Beef Group Seeks Meat Price Decontrol Now
The beef industry pressed for immediate scrapping of price controls with ample future supplies, arguing no cattle shortage exists. The petition to Secretary Anderson seeks decontrol for cattle and related meats, with a potential hearing if denied and a White House meeting ongoing. Oscar Ivanissevich offered Argentina’s help delivering up to 4,000,000 pounds of meat.
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R. G. Haynie
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White House
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Congress
Oscar Ivanissevich
Argentina
Robert E. Hannegan
OPA
Paul Porter
Agriculture
Clinton P. Andersen
John R. Steelman
Clayton
Clark Clifford
Truman
Cedar Rapids cafe owners wait for OPA meat price order
Cedar Rapids cafe operators largely keep current prices as they await guidance on a 15 percent meat meal price increase authorized by OPA in Washington. Local leaders anticipate adjusting menus once the order details are clarified, with a meeting planned by the Cedar Rapids Restaurant Association to discuss implementation.
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Meat shortage blamed on OPA by Wilsons in Cedar Rapids
Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago and his son Edward Foss Wilson claim the current meat famine stems from Office of Price Administration controls. In Cedar Rapids they assert packers are not hoarding but facing limited livestock and expect meat to ease after controls lift. They estimate operations are under 10 percent of normal and demand is met by armed forces share.
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Chicago
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Office of Price Administration
Cedar Rapids
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Veal Retail Prices Up Seven to Eight Cents
Washington AP OPA raised veal retail ceilings by seven and eight cents per pound effective Monday. A government official said the move, unrelated to the meat shortage, also tightens beef and pork ceilings by one to two cents. The revision corrects inaccuracies from September 10 ceilings and applies only to the top veal grades.
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OPA
Ukraine Harvests Grain by Hand as War Reels
John Strohm reports from Kiev on Ukraine’s shift from mechanized farming to hand labor after Soviet losses. He notes 90 percent of prewar grain was machine cut, 24,000 combines and 56,000 tractors lost, and German POWs toiling on roads while civilians ride to market in dust.
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Morse Urges End to Filibuster in Senate Speech
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon told Cedar Rapids executives that congressional procedure blocks majority rule through filibusters. He urged public pressure to curb the tactic and outlined remedies including antifilibuster measures, fixed debate times, and elected committee chairs.
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Congress
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Cedar Rapids
Executives Club
Montrose Hotel
Senate
Record Corn and Wheat Crops Forecast
The agriculture department projects a record harvest with corn at 3,374,428,000 bushels and wheat at 1,169,422,000 bushels. Iowa also forecasts a record corn crop of 673,318,000 bushels at 61 bushels per acre, a figure matching prior reports.
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Agriculture Department
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Equal Series Record with 20 Safe Hits
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 12 to 3 to even the World Series at two games each. 20 Cardinals hits tied a Series record from 1921. Fred Munger pitched all nine for St Louis as Musial and Kurowski supplied key hits.
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Mike Ryba
Clem Dreisener
Fred Munger
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Council Denies Nazis Clemency in German Hangings
The Allied four power council rejected clemency appeals from 11 Nazi leaders due for execution next Wednesday at Nuernberg. Appeals for Goering Jodl Keitel Raeder and others were denied as the council set the fate of the condemned, with Kaltenbrunner the only one not to file. The Soviet delegate reaffirmed dissent on Hess Schacht Fritzsche and Papen.
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Herman Goering
Alfred Jodl
Wilhelm Keitel
Erich Raeder
Nuernberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
Rudolf Hess
Hjalmar Schacht
Hans Fritzsche
Franz von Papen
Soviet Fly Ban Shuts Balkan Skies Amid War Maneuvers
The Red Army barred air traffic over Romania Hungary and Czechoslovakia with Moscow citing troop maneuvers in the Balkans. Washington sources recall a similar nine month old shutdown during Western Balkan troop moves. Flights to Prague were disrupted and Pan American service paused until clarification.
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Washington
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Hungary
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Frankfurt
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Europe
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Balkan
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Brussels
Eetaaine Air Force
Ctarters
Wiesbaden
Germany
United States
Luzerne Couple Killed in Auto Crash Near Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Earl Tatge of Luzerne died in a two car crash five miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30 about 8 50 am Thursday. Seven passengers in the second car were taken to St Luke's hospital. Joseph T Wright 48 of Lancaster Wis had head lacerations, a shoulder injury Carson Wright 22 suffered from shock Mrs Tatge died instantly with a fractured skull and neck Tatge died three hours later with basal skull fracture and internal injuries. The Tatge car headed east skidded onto the highway shoulder after passing a truck driven by W Vander Vliet of Morrison Ill He lost control and crossed the highway hitting Wrights car The crash was investigated by a sheriff s office.
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Luczerne
St Luke's Hospital
Joseph T. Wright
Lancaster
Wis
Carson Wright
Joseph Wright
T. Frank Hersch
Linn
Tatge
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