction of 1435 1 bushels booming him for vice presidential nomination IN MILWAUKEE AUKEE mrs lucy nostrand stepped from a bus at a busy intersection was knocked to the pavement by a hit and run cow a refugee from a meat company shipment URGENT stopgap aid george marshall U S secretary of state was trying his best to pile up pressure for a special session of congress this autumn to finance im mediate interim aid to keep europe on its feet until marshall a 20 billion dollar long range rehab ilita tion plan begins functioning stymied by republican leaders who were either downright opposed or indifferent to an emergency ses sion before january marshall was taking his case to the people at tempting to rally public opinion be hind lund him intolerable cold and hunger are the immediate threats facing eu ett rope he said the crisis calls for urgent consideration what would it cost this time marshall said that there was as yet no estimate of stop gap needs but he didn dian t deny reports that william L clayton undersecretary of state had cabled from europe a request tor for a special session of congress to vote 2 5 billion dollars for aid now the special session was tar far from assured if it it came to a showdown GOP leaders probably would oppose it openly and they could it if they wished stifle any economic aid legislation GOP VICTORY straw strato in winda jubilant jubil ant republicans were mak ing much of franklin H lichten waiter walter s resounding victory over labor supported phil H democratic candidate in a special election to fill pennsylvania s eighth district seat in congress the issue naturally was the taft hartley labor law and the outcome was a two to one acceptance by the voters of the law and what it sig fifles it pennsylvania is as much a political weathervane as it is claimed to be the Lichten walter victory forecasts a cold bleak wind from the north for democrats in 1948 republican publican Be hoop la called the vote a smashing rebuke to the radical labor bosses who chose to make the taft hartley labor management act the paramount issue of the elec tion |