Boosted meat point values headline rationing debate on Capitol Hill
Century old meat price and supply tensions surface as the Senate Agriculture Committee weighs feasible ceiling changes and the OPA and packers seek a fair margin. Rift grows over whether higher points will aid housewives without triggering wage and price pressures. A separate Air Force report highlights Capt. Phillip Sasser with 185 combat hours and five B 29 raids.
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Ashington
Senate
American Farm Bureau Federation
Livestock Committee
Washington
House of Commons
Congressional Food Inquiry
Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee
James F. Brownlee
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
OPA
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Farm Bureau Federation Committee
Chicago
Francis Johnson
AIR Record
Atlantic City
20Th Air Force
Phillip Sasser
New York City
AAF
No. 1
Europe
Pacific
Ration Board Frustrations And Odd Anecdotes
A satirical look at ration board delays shows citizens waiting in long lines to file requests, only to face red tape and form requirements. The piece contrasts bristling optimism with bureaucratic humor. It also recounts short items about a tree monkey story, a horse trading tale, and a student-era misadventure ending in a deceased horse.
Illustrator Zoe Mozert Poses As Own Pin-Up Model
Hollywood based illustrator Zoe Mozert, ranked among top calendar and magazine cover artists, models for her own pin ups in a studio behind her Van Nuys ranch. She earns about $1,000 per picture, up to $4,000 on special assignments, and creates calendars featuring her works that draw attention and compare to historic nud es.
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William
Milligan
Hollywood
Zoe Mozert
Bradshaw Crandall
Norman Rockwell
Miss Mozert
van Nuys Valley
Dra Nides
Mozert
Victory Seen For Manpower Measure
Washington reports show administration forces claim enough senate votes to send the manpower control bill to the president. Senator O Mahoney expects rejection while Majority Leader Barkley and President Roosevelt express optimism. War Manpower Commissioner McNutt backs stronger measures or voluntary transfer to war jobs as needed.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Barkley
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Marine Pic. Grubbs Returns on Furlough from Pacific Duty
Marine Private William Thurman Grubbs of 526 Carter Street High Point North Carolina has returned from the Pacific and is on furlough. He is the son of S Sergeant William P Grubbs and attended Kernersville High School before enlisting May 14. He serves with a headquarters company of the Fleet Marine Force and previously served in New Caledonia. The Grubbs family location is noted with his grandmother in High Point.
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Prec
W. T. Grubbs
San Diego
Calif
Marine Pic
William Thurman Grubbs
Carter Street
High Point
N. C
Pacific
William P. Grubbs
Army Air Force
China
Fleet Marine Force
New Caledonia
Leatherneck
Kernersville High School
Ars
Approval Is Given Three Transactions
The Virginia State Corporation Commission sanctioned three more major financial moves tied to the sale by Virginia Electric and Power Co of its transportation facilities in Virginia. Portsmouth Transit Co, buyer of Vepco properties in Portsmouth and in Norfolk and Nansemond counties, was approved to sell its common stock with par value $99,995 for $124,993.75, issue $400,000 in serial bonds at 3 percent, and to issue $100,000 of preferred stock at par.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Virginia
Portsmouth Transit Company
Vepco
Mouth
Norfolk
Nansemond Counties
B 17 Flies On One Engine In Flight Test
A B 17 conducted a test flight from Atlantic City with two engines inoperable. Lt Edward Perry Jr, a navigator from Indian Orchard, reported the aircraft regained power and landed safely at RAF Redution Station No. 1.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Edward Perry, Jr
Indian Orchard
Raf Redi Bution
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