Ford asserts Bowles withheld facts on wartime auto pricing
Henry Ford II responds to Ches ter Bowles charging outrageous ceilings by asserting Bowles refused to reveal facts. Ford cites War Production Board limits for 1945, cost and price calculations, and production constraints from wartime shortages. He notes 34,435 Ford cars produced in 1945 and stresses that prices depend on large scale output and uninterrupted supply.
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Detroit
INS
Henry Ford II
Chester Bowles
Ford
Bowles
Japan
Mothers Besiege Cleveland Council Over Day Care Closures
About 150 working mothers stormed Cleveland City Hall to block the planned closing of 22 day care centers serving around 600 children. After an all-day sit-in, they won a 30 day extension, vow to keep centers open, and will push permanent operation plans before the council.
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Cleveland
City Board of Control
Thomas A. Burke
Forces to pull out of Middle East and Asia soon
Secretary of War Patterson said most U S troops in the Middle East India and Burma will be withdrawn once surplus army property is disposed of with only a few air force personnel remaining. Air force withdrawal depends on the decision to terminate the air transport command service through the Middle East to the Far East under review.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
India
Burma
Air Force
Patterson
Air Transport Command
Far East
Hobbie Announces State House Bid in June Democratic Primary
Charles W. Hobbie of 120 Eleventh Street NE declared his candidacy for Linn county state representative on the Democratic ticket. A 1944 state senate hopeful and district president of local Farm Equipment and Metal Workers, Hobbie served in the Philippine Islands and China, studied at Rantoul, Columbia, and the University of Iowa, and worked at a blacksmith shop and for Oliver Farm Equipment before settling in Cedar Rapids. He is married to Wilma G. Keller and has one son, Robert Dean, with affiliations in NAACP and local civic groups.
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Charles W. Hobbie
Eleventh Street
Linn County
Hobbie
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
Hampton
Hampton High School
Philippine Islands
China
U. S. Technical Training School
Rantoul
Columbia University
New York City
University of
Trucks Idle in India Surplus From Ledo Road Relays
Brig. Gen. T. M. Osborne told the House Expenditures Committee that 4 000 to 5 000 new trucks sit idle in India. He said the army sent them to relay to China via the Ledo road, but lend lease was halted and the vehicles now belong to the Foreign Economic Administration awaiting disposal.
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Washington
T. M. Osborne
India
Osborne
House Expenditures Committee
Army Service Forces
China
Ledo Road
Foreign Economic Administration
Clarkesville OPA panel resigns over CIO politics
Three members of Clarkesville OPA area office price panel resign, decry government influenced by the CIO. Clem ent Cornwall and W S Whitworth and W F Marsengill sign a blunt letter to the Atlanta district office accusing CIO pressure. Atlanta regional director Gillman defends OPA role and opposition to price hikes.
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Clarkesville, Ga
CIO
Clarkesville
OPA
Atlanta
Clement Cornwall
W. S. Whitworth
W. F. Marsengill
Charles H. Gillman
Cle
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Shalimar
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Tussy
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Sosy
Merry Silver
Coats
Tassy
Asuelly
Diana
Diana Girdle
Sonie Telens
CFC
Rees
Siegel’s
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