Battle Over Farm Price Control Faces Wickard Henderson
John Grover reviews the Senate fight between Claude Wickard and Leon Henderson over final control of farm price ceilings. Rural senators lean Wickard, urban industrial states back Henderson, while farmers fear price manipulation and seek protection for fats and oils amid war production needs. Wickard argues that only the Agriculture Department can properly guide planned farm production.
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John Grover
seThe
Leon Henderson
Claude Wickard
Henderson
Senate
Wickard
John Bankhead
Alabama
Farm Bloc
Ickard
Department of Agriculture
Debate on Farm Price Control Sets Stage for War Production
The debate pits Henderson against Wickard over farm price ceilings and wartime production. Henderson warns ceilings threaten full output, while Wickard argues current surpluses already control prices to spur production. If Wickard win, expect production emphasis with higher prices. if Henderson prevails, consumer prices stay watched with focus on shortages and consumer interests.
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Henderson
Senate
Wickard
Department of Agriculture
Hosiery Reclaiming Planned in South
ATHENS Alabama A campaign at Athens College to reclaim worn silk and nylon hose for knitting new stockings. Dr E B Naylor led the drive noting students funded through work in a hosiery mill before shortages halted production. He said worn stockings can yield over half their material when backwound and recycled.
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Athens
Ala
Athens College
Naylor
Nelson Gets Things Done In War Production Role
Nelson, former executive vice president of Sears Roebuck, becomes war production head guiding U S effort to boost output for Europe, Asia and the Pacific. A small-town Democrat from Missouri, he vows aggressive action against profiteers and emphasizes efficiency and large-scale procurement to back victory.
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Donald M. Nelson
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Nelson
Sears, Roebuck
Cadillac
Bill Knudsen
OPM
General Motors
United Nations
United States
Europe
Asia
Washington
Harnibal
Turkey
National Association of Manufacturers
Hitler
Jeep name clarified for wartime work in army reports
In Washington dispatches the term jeep is confirmed as the nickname for small 11 foot long gasoline buggies used widely in wartime tasks. Officials say jeeps will be best in combat against tanks, capable of flanking with ease, while acknowledging the term began as a model designation GP for larger field vehicles.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
K. L
Terre Haute
Ind
The Man Behind Wartime Purchasing Power
Nelson heads production and procurement for wartime buying. A disciplined, pipe smoking former Sears executive, he built a bargain basement approach to government purchases, coordinating defense needs since 1940 and guiding the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board. He remains firm under pressure and rarely loses temper.
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Sears, Roebuck
Chicago
University of Missouri
NRA
OPM
Spab
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Nelson
Guam history note and wartime slogans make readers think
Grief stricken readers note Magellan’s 1521 Guam landing as the first white contact, once labeled Isle of the Lateen Sails then Ladrones. A Springfield letter mocks wartime slogans like Keep ’em Flying and Remember Pearl Harbor, while officials push decentralization amid Washington debates.
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Wake
Midway Islands
Guam
Marcel
Magellan
Pacific
P. E
Springfield
Pearl Harbor
Washington
T. N.S
Shreveport
Naval Reserve ensign named from Prescott area
Prescott News reports Boamuel Max Calliatt has earned a naval commission as ensign after completing the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Northwestern University. The four month course covered seamanship navigation and gunnery. Calliatt is son of F. M. Cullicott near Prescott. Nevada County Infantile Paralysis drive under BM. Sharp shows progress with a January 15 start and a $300 goal funded by contributions. A March of Dimes program runs through January 30. County past two years’ quotas exceeded, with expectations to top again. Sheriff Curtis Ward reports two arrests: Robert Lee Carrigan for robbing a Black man Willie Hale and attempting to forge a check, plus a recent alleged gas station hold up. Clyde Hilderbean, tied to last year’s cable theft from Layce Starnes, released on bond for July circuit court. Sheriff notes Hilderbean reportedly confessed to the theft.
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New Naval Reserve
Boamuel
Max Calliatt
Naval Commission of Ensign
Naval Reser
Northwestn I University
F. M. Cullicott
Prescott
Sharp
Nevada County
Naval County
Atrexs
Curtis Ward
Robert Lee Carrigan
Willie Hale
Carrigan
Clyde Hilderbean
Layce Starnes
Nevada
Ward
Hilder- Lira
Telephone 163 Varsity Era and Girl Reserve at Geglow
Subscribe to the Hope Stay now delivered at your home in Prescott each afternoon. Mack Greyson telehone 407.
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Geglow Eut
Prescott
Mack Greyson
Telehone 407
Society Notes From Mt
Mrs. Dunes McRie spent Tuesday in Pekarki. Mrs. Hubert Whitaker joined Tuesday for St Louis where she will spend two weeks. Mrs J W Kennedy is visiting in Little Rock for several days. Compton left this week for San Diego California where he has MECH Med the government gesilian.
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Mt, Ad
Dunes McRie
Pekarki
Hubert Whitaker
St. Louis
Compton
San Diego
California
Defense Dance Targets Critics as War Hiring Expands
A January calendar item notes a Defense Dance in Washington aimed at officials opposing shifting 12 agencies to support war work. Report mentions 1,000 new workers entering the capital weekly and Civil Service estimates predicting continued hires through mid summer, suggesting drastic action is needed. Santa Monica reader advises booking hotels two weeks ahead with a down payment and receipt as a contract to secure rooms, stressing tolerance for hotel staff facing high occupancy from prominent guests.
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Congress
Civil Service Commission
J.W
Santa Monica
Calif
Washington
Hope City Council Adjourns With Four Members Present
With only four members present the Hope city council heard the minutes of the last meeting Tuesday night and adjourned until the next meeting night the first Tuesday night in February.
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Hope City Council
Presbyterian Deacons to Meet Wednesday
The deacons listed will meet Wednesday night in the Philathea room of the First Presbyterian church to prepare for the service of installation next Sunday morning. Elders are asked to join the deacon-elect. the meeting will be concise given the matters to be discussed.
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Clond
Philathea
First Presbyterian Church
Dorsey McRie Jr
A. Eb, Slonequist
A. W. Stubbman
R. P. Bowen
Olen Lewis JC
C. Lewis
James Pilkinton
Robert Wilson
Fran Ward
Jack Lowe
R. B. Cooper
W. E. White
Dr. McKenzie
Edward Hawkins
Tom McLarty
Legion to Complete Home Guard Plans
An important meeting of service men at the American Legion facility at 730 Thursday night will finalize plans for organizing a home guard and completing the men’s service program. All members urged to attend.
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Legion
Amercan Legion
New Demand Seen For Social Workers
New Orleans report quotes Dr. Elizabeth Wisner of Tulane University saying wartime needs will boost social work. She notes many Tulane social workers have shifted to defense jobs and predicts morale issues in the army will decline as this war progresses.
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New Orleans
Elizabeth Wisner
Tulane University
Servwol
Wisner
Red Cros
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