Roosevelt price stabilization bid faces Senate action
Washington Sept 9 An early burst of congressional opposition to President Roosevelts plan to stabilize farm prices cooled as administration aides prepared a bill. Senator Brown of Michigan said a comprehensive measure would be introduced in the Senate and taken up by the banking committee soon. He urged prompt and simultaneous action by both houses.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Roosevelt
Brown
Senate
White
Michigan
Nérris
Ind Neb
Agriculture Committee
Mrr
Norris
Swain echoes Poe as rationing debate swirls
Ennis Swain recites Nevermore as he denounces a rationing board clash over a gasoline book torn in two. The passage sits amid a broad FDR price control plan debate aimed at farming and wages with senators Norris and Brown backing flexible ceilings and potential wage floors.
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Columbia
N. C
Ennis Swain
Rejuvenation of U S Chamber of Commerce Prompts Change
The piece notes that younger Western leaders now head the U S Chamber, with Eric Johnston as president, signaling a shift from old guard conservatism. It highlights a wartime united-front approach and asserts the new leadership aims for dynamic, effective business representation while downplaying ideology. It also mentions wartime privations in Army camps and London parade crowds for American troops.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
L. E. Read
Los Angeles
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Lafayette Square
White House
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Henry JL. Harriman
Boston
Chamber
U. S
Washington
Eric A. Johnston
Johnston
California
Mr. Roosevelt
William A. Green
Philip Murray
Old Guard
Roosevel
Minor Leagues Cancel Convention Due to War Times
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues will not hold its annual convention this year in deference to wartime conditions. W. G. Bramham, association president, said a congress of league presidents would be held to conduct necessary business. The gathering was set for Minneapolis December 2 to 4.
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Durham
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
W. G. Bramham
Association
Minneapolis
Greensboro Wins Opener in Piedmont League Playoffs
Greensboro Red Sox, defending 1942 Piedmont League champions, beat Charlotte 2 to 1 in the Shaughnessy playoff opener. Adam Whitey Gluchoski outpitched Charlotte’s Gil Torres, yielding two hits to Torres and allowing both runs in a six inning burst. The series resumes in Greensboro tonight as Richmond meets Portsmouth in another playoff pairing.
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Charlotte
Greensboro
Red Sox
Adam (Whitey) Gluchoski
Gil Torres
Gluchoski
Torres
Charlotte Tech
Richmond
Portsmouth
Mountain Train Derailed Near Penland
A C C and S freight train derailed near Penland in Mitchell County yesterday. Engineer J W Keesecker of Erwin Tennessee was killed. The train was traveling from Spartanburg South Carolina to Erwin Tennessee.
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Penland
Mitchell County
J. W. Keesecker
Erwin, Tenn
Spartanburg
S. C
Erwin
Paper Looming As Substitute For Shortages Of Materials
Washington report notes paper could replace scarce metals and rubber as wartime shortages grow. Industrial specialist Arnold C. Schumacher describes durable, pliable paper for insulation, packaging, cans, cartons, tires, and even shop tools, with practical limits during war.
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Washington
Arnold C. Schumacher
Department of Commerce
Department
Schumacher
WPB
Inventor Promotes Triphibian Motor in Washington Visit
Constantinos H. Vlachos, a 48 year old Greek American from Washington DC, toured Flight Point yesterday and pitched a tiny motor called Triphibian. He seeks 500 billion dollars from the federal government to start mass production of a land water and air vehicle claiming four year vest pocket life and wide applicability including war uses.
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Constantinos H. Viachos
Washington, D. C
Fligh Point
Vlachos
Vest Pocket
Patriotic composition to be featured in Treasury Star Parade
The winning patriotic piece Save the American Way by Private Richard Little with music by Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman will represent the United States in a Pan American program led by Xavier Cugart. Carmen Castillo and William Hargrave are the soloists in the broadcast to air tonight at 7 30 over Station WMER.
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Treasury
United States Treasury Department War Savings March Committee
United States
Xavier Cugart
Carmen Castillo
William Hargrave
WMER
Richard Little
Edwin Franko Goldman
Cigarettes and Sugar Use in U S Production
Twenty million pounds of sugar are used annually in the manufacture of the 180 billion cigarettes produced in the United States.
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United States
Quebec Produces 387,542 Fine Ounces Of Silver In Four Months
In the first four months of 1940 Quebec Canada reported a production of 387 542 fine ounces of silver. The figure reflects early year output from mining operations across the province.
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Quebec
Canada
Idaho Springs Softball Team Favorite in State Tourney
Idaho Springs, Colo enters the state softball tournament in Denver amid town-wide support. The lineup features a Methodist minister a Catholic priest a Presbyterian minister the Democratic candidate for sheriff and the high school football coach. Twenty new British minesweepers are named after trees.
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Idaho’ Springs
Colo
UPI
Idaho Springs
Denver
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