U.S. Moves to Free Goods as Price Controls Face Fight
The Civilian Production Administration tightens inventories on scarce appliances while considering export limits to ease prices. CPA rules cap finished goods at 30 days and cover refrigerators furniture washing machines and more. AFL CIO push for fair pricing and a buyer strike by UAW threaten. A Jones & Laughlin pact grants foremen wage hikes amid seizure orders, with contract retroactive to May 22 and subject to court action.
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Civilian
CPA
House
Senate
OPA
AFL
CIO
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Detroit
Mich
William Green
Ciio-United Automobile Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Dun & Bradstreet
John L. Lewis
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Federal
U. S
Argentina to take Falkland dispute to UN next fall
Argentina plans to bring its dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands to the United Nations for settlement next fall. The islands control a key Atlantic Pacific route, but are described as barren and of limited local importance beyond strategic value. Britain seeks postwar trade growth to surpass prewar levels.
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Great Britain
Argentina
London
Falkland Islands
South America
United Nations
Falklands
Straits of Magellan
Cape Horn
Atlantic
Britain
Western
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Specia
Montana Senate Contest Signals Postwar Shifts in 1946
Political observers analyze the Montana Democratic primary where veteran senator Wheeler loses to Leif Erickson as postwar sentiment shifts toward world cooperation. Georgia’s gubernatorial race features James Carmichael and white supremacy advocate Gene Talmadge amid new voting dynamics and a large Negro turnout. Earl Browder returns from Russia to New York to promote literary exchange and smoother U.S.-Soviet cultural ties.
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Montana
Meno Wheeler
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Cio-Pac
Leif Erickson
Wheeler
Georgia
Gene Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Talmadge
U. S. Supreme Court
Ellis Arnall
Sia
New York
Browder
U.S
Reds
Poland protests elections spark by Mikolajczyk
Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, returning to Poland to lead moderates in the Soviet backed provisional government, denounced the election process. He displayed burned ballots and alleged suppression of anti government votes while local committees in 12 cities including Warsaw reported high opposition to the single legislature proposal.
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Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Mikolajczyk
Warsaw
Moderate
Peasant Party
Private Construction Expenditures Hit Record First Half 1946
The Department of Labor reports private construction spending in the first half of 1946 topped 3.0 billion dollars, the highest half-year level in more than ten years. Construction was about 3 percent larger than the same period in 1945 and 50 percent higher than 1940 after adjusting for cost increases.
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Department of Labor
Ig Mnade
Scientists Favor Unhampered Research Funding Move
Washington observer argues Congress may approve a national science foundation bill after wartime shocks. Debate includes cautions that federal control over research could curb scientific freedom and policy, with examples from Kielce riots and local incidents. The piece notes OPA deadlines and Capitol Hill sessions shaping final action.
Argentina issues Roosevelt stamp triggers stamp fever
Argentina issued a special stamp honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt on his death anniversary and saw tremendous demand. An active Pan American Union philatelic supporter, Argentina distributed a few thousand copies, double the usual amount, but the supply quickly ran out.
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Argentina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pan American Union
Russia and Germany in wartime sympathy maneuvers
Bankage notes Russia seeks German sympathy to ease Communization efforts but faces a difficult task. The piece compares Russia's veto power to filibusters and mentions shifting crime records favoring western states. It also hints at a new gasoline driven lawn mower hedge trimmer and a joke about a baby.
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Russia
Germany
Pegged Tables in Two Handy Sizes
Pegged furniture can be set up quickly and stored easily for winter. Two tables are shown the larger about card-table size and the low coffee table doubles as a seat. If you can saw straight and drive screws you can make these. pattern 293 for the tables and No. 292 for the chair cost 15 cents each or both patterns for one address.
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Koppanyi
United States
Philadelphia
Congress
House
Senate
Washington
Capitol
Capitol Hill
OPA
Harry Truman
Mystery Bugle Mouthpiece Bags Clue Boy’s Camp Tale
A youngster returns from camp and answers how 350 boys were awakened by saying they used a bugle. The parents laugh at the joke then discover the bugle mouthpiece among the boy’s belongings, revealing the punchline.
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Big Four
G.I
Justice
Nicolai Redin
America
Lloyd Black
Department of Agriculture
Politics
Beat Wheeler
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Rus
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Hiroshima
Pacific
National Scientific Research Foundation
Nagasaki
The
American Association of University Professors
Theodore Koppanyi
Kielce
Bankhage
O’daniel
American
Chicago
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Scotts SS
Aon TE
St. Oseph
Chook
O'Sullivan
College of Emporia
Presbyterian College of Kansas
D. A. Rirschler, Pres
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