Excess Profits Tax Urged Amid Price Pressures
The Weekly News Analysis reports renewed calls to restore the excess profits tax to curb price surges and deter wage demands. Key opponents include Rep. Robert Doughton and other lawmakers who doubt Congress will adopt the levy. Also noted are travel trends as Americans take “Victory vacations,” with Yellowstone and western spots leading visitor counts, and UNRRA relief shipments to China suspended over alleged misuses.
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OPA
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
White House
Congress
Robert Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Minnesota senator race shifts focus to Stassen power
Gov Edward J Thye led in Minnesota GOP senatorial polling over Henrik Shipstead, reviving talk of Harold E Stassen as presidential candidate. Shipstead boasted of his UN and Britain loan votes against Stassen's liberal internationalist stance. Mixed views blame Thye’s popularity or Stassen’s dwindling influence as veterans face rising job challenges with 550 new employment committees planned by the American Veterans committee.
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Edward J. Thye
Harold E. Stassen
Henrik Shipstead
Stassen
GOP
U. S
Thye
Shipstead
United Nations
Britain
U. N
Friends of
Griswold
Nebraska
Butler
Minnesota
U. S. Unemployment Service
Armed Forces
Robert C. Goodwin
American Veterans’ Committee
Narrow Vote Predicted for British Loan Bill
Congressional leaders anticipate approval of the 3.75 million dollar British loan by a narrow margin. Opposition mostly comes from the Midwest, and supporters celebrate Shipstead’s defeat as easing Senate passage. Stassen vows to campaign for progressive Republicans to back loan support.
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Middle West
Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Harold E. Stassen
OPA Bill Split on Exemptions and Farm Price Fears
The Senate backs exemptions for meat dairy cottonseed soybeans and petroleum in the OPA bill while labor leaders warn of unrest if price controls end. Experts fear farm prices may fall creating pressure for new price supports as parity and support loans face possible cuts.
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Senate
Wherry
Neb
Eastland
Miss
OPA
Ash swinging mix up in the American League sports talk
The piece weighs in on the AL power race led by Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg, with DiMaggio Keller and Wakefield looming as top threats. It notes Babe Ruth’s 60 homer mark unlikely to be reached, contrasts NL pitching, and ends evaluating spectator value and seating costs across major sports events.
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Audh Tiemen
Ted Williams
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Keller
Joe DiMaggio
Red Sox
Wakefield
Babe Ruth
Jimmy Foxx
Yankee
Maryland Mauler
Keller
DiMaggio
Henrich
Gordon
Lindell
Atomic Rays May Save Boy’s Life In Leukemia Fight
Doctors hope nuclear fission can halt white blood cell overproduction in leukemia patient Alan James Haber of Aurora Ohio. He was flown to a West Coast center where atomic energy will be used in an unprecedented treatment attempt praised by American Medical Association authorities.
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A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
House
Truman
Whitney
Mr. Truman
Alan James Haber
Meyer
Aurora
American Medical Association Center
Terminal Pay Move For Enlisted in All Services
The terminal leave pay bill for enlisted personnel in all services advances on Capitol Hill. Backed by the administration, it faces no strong opposition. Cost is estimated at 2.5 to 3 billion dollars and would grant enlisted men terminal leave pay like that enjoyed by officers.
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Armed Services
Capitol Hill
Washington
Fashion Pattern Ro Ro Pattern Book Offers Home Sewing Ideas
Pattern Ro 8033 comes in sizes 10 through 15 and VW with blouse and skirt measurements and ric rac trim. The summer fashion book promises patterns for home wardrobe, edited by a nationally known fashion editor with special patterns and free shoulder pad posters.
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Fashion Edilore
ton-Mignt
American Devignere
America
jJuntory
Household Tips for Everyday Care and Maintenance
The guidance covers cutting rose stems under running water, keeping stems submerged, waxing furniture casters, promptly sewing loose buttons, washing colored chenille spreads separately, cleaning machines to prevent lint transfer, avoiding prolonged soaking of hollow knives, and cooling tea to room temperature before pouring over ice to prevent clouding.
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