Fight Inflation Week Declared For June 10 17
Betty Goldstein notes Fight Inflation Week across labor and civic groups to press Congress to renew price controls with strong enforcement by OPA. Citizens urged to write congressmen, circulate petitions, warn against proposals by special interests, and expect shortages, black markets, and rising prices impacting GIs and workers.
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Betty Goldstein
Afternoon Frock Pattern No 8828 for larger figures
Dress pattern 8828 offered in sizes 34 through 48 for a fresh daytime look. Send 20 cents with name address pattern number and size to Federated Press Pattern Service 1150 Sixth Ave New York NY 19.
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War Era Furniture Shortages Signal Production Slump
Trade reports warn of declining home furnishings production as raw material supplies tighten. Upholstered furniture stocks are nearly exhausted, lumber is scarce, and floor coverings output is cut back. OPA plans an anti discrimination clause to protect housewives reporting price ceiling violations from butcher boycotts linking to ration coupons. Henry Wallace cautions about global strain and World War III risk if missteps occur.
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Tie Opa
United States
U. S
Henry Wallace
Emergency Child Care Service Ad by Hamilton County Defense Council
An ad urges mothers to seek Emergency Child Care through the Hamilton County Defense Council MA in 2016. It promotes worry relief for working mothers and emphasizes available child care options through the council.
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Hamilton County Defense Council
I Am a Baby Who Found Compassion in Dorothy’s Smile
The narrator recalls a home visit with Dorothy Lee, the infant daughter of a friend of his mother. Dorothy’s mother, shaken by war news, breaks down when she sees her child and the narrator, and she kisses both babies, softening into tenderness amid hardship. The piece ends with a political aside from Secretary Schwellenbach calling for social change and worker support.
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Dorothy Lee
Dorothy
Kener
Mrs. Lee
Force Poll Tax Repealer Out
Rep. George H. Bender announced that 218 congressmen signed Discharge Petition No. 1 to force a House vote on HR 7 the poll tax repeal bill. The measure would outlaw poll tax in seven southern states as a prerequisite in elections for federal offices. Debate and final passage were set for Monday June 11.
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George H. Bender
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Vito Marcantonio
ALP
N. Y
Bender
House
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