Inflation fears loom over Congress in subsidy clash
Washington Digest analyzes inflation as the specter haunting lawmakers amid battles over the anti subsidy bill and the Commodity Credit Corporation. It notes bipartisan worries, possible compromises led by a Taft figure, and a broad push to curb spending while preparing for future rail and air travel price and service reforms.
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Washington, D. C
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Capitol
Senate
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Taft
Sghuini Seaton’ ‘Ss
Treasury
Morgenthau
Hudson
Office of Price. Administration
OPA
Fourth War Loan drive set for January twenty to February fifteenth
Baunkhage reports the Fourth War Loan drive runs January 18 to February 15, 1944. Frau Gertrud Schultz-Klink tours Germany and Austria urging women’s pride in motherhood and matching men’s production. A torpedo plane concept credited to the late Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske in 1911 as a defense against a Japanese attack. Korea claims three wartime defeats of Japan, challenging claims of Japan’s invincibility.
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Schultz-Klink
Germany
Austria
Bradley Allen Fiske
Philippines
Mismanaged economy brings confusion in wartime
Western newspaper notes panicky hog packing, limited meat flow, and government storage during wartime. It argues shortages arise from mismanagement, price controls, and policy, while conversion of plants for war use, tool clearance, and postwar plans threaten unemployment and delayed normalcy.
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Chrysler
K. T. Ketfer
George Committee
WPB
Army
Navy
Baruch
Shoulder Cape Crochet Pattern Delights Warmth Gift
A soft pink shoulder cape article offers warm wear for the coming cool days. Fully crocheted in 17 inch depth using four Laurice yarn balls, it’s easy to make as a gift for a friend who cherishes a bit of warmth on the shoulders. To obtain complete instructions send 18 cents, along with name, address, and pattern number 3608, to Home Needlework Shop, South Wells Street, Chicago.
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Sending Camel Cigarettes as Care Package Gift
A vintage notice suggests the best gift for service members is Camel cigarettes, based on sales records from exchanges and canteens. It notes heat damage concerns on rubber items and advises sending Camels to soldiers overseas and to sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen wherever they are posted despite postal restrictions.
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