Emergency Price Ceilings On Canned Vegetables
Price Administrator Leon Henderson imposed 60 day emergency price ceilings on ten canned fruits and 15 canned vegetables to curb profiteering and hysteria. Canned fruits and vegetables will be frozen at prices prevailing Feb 23-27, with retail limits possible if needed. Wholesale levels adjust and retailers may face price patrols to maintain reasonable levels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Ray Conner Dies in Slaton at 54
Ray Conner a Santa Fe railroad engineer for 25 years died at Mercy Hospital at 7 15 this morning after a 12 hour illness Cause listed as apoplexy He lived 27 years in Slaton and moved from Amarillo He was married in 1920 to Misseo Champion of Slaton Funeral services set for Sunday at the First Methodist Church with a Masonic graveside service Williams Funeral Home directing Survivors include the widow a daughter Maxine a Texas Tech junior a son Bobbie Ray a brother Guy Conner and six sisters
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Slaton
Ray Conner
Santa Fe Raiload
Mercy Hospital
Wamarillo
Misseo Champion
First Methodist Church
H. C. Gordon
Williams Funeral Heme
Aughter Maxine
Texas Technological College
Bobbie Ray
Broer Guy Conner
Leon
Grace Kiner
Ebl
Cole
Bessie Hart
St. Jo, Mo
Three day lunch and gardening conference planned in Lubbock
A three day conference for the 24 county Lub bock district of the Work Projects administration will be held at the Hilton hotel starting Wednesday. Gardening will be stressed with sessions from 8 30 a m to p m daily and no entertainment planned. Special speakers include O B Howell of Texas Tech Bert M Boomer Amarillo and R A Metcalfe Lubbock district supervisor.
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Lubbock
Work Projects Administration
Hilton Hotel
Mildred Crump
Crump
O. B. Howell
Texas Technological College
Bert M. Boomer
Amarillo
R. A. Metcalfe
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Measles in Texas Decline but Remain Prevalent
Texas health officials report measles cases fell from 2025 to 1881 while the disease remains the state’s most prevalent. The department notes the illness continues traveling southeast along major transportation routes. Lamb County reports 25 meningitis cases.
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Texas
Austin
State Health Department
Lamb County
Texans Set Power Use Records in January Wartime Prep
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports total electric power consumption rose by 25.7 percent in January 1942 compared with January 1941 as Texans prepared for wartime production before the wartime switch.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Spring Fabric Sale Brings Yardage and Linens to Shop
A colorful table of seersuckers and piques in plaids stripes and florals announces a Spring Dollar Day sale. 214 yards of fabric for children quilts and crafts in Rose Pink Copen Peach and Gold. Printed sail cloth with floral borders offered alongside natural linens. Dish towels by Cannon and blazer striped items advertised with prices from 9c to $1.29 per set.
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Cannon
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Anne Alt Brassieres
Wrisley
Dorothy Gray
Anne Alt
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Hanes
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