Roosevelt outlines economic defense plan and war priorities
President Roosevelt asks Congress for authority to set rent ceilings, purchase essential goods, and expand credit control as inflation pressures mount. He compares current price rises to the 1916 1920 surge and outlines creation of an Economic Defense Board plus actions on Japan Germany and lend lease.
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U S Army details field training and industrial mobilization plans
The United States Army outlines large scale field maneuvers and scrap usage for weapons. OPM calls on zinc producers to reserve 27 percent of June output for an emergency pool. Labor data show June non agricultural employment at a record 38,779,000 up 484,000, while WPA and NYA shed workers. Officials urge using women in defense roles without wage cuts. Delayed birth certificates proposed to allow native born workers into defense plants. Cotton futures rise on federal mattress program demand as Surplus Marketing Administration sells cotton and ticking.
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Prospector 34 Goes Home After 45 Years Digging
Charlie Baxter, 84, a lifelong prospector, visited the Monahans News while en route to Arkansas from California. In ill health, he hopes to recover and start anew in his quest for gold after 45 years of hunting across the western states, Canada, and Alaska. He recalls Alaska in 1906 when he struck it rich before snow blindness sidelined him for 15 months. Baxter, who left Ashdown in 1871, says Arkansas is rich in minerals yet overlooked.
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Deadpan Baxter seeks simple burial amid gold rush era
A wistful note recalls a teamster from the Wells Fargo outfit who urged youths to join the company and travel to Sacramento for the gold strike. He avoids notifying parents, carries a birth card, and asks to be buried where found with no relatives. USDA reports turkeys on hand February 1 breeding stock down 14 percent from last year. Apple tests show peel vitamin C about five times that of the flesh.
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