New executive order tightens wage and price controls
David Lawrence explains that the latest wage and price policy frames executive power to impose controls overnight. The order ties price relief to industry profits and cost structures, signaling potential inflation containment while risking renewed price and wage cycles if gains persist beyond a year. Chester Bowles sets policy direction with Paul Porter administering the formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Porter
Bowles
White House
Subscriptions Rates and mailing details
Subscription rates listed by Carmier show 1 year 13.00 6 months 6.50 3 months 3.25 and weekly 2% for carrier service in Ohio with variations by mail outside Ohio prices, including overseas service with letter of request. National representatives John W Cullen Company Chicago New York Columbus Cleveland advertise rates on inquiry at Rome of Porto offices normal charge for obituary care of thanks etc.
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Carmier
Ohio
Carrie
Otto
Athens
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Rome
Miss Jenny and the Double Life in Boston
In the narrative, Miss Jenny endures abuse from Hebard Pharr while seeking happiness with Stephen Willson in Boston. A torn union unfolds as Jenny tries to balance love, loyalty, and danger. The narrator notes bruises, tension, and a pivotal confrontation at Jenny's door as war looms and Stephen departs on military duty.
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Dru
Jenny
Hebard
Boston
Philadelphia
Westbrook
Hebard Pharr
Nana
Stephen Wilson
Stephen Willson
Stephen
Nanas
Serious and Disturbing Views on Peace and Russia
The February reader poll summarized by Woman's Home Companion shows only one in six Americans optimistic about permanent peace, with 63 percent naming Russia as a potential foe if peace fails. Editors caution against fear while noting Stalin's recent speech shifts tone, demanding realism and readiness to defend peace against total war.
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Woman's Home Companion
Russia
Stalin
America
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
They Could Do It Too Despite Global Hardship
The piece argues Americans should not judge others while noting their own strength. It cites New York Times data on coal output, contrasts U S abundance with global scarcity, and attributes underproduction in starving nations to government control rather than private initiative. It advocates adopting capitalistic ideas over European collectivization.
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New York Times
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Old World
New World
ENIAC the Army’s 50 foot electrical brain debuts
The ENIAC, an Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer built for the Army, is described as vastly faster and more miraculous than prior computing devices. Weighing 30 tons, it stretches 50 feet, cost about 400000, and can perform about 10,000,000 additions per second.
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Science
Navy
Harvard University
Army
Initial
ENIAC
War Production Board Cert 44 extended to May 1 1946
Peter Edson notes that Civilian Production Administrator Small extended WPB Certificate 44 from February to May 1946. The certificate lets railroads and other carriers fix rates without anti trust prosecution, a tool with a long, tangled wartime backstory involving Grogan, the Illinois coal trades, and interlocking rate conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John OD. Small
War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
Chicago
W. H. Grogan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Grogan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wilinois Freight Association
Chicago Gateway
Michael L. Igoe
Mike
John P. Barnes
Washington, D. C
Secretaries of War and Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Francis Biddle
Department of Justice
Mechanical brains and the future of human thinking
A discussion on calculating machines and early computers shows they extend mental capacity but do not replace human thought. Experts warn they may shrink creative problem solving and could threaten jobs while suggesting a shift to machines that tackle ethical and political issues to ensure humanity’s survival and retirement from labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
WCTU memorial service planned for Frances Willard
Athens union of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union announces a memorial service for Frances E. Willard founder of the organization. Mayor McCune reports profits over 300 from three dances on President's Birthday for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Chi Omega Alumnae host actives and pledges with buffet at chapter house with Patty Jordan singing Chi Omega songs. Mary Ellen Bibbee elected president of OU Pi Beta Phi with Mary Elizabeth Thomas Syracuse as secretary and Betty Gullum Athens as treasurer. Twenty years ago OU set a record with 1756 students paying entrance fees. Rayner McQuiston announces birth of Julian Raymer. A N Ward of Nelsonville among 34 prize raisers for Poland China hogs. Theta Chi earns Men’s Union scholarship cup for fourth straight semester.
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Athens Union of
WCTU
Frances E. Willard
Organi
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Len 3 B. McCunen
Athens
Chi Omega
Patty Jordan
Chi ‘Omega
James Houssholder
Mary Ellen Bibbee
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Jackson
Eleanor Karr
Syracuse
Betty Gullum
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Ohio University
Raymer McQuiston
Morris Ave
Julian Raymer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
N. Ward
Nelsonville
Poland
China
Hogs- Theta Chi Fraternity
Kyger News Notes Roundup Social Miscellany
Kyger community reports visitors and relocations including Roland Rupe family returning to Laurel Maryland and Robert Grover visiting with Mrs Arthur Rupe after discharge from service. Local prayer service weekly, school officers elected. Multiple residents and kinfolk listed with recent travels and relocations.
