Nine Point Plan Aims to Avert European Starvation
Western Newspaper Union analyzes President Truman’s push for a nine point program to conserve wheat and boost production to aid Europe. The plan includes higher flour yield, reduced alcohol use, expedited grain shipments, and inflation controls. Also covered are Yamashita’s execution and UNO Greece Greece tensions plus Stamford Greenwich site opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Philippines
Congress passes diluted full employment measure amid war labor strains
The house approves a softened full employment bill creating a three member economic advisory council to report annual employment and production by a seven member congressional committee. Debates voice caution on deficit spending while lawmakers say the bill may help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Congress
Congressional
Manasco
Dem
Ala
Judd
Rep
Minn
IKE'S BROTHER MAY HEAD AGRICULTURAL DEPT
Washington reports indicate internal signs point to Milton Eisenhower, brother of General Dwight Eisenhower, potentially heading the Agricultural Department. The piece argues Anderson faces resistance in Truman’s cabinet as debates over parity and world price theory continue amid farm lobbies and bureaucracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
United States
Ike
Agricultural Department
Washington
Truman
Agriculture
Anderson
White House
Milton Esenhower
Eisenhower
Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Union
Lassiter
Hudgins
Congress
Yparely
Will Clayton
Britain
Clayton
Byrnes
America's oil twins drive interdepartmental oil control row
Washington reports senators view the Pauley and Davies nominations as shaping oil policy and potentially placing Pauley or a confidant in control of naval and interior oil lands. Davies, once Standard Oil of California executive, aided Pauley and Ickes in tense Mexico octane plant lobbying, a clash that helped stop the project. President Truman jokes about being in the middle amid Palestine labor and international disputes as Braden faces cautious diplomacy in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
Ed Pauley
Sec
Harold Ickes
Ralph Davies
Davies
Ickes
Truman
Navy
Interior Department
Albert K. Fall
Harding
Teapot Dome
Pauley
Interior
Standard Oil of
California
State Department
Petroleum Administration
Dean Acheson
Senate
Acheson
Ackes
Mexico
Honey output climbs in 1945 over prior years
Honey production in 1945 totaled 233,070,000 pounds, 23 percent above 1944 and 19 percent above the 1939-44 average. Beekeepers benefited from higher prices due to the sugar shortage, and packing shifts to one and five pound containers rose to meet increased retail demand.
Liquor Revenue Hits New Peak in 1945
Federal revenue from alcoholic beverages reached 2.4 billion dollars in 1945, an all time high. The total includes wartime excise taxes and occupational and other special taxes, about 14 percent above the prior peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Industry
Bureau of Internal Revenue Data
Sewing Circle Medallion Pattern 7404 for Crochet
Sewing circle notice promoting a star medallion motif for crochet. Describes memorizeable design, use for small or large accessories, and references pattern number 7404 with directions. Includes call to join for supplies or instruction.
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Western Newspaper Union
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Supreme Court
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Yamashita
Snyder
Bowles
Uno
United Nations Organization
Greece
Russia
Security Council
Red
Mediterranean
Iran
Stamford- Greenwich, Conn
Stamford-Greenwich
W. R. Hodgson
New York
Greenwich
Stamford
LABOR
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Gridley
TPW
T.P.W
239 Mile
G P McNear
Russ
Near East
Kars
Ardagan
Grigori Arutinov
Communist Party of Soviet Armenia
Yerevan
Moscow
Arutinov
Turkey
Black Sea
Istanbul
New International Court of Justice
Green H. Hackworth
Chevy Chase
Old World Court
New Tribunal
Hackworth
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
U. S
London
United Nations Committee of Jurists
New Court
Batum
Mehind
Paul Mallon
Sidney Hillman
CIO
M. Eisenhower
Palestine
Matthew Connelly
Matt
Dale Carnegie
Spruille Braden
Germany
Bilbo
Needlegraft
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
SLOAN
Ruby
Gooch
Gooch Milling & Elevator CO
le Peter Pain
Stif
Ben-Gay
Ben
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