New Service Price Ceilings Explained by OPA
The Office of Price Administration outlines how consumer service ceilings take effect July 1 and apply to services linked to goods, with March 1942 prices as the basis. It clarifies establishment specific caps, exceptions, and reporting requirements amid wartime controls.
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Office of
Price Administra
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Reguie
Office of Price Administration
Consumer Service Establishment
Pilot tells of his rescue in northern Australia
A 21 year old US Navy fighter pilot forced down after a battle with a Japanese bomber recounts a three day ordeal in crocodile infested swamps of Northern Australia. He survived with improvised shelter and by eating lily roots and an owl before being spotted by a rescue plane.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
United States
Aus
Notive
Columbia
8. C
Room and Board Airborne Rescue Recounts Beach Landing
A man recounts furious hunger as he sundered a food can with a knife and, hours later, a plane landed near the beach with an Australian pilot aiding his boarding.
Morgan County Rocky Ford Community Notices
Friends mourn the death of Mr. Tom Higdon as relatives visit and attend the funeral. Oak Ridge and Town Creek households host relatives while Cedar Creek services are led by Rev Addie Wallace. Ed West and Evelyn Edwards visit Oak Ridge and Plainview with local families in Morgan County.
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Tom Higdon
Grady Lackey
Town Creek
Robert Lackey
Milard Long
Oak Ridge
Fred Stephenson
Edwin Higdon
Birmingham
Dorothy Rodgers
Florence
Higdon
Addie Wallace
Cedar Creek
Edith West
Lewis Ward
Annie Wallace
F. J. Stephenson
Evelyn Edwards
Engagement Forces Tibby to Leave Flight Hostess Role
In Wayne’s Washington style office Tibby learns her engagement to the firm’s chairman means resigning as a hostess. He insists on propriety amid war talk and rumor, urging preparation for a quick marriage while promising to fund her needs and confirm plans for the ring.
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Tibby
Wayne
Steena
Tommy
Washington
America
March Pricing Methods and Allowances Report
A summary of the monthly pricing practices noting the methods regularly used in March along with customary allowances and discounts. Details include the common pricing strategy, typical deductions, volume-based or time-based discounts, and any promotional terms observed in the period.
US Airplane Deck Landing Pioneered by Pennsylvania
The United States achieved an early deck landing with the U S Pennsylvania in 191. The milestone demonstrated naval aviation capability by landing an aircraft on a ship at sea marking a significant step in military aviation history.
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United States
U. S
Pennsylvania
Stockings to be available for rest of 1942 says official
Alfred Hoffman first vice president of the American Federation of Hosiery says women stock- ings need for 1942 can be met with 000 dozen rayon cotton pairs on the market this year, vs 44,000,000 dozen in 1930. Hoff man adds men's hosiery will be ample. note mentions Fort Kearney built in 1848 for Oregon Trail protection. ends with Costa Rica soccer reference.
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New York
Alfred Hoffman
American Federation of Hosiery Bly
Hoffman
Fort Kearney
Neb
Platte River
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Puffle Towers
Tomahawk
Morgan County
Miss Ozell MC Nutt
Plainview
Roy Higdon
Mary Higdon
Conner Henderson
Decatur
Alabama
Uncle Sam
Will Foster
Robert Brown
Mont
State of Alabama
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Phries
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Phinty-Eight
Costa Rica
St.our
St. Joseph
Lion
Roosevelt
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Navy
Twelve Hundred Lion
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Lion Oil Refining Company
USO
Army Relief
Navy Relief
Red Cross
Chambers of Commerce
American Legion
Boy Scouts
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Lion Bulk Station
el Dorado, Ark
T. H. Barton, Pres
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