Roosevelt Food Subsidy Faces Senate Test This Week
President Roosevelt seeks authority to fund food subsidies to hold retail prices but faces a hostile agriculture committee. A bill would end the dairy subsidy, raise milk prices regionally, and end the OPA within 90 days. Eastland Mec and Aiken press opposing views. The House debates continue as Congress eyes post Election recess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Committee
of Price Administration
Rix
OPA
Sena- Eastland
D-Miss
Mec
D-Ark
Aiken
R-Vt
Congress
Wolcott
R-Mich
County Credit Corporation
CCC
McCormick
D-Mass
Seventh Army Still Vital Factor In Italy
George S. Patton’s Seventh Army, inactive but ready to sail at a moment’s notice, shapes German strategy in Italy. Its potential landing behind lines could force a major shift as Allied push from Naples continues, keeping pressure on Kesselring and delaying a decisive Niemer.
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Seventh Army
Italy
George Roboz
Central Press
New York
George S. Patton
U. S. Seventh Army
Naples
Salerno
Kesselring
Fifth Army
Eighth
Adriatic
Seventh
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
North Africa
Tunisia
Gela
Enna
Nicosia
Troina
Randazzo
Ring
Patton
Yuar
Pennington School Marks 106th Year Opening
Dr. Joseph W. Seay urges careful reading of news to gain proper slant as Pennington School begins its 106th year.
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Pennington
N. J
Newsrm
Pennington School
Joseph W. Seay
All-Bran Lives Up to Its Promise Says NY Man
A New York City resident lauds Kellogg's All-Bran for relief from chronic constipation. The letter notes All-Bran as a natural regulator, not a purgative, and advises regular use with ample water. It emphasizes genuine Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Kellogg
Alexander Klein
West 170Th Street
N.Y
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Michigan
The Brighter Side by Damon Runyon excerpt
Mr Joe Turp recounts a Hollywood party tale set in Beverly Hills dated October 30, 1943. Quinn Ses introduces Turp and his wife Ethel to a so called do me some good party with film industry big names and potential new contracts. The gathering appears shady as the host mentions a bust and the event seems built on favors rather than friendship.
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Joe Turp
Hollywood
Schwabs Drug Store
Quinn Ses
Ethel
Quinn
Dames
Iin
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Soldier Reunites at a Seedy Club
Joe Turp from Brooklyn recalls a wartime reunion at a cluttered club where he and Ethel mingle with host Quinn and other patrons. The scene features ten cent gin rummy, casual chatter about labor, and a tense moment over perceived slights as dinner ends and patrons drift toward departure.
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Quinn
Ethel
Joe
Grogans
Brooklyn
Ethel Ses
Air view of Rabaul mission by U S engineers
Major James Wergin of San Francisco and Jee Bye Hoff man of Akron, both aircraft maintenance officers, led a mission to Rabaul under heavy anti-aircraft fire. After about an hour over the target they returned to base on three engines. Hoff man hopes for more air combat while Wergin recalls his family ties in San Francisco.
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Papua
Guinea
INS
Rabaul
James Wergin
San Francisco
Jee Bye Hoffman
Akron
Wergin
Hoffman
Fay Wergin
Fort Mason
Brewers Yeast Emerges as Food Source in Postwar Effort
In Pittsburgh on November 2, brewers yeast was hailed as a nutritious protein source aiding soldiers and allies under Lend-Lease. Alva C. Richards led a War Food Administration discussion with Western Pennsylvania brewers on expanding supply and converting yeast into human food through a de-bitterizing process.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Western Pennsylvania
Alva C. Richards
Yeast Industry Advisory Board
The
War Food Administration
Hippocrates
B. C
Ippocesie
Handwriting course by mail seeds historic dates
The Hermes Institute in Amsterdam offers a mail handwriting course with lesson prompts asking whose birthday falls on August 31 and April 30, yielding Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana. The note adds citrus fruits reached Florida by 1579 and California by 1769.
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Hermes Institute
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Orient
Florida
California
Minor League Draft Signals Limited Major League Talent
Chicago November 2 The annual major league draft meeting showed a dull market for ball players as 15 minor league picks cost 110000 across eight clubs. New York Giants paid 7500 for Phil Weintraub the top pick, while others like Lia Hutchinson Al Epperly Ewald Pyle Eddie Mayo Gil English and Edwin Garnett found new big league chances.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Philadelphia Athletics
Giants
Phil Weintraub
Ilies
American Association
Toledo
Lia Hutchinson
al Epperly
Ewald Pyle
Eddie Mayo
Gil English
Edwin Garnett
Lobo Eleven Bids For Sun Bowl Classic
University of New Mexico's Lobo eleven has been asked to be host team for the Sun Bowl game in El Paso on New Year’s Day. Athletic Director George White received the invitation yesterday and it was referred to university authorities for decision. The Lobos have won two games, with one ahead.
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Albuquerque
N. M
University of New Mexico
Lobo Eleven
el Paso
Tex
George White
Lobos
TCU Manager Scrimmages Florida Team Pair
Cecil Cox, Texas Christian football squad student manager, received a football uniform for scrimmage yesterday in Fort Worth. Coach Dutch Meyer needed the 135 pounder to complete two full teams for the scrimmage.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cecil Cox
Texas Christian
Dutch Meyer
Tokyo Road Builders Living In Primitive Huts On Assam Frontier
An INS report details American engineers and support troops building a road in Assam frontier in bamboo huts built from cane leaves. They fight jungles and old maps, with dozers, jeeps, and improvised bridges, while hospitals and mobile medical units follow, and air drops supply forward bases.
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Tokyo
INS
Burma
China
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