Price Controls Move Forward Yet Face Doubts
OPS regulations aim to secure dollar ceilings for groceries but remain complex and flexible. The regime links price limits to farm parity, with contrasts in items like pineapple, tuna, corn flakes, and peaches. Six months remain until store ceilings, while the Weekly Wholesale Food Price Index slips a few cents for a second week, offering a glimmer amid uncertainty.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Mr. DiSalle
Advan
OPS
Congress delays on Indian relief versus China aid
Truman urged action to prevent famine in India. Congress has not debated the relief bill while Communist China offers 50,000 tons of rice in exchange for 16,500 tons of jute bags. Hoover cited, China acted promptly. the United States could provide 2,000,000 tons eventually.
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Truman
Congress
India
China
Calcutta
United States Congress
Herbert Hoover
United States
Asia
Congress May Pass Bill Barring Hot Dog Stands
Congress may pass a bill prohibiting hot dog stands in the Kaibab National Forest. The note suggests a motorist to pursue game meat as a snack en route to the Grand Canyon.
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Congress
Kaibab Forest
Grand Canyon
Square-bottom four-in-hand neckties captivate society
The piece praises new square-bottom four-in-hand neckties and compares them to past fashion shifts like bell-bottoms. It humorously ponders what happens to cut-off tie tips and laments the loss of starched collars, imagining a sartorial Valhalla for discarded trim.
Explanations Sought Over Missing In Action Minikus Son
Mrs Edward Minikus of Omaha demands an explanation after her 23 year old son was drafted last September and sent through a month of basic training before being shipped to Korea where he was reported missing in action just twelve weeks after induction. She argues civilians should not be sent to foreign war without proper training and conditioning and urges Secretary Marshall to uncover and punish any responsible parties.
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Edward Minikus
Omaha
Korea
Army
Marshall
Minikus
Louis Johnson
Defense
Johnson
Voices Against Bloc Rule in Mobilization Office
The piece argues that excess labor and business squabbling within emergency agencies under Charles E. Wilson undermines national security. It supports Wilson’s pledge to resist pressure groups pursuing narrow interests and warns Americans to prevent bloc thinking and partisan representation from dictating policy.
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Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
United States
Truman
Editorials Of Current Interest Reprinted From Leading Newspapers
The piece argues that for ten months many people not morally entitled to public aid will stay on taxpayer funded rolls as lawmakers postpone action until the next session. It notes aged parents partially or wholly responsible for their support and the burden on taxpayers.
Welfare Reform Reverberates With Conflicting Policy
A circular from Robert C. Bohannon Jr. to county welfare offices orders denial of payments to aliens in old age and aid to the blind regardless of law. The 25 year United States residency rule clashes with a 15 year allowance for general assistance, prompting questions over compliance and governance amid Senate Rules Committee delays on a related bill.
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Robert C. Bohannon Jr
United States
Senate Rules Committee
End This Phony War In Korea Now
Nine months after President Truman spoke of American intervention the Korean War drags on with over 55 000 American casualties and seven figure combined losses. The piece condemns U N leadership and MacArthur while urging either full U S action to a swift victory or immediate withdrawal from the peninsula.
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Truman
Korea
U. N
Red
Free Korea
Kremlin
Free World
Washington
Lake Success
MacArthur
Peiping
American State Department
America
Public Opinion Letters Policy Note
The paper specifies letters to the editor be written on one side of the paper with the writer’s name and street address, including signature, though anonymity is possible upon request. Only letters of unusual interest may exceed 300 words.
Letter to the Editor on Arizona reorganization and party politics
Arizona State Representative L. S. Dick Adams criticizes Ray Langham and Democratic leaders over state government reorganization and platform promises. He accuses the press of bias, mocks calls for party unity, and pledges to speak his honest beliefs despite political pressure.
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the Gazette
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Ray Langham
Langham
Turnbow
Govenor Pyle
Department of Labor
Steve Langmade
Democratic Party
Senate
Goldwater
Pyle
House
Democratic State Central Committee
Stop That Barking With Water喷
Ex Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson recalls a classroom romance in a light anecdote. A new doghouse sensor idea drenches loud dogs with a water spray when barking begins. Tests show strong success with no protests so far.
Lobbyists pressure Congress as slot machine bill fights Kefauver probe
Washington March 30 lobbyists for seven leading slot machine manufacturers plotted to defeat the Preston bill regulating interstate slot machines. Secret minutes show targets were House subcommittees and district congressmen, with plans for a Washington PR push and written arguments. The piece notes Justice Department holds up enforcement of a watered-down bill.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Kefauver
Chicago
O. D. Jennings Co
Prince Preston, Jr
Georgia
Herb Jones
Bally Manufacturing Company
House
Beckworth
Texas
Ellsworth
Oregon
Jones
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Bell-O-Matic Corporation
Vince Shay
Washington, D. C
Industry Committee
House Transportation
Justice Department
Grand jury calls discussed amid law doubts and milk war talk
Judges in Maricopa County have received many requests to convene a grand jury but see no sufficient cause yet. Lorna Lock Wood cautioned that without concrete facts justifying action she cannot call a grand jury. The column also covers a developing Arizona California milk dispute, San Francisco as 1952 Democratic convention site options, fundraising for a state government referendum, and potential political moves by Gov. Pyle.
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Maricopa County
Arizona
California
San Bernardino
A. Warren Austin
Parker
Quartzsite
Yuma County
Austin
United States Public Health Service
Way Points
Frisco
San Francisco
Chicago
Arizona Good Government Club
Statehouse
Howard Pyle
Open hearings of Kefauver committee urged by citizen
A reader urges Senator Kefauver to continue the Kefauver committee open hearings on organized crime, arguing public access via television strengthens democracy. The letter praises the panel and Halley, cites discomfort with interrogations, and notes the relentless uncovering of a criminal empire.
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Kefauver
Senate
Rudolph Halley
Sokolsky urges continued Senate committee work against criminal influence
George E. Sokolsky writes that dual government by bootleggers gamblers and criminals exists with connivance of officials. He calls for extension of the committee’s probe and urges the chairman and counsel to persevere to demonstrate democratic government in action.
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Tydings
Senate
Halley
America
Reading Diaries Of Prominent Authors Inspires Self Reflection
Today's Talk extols diaries as mental autobiographies that nourish the mind. Readers cherish published diaries by Amiel Thoreau Emerson Hawthorne Arnold Bennett Boswell Kilvert William James and others. The author praises diaries for daily self analysis and free expression and recounts reading Arnold Bennett Thoreau Emerson Hawthorne and Ray Stannard Bakers The Countrymans Year for vivid human storytelling.
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Thoreau
Emerson
Hawthorne
Arnold Bennett
Boswell
Kilvert
William James
Ray Stannard Baker
David Grayson
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Dick” Adams
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