Flyer Wins Promotion In Pacific Duty
Edward G. Stepanek has been promoted to lieutenant junior grade while serving aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. A Pensacola graduate, he completed naval flight training in seven months and earned a bachelor of science in commerce in August 1940. He is a Wilson high school graduate and began flying interest at the University of Iowa before entering Pensacola in 1939.
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Pacific
Edward G. Stepanek
R. J. Stepanek
Nineteenth Street
Stepanek
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Pacific Fleet
Wilson High School
University of Iowa
House Waiters End Capitol Strike
Washington AP reports two thirds of Capitol Hill house restaurant waiters who walked out Tuesday to protest wages have returned to work. No agreement reached yet as managers study the restaurant’s finances while workers await consideration of their pay demands.
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Washington
The
Capitol
Congress
Senate
OPA Lowers Fabric Price Ceilings for Woolen Goods
The Office of Price Administration set new lower maximum prices for woolen and worsted fabrics to replace the general regulation. The order, effective June 22, can cut manufacturers’ prices by up to 24 cents from March 1942. Individual ceilings are based on last season’s selling period.
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Washington (Lp
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Manufacturer Plans Markup to Offset Rising Costs
A manufacturer states it will apply a specified percentage markup to cover higher basic costs. The move aims to offset inflation driven increases in input prices and sustain production.
MacLeish Attacks Press Critics of Government
Archibald MacLeish, head of the Office of Facts and Figures, accused unnamed individuals and a press faction of abusing the right to criticize the government. He singled out Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune for pushing propaganda aimed at instilling fear and hostility toward the administration.
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Chicago
INS
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Executive Branch
National Retail Dry Goods Association
MacLeish
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Bertie McCormick
Bertie
Stockholders Win $1.465 Million from Standard Oil Nebraska Sale
District Judge Francis Dineen ruled stockholders in the old Standard Oil company of Nebraska may recover 1,465,180 dollars due to the 1939 sale of the firm to Standard Oil of Indiana for 2,824,552 dollars.
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Omaha
Francis Dineen
Old Standard Oil Company of
Nebraska
Standard Oil of
Indiana
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