Subsidies and the Costs of Controlling Prices
The debate in Washington on food production subsidies shows the clash between supply and demand and the risk of government inflation control. Senator Aiken questions subsidies to small farmers, while Senator Smith warns they favor big interests. The Senate panel weighs restricting subsidies to those authorized by Congress, highlighting the broader question of what the government can, or cannot, do in wartime economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Dune
Davis
Aiken
Vermont
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Congress
London Papers Speculate on Allied Invasion
London news pages buzzed with speculation of an imminent Allied invasion after Roosevelt and Churchill talks. Reports cited Tunisian, Algerian, and Moroccan ports and a Rome radio claim of thousands of landing craft ready. Navy observers warned a major European landing could occur soon with extensive barge and small craft production underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Ball
London
Washington
Rome
Italy
Hp Runie
Associated Preas
Navy
The
News Chronicle
Europe
America
Flo
Daily Xpress
Germany
Pantelleria
Five Killed When Army Plane Crashes After Takeoff
Five Army crewmen died and another was seriously hurt when a medium bomber crashed during takeoff from Selman Field Monroe. The victims include First Lt Glyn Stephens Second Lt Norman Brown Second Lt Raymond Knott Staff Sgt Percy Hamilton. The craft struck wires and crashed on the Illinois Central line. The article also notes nearby Mount Ebina and mentions Sicily in error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Selman Vield
Monroe
Glyn Edward Stephens
J. J
Norman Frank Brown
Syll Brown
Sherveport
Raymond Leslie Knott
Nother
Minnie — Knott
Springfield
Mass
Braffleet
Gerald F. George
Mabel F. George
Shrevepart
Percy James Hamilton
William Hamilton
Willoughby
F. Beners
A. S. Bender
Cincinnati
Yselman Field
Illinois Central Railway
River Crest Hits New High at Pine Bluff
The Arkansas River reached 33.78 feet at Pine Bluff, the second major flood in three weeks, surpassing the 1935 high. Four people died near Morrilton when a rowboat overturned in backwater, part of 20 days of high water along the Arkansas White and St. Francis rivers. Engineers warned of risks below Pine Bluff and kept levee patrols. Lt. Col. Hendrix Lackey signaled possible recall of about 300 guardsmen if a new crisis rose.
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Little Rock
Arkansas River
Pine Bluff
Morrilton
White
St. Francis
U. S
Mississippi River
Hendrix Lackey
State Guard
Une
New Gypsum Products Ease Lumber Shortage
Buffalo New York wartime building methods yield three new gypsum products reel phink exterior board and solid partition panel to ease lumber shortages.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Fortresses Hit Leghorn Docks in World War II Raid
Allied aerial thrusts from North Africa targeted Leghorn 160 miles north of Rome, with near 100 Flying Fortresses striking oil refineries docks and shipyards. Concurrent liberators hit Foggia dropping 81 tons, while British and American bombers widened attacks across Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria.
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Edward Kennedy
North
Taku
North Africa
Leghorn
Rome
Cin
Foggia
Naples
London
Italy
Livrong
Wyogia
Adriatic
Dulian
United States
Cairo
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Castelverrano
Augusta
Sleiy
Desert Air Force
Great Force of U S Planes Raid Germany
London May 26 A great force of Flying Fortresses raided the continent today returning in mid afternoon flying high and unescorted over the Folkestone area. They came back at 20000 feet in several close formations with no announced targets or scores. RAF bombers struck Ruhr and other German targets including Krupp works and Zeebrugge and Jena. The week set a new record for bombs dropped on Europe with heavy raids on Ruhr cities and Essen for the first time using a waveing pattern over Essen.
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London
Folkestone
Air Ministery
Air Army
Cherbourg
Europe
Germany
Rhur
RAM
Dommlund
Moehne
Ederdarais
Duuskeldarl
Bie
Mssen
Krupp
RAF
Zeebrugee
Belgium
Carl Zeiss
Jena
Abbeville
Air Ministry
Russians Report Land Air Fights at Novorossisk Front
Moscow dispatches say large Russian and German air battles northeast of Novorossisk intensified as infantry clashed near the Kuban bridgehead in the Caucasus. Russian reports claim German losses and captured prisoners while Berlin reports indicate a major assault and heavy Russian casualties.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Novorossisk
Red Army
Berly
Red Star
Red Army Organ
Kuban ‘River
Caucasus
Ned Star
Com Inunique
DNB
Associated Press
Kuban
Berlin
Soviet Monitor
London
Smolensk
Red Alrmen
Leningrad
Lishchansk
Donets
Rostov
Black Sea
Sea of
Azov
Oil production in South Arkansas hits record 1942 high
South Arkansas oil fields produced 26,570,704 barrels in 1942 per the State Oil and Gas Commission preprint of Transactions of the AI for Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Despite fewer producing wells, total output rose due to new pools and spacing practices. Eight new pools added 121,000,000 barrels to recoverable reserves.
