Walkout Averted as WFA Reorganizes Distribution Office
Rumblings of a walkout by veteran War Food Administration commodity specialists faded after a second internal reorganization. Lee Marshall shifted duties to Ralph Olmstead, separating procurement from production and marketing, prompting protests but stabilizing authority over commodity programs. Egg markets faced price drops amid oversupply and storage pressure, with officials saying reforms did not cause the market issues.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Distribution
Ati
Lee Marshall
Ralph W. Olmstead
WFA Hae Fund
Marshall
Roy Hendrickson
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Tom G. Stitts
WFA
War News Censorship Criticized by Oregon Publisher
Palmer Hoyt of the Daily Oregonian urged creation of a Senate committee to investigate war news handling. He called for the war information office to share review power with the high command and censorship chief, criticizing military control of releases and withholding of developments.
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Omaha
Palmer Hoyt
Oregon
Office of War Information
Senate
Hoyt
Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Davis Thead
Daily
Oregonian
Portland
Davis
George W. Healy
Byran Price
Office of Censorship
Price
Kids Unhappy About Papa Going To Navy
In Olyphant Pennsylvania on April 1 22 year old mine worker Fred Vandervort heads to Wilkes Barre joining the navy. His four of five children aged one to six balk at the station blocking the rails until police and their mother persuade them to say goodbye amid tears.
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Olyphant. Pa
Vandervort
Seven Seas
Fred Vandervort
Oliyphant
Wilkes Barre
Ickes Seeks Public Hearing On Trans Arabian Pipeline
Interior Secretary Ickes presses for a public defense of the proposed 1,250 mile trans Arabian pipeline. He intends to testify strictly in the record when questioned by the Senate petroleum policy committee. Committee chair Maloney signaled open hearings for Ickes while recent testimony by State Department official Leavell remained under nonpublic discussion.
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Washington
Ickes
Senate
Special Petroleum Policy Committee
Brewster R-Me
Maloney D-Conn
Col
John Leavell
State Department
Eastern Affairs
Leavell
Maloney
Near East
Texas to receive 10 894 tractors in 1944 plan
Rep Mahon says War Food Administration assigns Texas 10 894 of 154 000 farm tractors for 1944, the largest share of any state. WFA plans 20 000 monthly output, with 80 percent distributed by manufacturers and 20 percent from the WFA. Mahon protests Texas 558 tractor allotment, seeks boost for West Texas farmers. Texas also to receive 2 800 combines, twice 1943 allotment.
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Wards
Texas
Montgomery Ward
Tex Easley
Associated Press
Washington
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
War Food Administration
WFA
Mahon
West Texas
University Lands Record Bonuses Hit New Highs in West Texas Auction
The University of Texas auction of oil and gas rights on about 30 000 acres in West Texas realized 3 665 666 in bonuses, with Stanolind paying 900 000 for a 4 026 acre Andrews county tract. Several other Andrews county bids ranged from 100 000 to 200 000. Sinclair Prairie
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Austin
University of Texas
West Texas
Stanolind
Andrews County
Sinclair Prairie
Man Held For Stolen Car Transportation
The FBI in New Orleans announced the arrest of Sam Jones Nesbitt, 41, on charges of transporting stolen automobiles across state lines. He has been a fugitive since September 1942 and is indicted by federal grand juries in Birmingham Alabama and Atlanta Georgia. A separate item notes a land sale listing 321 acres in Andrews county for $210,000 and a wartime bond appeal.
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New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sam Jones Nesbitt
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Nesbitt
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
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