Government figures and market myths in postwar reports
The piece surveys criticism of wartime and postwar government statistics on production and prices. It notes disputes over figures from OWMR and OPA, contrasts with Civilian Price Administration data, and argues consumers care about real availability and prices more than glossy statistics. It cites Harol Ickes and quotes Harlow Shapley and Lt Gen Clay on material needs.
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Commerce Department
Office of War Mobilization
OWMR
Civilian Price Administration
Harold Ickes
OPA
Pastry Holiday Inspiration from LaGuardia
Fiorello H. LaGuardia urges creating a fat rich gooey pastry for a holiday season, emphasizing indulgence in these times. The UNRRA director highlights pastry as a comforting, festive focus amid austerity.
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
Paul Mallon Seeks Name Truth Behind UNO to UN Change
A columnist laments the shift from UNO to UN in United Nations branding. He argues for preserving UNO to reflect unity and questions who pushed the change at the New York Security Council meeting and the rationale amid Lake Success naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNO
United Nations Organization
World Organization
New York
United Nations Security Council
UNSC
Ciopac
United Nations Assembly
Congress
All the Nations
Security Council
UNOSC
Assembly
UNCIO
San Francisco
Conference of International Organization
U. S
United States
Lake Success
Officers Ordered Home After 42 Months Service
Yokohama May 6 reports orders directing all officers with 42 months service by June 30 to report to the Fourth Replacement Depot May 16 for return to the United States.
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Yokohama
United States
Short-Cuts to Peace Nine Months After V J Day
The text notes the ninth month after V J Day with the world still technically at war The United States remains at war by law yet theaters seek to abolish the Star Spangled Banner amid wartime duties The piece questions progress toward any peace despite armistice conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Food is politics in the postwar wheat crisis
Alsop argues food policy shapes European votes and the fate of democracy. He details France's request for wheat, UNRRA's role, and U S hesitations, criticizing administration indecision and urging lessons ahead of FAO talks for 1947 48 49 to avoid a Soviet victory in Europe.
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France
UNRRA
Europe
Russia
Germany
Japan
War Department
State Department
Anderson
Fiorello H. la Guardia
War Departments
United States
Combined Food Board
Will Clayton
Poland
Yugoslavia
Truman
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Polk Street Professor Enjoys Real Store Bought Shorts
A speaker recalls wartime shortages and the relief of owning proper shorts. He laughs about various homemade fabrics from marquisette to velvet and taffeta, describing wind through the garments and hospital fears, ending with pride in being “like a man again.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette
Brazil
Roosevelt and Churchill secrecy fuels postwar confusion
A 1946 King Features Syndicate column analyzes how covert wartime talks and scattered conferences from Moscow to Dumbar ton Oaks created legal and policy chaos. It contrasts open debate with secret talks and notes U S stance on Latvia Lithuania Poland Bulgaria and China. AGGIES MEET TONIGHT Texas A&M holds its regular weekly meeting at 7 in the Capitol Hotel.
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United States
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Poland
Soviet Russia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
China
Security Council
Germany
Japan
FBI
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Senate
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Aggies
Texas Aggies
Capitol Hotel
Two Day Children’s Clinic Hosted by Amarillo Osteopathic Staff
The annual clinic at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom runs Friday and Saturday, 9 to 5, for children aged 1 to 6. Dr. Dorothy Conner of Kirksville College of Osteopathy oversees pediatrics with Amarillo osteopathic physicians conducting exams and a small registration fee as the only charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Dorothy Conner
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Amarillo
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Polk Street
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Africa
Manchuria
Middle East
Anglo- American Committee
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Trieste
Byrnes
Austria
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Teheran
Yalta
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Cairo
Bermuda
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Purzle
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Marjry Jones
Samson
Delilah
Superman
Dagwoo
Mr.mclare
Cookie
IMA
Miss Madge
Antone
Little Beaver
Southern Brokerage Co
415 Fish Blog
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Children’s Clinic
Globe-News
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