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Dorado
uPj
South Arkansas
State Oil and Gas Commission
American Institute For Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Commission
Alec M. Crowell
C. H. Thigpen
South
Arkansas
A Sacred Wreath for Our Heroes of War
A solemn poem honors the dead from Pearl Harbor through the Solomons and Coral Sea. It pledges enduring resolve to honor their sacrifice by pursuing freedom, bread, and peace, and to build a better world tomorrow under Liberty and faith. Joseph Auslander of the Library of Congress signs as Chief of Poetry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Auslander
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Food Group Moves to Link World Farmers
Delegates from more than 30 nations at the United Nations food conference advanced a plan to form an international agency of producer marketing cooperatives. The move aims to connect farmers globally through a cooperative network under an proposed international agricultural authority to boost production and distribution. Murray J. Lincoln praised private enterprise but urged competition without monopolies. The group also urged creation of rural cooperative banks for farmer credit in all countries.
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Ovid A. Martin
Hot Springs
Pariey
International Agricultural Authority
Murray J. Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Cooperative League of America
Scandinavia
New Rubber Source Studied in Brazil
Rio De Janeiro reports the United States seeks new sources for rubber and studies the mangabeira a wild Brazilian plant from Piaui Goias Bahia Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. Experts note its elastic extracts suit many rubber substitute uses and that mangabeira grows near rail lines and ports aiding harvest and shipment. Carvalho notes heat resistance is lower and elasticity higher than Brazilian rubber with about 13 percent resin loss in washing and 14 percent recovery rates. Further exploration of mangabeira exploitation is under way.
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Rio de Janeira
United States
Brazil
Ladario de Carvalho
National Technological Institute
Trent
Piaui
Goiaz
Bahia
Minas Gerais
Sao Paulo
Amazon Valley
Carvalho
Indian Princess Joins WAAC From Des Moines Story
Roberta Clark a 25 year old granddaughter of Comanche chief Quannah Parker enters the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at the training school in Des Moines. The Oklahoma City native leaves her long Indian hairstyle for a new bob as she begins military service and sacrifice.
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Nes Moines
Lai
Sans Wa
Roberta Clark
Quannah Parker
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training School
Oklahoma City
Ten Difficult Ways for An Allied Invasion
Washington May 22. Col. Conrad H. Lanza outlines ten conceivable invasion routes to Berlin, from Norway and Denmark through North France, West France, South France, and on to Italy and the Aegean. He estimates force requirements from a few divisions for southern Norway to millions for Northern and Central France, arguing that only large multi area landings would be truly effective. He cautions plans assume enemy advantage and broad, near simultaneous action across multiple coastal points.
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Washington
Berlin
Conrad H. Lanza
Field Artillery Journal
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Texel
Low Countries
France
Brittany
Loire
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Adriatic
Aegean Sea
Lanza
Americans Are Blasting Japs From Positions
American troops reported blasting out last ditch Japanese remnants in mountain fox holes above Attu Island as the 19 day battle continued. Washington said final splitting up of forces was under way. MacArthur said 18 tons of bombs hit three airfields near Wewak New Guinea. The RAF attacked Mandalay and Reported fires and river targets. No land fighting reported.
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AsSociated Press
Attu Island
Washington
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
U. S
MiNin=gimbi
Australia
Darwin
Appointment of Byrnes Pops Up Congress Appointment
The Associated Press reports in Washington on May 29 that President Roosevelt's order placing James F Byrnes in command of the home front spurred Congress to propose measures to cut through wartime confusion. Bills aim at manpower control, a civilian supply agency, and civilian agency consolidation, with Byrnes empowered to formulate policy and direct operations pending Roosevelt's approval. Also notes weight changes for Detroit's Rudy York and St. Louis' Slats Marion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
Army and Navy
War Stimson
The
Navy
Knox
Harry Hopkis
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Rudy York
St. Louis
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