Brown Rejects Rent Control Changes in Letter to Realtors
Prentiss M. Brown, head of the War Rent Office, declines modifications to the four point rent control plan proposed by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He warns changes would undercut the hold the line policy, increase rents, and harm servicemen and wage earners while reaffirming the department’s stance on local boards, eviction controls, and seasonal rents. He promises continued consultation with the Realtors Washington committee.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
E. W. Heath
Dallas
Amarillo
Riley Strickland
Prentiss Brown
John W. Galbreath
Realtors’ Washington Committee
Armed Services
Rent Department
Jones
Smith
Green
Allied Air Strikes Hit Japanese Bases Near Australia
Allied planes bombed points along the island perimeter north of Australia including Timor Dutch New Guinea and New Britain. B‑17s destroyed a Japanese bomber on the Gasmata airfield and started fires at Ubili. Dobo Dobo area raids hit fuel dumps and a float plane base.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Morobe
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Ubili J
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Laga
Allied
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Victory garden raided by narcotics agents
State narcotics agents uncovered a 16 year old boy’s victory garden in El Centro California containing two marijuana plants cultivated alongside vegetables. The boy and five men connected with the garden were arrested.
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EL Centro
Cal
U.P
Selkirk Cat Susie Rides Trains From Yard to Yard
A Selkirk New York cat named Susie keeps railroad workers company by leaping onto moving trains. Her travels include boarding a refrigerated car to Dewitt 140 miles away and returning, with a preference for scrambling atop wagons along the yard’s five miles.
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Selkirk
N. Y
Susie
Dewitt
Monstrous crime described by Chinese army spokesman
A Chinese Army spokesman denounced the execution of U.S. fliers held in Japan as a monstrous crime contrary to international law. The statement condemned recent atrocities by the Japanese, linking them to broader wartime brutality.
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Chungking
United States
Japan
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