Butter Ration Up Two Points Per Pound By OPA
OPA announced new red point values effective August 1 through September 4. Butter rises to ten points per pound while margarine stays at four. Lard shortens salad oils drop one point to three and four respectively. Two meat items are removed from rationing: fresh pork backbones and feet bone in become ration free. Canned pig feet cost one point in August after two in July. Beef supplies expected to rise about ten percent to offset pork declines.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Utter
Curios World Notes on Meat Point Values Change
The article explains new point values for foods in the ration system, noting picnic or shoulder slices and English cuts of beef cause little consumer difference. It cites OPA stating the changes align with trade practices and do not alter overall point totals.
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OPA
North Carolina tobacco growers back marketing quotas
North Carolina farmers voted to continue marketing quotas with 86,288 for three-year quotas and 1,915 for one-year quotas against 5,319. Results came from 60 of 72 counties surveyed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. A two thirds vote across six southeastern states was needed to maintain quotas.
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Raleigh
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
F B I Chief Hoover Describes U S Espionage Battle
J Edgar Hoover explains wartime internal security gains from the FBI and allied agencies. He recalls the American Protective League and the shift from scattered bureaus to a coordinated system. Hoover notes arrests, detentions, and convictions against spies, saboteurs, and foreign agents.
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J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Argentina May Break With Japan
The New York Herald Tribune reports Argentina may sever diplomatic relations with Japan. Santiago sources quote President Ramirez aides. tensions follow a Japanese ambassador's protest against Argentine foreign minister Storni. Storni vows Pan American unity and cooperation with other American nations.
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Pedro P. Ramirez
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Segundo R. Storni
American Society of the River Plate
Tomii
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Stormi
United States
Americas
GOP Faction Pushes Peace Plank At GOP Postwar Meeting
A new Republican faction, the Postwar Policy Association, urged Chairman Harrison F. Spangler to present a peace machinery plank to the GOP postwar advisory council meeting Sept 6 and 7 at Mackinac Island. The group, led by Mayo A. Shattuck, includes Frances Burke Redick and William Mather Lewis, and supports Wendell Willkie ideas while denying a presidential bid endorsement. Also, Acme New Service photographer Carl Thusgaard is listed as missing in action after a Liberator bomber was shot down over New Guinea July 20. MacArthur pays tribute.
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Carl Thusgaard
Acme
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MacArthur
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Emergency session of Spanish cabinet reported in Berlin broadcast
London dispatch says Berlin radio quoted by Reuters that Spain’s cabinet held an emergency session today. The reason for the meeting was not disclosed.
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