Bitter by Dewitt Mackenzie Herford in British Occupation Zone
In the British zone of Germany after World War II, the German people show physical defeat but not total moral collapse. Youths appear friendlier than elders, yet many adults harbor aversion to occupying Allied forces. The piece argues that peace must be built with the coming generation, education shaping reform while the elderly fade. In Montgomery’s zone, Germans work to repair war damage, farms reawaken, Ruhr mines partly operate, and cities are rebuilt, signaling resilience and a preserved spirit despite catastrophe.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Herford
Germany
Reich
Hitler
Ruhr
Montgomery
Europe
Harrisonville Lend A Hand Circle Meets At Home
Regular meeting of the Lend A Hand Circle was held at Mrs. Clara Car's home with assistants Mrs. Lilian Jewell and other hostesses. Devotional led by Mrs. Amy Chase. social hour by Mrs. Norma Lee and Mrs. Pauline Atkins. Fruit salad cake and coffee served. Guests include Charles Paynter visiting grandparents, and local visits by Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Chase and others from Florida to Akron and Mason. Grafton Stout home for the summer after honorable discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Clara Car
Lillian Jewell
Amy Chase
Norma Lee
Pauline Atkins
Charles Paynter
W. A. Dye
D. E. Chase
Mason
Nobel Rompel
Glen McClure
Frank Halliday
Florida
Akron
Grafton Stout
Harold Saxton
Lancaster
B. E Saxton
Lottridge News Notes From Athens County Union Meeting
A large audience attended the Athens County union class meeting at the Lotridge UB Church led by Rev. Roy Deeter with Mr. Whitlack as song leader. Special songs by a quartet and duets by Mrs. Blake and daughters were performed. The next county meeting is set for the second Sunday in March at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Athens. Social visits occurred across the community as families hosted guests. Carthage Grade School musicians begin five operettas under Miss Marjorie Malone with performances in April. The UB Church C E group met at the Blake home with 32 in attendance for business devotion music and a lunch. Arnold Bernard visited near Success with Gordon Collins family.
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Lottridge
Athens County
Lotridge UB
Roy Deeter
Whitlack
Whitlock
Oldaker
Coolville
Freda Blake
Eileen
Eleanor
Mary Alice Allen
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Athens
L. A. Townsend
Lionel Marshall
RB. M. Allen
Eloise Warner
John Archer
Edward Blake
Omehi Gaston
Clarksburg
W.va
Edward Biske
Guy White
Broadwell U.B
White
Carthage
Marjorie Malone
Sweet Shop
C.E
U B
Blake
Frances Gillilan
Arnold Bernard
Gordon Collins
Famiy
Success
Millfield Notes Reflect Local Social Farm Events
Millfield notes report Mrs Floyd Wem mer hosting Country Club members at her farm home on a Wednesday in February. Other items note Dan Simpkins ill at home, Eddie Wise visiting Crescent Ridge, and visits by Mrs Winfield Hartley’s relatives. First graders Wayne Jackson and Judith Snyder out with chicken pox. Various locals visit relatives in Columbus and Amesville. Grant Antle seriously ill. Otto O Neal McDougal opens a sugar camp.
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A. T. Trip
Wm. Antle
Concord
Louise Skinner
Samuel Ernest
Albert Dust
Orris Boudinot
Columbus
Gilbert Boudinot
Amesville
Jackson Run
Grant Antle
Ames Township
Otto O'Neal McDougal
Albany Social Notes: Valentines Day Club Meeting and Local News
Mrs. Brooks Russell hosted the Carrie Hall Club Valentine gathering at Pomeroy Road with a noon luncheon. Officers for the new year to be elected, March meeting planned with husbands as guests. Births noted for Mrs. Bias and Dr. Hart Stanley. Several families noted for visits and moves in Albany and nearby towns. Charles Donaldsson of the Army visiting.
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Albany
Brooks Russell
Carrie Hall Club
Pomeroy Road
Ine Rickey
Sanders
Helena Whaley
Maud Knowlton
Fila Miller
Kate Brooks
E. M. Baughman
H. M. Stanley
Edward
Burton Foutz
Parure
Armour Chesser
Charley Bean
Clinton St
D. W. Burt
Athens
Ella Steward
Will Cline
Charles Donaldsson
Army
A. E. Donaldson
William Whaley
Columbus
W. D. Whaley
H. M. Stinson
R. L. Bias
Hart Stanley
Springfield
Mrs
Howard Stanley
Chester News Notes Roundup of Local Visits and Events
Chester notes guests and homecomings from Parkersburg and Columbus. George Wolf returns home after Navy discharge. Ward Kimes visits from Parkersburg. Barry Lodwick on furlough from Ft. Bliss before overseas. Miss Marlene Wolfe and Lenore Betzing relocate for Dayton work. Pearl Van Meter visits Shade Valley. Joe Gillilan recovering from St. Joseph Hospital. School reopens after furnace repair. Rex Bailey and Billy Will hosted guests.
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Chester
Ears Nest Brown
Parkersburg
W. Vas
J. S. Frank
Guy Summerfield
Grange Hall
Chester Grange
George Wolf
Navy
Clarence Wolf
Ward Kimes
John Fox
Columbus
Ward Hayes
Barry Lodwick
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Harry Lodwick
Dayton
Pearl Howard van Meter
John Pooler
Shade Valley
Joe Gillilan
St. Joseph Hospital
Rex Bailey
Billy Will
Tex
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Kyger
Kenton
J. A. Searls
William Gardner
Finley
Maxine Lynch
Isaac Rupe
Chester Ward
Eugene Stevens
J. W. Speer
Walter Darst
Cora’ Ward
Pergy
Bradbury
Aliie Bradbury
Maxine Darst
Okey Woods
Mary Sisson
Gertrude Rupe
Mabel Eakin
Ella Mutehler Houk
Sioux City
Iowa
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Roy Rife
Hazel Stout
Horton Rufe
Stanley Rupe
Cora Porscher
Piqua
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Marysville
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Phil Bradbury
Canton
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