War era price controls reshape U S economy
Washington dispatch reports widespread wartime price controls as wholesale and retail sectors shift to government licences. About 400000 wholesalers and manufacturers face ceilings, with 6.5 million Easter indorists awaiting gasoline rationing. by July rent controls expand to 323 areas housing 86 million people. Gasoline rationing begins, motorists to register for new limits and special cards issued for work travel.
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Washington
INS
United States
Leon Hendérson
Next Mondex
Atlantic Seaboard
District of Columbia
Henderson
Deafened men and women urged to try safe ear remedy
A claim offers a method to restore hearing for temporarily deafened individuals. It advertises a tested product with refund if not effective and urges consulting a druggist for Orne Porsa Bommers Drug store. The text cites long history and U.S. Pharmacopeia validation.
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U.S
Honey Cures Sugar Blues at Texas Mission Home
The Texas Mission Home and Training School receives 1600 pounds of honey as the first profits from five beehives on a ranch near Moore. Sugar rationing limits sugar for the facility, yet honey helps supply sweetness for the babies. Rev M isteams and Mrs Gehrels donate bees and support the effort.
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Texas Mission Home
Moore
M. ©. Isteams
Hill Methodist Church
W. B. Gehrels
West Craig Place
Pulitzer Prize Winner Forrest Wilson Dies at Home
Weston Conn May 11 Forrest Wilson Pulitzer prize winner for biography died yesterday at his home. He was cited for The Story of Harriett Beecher Stowe as a distinguished American biography and his service to patriotism and faith.
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Weston
Conn
Forrest Wilson
Wilson
Harriett Beecher Stow
Broadway Gossip and Hollywood Bits on Dark Times
Walter Winchell reports breezy Broadway and Hollywood chatter from a Beverly Hills hotel party to premieres. notes on Kay Medford, Rita Hayworth, Consuelo Plowerton, Carole Landis, Nancy Kelly, and Ale flicks alongside critics debates on Alfred Hitchcock and FDR. Ensign Tony Bile and Jo Ann Sayers plan June nuptials while Zanuck ends cigar habit.
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Miracle Mar
Hollywood
Sylvia Fairbanks
Doug Fairbanks
Wieder
Beverly Hills
Kay Feenels
Charlie Chaplin
Star
Charlie
Charlie Haynes
Toronto
Joleh
Carole Landis
Nancy Kelly
Rose Davies
Patrice Or
Man West
Catherine the Great
United Artists
Bert Banelon
Spencer Charters
Hns Frant
Palace
Broadway
Holswood Plaza
Bepina
el Morroco
Jong
Tony Bile
USN
Jo Ann Sayers
Darryl Zanuck
Archduke
Anstila Orbo
Marie Montez
Lara Turner
Hollywood Scrivener
Abbott Sind Costello
Vic Mature
Rita Hayworth
San Francisco
Polar
Geaux
Solons Study U S Seizure of Autos
Washington May 11 Opposed proposals would let the government seize privately owned cars as a stockpile and regulate speed. Senators Downey Reynolds Byrd Connally Hill Hertig discuss rubber stockpile aims while urging or resisting measures. Military affairs committee plans to hear witnesses Tuesday on proposed legislation and rubber supply options.
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Washington
Downey
D.-Calif
Reynolds
Connally
Texas
iSenator Byrd
D.-Va
Hill D.ala
Herting
D-fowsa
Senate Military Aftairs Committee
Eliott I. Simpson
New York
South America
United States
Convicts Break Gate at Huntsville Prison Recaptured
At Huntsville, two convicts smashed the east gate during a prison baseball game and fled in two stolen trucks but were soon recaptured a block away. Suspects were J. P. Ingram of Waxahachie serving 12 years for robbery by assault and related offenses, and Stoy M. Renkin of Tacoma, Washington, serving five years for robbery with firearms.
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Hurtsville
Lberry
Huntsville
J. P. Ingram
Waxahachie
Freestone
Navarro
Ejms
Dancing Delights and Social Advice from a bygone Column
A fragment from a society page urges active participation on the dance floor over sidelines. It highlights charm and style, noting that slender women often attract the best partners and look their best in social scenes.
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