House Group Approves Bill to Create Food Czar
Washington June 24 draft: House Agriculture Committee approves a bill to place wartime food production, distribution, pricing, and rationing under a single Food Administrator, Chief Chester G. Vis, avoiding other law constraints. Republican opposition and support split along party lines.
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House Group
Washington
House Agriculture Centee
Hairman Fulmer Dsc
Roosevelt
Chester G.vis
Olive Tablets Promote Regular Bowels and Vitality
An old Ohio doctor endorses Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable tonic to relieve constipation and dullness. The ad claims they stimulate intestinal movement, improve digestion, and energize the body, presenting olive tablets as a simple daily laxative option.
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Ohio
Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Food measures and government spending shifts cited in 1944 debate
The text outlines debates over food control measures and US government spending in 1942 to 1944. It notes proposals for subsidies to producers, price supports, and procurement policies while stressing differing House views on the War Food Administration and related agencies. Reports of improving weather and crop conditions in the Midwest and other regions temper fears about 1942 production.
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Johor
Washington
War Food Administration
Micki
Inia Security Administration
House
Studie
Mid-Western
Masons To Install Officers at Joint Initiation Event
Masons to hold a joint installation of officers at the lodge room, 217 Camden Street, at 8 p m Thursday. Ball will be the installing officer and Templeton the installing marshal. New San Antonio lodge officers include Thomas D. Scalt as worshipful master and Frank H. Williams as senior warden, with a named slate of officers across multiple chairs.
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Albert Pike Teadgé
Trigne Iolke
Camden Street
Thursdap
UW. B
Gack Ball
Howard ‘Templeton
San Antonio Lodge
Thomas D. Scalt
Frank H. Williams
Andrew R. Marker
Alsey Miller
Tom McCor Mick
Warshipty
Owens
Geliar
Guin
Zach Pain
RL Ball
Udo Relohper
Jim
Co. C. Conover
Sian Guay
Amior Dewuon
Harvee Cannon
Stator
Dec
Aoais
June Tan Towardl Dorhne
J. L. Gommon
Tritine Loki
Fred J. Bonvtner
Ninery Gentry Taylor
G. F. Ward
Herbert Oliver
Darle Burke
Homer Johnson
J. Kelley
J. EB
Walter Meftae
LJ. Lataut
S A Officer Dies In Jap Prison
Word comes that Chief War Raul Officer Innes K. Toker was captured by enemy forces and died in a Japanese camp. Sadie Wicker of 827 Avant Avenue reports his death. a World War I veteran, he served years in the Army Air Corps and at Ratinaiph field.
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Raul
Innes K. Toker
Mrt
Sadie Wicker
Hs Aw Low
Avant Avene
Heshad
Wats Shinier
Ratinaiph Field
Normoyle Officers To Attend Meet At Pueblo Depot
Gery Wells former executive officer and Maj Don A Jenkins chief of the control section of Normoyle Ordnance depot have traveled to Pueblo Colorado to attend a conference of depot control staff officers at the Pueblo Ordnance depot. Col Velas will pause in Denver for a brief family visit after the event and then return to San Antonio.
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Gitul
Gery Wells
Maj
Don A. Jenkins
Normoyle Ordnance Depot
Pubblo
Colo
Puetio Ordnance Depot
San Antonio
Colone Velas
Denver
Free Beer Sought for Workers in Foundries
Cleveland June 24 The War Manpower Commission director Dr William F Edmunds urged foundries to provide free beer and pretzels at midmorning and midafternoon to reduce absenteeism and improve morale among workers. He spoke as a physician noting beer could offset fatigue perspiration and wage level concerns.
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Cleveland
CIS
William F. Edmunds
Edmunds
WMC
Qill
Foundry
Looter Probe Probes Unrest Amid Riots And Claims
Mayor Fletcher Bowran told the committee that disorders were due to juvenile delinquency not racial prejudice or foreign influence. R E Combs said communists helped foster violence. Attnida G Verrez linked war hysteria and service men’s desires to riot factors, noting minor altercation between Mexicans and American men sparked later relocations.
