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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1946
Page
9
In Manhattan the scene near Greenwich Village erupts at 2 m. as two tall men clash on the sidewalk. A stickily dressed man bumped past as fists fly tearing at chins and groins then both collapse. The struggle shifts to silent chaos.
A brutal street brawl between two young men ends with both exhausted and bloodied. A bystander crowd watches as the taller fighter is dominated and driven to a nearby bar, with observers noting they are veterans and fought below the belt.
Washington official say President Truman will issue an order this week to liquidate the Office of Price Administration and transfer rents sugar and rice controls to another government office. Remaining wartime curbs such as wage and price ceilings will be ended except for rents sugar and rice with likely abolition of fashion controls and installment buying restrictions.
The article notes general enthusiasm for a presidential order on controls with labor voices warning of rapid price changes. A CIO official calls for swift action to prevent wage-driven inflation. Robert R. Wason predicts prices will fall only after readjustment, not to prewar levels. OPA Chief Paul Porter may resign, possibly to join the FCC, with 20,000 OPA workers facing dismissal notices soon.
Britain’s new defense chief Albert Victor Alexander rose from an office boy and coal-blacksmith son to first lord of the admiralty. A veteran diplomat and Labor ally, he coordinates army navy and air force work and the $120 million atomic program while Churchill backs his leadership and India connections.
The text traces the wartime price control program led by the Office of Price Administration OPA created in 1942 under Congress design and its annual renewal battles Leon Henderson resigning in 1943 Prentiss Brown succeeding he served briefly Chester Bowles became price administrator in 1943 Porter later led the CPA amid ongoing controls About 8 million commodities and services were once under price ceilings with rents the tightest restraint.
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