Federal ceilings placed on used car prices
Washington defines price limits for used cars across three regions as of next Monday. OPA explains why ceilings were delayed and details per-model caps for 23 makes and about 6,000 models from 1937 to 1942. Regional rules set price floors and buyers must file a transfer certificate to receive gas coupons.
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Washington
OPA
QOPA
Mississippi River
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
California
Oregon
Nevada
Grain Cars Needed Spark Kansas Wheat Movement Concerns
Senator Reed of Kansas warned that slow movement of the state’s heavy wheat crop to terminal elevators could push prices below the government loan level of 1.28 per bushel. He said lack of railroad cars, war demands, and reduced car numbers threaten movement to Kansas City Hutchinson and Wichita elevators, and a conference with rail officials is planned.
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Washington
Kansas
Reed
ODT
Read
Pratt
Great Bend
P Reed
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Wichita
Talks W Will Be General President Won t Discuss Recognition
President Roosevelt said talks with General Charles De Gaulle will cover many topics but will not include any discussion of recognizing the French National Committee. He noted the underground movement in France, especially in the south, and added the government has its own information on the subject. The question of recognition did not arise in the London talks either.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles DeGaulle
National ‘Committee
France
London
DeGaulle
Refused nuns pleas in strafing attack tragedy
Chicago reports a February Japanese air strike near New Guinea killed a bishop and 62 Catholic priests brothers and nuns from the Society of the Divine Word and Sisters Servants of the Holy Ghost. Missionaries evacuated 93 survivors to Brisbane with 27 priests 30 brothers and 26 sisters among them. The nuns had pleaded to signal the planes but were ignored by the attackers.
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Chicago
New Guinea
Anthony May
Society of the Divine Word
Techny
Father May
Reine
Francis Wolf
S.V.D
Sisters Servants of the Holy Ghost
United States
Brisbane
Australia
B 25 Bombers To Be Made Exclusively In Kansas City
Kansas City plant of North American Aviation will produce all B 25 Mitchell bombers at the Fairfax facility starting yesterday. The company disclosed production totals show over 3 600 B 25s built in Kansas City versus 8 208 at Ingiewood California this year.
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Kansas City
North American Aviation, Inc
Ingiewood
Calif
Fairfax
Inglewood
Community Center Hours Change for Summer Vacation
The children's room will open mornings only during vacations from 10:00 to 12:30. Evening hours run six days a week, closing at o clock, with no Sunday listing.
Two Legislators Cross Ont Cross Atlantic
Representatives Hugh D. Scott Jr of Philadelphia and Gordon Canfield of New Jersey sailed from London on June 26 as crew of a merchant vessel carrying high octane gasoline. They traveled with authorization to brief Congress and the War Shipping Administration on merchant marine needs. Canfield sits on the merchant marine committee and Scott on commerce, planning postwar civil aviation talks with British and American officials.
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London
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Philadelphia
Gordon ‘Canfield
Patergon
N. J
Ireas
Congress
War Shipping Administration
EY Canfield
House
Merchant Marine
Scott
Commerce ‘Committee
Cop Aresamen
Congressmen Sailors Reveal Double Identity in Tanker Attack
Two men posing as congressmen aboard a tanker during British port operations described their undercover roles. They said the crew believed them to be ordinary sailors, while they and an escort endured bombardment and a risky voyage, donating seamen’s pay to seamen’s funds after the mission. They planned talks with Ambassador Winant and State Department officials.
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United States
Scott
Canfield
Eveni Bey
John G. Winant
Mintetar
Richard’k. Law
Scotland
Hall Favors Midwest In Fight For Lower Freight Rates
Topeka July 17 Byron M Gray former Kansas corporation commission counsel says interstate commerce commission examiner George J Hall recommends findings close to Kansas proposed rates. He asserts the Midwest wins support for reduced meat freight costs to the west coast, aiding the packing industry.
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Topeka
Byron M. Gray
Kansas Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
George J. Hall
Gray
Hall
ICC
Kansas
Library summer hours cut back on Saturdays
The city library will not be open all day Saturdays this summer. The adult department hours continue until September 1 from 10 to 12:30 in mornings and 6 to 9 in evenings.
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