Seek Dairy Price Control Imposes Ceiling Hope
Paul Porter heads OPA predicts dairy prices will go out of hand and urges restoration of ceiling prices on fluid milk and dairy products. He notes the decontrol board must restore ceilings if prices rise. Roy Thompson says ceilings may return if needed. Owen Richards warns restoring ceilings may hinder production and encourage block marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
OPA
Paul Porter
Congress
Washington
Roy L. Thompson
Chicago
Owen M. Richards
American Dairy Association
Porter
Tobacco free nicotine grow developed in wartime era
After Singapore recapture the Straits Settlements report a 75 percent drop in malaria. Scientists claim progress in growing tobacco with no nicotine, signaling a potential health and agricultural breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Straits Settlements
National VFW encampment to gather in Boston in September
The 1946 national VFW encampment will convene in Boston September 1 with about 50 000 delegates and visitors from 8 000 posts amid serious policy talks and extensive entertainment. Notables like President Truman General Eisenhower and Bob Hope are slated to speak and receive honors while veterans consider major national issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Chester W. Nimitz
A. A. Vandergrift
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans’ Affairs
Would-Be Groom Jumps Bridge for Wedding Consent
In Covington Kentucky 17 year old Billy Allen leapt 80 feet from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge into the Ohio River. He sought parental consent to marry 16 year old Ella Lindley and planned to wed November 10 his eighteenth birthday. After recovery his mother and Ella’s grandfather agreed the jump showed seriousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Ohio
Billy Allen
Ella Lindley
Billy
Ella
Clarence C. Lindley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Sally Allen
Fall Inside Car Is Fatal To Small Child
Two year old James Walther son of councilman and Mrs Lester Walther of Fort Atkinson died yesterday of a broken neck suffered while playing with his sister Margaret Ann 6 in the family car. Coroner Carroll W Schulz said the youngster apparently fell striking his head on the back of the front seat. Mexico has made compulsory the increased growing of corn this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Wis
James Walther
Lester Walther
Margaret Ann
Carroll W. Schulz
Wisconsin county fairs reach peak with 17 events this week
A. W. Kalbus reports 17 fairs in Wisconsin this week as the 1946 season peaks. He notes large displays of manufactured goods and machinery, strong attendance, and rising youth activities across 74 fairs planned this year, with 15 fairs limited to youth programs.
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Wisconsin
A. W. Kalbus
State Department of Agriculture
Kalbus
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Manke
Caledonia
Red Ryder
Fred Harman
Vic Flint
Haven
Korder
Michael O'Malley
Ralph Lane
Libby Lang
Flint
Marcia
Nugget Hill
Boots
Steves
By Edgar Martin
Bere
Bob Hope
Hope
Lawrence A. Rogers
Kansas City
Cootie Bites
Military Order of the Cootie
Supreme Business
Pennsylvania
Fed
Montgomery
Utd
Mexico
Terry
Jane Ellis
JP Weatherstrip
Pearl
Teless
Harry E. Hummel
Main Street
Riversides
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