Leftwing Parties Strength Dominates Czech Elections
Paris based dispatch notes strong leftist current in Czechoslovakia with Communists and Social Democrats forecast to reach at least 45 percent in the May 26 elections. It cites party sizes, state controls on industry and banking, and Prague’s political dynamics driven by postwar disillusionment, Nazi occupation memories, and Soviet influence.
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Paris
INS
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Socialist Labor Front
Social Democrats
Communist Party
Russia
West
Edouard Benes
Moscow
Benes
Jan Masaryk
Baking Industry Is Charged With Waste of Bread
Washington DC AP government charges the baking industry with wasting day old bread to keep “fresh” stock. FTC says consignment selling wasted bread in 1942 enough to feed 2,055,000 with a loaf every third day. Outlawed 1943. Public to cut wheat use 25 percent under new program starting Monday. Bakers seek a one cent loaf price rise to offset smaller business.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Truman
Housing plan frames postwar living in Washington
Washington weighs postwar housing with NEA and Wyatt plans. Estimates vary on how many families will be doubled up or homeless through 1947, ranging from 850000 to 5000000. Wyatt proposes 1946 950000 permanent and 250000 temporary homes and 2 year goal of 2450000 permanent plus 250000 temporary, offset by conversions and rehab.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
Truman
Producers Council
Wyatt
National
Verted
Government housing plan favors veterans and rentals over sales
A housing expediter seeks to channel materials and labor to build small homes and inexpensive apartments funded by Congress. Permits would favor veterans who agree to sell or rent to veterans for a month after completion, with emphasis on homes under 10000 dollars or rents under 80 dollars monthly. Prefabrication aims to supply hundreds of thousands of small homes through subsidies, prioritizing rental housing and apartment buildings to ease material and labor pressures.
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