Government price and wage controls analyzed by James Marlow
Washington pundit James Marlow argues the ESA's two branch system is underpowered to enforce price controls. He notes staffing, bureaucracy, and legal hurdles as obstacles, using the 1942 OPA experience and the steel industry to illustrate how price and wage shifts ripple through the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Economic Stabilization Administration
ESA
OPA
Pearl Harbor
Price Control Office
HADACOL Credits Woman for Improved Health in Abbeville
Mrs. C H Williams of Abbeville Louisiana credits HADACOL with alleviating energy loss sleep problems and poor appetite after deficient vitamins. She reports three bottles brought noticeable improvement and continues use with sustained energy and better eating. The ad promotes HADACOL for stomach distress nervous issues and fatigue due to vitamin deficiencies with a money back guarantee.
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C. H. Williams
Hawthorne Street
Abbeville
Louisiana
Williams
Paddling Ends Plane Flight In California Juvenile Case
Three Los Angeles youths Lloyd Britton 12 Louella Britton 13 and Leonard Bryson 14 attempted a plane run to Eureka California after Christmas. They were paddled at the police station and will face a juvenile court hearing. Bryson’s father is a civilian pilot and the trio traveled by foot with 13 dollars and a loaf of bread.
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Calsity
Calif
Lloyd Britton
Louella
Leonard Bryson
Los Angeles
Bryson
R. W. Yanz
Mildred Britton
Culver City
A. A. Buringame
Eureka
Here
Arab Man And Pal Caught After Chase In Mobile Streets
Mobile police captured two escaped prisoners after a downtown chase hours after fleeing Gulfport jail. R. C. Watwood of Arab Alabama, serving five years for grand larceny, and William H. Dickerson of St. Louis, given a year for auto theft, were cornered in a dead end, then atop a hotel and taken to Gulfport jail, where authorities were en route.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
Miss
R. C. Watwood
Arab
William H. Dickerson
St. Louis
Thomas Hilburn
Otto Zundell
Mississippi
Custhe Gulfport
Train collision injures scores near Manchester
A Manchester Liverpool passenger train collided with a switch engine today. At least 30 persons were injured with three in serious condition.
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Eng
Manchester-Liverpool
Senate Probes RFC Links to Political Intrigue
Senate investigators said they are examining charges of political maneuvering within the Reconstruction Finance Corp. The inquiry follows the resignation of RFC Dallas loan manager L. B. Glidden amid claims of undercut authority by a subordinate allied with a White House aide.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
L. B. Glidden
Dallas
Tex
Glidden
Truman
White House
Fulbright
John J. Hagerty
Bitter Cold Sweeps Wide Areas Across East Half
Arctic air blanketed the Eastern half of the nation with subzero readings from Minnesota to Michigan while Florida stayed warm. Rochester Minnesota hit 30 below, Mason City 23, Minneapolis-St Paul 22, Madison 18 below, and Sault Ste. Marie 15 below as the cold front moved south into the Gulf states. No relief expected soon.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
North Pole
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
midWest
Mid- West
Gulf States
Dixie
North Central States
Rochester
Minn
Mason City
Twin Cities
Minneapolis-St Paul
Madison
Wis
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Would-be robber frozen by milk carton in Detroit
A would-be thief attempted a hold up near a grocery but was splashed with a half gallon milk by Mrs. Dorothy Kozol. The milk froze in the subzero temperature, leaving the intruder dazed and empty handed as he fled.
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Detroit
Dorothy Dozol
O'Doul Still Tops NL Hits Record With 254 In 1929
Frank Lefty O'Doul, manager of the San Francisco Seals, remains the National League single season hits leader with 254 in 1929.
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Frank
Lefty) O’doul
San Francisco Seals
Fund begun for disabled yet man shipped from California
Mrs. Clara Smith plans to visit her 20 year old son Robert, disabled in all four limbs by Korean war frostbite, as he is flown from California to Walter Reed. The Pennsylvania American Legion set up a fund to aid rehabilitation, with a $1,000 initial deposit and appeals to 1,000 posts.
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Middleburg
Clara Smith
Robert
Defense Department
California
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Joseph S. McCracken
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Ala
Fredric Hensel
Smith
Hensel
Jimmy Wilson
Wilson
Starke
Fla
Burlington
Okinawa
Alabama Democrats Resume Recount Of Four State Committee Seats
An Alabama Democratic Party subcommittee resumes tallying ballots in four contested state committee seats after a weeklong recess. Having counted most May 2 votes in Coffee County, the five man panel plans to finish there and then proceed to Lee and Russell counties to complete ballot counts.
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Elba
Ala
Alabama
Democratic Party
Coffee County
Lee County
Russell County
New Security Rules Listed
The Coast Guard under Commandant Merlin O’Neill issued new port and ship security rules to screen subversives from maritime ranks and implement them immediately amid a strike threat at West Coast ports. Union leaders Harry Bridges and Hugh Bryson Jr. had been expelled from the CIO earlier and threatened action at Coast Guard hearings over proposed changes.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Merlin O'Neill
Korea
CIO
Communist Party
Coast Guards
Admiral O'Neill
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
Hugh Bryson Jr
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Double murder and fatal shooting spree in Asheville
C L Shelton, a Craggy state highway employee, is held on a murder charge after a shooting in which his 3 year old stepson Harold Shelton his mother in law Dora Pittman and his brother in law Delmos Pittman were killed. Two relatives were wounded as Shelton wounded himself with a .22 automatic rifle. Shelton had separated from his wife Marie after a quarrel and had attacked her Monday night. he is in critical condition in hospital.
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Asheville
N. C
State Highway Commission
C. L. Shelton
Craggy
Sheriff
Shelton
Harold Shelton
Dora Pittman
Delmos Pittman
Stokes Pittman
Grady Pittman
Marie
Pittman
Coast guard card proposal sparks union protest
Both unions, strong on the West coast, fault Bridges and Bryson for pushing a plan to allow the Coast Guard to bar workers from employment on U S vessels or waterfront facilities by denying the required security card.
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MCSU
West Coast
Bridges
Bryson
Coast Guard
U. S
Early Domesticated Ox Identified Among Ancient Livestock
Archaeologists report the ox as likely among the first domesticated animals, shedding light on early agricultural practices. The finding emphasizes the animal's role in early farming communities and long-term human-animal relationships.
Coal Producers Seek To Keep Lid Off Coal Prices
Soft coal operators press Price Administrator Michael Disalle to keep coal prices unfrozen, arguing prices lag last year and profits fall from 1949 despite high production and expanding markets. They note the 25 cents a ton March settlement with John L. Lewis was absorbed without a price rise and warn a freeze would trigger wage controls for miners.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Michael V. DisAlle
Lewis
Regular Meeting Of Masons Slated
A regular meeting of Decatur Chapter No. 38 Royal Arch Masons will be held in the chapter room at 7 30 o clock Thursday night. D L Allen secretary urged all Royal Arch Masons to attend and added there will be degree work and visitors.
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Decatur Chapter No. 38
Royal Arch Masons
D. L. Allen
Royal Arch
Operators Fear Lewis Challenge to Stabilization
The operators who avoid trouble this year fear Lewis could challenge the entire stabilization setup, signaling potential shifts in strategy and the risk of renewed tensions within the system.
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Lewis
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Don’s Floor
Don Williams
Masons
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Hagerty-Drugs
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Scottsboro, Ala
Decatur, Ala
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