Show NEWS RE REVIEW VIE W i joint defense pact fact set fear large corn loss POLE TO POLE mutual defense J james ames mourns monroe fifth president of the united states had bad his hh say my in spirit at least at the me inter american defense conference at as petropolis Petro brazil in august 1947 when the conference agreed on a mutual aid treaty tor for north and south america and their territorial waters and set up a vast north pole south pole hemispheric security zone the celebrated monroe doctrine was developed to its logical conclusion years after its inception this was the burden ot of the monroe doctrine in 1823 it Is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparations for our defense in this hemisphere today the americas are making preparations for hemispheric defense in advance of any menace or invasion of their rights the mutual defense treaty embodies three main points 1 in the case of armed attack from outside the hemisphere all nations have the auto autor matlo natio right to meet the attack with military measures 2 it if military attack occurs inside the hemisphere american nations may go voluntarily to the aid of the victim with consultations sull atlon to follow 3 if attacks occur both inside the hemisphere and outside the security region immediate consultations will be called thus despite the opposition of some batin latin american nations to the IT S espoused monroe it appeared certain that the hands off the americas policy was in tor for a big revival in the atomic age TORRID ZONE corn declines thermometer happy americans struggling feebly in the bolsi moist clutches of a record heat wave could take cold comfort from the tact fact that temperatures were being exceeded in height only by the price of corn with abnormally hot weather prevailing over most of the n nation grains continued to deteriorate arm from lack of moisture and prices of both carn corn and oats hit new record highs september corn was selling at 2 45 a bushel and september oats cats zoomed to the grain market prices went through the roof following a department of agriculture report that the count rys heat seared corn crop would produce only bushels a 0 million bushel drop from the august I 1 estimate although agriculture department officials had hoped earlier this year tor for a 3 billion bushel corn crop to keep food production high weeks of hot dry winds shrivelled shrivel led that hope and the corn crops of iowa and illinois major producing sections continued to decline steadily headliners HEAD LINERS 4 IN washington john sampson kirby 69 above ot of tennessee was placed under observation after police had nabbed him packing a pistol in the capitol building and declaiming loudly that he had just been elected president of the united states IN NEW YORK virginia walton brooks 14 just returned from rom an african hunting trip with hir her parents proudly revealed that she had shot no not tonly only an elephant and a lion but also alio such esoteric creatures as a kongo nl two gerenuks an oryx a bat eared fox an im pala two dik diks and a er IN CHICAGO mrs anna metz ger 47 had had a pain in her leg for 40 years finally became curious pressed the irritated area and pulled out k a two inch sewing needle SAY UNCLE ford gives up abandoning his laudable if nonconforming efforts to stabilize automobile prices henry ford II 11 announced that prices on most models of ford passenger cars and all truck models would be boosted from flora 20 to 97 effective immediately it was an average increase of 42 per cent the announcement said the rise being dictated byi by the simple simpie necessity of keeping ford motor company on a sound economic basis the action following follo win 9 price increases by virtually every other automotive to manufacturer marked the defeat of ards fords lonely stand against the f forces arces of inflation AU ali this gave rise to a disturbing question it if the tha ford dynasty is unable to hold bold the line against inflation what tt if anything can THE SWIFT oysters Oyster lose oysters simply arent fast enough to get away from predatory ry snails whose pace has been clocked officially at miles an hour plodding along on a treadmill at the university of maryland fish and wildlife laboratory a test snail covered 22 feet and ah inch in 11 ll 11 hours and 30 minutes a pace swift enough at least to overtake an oyster 1 purpose ose of th the e labora torys snail timing experiments is to slow the little creatures up even more As things stand now doing too much damage to Chea chesapeake peake bays oyster crop |