Senate Deals Threaten Price Controls Log-Rolling Allegations
Washington reports of back stage bartering over lifting price controls show senators from cotton livestock and mineral states pressuring each other to obtain relief for their commodities. Ellender says there is more log rolling now than during the tariff debates while LaFollette urges swift correction of OPA mistakes to save the agency. Bowles warns that continued authority is essential to fight inflation.
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Bonus Expected To Coax Grains Out from Farms
Analysts report a 36 cent per bushel bonus may spur farmers to release stored wheat to meet a 25 percent cut in flour use. Industry leaders, including J C D McKenzie and Dr Morris Fishbein, foresee mixed effects on bread and bakery products as stocks move.
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Millers’ National Federation
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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Charles Wright
Omaha Grain Exchange
Broadway Night Notes and Movie Gossip Snippets
A glimpse of Walter Winchell style verse and quirky showbiz tales. Harry Conn deserts his dog training after ten days, while a Copa comic overhears a theater couple at a window display. A reader reports a Bonwit Teller window dummy mix up with a husband claiming the wife as the culprit.
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Lichfield Prisoners Case Convicts Jones For Beatings
Major Smith warned the case shows an everyday pattern of abuse by guards at Lichfield. Jones admitted beating prisoners to scare them and evade combat while defense lawyers argued the army bears blame for the policy. The court found Jones guilty after a 50 minute deliberation and will review the sentence Monday.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Morris McGee
Birmingham
Pay Boost for Postal Workers Passed by Senate Panel
The Senate Post Office Committee on Saturday unanimously recommended enactment of the house passed bill to raise postal workers pay. Full time workers receive a 400 dollar annual increase, part time or hourly staff get 20 cents an hour, and fourth class postmasters gain 20 percent. The panel noted reduced hours from 48 to 40 cut take home pay and said the raise aligns post office pay with other federal workers.
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Mysterious Wallet Swap In Hollywood Club Car Incident
Hollywood actors tell of a weekend Super Chief ride where a stranger bought drinks for all, flashed $1,000 bills, and was helped to a compartment by a film magnate. The producer kept the man’s wallet safe, then traded wallets at noon, revealing the stranger’s wallet had been returned.
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Theaters Plan Cartoon Matinees for Children
In Chicago theaters, sparked by a bus driver's view that children deserve their own films, Saturday morning matinees now present 15 cartoon shorts. About 40 to 50 houses run the cartoons, some weekly and others monthly.
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Government Tells How You Can Help World's Hungry
Government guidance outlines household actions to reduce waste and stretch food supplies amid a Europe Asia hunger crisis. It urges housewives to minimize bread and waste, meat preparation changes, and refrigeration. men to avoid pastries, plant gardens, and spread awareness. all to cut waste and boost available food for the hungry.
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Europe
Asia
Rose Croix Officers Preside at Easter Rites
Bruce Chapter Rose Croix unveils new officers who will preside at Easter services in Iowa Consistory at 9 AM after an 8 AM Scottish Rite Masons breakfast. George E. Farmer will speak after the ceremony of relighting the lights, with Robison succeeding Dr. George D. Reid as wise master.
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