Credit bill split over two years and price controls
Washington June 2 A 50 percent bill would extend the Commodity Credit Corporation for two years and halve its borrowing power to 1 billion dollars. The House banking committee approved an amendment barring subsidies to hold agricultural prices and allowed the War Food Administration to adjust prices to ensure adequate wartime production. An amendment shifting wartime price controls away from the Office of Price Administration to Food Administrator Davis was defeated by one vote. A second item notes Dr Wade H Boggs of Shreveport La elected executive secretary of the Presbyterian church committee on Christian education and belief, succeeding Dr H H Sweets.
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Extra income tax rule may force needless reports
Washington commentators analyze the pay as you go plan requiring certain married men with wages over 3500 to file September 15 estimates. They explain many will owe little or nothing despite filing, using a Joe Doakes scenario with three children to illustrate potential wasted effort.
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George Zielke
Washington
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Hosiery to be mostly rayon with wartime limits
Washington reports eighty five percent of women’s stockings will be rayon this year with no rationing planned. Quality over sheer appearance, price ceilings set by grade, styles shortened by one inch, and only five colors allowed. Foot and toe reinforcement required. markings will identify quality. prewar sheer rayon prohibited except new engineered stock.
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Washington
Office of War Information
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Decorations Go To Louisianians For Tunisian Campaign
The War Department awarded decorations to Northwest African air force personnel for exceptional service in Tunisian operations. Louisiana recipients include Wilfred L. Smith of Shreveport with two oak leaf clusters to the Air Medal, Ben H. Rushing, William J. Ryan, Herman W. Davis, Robert S. Littrell, Edward I Braddock, and James R. Fitzpatrick Jr., with various Air Medal honors and oak leaf clusters. Names and addresses listed: Shreveport, New Orleans, Lake Charles, Bastrop, Minden.
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Louisiana
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Shreveport
Ben H. Rushing
William J. Ryan
End Boulevard
New Orleans
Herman W. Davis
Lake Charles
Robert S. Littrell
Napoleon Avenue
Edward I Braddock
Bastrop
James R. Fitzpatrick, Jr
Minden
Tanker deliveries scheduled from Delta Shipyards soon
New Orleans June 2 L R Sanford regional director of the maritime commission said deliveries of the first of 52 tankers under construction at Delta Shipbuilding yards would occur in two to three months. The redesigned dry cargo carriers will carry petroleum equivalent to 10 500 tons deadweight. Rear Admiral Howard L Vicker vice chairman of the maritime commission cited 100 Libs converted into tankers at California Shipbuilding in Wilmington California.
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L. R Sanford
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Delta Shipbuilding Yards
Howard L. Vicker
Maritime Coma
Washington
California Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
Calif
Crossword Puzzle Entries and Clues Mixed List
A dense list of crossword like clues and partial answers covers various topics from chemistry phonetics and geography to mythology and history. The jumble includes Across and Down entries with partial solutions such as Walking stick Esters Insect early English money and biblical country among others.
News Briefs signal mixed votes and appointments
AP reports in Washington Louisiana representatives supported the compromise tax bill while Mississippi delegates opposed it. Ville Platte La approved privately financed war worker housing. Shreveport OPA chief officers named including Chandler and Palmer. Atlanta WLB approved $2.59 safety meeting pay for Hercules Powder workers in Hat tie sburg Miss effective May 28. A Louisianian and a Mississippian were among 31 US air force flight sergeants transferred from the RCAF. Practically every mature Sequoia tree today has been struck by lightning at some time.
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Ville Platte
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Hercules Powder Company
Hattiesburg
Miss
WLB
City Court Fines Bond Forfeitures And Drunk And Disorderly Defendants
City Court records show James Wallace Willie Gates Delvey Courtney and others charged with fighting or vagrancy failing to appear, bonds forfeited. Multiple defendants, including Ida Brown and Rose Marie Murphy, received sentences for vagrancy and drunkenness. Other cases cover trespassing, escape attempts, and health department holds with varied fines and terms. Easter lore notes Estre as goddess of light with pagan origins and Christian adoption.
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Delvey Courtney
W. M. Harper
Ida Brown
Rose Marie Murphy
William Bundick
Paul Spells
Willie Jackson
Juanita Carroll
Health Department
Mary Doobs
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