Army Blackmarketeers Life Sentence Highlighted By War Trials
In Paris a U S army court sentenced 182 soldiers and officers for looting military supplies and selling them on the French black market. Some received life terms for large fuel thefts, while others faced decades for cigaret and PX rations diversions. The piece discusses broader wartime price control, penalties, and comparisons to civilian courts.
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Betty Goldstein
Paris
U. S. Army
New York City
OPA
France
New York
CPA
U. S
Thomas States CIO Postwar Housing Aims
Chicago report of Thomas CIO housing proposals for postwar era. He outlines a 6.5 million job target with 2.25 million in home building and a yearly output of about 1.95 million homes. He calls for public subsidies and strong government planning to expand housing for low income families and to redevelop urban and rural slums. He demands a federal department of housing and cabinet-level leadership and broad unification of consumer and producer groups behind a long term program.
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Chicago
Pres
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers (Cio
Natl Assn
Thomas
CIO Committee On Housing and Community Development
Department of Housing and Community Development
WPB Allocates Material for 30 Million Inexpensive Infant Garments
The WPB has allocated materials to produce 30 million inexpensive infants and children's garments in specified sizes and qualities. The move aims to balance cost with conforming standards while ensuring supply.
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Aes
WPB
Powell introduces DC voting amendment in House
Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York introduces a constitutional amendment in the House to empower Congress to grant voting rights to residents of the District of Columbia. The move seeks to extend federal voting participation to D C residents, reflecting ongoing debates over representation.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Adam Clayton Powell
Attention Mothers Urged to Use Emergency Child Care Program
Wording notes a 2016 offer from Emer gency Child Care and Hamilton County Defense Council MA urging working mothers to consult the service for child care options.
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Hamilton County Defense Council
Next Week Baby Behavior
A diarist recalls a bout of colic and maternal distress linked to a father’s absence in wartime. The mother’s nerves affected milk quality and the infant’s discomfort, but soothing measures and news from a resting father bring relief and quiet at home.
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Baby
Stopher Named to Committee on Mental Health in Ohio
Mrs. Ida Stopher of Amalga mated Clothing Workers was named CIO representative on the Hamilton County Citizens Committee on the State Mental Health Program. About fifty civic social welfare and labor groups back immediate care for the state's mental wards. A. E. Anderson, committee chairman, said Ohio’s treatment of the mentally ill has been a disgrace for fifty years.
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Ida Stopher
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
CIO
Hamilton County
A. E. Anderson
Ohio
Luther
Mr. Dilworth
Old Dies Committee
Dies Committee
Fdr
Hitler
Roosevelt
Pop
Martin
War relief efforts amid overcrowded institutions and aid shipments
Reports detail overcrowded institutions and elderly care barriers while many could be saved with timely treatment. Union members mobilize to sort and prepare clothing at the warehouse for shipment. Headquarters are at the southeast corner of Eighth and Main on the first floor. for information contact the Russian War Relief office CH. 4299.
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Ers
Eighth and Main
Russian War Relief Office
Blanket prices to stay down despite cotton price rise
OPA announced no retail price change for blankets and blanket robe cloth despite a 6.28 percent producer price increase. Distributors will absorb the rise for now, keeping current ceilings for retailers and wholesalers.
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Washington
OPA
FDR's Wallace commerce appointment stirs conservative protest
A dialogue mocks postwar job goals and business ideals while critics debate Henry A. Wallace's 60 million jobs plan. A Long Island exchange jokes about press lunch habits and Dies Committee era unAmerican activity definitions with a Punchline.
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FDR
Henry A. Wallace
Night shift volunteers aid Russian War Relief clothing drive
In fall a young woman volunteered at Russian War Relief to knit and donate. The group will open one evening weekly from 7 to 10 pm to sort pack mend sew and ship clothing treasures. Both men and women are welcome with no special skills required.
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