Europe Faces Fertilizer and Farm Equipment Shortages
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Europe’s spring farming faces dire shortages of nitrates and seeds, with nitrate plants idle, scarce farm implements, and a loss of farm youth due to war. Transport disorganization and displaced populations compound hunger as Germany’s looted livestock worsens rural hardship, while some Reich regions fare better on livestock despite grain gaps.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Europe
Hoovér
Czechoslovakia
Sudentenland
Bavaria
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Reich
Bue pust by randolph norton
Herb Sessler campaigns for cheap flights to Morgantown using the state basketball tournament as a hook. His ad offers round trip air travel for 11 dollars, sparking phone inquiries at the Morgantown airport and highlighting a shortcut over the mountains.
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Herb Sessler
Morgantown
Herb
Register and Post-Herald
Suckers on the stem of West Virginia school reform
An editorial argues the core aim is to place state education under a single chief administrative officer and create a non dominant State Board of Education. It warns against attaching nonessential amendments that could derail the plan, suggesting appendages be left to statute or adopted with the main proposal.
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Board of Education
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
State Board of Education
Morgantown
Virgil Ross
Bluefield
Ross
West Virginia University
Charleston
University of Chicago
Virgil
Grafton
B. and O
Chillicothe
Ohio
N. and W
Columbus
Fulton Churchill talk and wartime union plea noted
The piece recalls Churchill at Fulton urging a English speaking alliance to fight the world, while Truman hosted and Russia watched. It covers travel notes to Morgantown flights, transit routes from Beckley, and local spring gardening chatter with neighbors. It ends reflecting Cordell Hull urging restraint and trust.
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United States
Winston Churchill
Truman
Churchill
Fulton, Mo
U. S
United Nations Organization
Fulton
Cordell Hull
Hull
Russia
West Virginia reads on education amendment vote
The West Virginia Senate advanced a constitutional education amendment despite GOP opposition. Supporters touted Strayer staff findings as a path to a better system while foes warned against political influence, with final House action looming and Gov Mead addressing the public tonight on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
George D. Strayer
Board of Public Works
G. C. Belknap
Soviet Veto Looms Over Iran UN Hearing Delay
The Soviet Union asks to push back Iran’s UN hearing to April 10, claiming more time to prepare. The United States rejects any postponement, arguing for the quickest remedies and a full hearing due to explosive possibilities if Iran is aggrieved. Both sides disclose their plans as Trygve Lie notes divergent appeals from Moscow and Washington.
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Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Iran
United Nations
Washington
U.N.C
Trygve Lie
Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Lie
Security Council
United States
Council
Tran
Passage measures advance with postwar college funding and daylight time plan
Lawmakers push a measure for passage with no controversy, while Senate actions include veterans housing and daylight saving time proposals. Both chambers consider hospital and medical service plan oversight, and college funding bills seek to restore staffing and equipment for veterans. The House weighs postwar building grants and schoolhouse construction from surplus funds.
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Senate
House
Howard Hardesty
Dmarion
Senate Committee On Taxation and Finance
Strayer
George Rairden
R-Mason
Rairden
Social Security extension urged for self employed small businessmen
Federal officials push expanding benefits beyond workers to include self employed owners. Altmeyer cites 4 million active unincorporated business owners, many earning under $3,000 yearly, who would gain survivor and retirement payments if coverage widened. He notes veterans starting in business would particularly benefit and aging workers could retain past coverage.
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Congress
Federal Security Agency
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Philadelphia
Altmeyer
Warn Veterans on Appliances Field Plans
Veterans planning to enter household appliance and radio business are urged to plan carefully. The Vocational Service Bureau of the B’nai Birth in Washington warns that about 8,000 veterans intend to open appliance stores, over a third of 1940’s total. Since 1940, roughly 3,000 stores closed due to the war, leaving a gap of about 5,000 stores.
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Vocational Service Bureau
B’nai
Washington, D. C
Squash Seed May Spur New Industry
Dr. Lawrence C Curtis of the University of Connecticut reports a squash seed called Peops with oil and protein content rivaling shelled peanuts. The seed lacks a hard shell easing extraction, yielding about 1000 pounds of oil per acre versus peanuts at 500, suggesting potential for a new agricultural industry.
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Lawrence ¢. Curtis
University of Connecticut
Curtis
New England Shoe Week Showcases Hundreds of Firms in Boston
Three hundred shoe companies will exhibit Fall lines during New England Shoe Market Week in Boston from April 7 to 11. An additional 150 New England firms will open Boston sales offices for visiting shoe buyers.
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New England
Boston
Today’s Tips Dyes and Pepper Price Woes Reported
Data from captured German records on over a hundred dyes and intermediates are available from the Office of Publication Board. The 520 page report is 2461, priced at 35 dollars in photostat copies and 10.50 in microfilm. FENCE POSTS: Nearly 7 million steel barbed wire posts and anchors, valued around two million, are up for sale by the War Assets Corporation. Pepper: OPA price ceilings unlikely to ease spice costs as the wholesale pepper gap to world prices runs about 15 cents per pound.
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Office of Publication Board
Department of Commerce
Washington
D. C
War Assets Corporation
OPA
Impostor Norma Impresses at the Ravelle Pool
Mary continues the deception as she stays with Mrs. Ravelle and Day’s scheme. At the pool she copies Norma’s behavior, dives with precision, and earns praise from Keith and Harold while Charlotte doubts subtly. Mary resolves to remain vigilant and convincing, hoping Norma’s memory stays intact.
Japanese plans and warnings before Pearl Harbor
Stimson describes discussions on possible Japanese actions from Indo China to the Gulf of Siam and a proposed warning letter to the Emperor of Japan. He notes the decision not to act without warning, the President’s telegram idea, and the later development of the war after Japan attacked.
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Philippines
Thailand
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Rangoon
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
Gulf of Siam
Kra
Japan
Congress
Warm Springs
Indo-China
Dec
Farmers' Planting Intentions and Crop Prospects
Farmers expect to plant as planned and produce ample vegetables rice potatoes and sweet potatoes. Cornfields likely similar to last year but five percent below government recommendations. Barley grain sorghums and tame hay may fall short, signaling a potential drop in livestock production.
Senate and House push differs on labor bill provisions
The House bill tightens strike violence bans, allows suits against unions for contract violations, and exempts supervisory employees from the NLRA, with Senate changes likely on the way. Both bodies will align on core labor policy, but substantial differences remain between the Senate and Rep Case sponsored measure.
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House
Senate
Rep. Case
Brutal dismissal echoes over Bataan defenders’ sacrifice
A former Bataan commander laments the mistreatment of troops who surrendered under honor. He states that among all fighting men, none deserved better deathless in their final hour, and condemns the continued denial of their rightful honors.
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Bataan
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