Personal Mail Exerts Big Influence on Congressman
A Washington columnist analyzes how personal mail sways Congress amid debates on price and labor controls. He notes NORC polls showing public support for price restraint despite legislative erosion, and highlights the clash between unions and industrial lobbies, with mail and visits shaping lawmakers' choices. The piece cites the president's emergency strike bill and Case measures, the role of organized voters, and the paradox of public opinion versus congressional action.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Congress
Office
Price Administration
NORC
National Opinion Research Center of Denver University
OPA
Paul Porter
Sta
National Manufacturers’ Association
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Congressional
Public's spendable income rises from 68 to 139 billion dollars
The article notes that US spendable income grew from 68 billion in 1938 to an estimated 139 billion in 1946. It argues that increased meat and other purchases benefited low income groups and that overall abundance should not prompt fear of shortages for the hungry abroad or at home.
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America
Fortune Magazine
You
Department of Commerce
Europe
USO Demobilization Set for December 31, 1947
USO will carry on through 1946 and until the last day of 1947 to finish wartime demobilization and reconversion services. President Kimball announced a fall fund drive to cover minimum service needs through 1947, with Ike and Nimitz praising continued support. The postwar plan foresees 350 to 400 USC clubs in the continental U.S. and overseas clubs in Alaska, Canal Zone, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
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WIN
HE Uso
USO
Lindsley F Kimball
New York
Ike
Kimball
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
National War Fund
Asce
Airough Iau
USC
Continental
United States
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Philippines
Europe
Japan
Barbs and Bits from the Times on Butter and Speed
A humorous note on butter prices suggesting 11 cents more per pound may spur cow production. It jokes about a man falling at 118 mules per hour, parachuting at 14 mph, and notices about rationing bread and a bird demanding crust. It also mocks Mr Gromyko’s bark and hints at meat diet for the mother bird.
Future Homemakers of America Surpasses Two Hundred Thousand
The Future Homemakers of America, an expanding high school home economics network, reports over 200 000 members across 45 states Hawaii Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Founding leaders and officers guide regional chapters with a motto Toward New Horizons and colors red and white.
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Future
Homemakers of America
Homemakers of
America
Jve
Iain
YITEN
National Executive Council of the Future Homemakers of America
Chicago
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Future Homemakers Movement
Future Homemakers
American Home Economics Association
Home Economics Service
U. S Office of Education
State Departments of Education and Vocational Education
Home Economics Associations
District of Columbia
Myrtle Hilton -of
Barbara Parker
Carson City
Nev
Margaret Worlton
Lehi
Utah
Phyllis Marshall
Vermont
Deanna Burnworth
Independence
Kans
Lois K. Mueller
Seymour
Wis
USO Five Year Record Highlights World War II Service
Summary of USO achievements from February 4 1941 to February 4 1945 shows peak daily service to one million, total served 1.1 billion, 30 035 operations, peak monthly expenditures 5.8 million, overseas units 178, overseas club attendance 104 819 151, 50 million mobile services, 19.5 million individual services by 131 Travelers Aid units, 700 shows daily by 4 900 entertainers, June 1943 peak of 739 000 volunteers contributing 165 million hours, and 200 million dollars raised for 14 million service members and veterans.
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USO
United States
They Never Learn parade and Broadway chatter mix
Stage notes crown Sonja Henie as the latest entry in They Never Learn. Belmont horses run true to form with Isolationist last in a seven-horse field. Column spoofs and showbiz gossip cover Victor Borge Benny Goodman billing, Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Vanderbilt, Ann Richards, Ethel Barrymore, and more in riotous Times Square snapshots.
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Sonja Henle
Belmont
Louis Calhern
Cavalcade of America
Marquess of Queensbury
Victor Borge
Benny Goodman
Sugar Chile Robinson
Bea Lillie Wins Big at Paris Casino Bonanza
Bea Lillie mispronounced a bet in a Paris casino as banquet and won 150000 francs after a hiccup. The croupier believed the call produced a large payout for the performer.
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Bea Lillie
Paris
Spool Shelves for Interesting Trinkets
A vintage pattern explains graceful corner shelves ten inches wide seven inches deep. Shelves formed from sewing spools and glued joints bear weight, with a ready-to-hang corner design. Pattern No 255 offers full cutting and joining directions and another larger set.
Kellogg's All-Bran Promotes Regularity Daily
An advertising copy urges daily Kellogg's All-Bran with water to relieve common constipation by adding bulk. It emphasizes the product as a natural laxative food, highlighting wheat bran benefits and nutritional content including iron calcium vitamins and protein from Kellogg's of Battle Creek and Omaha.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Omaha
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American Homemakers “ Association
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Future Homemakers of America
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Stork
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