No Rush to Buy Point Free Meat
Washington May 10 War Food Administration reports no large rush to buy unrationed meat as points were removed a week ago. Households saved points on rationed meat, foreseeing no surge. May meat supply 25 percent higher than a year ago though distribution and regional plant proximity could affect availability. The piece also clarifies wage standards under the War Labor Board, correcting earlier statements about substandard pay and board approvals.
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Washington
War Food Administration
OPA
Altho
Midwest
Wage Claim Sparks Debate On Prevailing Rates
A speaker argued that 50 cents should be the standard wage in the local job market, stating that any rate below 50 cents is substandard. Davis noted the aim of voluntary wage increases to lift local rates toward the 50 cent mark.
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War Labor Board
National
WLB
William H. Davis
National Board
Davis
Calls for Action to Save the Little People in War Industry
Washington May 10 UP Chairman Maury Maverick of the Smaller War Plants corporation warned before the Senate small business committee about a growing concentration of industry. He noted plants with over 2,500 workers held 76.8 percent of war materials business and urged immediate steps to help small firms. Also, J Edgar Hoover marked 20 years as FBI director in Washington.
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Maury Maverick
War Plants Corporation
Maverick
Senate
Small Business Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover Joney
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eighth AAF Captain Earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Captain Eugene C. Brink, 24, of Basehor Kansas, pilot of an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in more than twenty heavy bombing missions against Nazi targets in Germany and occupied Europe. Brink, a veteran, already holds the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and recalls thick flak in the Ruhr’s Happy Valley during major raids on Augsburg Kiel Ludwigshafen Brunswick and Ruhr Valley targets.
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England
Eugene C. Brink
Basehor and
Lawrence
Kan
Eighth Aaf Flying Fortress
Germany
Europe
Brink
Eighth Air Force
Augsburg
Kiel
Ludwigshafen
Brunswick
Ruhr
Happy Valley
RAF pilot from Kansas noted for service record
The RAF pilot from Leavenworth Kansas, son of Mr and Mrs William J Brink, joined as aviation cadet January 5 1942 after working as a cost engineer for Kewitt Condon Paschen Omaha. He earned wings and a commission November 10 1942 at Ellington Field. His wife Mrs Lorna Brink resides at 1704 Mississippi Street. Charles W Crawford promoted within the Food and Drug Administration on May 10.
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Leavenworth
Kan
William J. Brink
Route 1
Basehor
Kewitt, Condon. Paschen
Omaha
Ellington Field
Houston
Tex
Lorna Brink
Mississippi Street
Red Cross Seeks Cloth Scraps for Convalescent Hospital Covers
Red Cross production department asks for pieced bed covers from sewing room cuttings and home scraps for the county convalescent hospital. Donations of light weight new cotton scraps are welcomed and can be brought to the Junior high school central building on Tuesday or Thursday. Used garments are not requested.
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Red Cross
New County Convalescent Hospital
Trunk Murder Confession Reported in Crystal City
A confession reportedly signed here describes Layla Villexos, 26, admitting she killed her wife Louise Villegas by striking her in the back of the head and shipping the body from Chicago to Los Angeles in a trunk. Deputy Sheriff Garrett Barnes disclosed the claim last night.
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Crystal City
Tex
Louise Villegas
Chicago
Los Angeles
Layla Villexos
Garrett Barnes
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