Postwar price clash grips administration talks
Top officials debate peacetime price limits on consumer goods as War Production board authorizes initial production. Vinson and Byrnes push for 1942 price base to curb inflation, while industry touts 1941 prices plus costs. The aim is to sustain demand and jobs while limiting costs.
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Roosevelt
War Production Board
OPA
Judge Vinson
Jimmy Byrnes
Chester Bowles
James Brownlee
Frankfort Distilleries
Bowles
Vinson
General Electric
Charley Wilson
Byrnes
Notre Dame Packs Stadiums with Crowd-Moving Football Popularity
Packed crowds mark Notre Dame games this season as the team draws record attendance across cities from Urbana to New York. The writer credits Knute Rockne era leadership and Notre Dame’s spirit for decades of sellouts, noting the program’s national reach and enduring appeal despite not playing in bowls.
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Bookies Versus Machines Era Ends in Wagering Shift
A veteran bookmaker states bookmakers gave players maximum odds while mutual machines gain dominance. He notes large betting volumes at New York tracks totaling hundreds of millions, with substantial funds moving away from the tracks.
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New York
Hollywood News and Radio Notes From 1940s Screen Era
Western union digest covers Sonja Henie star in Technicolor project Countess of Monte Cristo and It’s a Pleasure due Easter. Mentions Victor Jory gifts, Lawrence Welk seeking a champagne voice, Rags Raglund in Her Highness and the Bellboy cast, Alter Ego to be MGM film, Dinah Shore radio novelty requests, late radio timings mishap, Jimmy Cagney named Regimental Guardian, Joan Davis in George White Scandals of 1945, Gene Krupa in the feature, Behind the Scenes at CBS, Crime Doctor duo Ruth Douglas and Douglas Rutherford, horse bets and Alfred Hitchcock Cotter remark, Eddie Cantor Christmas drive tally.
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Rutherford
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Paramo
Salty O’rourke
Alfred Hitchcock
Joseph Cotter
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