Man About Town Rumors and City Gossip
Rumors swirl about Marshall Field negotiating for a New York paper with upstate publishers seen as likely buyers. Celebrities and society notes abound from sunup to late night, with fashion, theater, and sports glimpses, including mentions of Edison, Halsey, and Joan Crawford amid city life chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Field
New York
Dewarts
Gannett
Roney-Pleasure
Mai
Beach
Stork Club
Ford
United Auto Workers
Gen
Motors
Chrysler
Radio City
Air Force
Jacqueline Datya
Mexico City
Heaven
Inflation Threat Will Pursue Postwar Prosperity Controls
Walter A Shead explains how OPA price controls and rationing kept living costs stable through 1944, despite pressures to end them. He notes inflation risks rise if only profits or wages surge and urges continued controls until reconversion stabilizes the economy. Bowles promises price safeguards to maintain buying power and coordinated postwar prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Shead
Congress
OPA
Office
Price Administration
Pennsylvania
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chester Bowles
Euly
Bowles
Baruch predicts inflation and slow demobilization
Bern ie Baruch warned 14 congressmen at the Shoreham hotel that inflation will escalate in the next six to nine months. He opposed tax cuts now and urged cautious manpower demobilization while lagging wages threaten the postwar recovery. He favored keeping price controls and urged executive and legislative cooperation on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mauldin
Baruch
Washington
Bilder
Bernie Baruch
Shoreham
Ba~ Toch
Andy Biemiller
Milwaukee
General Motors
C E. Wilson
Biemiller
Wilson
Esics Kefauver
Chattanooga
Congress
Bremiler
Kefauver
Albert Gore
Percy Priest
Tennessee
John Sparkman
Alabame
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Henry Jackson
Jerry Voorhis
Chet Holifield
Calfornia
Bob Sikes
Florida
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Bob Ramspeck
Georgia
Jamie Whitten
Arthur Winstead
Mississipe
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Kathryn Grayson
Chi
Einstein
FDR
Univ. of Chi
Salazer
England
Jacques Diamond
Admiral Halsey
Marion
Hollywood
Sun Valley
Kaltenborn
L. Thomas
Mag
Jack Haley
Tokyo
Errol Flynn
Kass
Tell
Ma Villepique
49Th St. Restaurateur
Sheepshead Bay
Diamond Jim Brady
Jim
Sarah Lorimer
Thomas Wolfe
Carmenle
Jessyy
A Russell
G Wells
Charles, Lamb
R M Hutchins
Secy
Treasury
H Morgenthau
Stork
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Eddie Foy Jr
Foy
Joan Crawford
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Empire
France
Nolte
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
George
Thomas
Idaho
Wills
Indiana
Capper
Kansas
Reed
Barkley
Kentucky
White
Maine
Walsh
Massachusetts
Bilbo
Mississippi
Murray
McCarran
Nevada
Balfley
North Carolina
Moore
Oklahoama
Entourage
Business & Invest
OPPOR
San Diego
Plastic Products
California Street
San Ditco
Calif
Learr
Salt Lake Barber College
F. Gillette
Mgr
Regent
Salt Lake Desk Exchange
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utah
Northwestern Hide and Fur Company
Southera
Sania
Tony
Amerca
Nanking University
China
Bfgoodrich
Pinehurst
America
Wnu
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Elie E.pinkhams Ui
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