| Show I I NEWS REVIEW Defense se Pact Set F Fear ear Large Corn Loss TO POLE-TO-POLE Mutual Defense James Monroe fifth ifIll President nf ni the United States had bad his say in spirit sf at least at al the inter American defense conference conference con COIl ference at al Petropolis o Brazil in ill lil 1947 When the conference agreed on a mutual aid treaty for Cor North and South America and their territorial waters and set up a vast North South Pole-South Pole hemispheric security security rity zone the celebrated Monroe doctrine was developed to its logical logical log log- ical conclusion years ears after its inception This was the burden of the Monroe Monroe Monroe Mon Mon- roe doctrine in 1823 It is only I when our rights are invaded or seriously seriously seriously se se- se- se menaced that we resent in injuries injuries injuries in- in juries or make preparations for our defense b in this hemisphere I Today the Americas are making I I preparations for hemispheric defense defense defense de de- de- de in advance of any menace or invasion of their rights The mutual mutual mutual mu mu- defense treaty embodies three main points I 1 In the case of armed attack from outside the hemisphere all aU nations have the automatic right to meet the attack with military measures 2 If military attack occurs inside in inside inside in- in side the hemisphere American nations may go voluntarily to the aid of the victim with consulta consultations consultations con con- sulta to follow 3 If attacks occur both inside the hemisphere and outside the security region immediate consultations consultations consultations con con- will be called Thus despite the opposition of some Latin American nations to the U. U S espoused S.-espoused Monroe doctrin doctrin- ism it appeared certain that the hands off the Americas policy was in for a big revival in the atomic atom atom- ic age TORRID ZONE Corn Declines Thermometer-happy Thermometer Americans struggling feebly in the moist clutches of a record heat wave could take cold comfort rt from the fact that temperatures were being exceeded in height only by the price of corn o With abnormally hot weather prevailing prevailing prevailing pre pre- over most of the nation grains continued to deteriorate from lack of moisture and prices of both corn and oats hit new record highs September corn was selling at a bushel and September oats zoomed to 1083 The grain market prices went through the roof following a department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture report that the country's seared heat corn crop would produce only bushels a million bushel drop from the August 1 estimate Although agriculture department officials had hoped earlier this year for a 3 billion bushel corn crop to keep food production high weeks of hot dry winds shrivelled that hope and the corn crops of Iowa and Illinois major producing sections continued to decline stead stead- ily I HEADLINERS I IN I IN WASHINGTON b John Sampson Samp- Samp I son Kirby 69 above of Tennessee was placed under observation after police had nabbed him packing a pistol in the capitol building and declaiming declaiming declaiming de de- de- de claiming loudly that he had just been elected president of the United States IN NEW YORK Virginia Walton Walton Walton Wal Wal- ton Brooks 14 just returned from froman an African hunting trip with her parents proudly revealed that she had shot not only an elephant and anda andI a lion but also such esoteric creatures creatures creatures crea crea- tures as a two gerenuks an oryx a eared bat fox an impala impala impala im- im pala two diks dik-diks and a er cr IN C CHICAGO Mrs Anna Metzger Metzger Metz- Metz ger gel 47 had had a pain in her leg for 40 years finally became curious curious curious curi curi- ous pressed the irritated area and pulled out a two-inch two sewing needle SAY UNCLE Ford Gives U Up n Abandoning his laudable if nonconforming nonconforming nonconforming non- non conforming efforts to stabilize automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile prices Henry Ford rd FPrd II announced announced announced an an- that prices on most models models models mod mod- els of Ford passenger cars and all truck models would be boosted from 20 to 97 effective immediately It was an average increase of 42 per cent the announcement said the rise being dictated by the simple simple simple sim sim- necessity of keeping Ford Motor company on a sound economic basis I IThe The action following price increases increases increases in in- creases by virtually every other automotive automotive automotive au au- au- au manufacturer marked the defeat of Fords Ford's lonely stand against the forces of inflation All this gave rise to a disturbing question If the Ford dynasty is unable unable unable un un- able to hold the line against inflation inflation inflation tion what if anything can THE SWIFT Oysters Lose Oysters simply arent aren't fast enough to get away from predatory snails whose pace has been clocked officially officially officially at miles an nn hour Plodding along on a n treadmill at atthe atthe atthe the University of Maryland l fish and wildlife laboratory a test snail covered covered covered cov cov- ered 22 feet and iii Ih inch in 11 hours and 30 minutes a pace swift enough at least to overtake an oyster Purpose of the laboratory's snail- snail timing experiments is to slow the little creatures up even more As things stand now they're doing too much damage to Chesapeake Bays Bay's oyster C crop p. p |
