WPB Plans 13 Regional Offices Across Nation
Washington announces a network of 13 regional WPB offices to extend field operations. J. S. Knowlson explains policy decisions remain in Washington while more duties shift to regional offices in Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Kansas City Minneapolis New York San Francisco and Seattle with Town in Chicago region.
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Washington
War Production Board Anc SO
WPB
J. S. Knowlson
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Kansas City
Minneapolis
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
De Cicco Assault Case Thrown Out in Court
A magistrate dismissed the De Cicco assault case finding reasonable doubt of guilt. De Cicco testified he acted after a dispute over a promised 10 quart pot and a hotel office confrontation with Peter Joyce who allegedly approached him in a menacing manner.
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de Cicco
Paiste Ag Tate
Pat de Cicco
Ge Big
Gloria Vanderbilt
Danny
Sonja Henie
Drake Hotel
Peter Joyce
U S Snags Plans Of Camera Addicts Journeying Abroad
Washington reports wartime precautions curb travel for camera fans and control film movement. Censorship Director Byron Price announces examination system for stills and motion pictures entering and leaving the United States with rules on undeveloped film and returns. Review boards to inspect exports and imports at Los Angeles and New York. War Production Board bans certain materials for flashlights effective March 31, with tin limited to solder and copper and brass restricted. Government surveys show 78 percent of farmer auto driving is for necessity.
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Washington
Byron Price
United States
Develo
Los Angeles
New York
War Production Board
Commodity Prices Rise Fractionally in Wholesale Week
Wholesale commodity prices edged up 0.1 percent to 97.2 using data for the week ended March 21. The rise was led by a 0.8 percent increase in farm products, while other groups showed small gains.
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Washington
Indictment of Drug Trade Groups Over Price Fixing
The Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in Newark New Jersey indicted the National Association of Retail Druggists the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association thirteen smaller groups and fifteen individuals. They are charged with conspiring to violate the Sherman Act by fixing wholesale and retail drug prices to control profit margins.
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Washington
Justice Department
Newark
N. J
National Association of Retailists
New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association
Davis Anthology Prints Two Poems by Jay Sigmund
Donna Rae, six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs D H Jackson suffered a fractured right arm today while playing in her yard. Local markets list wheat 55 corn 30 oats 22 rye 40 barley 35 hay 12 straw 7 hens 13 eggs 11 hogs 3 60 calves 5 lambs 5 25.
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Davis
Jay Sigmund
Donna Rae
D. H. Jackson
Huston Defeats Ball in City Election for Mayor
March 27 1922 Charles D Huston won the mayoral race defeating J F Ball. The new council members and mayor Kenwood H C Robbins were reelected. The Misses Plattenburg Sarset Muirhead Bundy Eckstrom Perrigrew return to Iowa State College after spring break. Local markets show wheat 1 15 per bushel corn 48 oats 35 hay 16 straw 1.
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Charles D. Huston
J. F. Ball
Martin Evans
H. C. Robbins
Kenwood
J Plattenburg
Marie Dorothy Sarset
Marie Muirhead
Bernadine Bundy
Ruby Eckstrom
Claris Perrigrew
Iowa State College
Ames
March 27 1912 Sprague home event noted and canoeing coach move
March 27 1912 in the home of Mr and Mrs C C Sprague they plan for the Pacific coast where Greevy will umpire in the Pacific Coast league. A diploma is awarded at Honeygrove School to Thomas Mackey by Miss Petronella Burke Cedar Rapids. Local markets list wheat corn oats rye barley hay straw hens eggs hogs steers lambs with prices.
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C. C. Sprague
Pacific Coast
Greevy
Istory Honeygrove
Thomas Mackey
Petronella Burke
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Flanagan
Y.M.C.A
Balti- D. C
Maine
New York City Population a Century Ago Recalled
A historical note recalls New York City as a bustling metropolis with fewer than 400 000 residents a hundred years ago, highlighting its modest size and growth.
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New York
Election Results Viewed As Rebuff to Britain in Egypt
Premier Nahas Pasha's Wafd party won 216 of 264 constituencies in Egypt's final election figures. The victory signals public approval of King Farouk's dismissal of pro British Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha and new cabinet formation. Axis and British reaction emphasized nationalist momentum and strain in Cairo diplomacy.
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Tion
Britain
Cairo
Egypt
Nahas Pasha
Watidist
Farouk
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Axis
England
Middle East
Athens
Greece
Miles Lampson
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