Show UNCERTAINTY Y Who JF Won Fora Just about AU 11 th that t anyone wa was of when tho the smoke from the sure had cleared elections Ohio primary marY was that Sen Robert Taft Tail had won 44 delegates to the Republican national national national na na- na- na convention and that Harold door had Stassen the wolf at Tafts Taft's captured nine interpreted interpreted interpreted in in- How these results should be promised to be a thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- argued question by the time the Republicans convened in Philadelphia Phila Phila- Philadelphia delphia to nominate a presidential candidate Many held the opinion that the Ohio primary resulted in if not an outright defeat for Stassen at least leasta a brusque check check- checkon on the Minnesotans Minnesotan's Minnesotans Minnesotan's Minnesotans Minnesotan's tans tan's heretofore snowballing cam cam- Stassen had competed with Taft Tait for 23 of the states state's 53 delegates He won nine and md Taft took 14 of those 23 In a pre-election pre statement statement statement state state- ment Stassen had said that the Ohio contest could be accounted a victory for him only if he won a majority of the 23 disputed delegates Thus by his own estimate Stassen Stas Stas- sen lost in Ohio He lost however to a favorite son candidate strongly strong strong- ly supported in his own state by Ohio's powerful political organization tion It was hardly a victory for Taft to shout about In the final analysis the GOP election race had not changed much It was Taft and Dewey teaming up to force Stassen into the rail with Sen Arthur of Michigan l coming up fast on the outside I F FARM ARl ISSUE Truman's Rather hard put for a good earthy issue to play upon in his coming campaign President Truman has hit upon the farm problem as the vehicle to carry some of ot his convictions convictions convictions con con- before the public He began by planning a message to congress on the subject of long- long range agricultural legislation The idea was originated by the retiring retiring retiring ing Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson who opined that such a plea to congress would put the Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans on the spot The message which Mr Truman was preparing would ask for an adequate appropriation to continue continue continue con con- the government farm program particularly on soil conservation according to Alben Barkley senate Democratic leader Barkley recalled that the President had asked in his budget message for million dollars dol dol- lars for soil conservation in the coming fiscal year and that congress congress congress con con- gress had cut that sum to mil mU- lion Many lany U. U S. S farmers would be bo inclined to agree X for 01 Taft Bt tx t x i k a L A Z s aY q An S hs f t x IV Sen Robert Tafts Taft's presidential star once again was in ascendancy ascendancy ascend ascend- ancy following the important Ohio primary election of 53 Republican Republican lican national convention dele dele- gates He won 14 of the 23 contests contests contests con con- tests In which Harold E. E Stassen was a a. strong disputant WHEAT Big Biff Crop Word from the department of agriculture was that the U. U S. S would produce the third largest wheat crop in history this year The department stuck to that prediction pre pre- diction even though it had reduced its estimate of the important winter wheat crop by million bushels bushel from the April 1 estimate Except in parts of the southern great plains the crop made good progress it was revealed in an official official cial department report As of May 1 prospects were for a total tota of 1117 billion bushels oj wheat Largest crop was billion bushels last year Production in the 45 1936 period averaged million bushels Department of agriculture estimated ed the sown fall-sown winter wheat croat cro crot F at nt about 8 45 million bushels n a decline decline decline de de- cline of from its April 1 fore fore- cast No official estimate of spring wheat was available but a gue guess s was that average yields should pro duce million bushels PLANT LIFE A Appetites p petites Atomic scientists have learned that some plants like human b beIngs be be- ings are finicky eaters This new knowledge im P ortan commercially is the result of exhaustive ex ex- tests with radioactive iso topes of phosphorous Now science can tell a farm e who spends 50 to put phosphate fey fer on his land whether thi plant only nibbles or takes a bits bitt big enough to repay his expenses |