FDR Outlines Ironclad Wage and Price Control Plan
Washington reports President Roosevelt urged Congress to grant authority to control wages and prices to fight inflation. He discussed executive orders versus legislation with congressional leaders and leaders from industry and labor. The plan would supersede the 1941 price control law and allow ceilings on rents and wages nationwide to curb living costs.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
E C Nelson Candidate for Chief Justice of Court of Civil Appeals
Judge E C Nelson seeks the states top appellate post. District Judge of Potter Randall Armstrong Counties he brings 22 years of practice and WWI service including 14 months in France. At 51 he emphasizes experience, education, and broad courtroom view to review cases from both sides. Political ad.
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E. C. Nelson
Court of Civil Appeals
Nelson
United States
France
Potter, Randall
Armstrong
Embroidered Towel Pattern for Wedding Gift
Pattern 361 offers six motifs about 6 by 7 inches each to brighten a kitchen. Includes stitch illustrations and materials list. Send eleven cents to The Amarillo Globe cedlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave NE New York NY with pattern number name and address.
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Amarillo Globe
Cedlecraft Dept
Eighth Avene
New York
N. Y
Truck Drivers End Walkout Near St Louis War Plants
ST LOUIS July 23 WPA United Press report says 3600 AFL truck drivers ended a two day strike after wage talks stalled. War Labor Board urged a truce pending arbitration and possible $6 weekly raise. companies offered $3. Union rep Ted Corning announced the return amid cheers.
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ST. Louis
U.P
AFL
War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
Association of Teamsters and Truck Owners of
Ted Corning
Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Thomas N. Dysart
Chamber of Commerce
Dysart
Union
Edwin H. Sager
St. Louis Ordnance Division
Emer
Texas Traffic Deaths Fade in First Half 1942
Texas reports a 20 percent drop in traffic fatalities for the first six months of 1942, 648 deaths versus 863 in 1941. June shows continued improvement with 104 deaths, city and town reductions lead, highway patrol warnings rose 22.5 percent, and San Antonio shows a rise while Dallas Fort Worth and Houston fall.
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Austin
U.1
Texas
Homer Garrison
Garrison
Texas Traffic Advisory Committee
Highway Patrol
Hill Foreman
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Amarillo
Texas death tolls by city for first half of year
The report lists death counts by city for the first half of the year with Galveston one, El Paso three, Waco three, Beaumont three, Corpus Christi five, Austin seven, Lubbock three, San Angelo six, Tyler six, Port Arthur two, Abilene two, Laredo three, and Wichita Falls three. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Galveston
Fl Paso
Waco
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Austin
Lubbock
San Angelo
Tyler
Port Arthur
Abilene
Laredo
Wichita Falls
Globe News
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White House
William P. Witherow
National Association of Manufacturers
Eric A. Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the United
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Labor
Bride
Laura Wheeler
Denver
U. S
Schiefffelin & Co
New York City
England
Sussex Home Guard
Polk St
Mendaco
Nature
Goal
Thrift
Une Baw
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