OPA policies blamed for business strain and cost shifts
A Washington report questions OPA effects on bankruptcy, production, and subsidies. It argues court and industry figures show bankruptcies fell after OPA, production rose postwar, and subsidies prevent sharp price hikes, while profits and cost absorption policies influence overall costs.
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OPA
Whce
Congress
House
Dun & Bradstreet
National Manufacturers Association
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Committee For Economic Development
Murder mystery unfolds around Ledforge case in New England
FBI operator Adam Bruce and Inspector Tope probe a dead man found at Bee Dewkin’s auto camp. The body is moved to a cottage then located in a quarry car issue ties to Holdom and Kell. Tope coaxes police, insures leads, and dispatches Adams to recover the grisly coupé car for a deeper plot.
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Adam Bruce
FBI
Tope
Northeastern
Wilds
Bee Dewkin
Bruce
Quill
D. A
Nat Cumberland
Dr. Medford
Amasa Dewain
Cumberland
Doc
Doctor Medford
Priddy
Mat
Ned Quill
Ridgcomb
Adam
Bee
Ledforge
Joe Dane
Dewain's Mill
Little Bear
Faraway
Joe
Dane
Holdom
Nettie Pineyard
Godfrey
Mr. Dane
New York
Charley Fay
Ned
Dewain’s Mill
Kell
Whitlock
Pat
Mat Cumberland
D.A
Highland County
Massachusetts
North Madderson
O.K
Bob Flint
Japan's shift to new freedoms alarms critics
The column critiques Japan's postwar move toward a new constitution and freedoms, contrasting it with wartime zeal. It mocks proposals for rights and disarms, warns of cultural shifts, and pokes fun at public figures and modern reforms while noting anxiety over strategic reforms and media regulation.
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Oun
Lin Washington
Walter Shead
WNU
Washington
Eye St
N. W
Beal Whitlock
Earl
Japan
Bataan
Russia
Hubbard
Sue
Pu Leate
Nippon
Mr. Hoover
Aga Khan
Bombay
General Motors
Federal Communications Committee
Northwest
Nto
Rte
Wilensky Auto Parts CO
Washington Ave. N
Minneapolis
Minn
Kenneth D. Kreveling
Cascade
Mont
Garrison
N. D
Stevens Bros. Coal CO
St. Paul 1
Jacobs Company
Idaho Falls
Eee
Idaho
Business & Invest, Oppor
J. Henry Schlake
3Rd St
Cincinnati
Shelby
Montana
H. P
Farmlight Service CO
University Ave
St. Paul
Minnesota
Rex Magnuson
Augusta
Belknap Grill
Billings
Mon
Glendale Community Hospital
East Windsor Road
Glendale
Calif
North Dakota
Williston
Pynes
Ideal Laundry & Cleaning CO
Great Falls
Lewistown
Home Furnishings & Appli
Billings Plumbing & Neating CO
N. 24Th St
Heiberg Company
Grand
Joan Hofmann
Tillamook
Oregon
Heiberg
Grand Hotel
Hemberg
New Grand Hotel
Mineralpar
J. Scheeler
Yellowstone
Billings, Mont
Paul Schweer - Donnellson
Iowa
Fischer
3Th Street
Roland Hoguet
Bruce Orcutt
Miles City
Lamb’s
KRONE
Hole
Clarence Kolar
Dover
Nicollet
Irving Miler
Albemarle Rd
Brooklyn
N.Y
F. O. B. Sherwood
Taulatin Valley
J. M. Wylie Piano Company
Edny Fargo
Maple Music Shop
Maple Avenue
Newark
N. J
White Leghorn
New Hampshire
Turkey Poutts
Sprague
Spokane
Wash
U. S
Totoink Tok
Winks
Armstrong
Armstrong Rubber Co
West Haven
Sona
Wally
Butte
Kohler
Kohler Electric
Farm Light & Service
Montana Avenue
Reem Cel
New Fleischmann
Fleischmann
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