New Plan Aims To Lower Interstate Trade Barriers
Washington reports a broad movement by state legislatures to reduce interstate trade barriers in 1941 with many cutting old limits and raising load caps. Kentucky remains high at 18 000 pounds gross weight while Texas and Alabama raise limits. The drive, tied to farm product marketing reform, seeks freer trade without compromising health and pest controls. Federal and state studies note ongoing barriers and urge coordinated action to aid defense needs.
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Alabama
Tennessee
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Bang
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
F. W. Waugh
Japan Empire Size Population and Industry Summary
The document details Japan as an empire of four main islands totaling 147,701 square miles, plus territories reaching 260,704 square miles, with 1940 population around 105 million. Tokyo leads cities, Osaka Nagoya Kyoto Kobe Yokohama are major centers. It notes Japan's mountainous terrain, arable land only 16 percent, rice dominance in farming, and silk and fishing as key industries employing millions.
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California
Hokkaido
Maine
Honshu
Minnesota
Kyushu
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticu
Shikoku
New Jersey
Taiwan
Formosa
Chosen
Korea
Kwantung
Bokoto
Pescadores
Mandated Islands
Texas
Japan
Tokyo
New York
London
Osaka
Nagoya
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Kobe
Yokohama
Four Flights Up Rex Cat Rescue Tops a New York Pole
Rex the cat reaches the top of a four story clothes pole in New York City as an ASPCA officer uses a noose gadget to save him amid neighborhood cheers. The incident ends happily with Rex intact, while dairy market talk notes rising costs and restricted milk sales. The piece also covers milk inspection issues and Japan’s postwar trade shifts, listing Japan’s industrial sectors and 1940 import data.
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Rex
ASPCA
Manu
New York City
Farm Lands Sell Briskly as War Creates Demand
MINNEAPOLIS Farms are selling faster than at any time since the low mood selling era. Buyers include tenant farmers, factory workers, inflation minded business men and harried investors, plus city families seeking a retirement cushion amid economic troubles. Unimproved land lags as owners lack help due to draft and industrial demand. improved farms lead sales nationwide with more all cash deals and active trading in better properties. Officials cite April to July as peak activity, with about 30 percent of sales cash on delivery. City buyers seek properties to operate with tenants or managers, aiming to use the farm as security home later. Florida and Baltimore firms note rising interest and scarce supply of small farms.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
New York
Florida Farm Realty
Baltimore
Postwar Food Problem Needs Intelligent Study
Washington columnist notes Canada faces a postwar grain surplus and Europe’s hunger, urging a policy of large scale aid to 400 million Europeans. Gilbert Jackson cites St Paul to advocate sharing surplus, Britain leading with US aid, to shorten conflict and stabilize postwar markets.
Nova vs Louis Showdown Looms for Heavyweight Title
Lou Nova, a young California heavyweight, believes he can take the title from Joe Louis. Louis may be past his peak but remains dangerous, while Nova trains hard to be in peak shape. The piece notes Louis’s declining urgency, Nova’s speed and stamina, Baer’s prior failure, and the possible end of Louis’s reign if the challenger forces a decisive bout.
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Lou Nova
California
Joe Louis
Louis
Conn
Nova
Pittsburgh
Max Schmeling
Joe
Max Baer
Baer
Lou
Defense savings stamps to be sold at local stores
Officials announce a campaign to harvest scrap steel from abandoned rails buried in city streets. The Transportation division of the OEM estimates 232000 tons of rails are available and plans to use the metal for defense needs.
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Bdakhage
Defense Savings
Transportation Division
OEM
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