Crusades Against High Prices Probe Actions Rise in Buyer Resistance
Reports from across the nation show growing buyer resistance to high prices as Senator Flanders committee begins its East Coast inquiry. While not a full buyers strike yet, organized boycotts of certain foods appear in several eastern cities. Chester Bowles recalls the 1919-20 strike that tumbled retail prices and Walter Reuther calls for a coordinated national strike. The committee notes high food prices stem from strong consumer income and demand, while it also stresses an open-minded hunt for facts rather than a fixed thesis.
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Planders
Chester Bowles
OPA
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Joint Congressional Committee
Flanders
New Enland
Congressional Committee
Wilson
New Legislation Links to Restraint of Trade Proposals
Discussion notes Wilson era proposals to curb combinations of producers and traders forming to control supplies and prices. Only two 1919 bills passed, one to strengthen the wartime Food and Fuel Control Act and another allocating 1 million dollars for strict enforcement. Also lists Pennsylvania hunting seasons and limits for gray fox black squirrels cotton tail rabbits.
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Wilson
Congress
Pennsylvania
Fewer than 3600 one room schools left in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports that over 2300 school districts are expanding opportunities by consolidating schools and busing students. Dr Francis B Haas notes one room schools are disappearing at about 240 per year, leaving fewer than 3600 statewide while under 20 percent of the state's public school children are still taught in such schools.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Francis B. Haas
Haas
Commonwealth
Spaghetti with AGIs ANN PAGE style sauce dish
A fragmented recipe tale offers a spaghetti dish with tomato sauce, onion, grated cheese, and optional sandwiches using MARVEL SOUR TYPE RYE BREAD. It features eggs, spinach, and a cheese glaze, yielding four to six servings with bake steps and adjustable heat guidance.
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Agis Ann
How's Your I Q A True Newspaper Quiz
Classic quiz page prompts readers to turn to Classified Page for correct answers. Questions cover Truman life membership, labor guide, Casey Jones fiction, All Quiet author citizenship, Roosevelt–DuPont marriage, airmans long world trip, Netherlands loan source, National Service Life Insurance minimum, WWII European commander, and zodiac sign for late September to late October.
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Casey Jones
Roosevelt
Delware duPont
Netherlands
Europe
Daily Dozen on Shock and Colorado Mining Contrast
The text explains shock from blood loss causing lowered blood pressure and tissue hypoxia, detailing mechanisms and consequences after injuries. It then shifts to Colorado’s mining state economics, noting farm product value exceeds mining output by over fourfold.
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Jong
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