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Dune
Fletcher Bowran
Axis Agente
R. E. Combs
Snvestiedtar
Attinida G.verrez
Charyesan
Tulion
Government Hand Outs Criticized by Dr. Witte Russ
A Dallas speaker, Dr. Witte Russ of San Antonio, condemned government hand outs as futile. He argued that welfare breeds dependency and urged accountability, saying able-bodied individuals must seek work and responsibilities. The remarks were delivered before the Dallas Rotary Club amid broader debates on welfare reform.
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Trong
Dr. Witte
B. Russ
San Antonio
Russ
Suregan
Public Health Service
Dallas
Bethea
Wuerty
Chaplain Owens Wins Panama Town From Nazis
A Caribbean defense base reports Chaplain Captain Joseph F P Owens fostered friendly co operation with Santa Dorotea and Jaque residents near Pinas Bay. He spread a church centered goodwill, gathered converts, baptized 63 children and confirmed 26, delivering mass and supplies, while aiming to station a Spanish speaking priest to sustain ties with the local Panamanian communities. The effort is seen as a notable wartime outreach amid past German interest in the area.
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Caribbean Defense Command
Germany
Santa Borotea
Jaque
Pinas Bay
Panama
Colombia
Joseph FP. Owens
Anthony's Church
Union City
Owens
Teople
Santa Dorotea
Jaqueepain
August [Neers
Adrian
Senor
Augusto
Amy Chapel
Clown IV
Uiese
Kays
Ancient Roman amphitheater shelters amid Sicily air raids
The Devlin radio reports thousands of Italians seek shelter as Allied air raids target Sicily. The Roman amphitheater at Catantia in Sicily is described, noting its size and near destruction by Mount Etna lava flows.
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Catatita
Sicily
Devlin Radio
Rome
Catania
Mount
Etna
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Corpus Marine Cited in Pacific Courage Saga
Somewhere in the South Pacific June 13 Delayed Pie Jacob I Colvin of Corpus Christi Texas has been complimented by his commanding officer for keeping an aerial Burma road open to Guadalcanal during the Solomon Islands campaign. Colvin repeatedly flew into Guadalcanal as radiomarshaller on cargo planes carrying gasoline bombs and high explosives, helped unload under hostile skies at Henderson Field, and evacuated wounded to hospitals. Admiral William F Halsey praised his squadron as an example of courage and duty under hazardous conditions. Colvin is the son of Mrs Maggie Calvin of Corpus Christi.
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South Pacific
Jacob I. Colvin
Corpus Christi
Purson
Burma
Guidadalcanal
Salomon Islands
Colvin
Guadalcanal
Henderson Field
Wmlant F. Ifnisey
P. Sk. Smith
Neil
Calvin
Maggie Calvin
Gorpus Cheistt
U S Forces in Australia Equal in Strength
Canberra reports Prime Minister Curtin stating American land forces in the southwest Pacific now rival Australian troops and that U S squadrons exceed the Royal Australian Air Force in number. He warns the Pacific fight remains ongoing even as Britain’s battle is deemed won. Curtin notes American reinforcements and reflects on New Guinea campaigns.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtis
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Royal Australian Air Force
Britain
New Guinea
Curtin
New British battleship Howard may have left for Gibraltar
Madrid dispatches from La Linea report the new British battleship Howard for destroyers may have departed to Gibraltar for the Mediterranean. The message mentions about ten merchant ships heading to Gibraltar and several airships. the year and correctness of the name Howard versus Howe remain uncertain.
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Madrid
la Linea
Howard
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
George V
Howe
Fisher Asks Clarification Of Wool Rule In Congress
Representative Fisher of Texas urged a clarification of wool purchase rules to allow growers to sell directly to mills under the government program. He argued current amendments misled industry and caused delays, noting most Texas clip moves through public warehouses and middlemen. Fisher sought immediate guidance from officials to accelerate movement of the current clip.
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Washington
Fisher
D.-Texas
Provinga
OCC
Jutvia 1
Lng
Miosidea
Csisting
Lawrence Myers
General Crops Division
CCG
Texas
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