Wallace Plans Tour Before Leaving for Political Speaking
Wallace intends to tour the country for Democratic candidates with stops in Michigan California Washington Minnesota Wisconsin and possibly Iowa Illinois after announcing he will leave next week. The former agriculture secretary and editor of Wallace's Farmer and Iowa Homestead is shifting to magazine editing but remains a controversial economic and foreign policy figure. Des Moines publisher Dante M Pierce revealed Wallace's desk awaits him, and Wallace replied he would join the New Republic.
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Ema A Nallace
Michigan
California
Washington
Kesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Roosevelt
Wallace
Farmer
Iowa
Des Moines
Des Moinnes
Dante M. Pierce
Farm Papers
New Republic
Pierce
Farm mechanization reshapes labor as workers decline
Arthur Raper, social science analyst, predicts 1.6 million farm workers will leave farms from 1940 to 1956. He notes cotton may soon be harvested by mechanical pickers cheaper than hand labor, and mechanization has cut farm labor in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas by about 20.5 percent since the war era.
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Arthur Raper
Bureau Ofultural Economics
Pehett
Raper
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Multiple U S Counties Affected By Rent Control Changes
The notice lists counties in several states including North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia with effective dates in 1941 1942 1945 for rent control actions. It notes Fayetteville and Paris Tennessee had previously been under rent control but the regime was suspended months earlier.
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Salisbury
N. C
Davidson Irade
Rowan
Gastonia
Gaston County
Greenville
Beaufort
Pitt
Hendersonville
Henderson County
Elizabethtown
Tenn
Carter County
Springfield
Robertson County
Fayetteville
Lincoln County
Paris
Henry County
Fredericksburg
Stafford
Spotsylvania
Wise
Staunton
Augusta
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Stilwell Receives Medal Posthumously in Cherokee Ceremony
General Stilwell earned the army's top honors in a wartime career spanning World War I and II. Born 1883 in Palatka Florida he graduated West Point in 1904 and built a reputation as an athlete and soldier. His son Lt Col Joseph W. Stilwell Jr pinned the distinguished service cross in Chungking. His widow Winifred Smith of Syracuse requests a memorial tablet at West Point and asks flowers be sent to veterans’ hospitals in his name.
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Palatka
Fla
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
France
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chungking
Winifred Alison Smith
Syracuse
N. Y
Col
Edmonton
Alberta
Benjamin W
Stanford University
E. F. Easter*ook
Fort Benning
William F. Cox
San Francisco
Alison Stilwell
San Neisco
John
Ardenwold
Stuart Wilder
Newton
Army
Veterans’ Hospital
UNC Enrollment Sets New Record With 6802 Students
UNC enrollment reaches 6802 for fall quarter announced by Chancellor R B House. The record includes 5702 men and 1100 women, about 4500 veterans, 4774 North Carolina residents from every county, and 2028 non residents from 43 states and 16 foreign countries.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
R. B. House
North Carolina
Democrats rally planned to boost turnout in 12th district
Asheville hosts a Democratic caravan to mobilize voters for the November 5 election. Monroe Redden, the 12th district nominee, and state Democratic Chairman W. B. Isabelt lead a lineup with notable figures including Mrs. S. B. Everett, Attorney General Yarry McMullan, and others. The event signals a broad party effort across state offices.
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Asheville
Monroe Redden
B. Everett
Palmyra
Yarry McMullan
George Ross Poll
William Hodges
Forrest HH. Shuford
Thad Eure
Charles M. Johnson
L. Y. Ballentine
AFL Backs Farm Workers Over Labor Laws Claim
Mitchell vows AFL support to 2,000,000 American farm workers and families under the labor relations act. He says the union will push Congress to revise laws, targeting large agricultural enterprises rather than family farms, arguing big outfits exploit cheap labor.
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AFL
Mitchell
Congress
Housing rift fuels veteran housing debate and protests
A housing executive cites widespread frustration after eight months without progress. He blames an organized campaign by profiteers opposed to price and rent controls, warning that homes for veterans remain a target amid rising costs.
Four-Power Set Regs for Nazi Executions
The four power commission announces that no word will come from Nuremberg about next Wednesday hangings until the man is hanged. Only official U S army photographers may photograph the executions for record and historical purposes. Clemmency appeals have been denied according to wives and other sources, with council representatives due to discuss arrangements this weekend.
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Nuernberg
Four-Power Commission
U.S. Army
Control Council
Army Education Prelude in War Zones Aims Nine Month Course
Maj. Virgil R. Walker says the army education program will provide a complete nine months course of basic studies plus German. The initiative relies on 119 teachers from major American universities and public schools and will charge four dollars monthly per child for officers civilians and enlisted upper grades. Schools operate in bombed building floors remodeled residences and business spaces reflecting wartime conditions.
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Virgil R. Walker
Army
University of Minnesota
Postwar Lend Lease Balancing Not Dollar for Dollar
The article notes that Britain and France settled accounts with the United States and received dollar credits to buy surplus American property. It states there was no attempt to balance direct and reverse lend-lease on a dollar for dollar basis and that Britain and France were the only major powers to fully settle their accounts.
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Britain
France
Dollars in Surplus book guides safe govt surplus buying
The text touts a new book that maps state by state government surplus offices and site sales from War Assets Administration. It promises detailed warnings against hit or miss buying and lists access to hundreds of hard to get items from government sales.
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U. S
Sam
War Assets Administration
U.S
Quebec Place
N. W
Washington
D. C
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