Clapper Says Real Fight Against Subsidies Wrecks Price Control
The piece notes OPA head Chester Bowles and Leon Henderson face opposition from Republicans and critics as they appoint businessmen to run price controls. It lists dozens of appointees from General Foods to Kroger, detailing their former roles and duties, underscoring the political risk and pressure on price policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapper
OPA
Chester Bowles
Leon Henderson
Guffey
Democratic
National Committee
Roosevelt
Opar
Washington c
James ¥. Brownlee
Frankfort Distilleries
General Foods Corporation
American Sugar Refining Company
Mitton A. Rosenfeld
Restaurant
Blue Kitchen Restaurant
New York
Reagan P. Connally
Interstate
Albert
Kaplan
C. Kenyon Company
Brooklyn
R x Macy Company
Daniel L. Jacobs
New Jersey
York Automotive Distributing Company
Byres H. Gitchell
Golden Ruse
St. Paul
Russell A. Walkey
H. C. Godman Company
Columbus, CO
Jean F. Carroll
Kroger Grocery
Baking Company
Cincinnati
Geoffrey Baker
General Foods Sales Company
Max A- Christopher
Symms Shafer
Colby
Kan
Raymond A. Meserve
George Shaw Company
Portland
Thomas R. Bradley
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Colin S. Gordon
Quaker Oats Company
Chicago
Ralph E. de Ong
Pacific Insecticide Institute
San Francisco
Insecticide Manufacturers Association
Carl N. Lovegran
Canner's League of California
Front Brothers Packing Company
Hayward
Calif
Prosper Lettunich
Watsonville
Apple Growers and Packers Association
Frank E. McSweeney
Michigan
Shell Oil Company
Ovyv
Quotes from stars as PR tools in theater era
A collage of parody celebrity quotes shows publicists pushing seen quotes from Maxie Rosebloom Sinatra Benny Kieran Lawrence Goering and others. The piece mocks how editors and fan magazines seek sensational lines while stars humorously respond with mismatched or revealing remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxie Rosebloom
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Jack
Benny
Fred
Allen
John ‘Kieran
Gertrude Lawrence
Jackson
Errol Flynn
Wendell Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Tallulah
Barkhead
Billy Rose
Katharine
Cornell
Hermann Goering
Lucy Monroe
Frankie and
Johnnie
William Saroyan
Wasting Food and War Time Habits
A wartime social appeal urges cutting food waste to aid the war effort. It cites bread, meals, and plate scraps, noting public eating places waste 50 million meals daily, and that fats collected could sustain medical needs for a 2,000 bed hospital. It links waste to transportation limits and urges home action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Army
Navy
Sanitary Engineering Research Laboratory
New York University
We The Women Efficiency Speeds Work For All But Housekeepers
Ruth Millett argues wartime pressures speed general work while hitting housekeepers hardest. She notes mothers juggle college bound daughters war plants and scarce labor power, taking over laundry gardening canning sewing and mending. With scarce deliveries and slower services mothers shoulder increased chores as wartime strain reshapes daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Mom
War to Peace: Postwar Farm Plans and Food Production
Minneapolis Tribune discusses postwar readjustment of industry and agriculture. It notes harvests, farm labor declines, and record crops such as corn and soybeans, with caution about future profitability as edible oils and substitutes reshape demand. The piece urges policy focus on converting wartime output to peaceful needs and expanding food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Tribune
Nfe
Rismaller
Teheran Emerges as Western Gate to Soviet War Aid
Teheran links east and west as a critical supply hub to the Red Army, with Allied engineers and trucks crowding hotels and streets. The city, near the Caspian border, hosts vast convoys through the Trans-Iranian route, while British Russian joint control waned after 1941. The ancient capital blends old Persian charm with wartime modernity as planes and cranes move vast war materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wan OG
Associated Press
Iran
Russia
Teheran
Red Army
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammed Shah Pahlavi
Persian Gulf
United States
Tehergan
Stalin
Joseph Sta‘lin
Caspian Sea
Kremlin
London
Gibraltar
Cairo
Washington
Majal
Dakar
Chungking
Calcutta
Amerigen
Persian’ Gulf
Agricultural Readjustment and War Prices Outline
The text discusses war-driven production and subsidies for marginal producers, the need for planned readjustment of farms to peace, and how industrial output and employment after the war affect agricultural blueprints. It also lists wartime ration stamps and validity dates for commodities like augurs, airplane stamps, gasoline stamps, and related period numbers.
Office of Price Administration Warns on Stamp Use
Officials remind that rationing stamps must be presented with purchases to the books for commodities. The memo emphasizes not removing stamps and preserving proper records and order in transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price-Administration
Expert on War Neuroses Discusses Combat Fatigue
Philadelphia report explains that combat fatigue and war neuroses account for about 30 percent of military casualties, with 10,000 psychiatric cases monthly. Dr. Edward A. Strecker notes rapid on-site treatment, rest, and guided recall therapy as crucial, often enabling many to return to action within weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Marguerite Young
NEA Stati
Philadelphia
Edward A. Strecker
University of Pennsylvania
Mules Carry Wounded in Italian Mountain Battle Zone
Stretcher bearers on muleback move wounded troops through rugged terrain north of Venstro Italy. A two man jitters saddle aids evacuation, with teams hauling litters over steep trails to front lines and field hospitals. Private Crum and Pvt Culpepper recount near misses during bayonet charges as crews work under shelling and darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle Amied
Algiers
Venstro
Italy
Norbert Crum
Caldwell
Ohio
Jed
Bud
Robert Carey
Mobridge
S. D
Red Cross
Witter
Music Leaders Decide To Hold County Contest In Preston
Preston December 2 high school music leaders announce a county music contest to be held in Preston. The event is tentatively scheduled for the last week of March depending on judge availability. Entries are expected to be similar to previous years with a county-wide turnout and emphasis on vocal and instrumental groups.
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Dorothy Kilgallen Gosness
Broadway
William Rhinclanded
Stewart
Roseland Dance Hall
Gypsy Rose Lee
Darryl" Zanuck
Oscar ‘Levant
Clare Hoothe Luce
Democratic Party
Dorothy Lamour
Hedy LaMarr
Harrison Wiliams
John D. Rockefeller
The
Daily Worker
Henry Morgenthau
Gina Simms
Jimmy Walker
Sonja Henie
Ethel Merman
Gene Tunney
Manecka
Takem
SRS
Seer
Reds
Baznst Ares
Persepolis
Elburz
Suéka
Patton
Rocky
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