LivestockHearings Debunk Open Hearing for Hogs Ceiling
Iowa farm editor recalls a Washington meeting where OPA planned to set hogs on the hoof ceilings as a test case. Delegates challenged honesty, noting the hearing followed an OPA recommendation to Byrnes, and critics urged accountability to prevent bureaucratic egg-sucking games.
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Washington
Ray Anderson
Gazette
OPA
Washington Hotel
J. K. Galbraith
Price
Prentiss Brown
Dr. Galbraith
Grover Hill
Marvin Jones
James Byrnes
Galbraith
Byrnes
Justice Byrnes
Wickard
Office of Economic Stabilization
United States
Iowa
Rationing Debates Rise as Meat Plan Is Considered
A switch to a separate meat rationing program is under discussion in Pennsylvania while meat, butter, cheese and fats may share coupons. The piece notes a move toward clearer meat limits and outlines broader wartime rationing tensions including officer policy shifts, potential German alien relaxations, and public relations changes at OPA led by Lou R. Maxen.
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Entiss
M. Brown
OPA
Lou R. Maxen
Detroit
Brown
Alternative to Ruml Plan Critiqued as Hodgepodge
Merryle S. Rukeyser argues the House Ways and Means Committee's alternative to the Ruml plan is a tangled, inequitable scheme that would force prepayments with excessive discounts, favor wealthier taxpayers, and burden those living on fixed incomes, while the Ruml plan remains a better option pending a clearer solution.
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House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Skepticism on Nazi Atrocities Shocks Detroit Readers
In Detroit a street corner survey shows Americans doubt Nazi atrocity reports. The piece argues postwar cynicism bred distrust of Germany’s crimes, urging clearer public understanding of Hitler's terror and the war’s stakes.
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Europe
Detroit
Berlin
Churchill
Spring Stand Against Nazi Submarines In North Atlantic
An admiral warns of a spring U boat offensive as Germany expands its submarine fleet. He cites heavy Allied shipping losses, over 650 American ships announced sunk, and new wolf packs operating after the North Africa campaign, with no easy solution in sight.
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North Atlantic
Hitler
Rines
Europe
Russia
Atlantic
Campa
North Africa
Making a Ship Hold Together in Wartime Shipyards
Baer notes government guidance to define ships as freighters or submarines before launch. He describes ongoing anti U boat campaigns by RAF and US bombers, wolf-pack tactics, and the shift to more escort vessels including helicopter carriers and destroyer escorts to defend convoys and attack submerged submarines.
Cedar Rapids Iowa City trolley plan and church land sale noted
Estimates were filed for 30 miles of trolley line between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to be built by the Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Southern Railway. Trustees of Second Presbyterian Church bought land at Fourteenth Street and Bever Avenue for a new edifice. The Cedar Rapids Water Company filed suit against the city for 17000 for hydrant rental and maintenance for the year ending December 31 1902. A burglary hit Cedar Rapids neighborhoods with thefts from U C Blake and C H Chandler homes including diamonds gold watch money and a raincoat. Fashion note spring hats show flatter shapes with little crown.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Second Presbyterian Church
Fourteenth Street
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids Water Company
U. C. Blake
First Avenue East
C. H. Chandler
First Avenue West
Magistrate’s Clerk Misreads Witness Name in Sheffield
A clerk records a witness name as Meddows after the witness pronounces it. The magistrate questions the spelling and letter sounds, prompting a humorous exchange about the way the name is written and read.
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Sheffield
England
Thead
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Bugs" Baer
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