President Warns on Food Control to Stabilize Prices
In a broad address to Congress the President argues for immediate relief measures to curb hoarding and price surges, proposes federal control over distribution, and urges law reforms to prevent profiteering. He appeals for unity among producers, labor, and public to keep Europe supplied and stabilize the world economy.
Federal Trade Commission flags excessive shoe profits
The Federal Trade Commission reports high shoe prices driven by underpricing of inputs and excessive retailer margins. It notes packers and manufacturers earned unwarranted profits through distribution, urging stronger antimonopoly enforcement and rules against hide tanning abuses to cut consumer costs.
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Federal Trade Commission
Food Prices Rise Across Cities Amid Higher Costs
A fragmented OCR noting increases in food prices across two cited countries or regions, with 16 percent higher costs in June and comparisons to 1918 levels. Mentions average costs, city variances, and general trends toward higher grocery prices.
CITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD BY VOLUNTEER WORKERS
The mayor announced plans to mobilize volunteer workers to distribute surplus food supplies as coal funds from last winter’s city appropriation remain unspent. An acting mayor, France Bord, noted $170 still available to cover new food purchases via the city council. The move mirrors a nationwide push to lower living costs with New Hampshire officials opening a price inquiry.
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Chicago Packers on Grill and Government Action Talk
Committes of Hitnole Agricultural Ee ol considering effects of the Chicago Hastie of hitende Ertp en Ue pacttitg Inain and OF Cie cotnery me being enmaiitvera by the erecutive conmuittee of the Tlinoln Agricultural eemciation. Figures prepared by HW EL Mullapp show one of sixteen wholesalers selling sugar at the government fixed price. Prosecuting Attorney Schlesinger seeks power to seize stored food to enforce price controls. A receiver is asked to manage pork in cold storage and set prices retroactively.
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Federal supervision urged for meat industry by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department argues for federal oversight of meat production to curb unfair trade, prevent profiteering, and stabilize markets. It notes Europe’s beef reliance shifted to imports, while U S pork surpluses remain, urging law-based cooperation with states to restore consumer access and producer viability.
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Europe
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Australia
United States
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England
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Dairy Herd Care Tips From Old Texts
The document emphasizes sanitation and proper handling in dairy operations. It notes that brushing should replace ta washing dhaler, using trashes around a datty instead of rags to boost cleanliness. It claims blu orate equipment is unnecessary in a dairy and stresses care of young pigs with close supervision before weaning to maximize gains, plus keeping cows in clean quarters.
Leroux and the cataract in a perilous finale
Hewlett confronts Leroux in a tunnel battle as Pierre Caribou confronts Leroux and forces him backward. In the deadly struggle Leroux fights until he is swept to the chasm by the torrent. The narrator, Lacroix, and Jacqueline vanish into the lake as the scene collapses into chaos and darkness.
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Hewlett
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Pierze
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Louis
Epertay
New York
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End of the Chateau Ends in Dark Prison Hold
In the ruined chamber Hewlett and Philippe Lacroix languish under a rock wall. Lacroix, trapped and delirious, pleads for a knife and recounts betrayal, murder, and the hidden gold as the narrator contemplates their grim fate. The chapter ends with a question of continuation.
Much Difference in Humor Across Nations
A panel of brief items on humor and perception across cultures, including a Japanese view cited in The Tourist about humor as the life’s “tower,” a Monroe County Florida home demonstration that changed taste by serving fish salad to prove prejudice wrong, a tale of a sneezing ghost in Hamlet, and quips about U.S. independence and family life.
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United States
Christian ‘Science Monitor
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Florida
Monroe County
Henry Irving
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Hamlet
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