Weekly analysis on steel priorities for farm gear and OPA price moves
The Civilian Production Board allocates steel to farm machinery and building products to meet demand. OPA price rises push meat dairy and bread costs higher, while talks seek to extend OPA life and remove price ceilings. Britain tensions over Palestine grow as Truman forms a special committee on immigration policy.
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CPA
OPA
Arab League
Bladan
Syria
Palestine
Bevin
Labor Party
Holy Land
Britain
State Byrnes
Truman
Feed Output Lags as War Years Boost Livestock
Feed production and feed grains rose modestly from 1941 to 1943 while livestock output jumped sharply. Price regulations remained in effect during this period, influencing market dynamics.
Rising Stars and Fallout Mark Targets in 1946 Primaries
The piece notes Gov Earl Warren's rising GOP presidential stock after sweeping wins in California and Nebraska primaries. It contrasts Harold Stassen's dimmed prospects amid Republican backlash to Gov Dwight Griswold. It also covers corporate working capital gains, tax receipts, union drive in baseball led by Robert Murphy, and a Supreme Court tobacco monopoly ruling tying to the Big Three firms.
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Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Nebraska
Warren
Stassen
Dwight Griswold
American Tobacco Company
Lucky Strike
Liggett & Myers
Chesterfield
R. J. Reynolds
Camel
American Tobacco Trust
Burton
France shakes off communist grip as elections favor center
Washington Digest notes France’s midline shift after elections curbing leftist power and dampening Nazi hopes of a postwar rebirth. It highlights the Popular Republican movement’s platform for unity, potential shifts in Soviet policy, and a bustling Washington lobby scene with many associations active in shaping policy.
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Adolph Hitler
Europe
France
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Red Sea
Donald B. Robinson
April Mercury Magazine
General de Gaulle
Saar
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Socialist Party
Resistance
Senate Turmoil Over Price Control Bill and Cabinet Battles
The piece surveys the Senate Banking and Currency Committee’s refusal to sign the price control bill, noting Wagner and Taft opposition and Barkley’s quip. It then profiles Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach’s patience amid respect to the maritime strike, plus cabinet confirmations history and Alabama governor elect Jim Folsom’s planned early moves in Atlanta and his 1944 Henry Wallace role.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Wagner
Banking and Currency Committee
Taft
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Lew
Schwellenbach
Spokane
White House
Navy
Secretary of Labor
Sec. of Labor
John Gibson
Truman
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney
Jackson
Tyler
Caleb Cushing
the Treasury
Cushing
David Henshaw
James M. Porter
Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Warren
Charley Dawes
Coolidge
Dawes
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Folsom
Arnall
Henry Wallace
Employment climbs to 54.55 million in April records
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports continued gains in jobs with April employment at 54,550,000, the second-highest on record aside from July 1943, marking a 6.6 percent rise from April 1945 despite ongoing labor disruptions across industries.
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New York
Council of State Governments
New York State
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Cmt
Barbs and Blurbs on Goods and Government
A satirical column notes fashion claims about cows with zippers and girdles, mocks aviation progress as stalling for ticketed travelers, and quips on potential nationalization of mines and railroads. The piece closes with a weathering nudge about missing sunshine when clouds overshadow the day.
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Western Newspaper Union
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CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Maritime Union
Big Joe Curran
Seamen
Harry Bridges
CIO
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London County Council
Joseph Curran
Hugh Bryson
Politics
Securities and Exchange Commission
Union
Robert Murphy
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh
Murphy
Pittsburgh Pirates
American Baseball Guild
Pirates
Supreme Court
Washington Digest
By Baukhage
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
Zionists
George Zook
Amvets
American Legion
Buck Privates Association
Alcoholics Anonymous
Association of
Antis
Anti-Cigarette Alliance
Anti- Defamation League
Anti-Poll Tax Committee
Anti- Saloon League
Distillers Institute
National
Caterers and Sandwich Makers Association
National Association of Ornamental Nonferrous Metals Manufacturers
National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers
Azerbaijan
Baku
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Lake Erie
House of Representatives
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