Inflation Talk Shows How Prices Rise With Money Supply
The article explains inflation as excess consumer money over scarce goods, the limits of OPA price controls, and the difficulty of rationing and price ceilings. It notes wartime production limits, rising costs, and public distrust in Washington while recalling Coolidge and a former official who forged commissions.
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Treasury
OPA
Angediaibibg
Washington
CPA
S.B.H
Oaths of Office Question Raised in North Carolina
Raleigh reports Attorney General McMullan ruled notary publics lack authority to administer oaths to public officials under state law. The piece notes many officials may have served illegally for decades, highlighting Williamson as longtime state treasurer assistant and frequent oaths by a notary.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Raleigh
Harry McMullan
North Carolina
Williamson
McMullan
Mr. Mcullan
Geneal
United States
President Arding
President Coolidge
Iad
Department of Justice
Old Dodger Questions War Dept Promotion of Melvyn Douglas
The Old Dodger questions a direct order promotion from private to captain for Melvyn Douglas, suggesting possible involvement by Eleanor Roosevelt. While supporting the need for capable officers, the piece casts doubt on the process and hints at political influence behind the War Department decision. Douglas and Chaney faced criticism earlier over civilian defense frills.
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Josephus Daniels
Melvyn Douglas
War Department
Washington
Dodger
Ee Douglas
Ris Chaney
Eleanor Roosevelt
Douglas
Residents discuss curb markets and city planning comments
Readers quotes touch on curb markets with freezing locker units, rising food costs, and a call for city manager qualifications. Officials discuss juvenile court views, venereal disease discourse, nursery schools, housing needs, and wartime ideology amid local concerns.
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Greensboro
Gastonia
Asheville
High Point
Ss. H. Tomlinson
Uncertain Draft Date for Fathers Sparks Rumors
Peter Edson explains the War Manpower Commission and Selective Service will not set a date to draft fathers until all other able bodied men are called and supply is exhausted. Lowered physical standards and new deferments could delay fathers by weeks or months, amid ongoing speculation and policy shifts.
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War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Headquarters
WMC
Army
Manpower Commission
U.S
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Hitler
Sam’ Grafton
Rupert Hughes
League of Nations
Coolidge
Will Rogers, Jr
OPA
Peter Arno
Joan Roberts
Oklahoma
Jas. Melton
F. Allen
Willie Howard
Oops -Mutual
Eileen Farrell
Jane Brooks
Laundries Recognized Essential War Industry
Washington urges households to cooperate with laundries as essential war industry. Laundries will be aided with labor problems while discontinuing luxury services to prevent closures. The piece notes housewives will do more at home, while radios bring sharp contrast between sunny home sound and noisy neighbors.
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Washington
Wisdom and Ignorance Framed in Classic Thought
A compact reflection juxtaposes Proverbs on fearing the Lord as wisdom’s start with Shakespeare’s claim that ignorance frustrates knowledge, suggesting the mind’s ascent toward heaven depends on disciplined understanding.
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Shakespeare
Modern girl on her toes and fashion trends in 1896
A woman educator comments that the modern girl stays on her toes perhaps due to high heels. The piece notes only four automobiles in 1896 and no ration books, adds a facet about dressing for heat, and ponders how models can look pleasant in photos priced at 25 dollars per dozen.
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Julian Street
Oliver Herford
Saturday Review
Hecht
MacArthur
Grant
Europe
Boston
Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Hitler
Putzi
Medico der Fuehrer
Pic
Adolf
Jane Wyman
Look
Mag
Jane
Prior
Montana
Owen Smells
Mary Knows
Clare Luce
Vanity Fair
Conde
Broadway notes mix politics film and society
A sweeping column surveys stage and screen chatter from Hollywood rationing and postwar debate. It tracks remarks by MacArthur and Willkie, jokes from Sinatra and Grable, Crises over OPA and foreign policy, plus gossip on Gypsy Rose Lee, Gloria Swanson, Jane Wyman, Look Magazine and Time reviews.
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Moscow
Hollywood
State Department
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gloria Swanson
Constance Bennett
Marquis
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