Elson Appointed Acting Regional OPA Administrator
CHICAGO December 16 Acting Head OPA region Elson 38 former regional attorney for the OPA was appointed acting regional OPA administrator for the sixth region Chester Bowles national administrator told Chicago OPA staff. Elson will succeed Raymond S McKeough who resigned December 5 to join the CIO political action committee for Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin Elson assumes post tomorrow.
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Chicago
Alex, Elson
OPA
Chester Bowles
Elson
Raymond S. McKeough
CIO
Sunonite Huron Bioc campaign report findings
Fragmented text from a local page notes bond selling campaign totals, with scattered figures and club reports. Mentions Fort y clubs, state chairmen Tillman and Flandreau, and Wessington Springs on unreported status. highlights percentages and large sums, but details are unclear.
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FTV
Sunonite
Huron
Bioc
Wessington Springs
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Flood Control Proposal Due By February in Missouri Project
Washington dispatch reports Representative Case says final report on Missouri flood control plan should be ready after hearings. He cites the promise of written comments from the Bureau of Reclamation and federal power commission, with the report expected to Congress via the Bureau of the Budget. Col. Lewis Pick, former district engineer, helped shape the plan for a series of multipurpose dams along the Missouri River system, now awaiting agency reviews before congressional submission.
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Washington
R-S.d
Thomas M. Robins
Bureau, of Reclamation
Federal Powersment
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Lewis A. Pick
Missouri
Wartime ration reminders for gasoline tires and stamps
The notice lists gasoline stamp values and validity through 1944 including 10 gallon allowances and three gallon units, supplemental five gallon coupons, mileage related B and C coupons, and 10 gallon gas stamps. It also mandates immediate endorsement of all coupons and sets tire inspection deadlines for B and A book holders by February and March 1944.
Appointment of permanent administrator expected after Jan 1 1944
Notes from a fragmentary text listing states and counties including pinois Misconsin Minnesota Nebraska Dakotas and Lake County Ind. Bowles office added that the appointment of a permanent administrator is expected shortly after January 1 1944 when the civil service commission will have completed its competitive examination of applicants.
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Pinois
Minnesota
Laws
Nebraska
Dakotas
Lake County
Ind
Bowles
Warner 13 Home From Fort Benning Visit
Sergeant Warner and his wife arrived from Fort Benning Georgia to visit friends and relatives at Willow Lake on December 15. The note confirms the family reunion plans and location with emphasis on kinship ties.
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Sgt. Warner
Fort Benning
Willow’ Lake
Dee
Ralph ‘Warner
Ration Date Guidesin World War II Stamp Calendar
Office of Price Administration warns stamp books must bear attached stamps for commodities. Notes on good-through dates for green stamps and sugar stamps in various book numbers, with dates extending into 1944. Mentions shoes airplane stamps and stamp numbers as part of rationing system.
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Office of Price Administration
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