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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1942
Page
3
The piece argues against heavy limits on top earners and warns such caps could undermine American ambition. It contends large salaries fund charities and institutions, while elites should sacrifice postwar, and taxes on high incomes must be considered without erasing wealth.
The 1500 mile Texas to New York area pipeline is urged as the main solution to Eastern oil rations. Harold Ickes plans to seek War Production Board priority for steel needs after two prior rejections. Deputy Ralph Davies calls the project central to easing shortages for millions of automobiles and heating needs.
The article outlines proposed oil lines including a 22 inch route from near Shreveport to Salem and a 24 inch extension to New York Philadelphia, with costs estimated at 80 million dollars. It notes prior denials by the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board and WPB, and asserts construction could take six months to a year once approved. It also mixes in a church convention report and unrelated local notes.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Talbot Dorchester and Caroline counties met at Calvary Church in Easton on May 6. Miss Mary Jump led the devotional on the Lord's Prayer Our Father. Officers were elected with Ida Plummer as President and Mary Hardcastle L G Frazier Elsie Matthews as vice presidents. Tea at Riley's followed.
Local store S H Jones advertises beef groceries and Jones Best Flour with plentiful prices on hats, shirts, shoes, peaches, molasses, prunes, mackerel, paint, and books. It urges customers to sell eggs and to buy a shelf of Jones products, noting low prices and hurry.
The fragment notes concerns over power supply and the dangers of bomb impact on plants, mentions science as curiosity, and recalls 1933 steps to liquor legalization giving brewers priority. It ends with an Araonic Benediction and a historical closing remark about a worthwhile occasion.
Roy F. Hendrickson, agricultural marketing administrator, warned a conference that a system allocating major food products for specific uses may be needed to avert future shortages. He said the plan would apportion supplies among the armed forces, UN lend lease recipients, civilians and industry, and noted canned goods allocations are already in effect to meet government needs.
A wartime conference urges a broadening of allocation systems for lend lease supplies of pork and lard and for fats and oils. It warns against inedible usage and calls for timely setup of a food supply allocation system to prevent waste of perishables like truck crops.
The War Production Board halted sales and deliveries of soft wood construction lumber for non military use for sixty days. The order allows continued supply to the army, navy and Maritime Commission and aims to prioritize cantonments and war construction. About seventy percent of US soft wood output is covered, mainly timbers, framing pieces and boards. factory and hardwood lumber remain unrestricted for regular trade.
The president urged fair price stabilization and said corrections would follow if unfairness appeared. He noted retail prices rose less than wholesale ones, a result of retailers pricing on original cost to protect the cost of living and stock replacement.
A delay between retail and wholesale price indexes could force retailers to sell many items at no profit or at a loss, risking widespread store closures and economic hardship for thousands of outlets.
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