Administration claims hold the line against inflation praised
Senate Democrats cheered a report by the stabilization agencies claiming prices and wages have been kept steady since Roosevelt's hold the line order. Republicans fault wage controls and price subsidies, urging changes, court review, and debate over extending or altering the act amid rising living costs and labor costs.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Offices of
Economic Stabilization, Price Administration
War Food Administration
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
White
Maine
Butler
R-Neb
Taft
War “Labor Board
Danaher
R-Conn
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
Organized Labor
Bowles
Bridges
R-Nh
Sheffield Employes and Brief Walkout
The Sheffield Steel plant in Kansas City Missouri ended a brief walkout as about 3000 workers returned to their jobs after a clash over replacing a 23 year veteran with a younger worker. Union leaders said the strike was not union sanctioned and management reported a full shift as workers resumed in the evening.
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Kansas City
Sheffield Steel
Government
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pay Visit To Yard And Get New Ideas For Your Vases
Texas Tech students under Muss Martyre Poindexter propose using garden leftovers for arrangements. Lettuce, mustard, asparagus, dandelions, and elm tree sprigs become centerpieces in crystal bowls, ash trays, or bread pans with simple care rules for longer life.
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Texas Technological College
Superssion
Muss Martyre Poindexter
Omurrar
Story Changes On Daughter's Death
Garnett Kansas April 8 A1 H J McGuire San Francisco assistant district attorney announced Mrs Marvin Flack changed her account of her 8 year old daughter Dolores death She now says she found the body in her San Francisco apartment on December 26 She had previously said the child died about February 1 while the mother was visiting San Rafael California and that she left the girl alone on Christmas Day
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San Rafael
Calif
Morton Chamber of Commerce Banquet Set for April 21
Morton will host its first annual chamber banquet April 21 at 8 30 p m in the high school gymnasium a chicken dinner will be served by Methodist church women Tanlac Strange of Lubbock will be principal speaker Williamson will act as master of ceremonies
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Morton
Morton Chamber of Commerce
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Tanlac
Strange of
Foreign Policy Of Dewey Is Unknown
The London News Chronicle editorial says if Governor Dewey wins the Republican nomination the public may be kept in the dark about U S foreign policy until after the election. It notes Hull must push Republicans to depoliticize foreign affairs and cites Willkie’s retirement as making U S policy more obscure, highlighting internationalism versus isolation.
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London
London News Chronicle
Dewey
New York
America
Hull
U. S
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Dow Resigns to Become Hospital Manager in Levelland
Jas L. Dow, formerly assistant editor of the Hockley County Herald, resigns to join Phillips-Dunne hospital as general manager and associate with his son Dr Harold Dow. Dow previously owned the Lubbock Morning Avalanche and published it when it became a daily in 1922.
Willkie versus Roosevelt on world policy cited in editorials
The editorial notes Willkie as internationalist and contrasts him with Roosevelt. It argues isolationist leanings in a future Congress could undermine Allies post war plans. It mentions Governor Dewey has not declared his stance on the issue.
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America
Congress
Willkie
Rooosevelt
Dewey
Navy presumptively Kills Young Pharmacist Aboard Grampus
Formal Navy notice confirms Roger Vance Trego, 18, fireman second, presumed killed in action after going missing in the Southwest Pacific while aboard the submarine Grampus. He worked at John Halsey Drugstore before enlisting, with two brothers in military service and a father veteran of World War I.
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Navy Department
Roger Vance Trego
Southwest Pacific
Dick Trego
Twenty-seventh Street
Young Trego
Grampus
John Halsey Drugstore
Keith
Atlantic
Wayne
Farragut
Idaho
Menuse-Aisne
Chateau Thierry
Argonne Forest
Woman Becomes First Female Head of Houston Dog Pound
In Houston on April 8 1952 Frances Horning 52 was named to run the city dog pound the first woman to hold the post. The move follows reforms accusing humane officers on night shifts of drinking parties and neglect of stray dogs and the pound’s new deal policy leading to the dismissal of two dog catchers.
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Houston
Frances Horning
Linen’s English origins traced to 1253 weaving boom
The record notes linen first manufactured in England by Flemish weavers in 1253, marking a key early textile development.
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England
Untimely Draft Ended War Wound Ill Fitting Uniform
A youth, badly wounded the day his unit was to be moved to safety, was not old enough for the draft when the war ended. The fragment notes his injury occurred during the final days of service.
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McGuire
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Anderson County
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Filace
Levelland
R. V. Trego
Breuses
Mater
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