OPA Seeks Rollback to 1942 Living Costs
The Office of Price Administration aims to return the cost of living to September 1942 levels, with Bowles saying measures will eliminate over half the rise and stabilize prices for the duration. He notes the food stabilization program’s details are being worked out and calls for farm production and price fixing clarity by September 20.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Ren. Sabb
D-1i
Bowles
House Rules Committee
Jones
Brown
Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Danger of uneven polishing on auto commutator
In sandpapering a dirty auto commutator there is a danger of polishing it unevenly, which can cause the brushes to seat unevenly.
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A booklet from famed doctors on epilepsy origins is offered free to readers who write to the Educational Division, 535 Fifth Ave New York NY, Dept. sai5.
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Ous
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept
Women to fill 1.1 million jobs in war effort says WMC
The War Manpower Commission projects 1,100,000 more women must take jobs by next summer including 200,000 more in armed services and 900,000 in non farm work. The plan hinges on shifting unemployed women, farm and seasonal workers, and non farm wives aged 20 to 59, with local recruitment where shortages are acute.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Armed Services
New York
Kansas City
New York Price Ceiling Debate Draws Cattlemen
Mayor La Guardia told 1,500 western cattlemen that New York is not bothered by ceiling prices but by the black market. The meeting with producers from 27 states backed a plan for industry managed meat supply and urged congressmen’ support.
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Kansas City
New York
F. H. la Guardia
War Food Administration
la Guardia
OPA
Littl Flower
Butch
Army uses on the spot sedative sleep treatment for nervous exhaustion
Captain Robert Beaudet describes a battlefield method that sedates and sleeps soldiers for several days to rest nerves, then reintroduces them to duty with psychiatric support. The aim is rapid recovery and return to action, reducing long rehabilitation and deaths from delayed treatment.
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Frey U. S. Army Medical Depot
Britain
Robert Beaudet
Franklin
N. H
Beaudet
Burglars Strike Twice In Home Near Thomasville
Police report a home five miles from Thomasville on the Lexington highway was entered yesterday and a double barreled 12 gauge shotgun stolen. The same gun had been taken a year earlier from the same place and later recovered in a Greenshorne pawn shop. No arrests have been made.
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Thomasville
B. H. Leonard
Lexington Highway
Greenshorn
Docile Word For Blood and Guts In War Leaders
Kansas City dispatch recounts former Fort Leavenworth tailor Erik S. Petterson describing how war headliners earned nicknames. Eisenhower MacArthur Patton Terry Allen are cited as changes from mild beginnings to formidable figures, with Petterson noting growth from lieutenant to top ranks.
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Kansas City
Patton
Terry
Allen
Erik S. Petterson
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George S. Patton, Jr
Terry Allen
Sicily
Petterson
Fort Crook
Neb
Walter Krueger
South Pacific
James A. Yulie
The
United States
Allies Strike Across Sicilian Strait Noted in Washington
Washington remains calm as Allied chiefs chart their war timetable with Churchill visiting the White House. Officials acknowledge the Sicily to Italy leap but offer little detail while focusing on Pacific operations. A separate note tells of a bomber drop delivering a misspelled personal message to Mrs. J W Upp.
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Washington
Churchill
Sicilian
Italy
White House
Pacific
Europe
Sicily
Roosevelt
Britain
U.S
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Axis
ST. Louis
J. W. Upp
Olar
Canadians Enter Nazi Territory in Italy Invasion
Ottawa reports Canadian forces land in Italy joining the British army as the third enemy-held surge for Canadians in two months after Sicily and Kiska. Prime Minister Mackenzie King offered no immediate statement while the 1st Canadian Division, long a veteran unit in the Mediterranean campaign, participated in the assault.
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Ottawa
Italy
Sicily
Kiska
W. L. Mackenzie-King
Dr Foster's L-K Praised By Sufferer For Relief
Mrs Roy Coltrane of Trinity North Carolina says Dr Foster's L-K relieved her nervous indigestion after other remedies failed. She reports improved appetite better sleep regained weight and stronger health. Drugstores offer genuine Dr Foster's L-K for 97 cents.
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Dr. Foster
Roy Coltrane
Trinity, N. C
Coltrane
The Sinus Trouble Diaries of a Social Outcast
A writer reflects on how sinus trouble changes social status enabling talkativeness at parties. He notes the allure of medical cures like penicillin, jokes about government supply, and doubts about restraint as his impulse to write grows stronger. He wryly warns the gov ernment to provide penicillin or face a list of other writers with similar woes.
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Brooks
Emily Post
Price Of 34 Cents Prevails On Weed
War Food Administration reports an average price around 34 cents a pound on the eastern North Carolina tobacco belt. Declines occurred in low to common quality lots, while higher grades stayed steady. Some warehouses could not clear floors due to a new three and a half hour sales day by the U S Tobacco Association.
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Raleigh
War Food Administration
North Carolina
U. S. Tobacco Association
Lemon and Water Wake-Up Drink Idea
An advertisement promotes lemon and water as a gentle remedy for constipation and fatigue. It claims daily lemon water boosts digestion, vitamin C intake, and appetite, touting Sunkist Lemons as best and urging ten mornings to test the effect.
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Sunkist
California Sunkist
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