New Farm Program Aims to Stabilize Parity and Prices
A House Postwar Economic Policy committee led by Rep Colmer proposes a flexible farm program blending market mechanisms with government aid. It calls for a price floor at 60 70 or 80 percent of parity, a hard times supplement, and limits on decline to stabilize farmers incomes while avoiding orthodox controls. The plan emphasizes long range reform and reexamining parity formulas.
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Justice Department
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OPA Boosts Prices as Subsidies End and Meat Policy Shifts
The Office of Price Administration raises prices on canned peas tomatoes corn and tomato paste as subsidy payments end. Meat pricing awaits the new board while beef and pork costs shift amid ship and rail delays. The war department begins converting barracks into 6,746 family units at 62 installations to ease housing shortages.
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Washington Digest GOP Leaders Intrigue Press With Election Prospects
In Washington the GOP plots for an election edge with Reece and Brown leading the push. Gallup shows Democrats ahead in most states, while Republicans target Senate gains in several key states and view Louisville Kentucky as a tough battleground.
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GOP
Baukhage
Montana study aims to curb rural migration and boost town vitality
State council notes ghost town blight from World War II driven migration to cities. Montana study begun in 1944 to bring adult education to rural areas, stabilize local economies through volunteers, and keep young people in home towns as living standards rise.
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Monia
Pearl Harbor
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Barbs and Banter on World Affairs and Odd Tales
A satirical note critiques war assets diapers and a 27 inch cloth square, mocks the Paris conference, hints at Truman's Palestine advice, recalls a hobbyist finding an epitaph in a yard, and notes poison ivy halting a cemetery hunt amid broader reflections on disasters.
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War Assets Administration
Funny Little Bears For the Nursery Pattern 705
Embroidery transfer includes 17 motifs arranged 2 by 2 up to 54 percent by 10 inches. Fat and funny bears featured in the design for nursery decor.
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the Nursery
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