Regulation of Farm Prices Proves to Be Tough Job
Bauerage discusses farm price control amid pressures from speculation wages and shipping costs. He reports on Leon Henderson's stance for parity with conservation payments, possible new enforcement, and the risk of inflation if land buying surges recur. He notes defense demand and labor shortages affecting farm labor and conscription.
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WNW
H Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Main Street
Department of Agriculture
Sam
Leon Henderson
OPACS
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Henderson
Congress
Chicago
Britain
Great Britain
NRA
Flying Cadets Brace for Doughnut Feasts in Uniform Pants
Bankhage notes 30 000 buttons on each graduating Flying Cadets class and holes in their buttonholes could hold enough doughnuts for a week. Army dietitians find soldiers eat better than civilians though they grouse about their meals. A Spanish onion joke hints at Latin American trade. The Mount Evans observatory in Colorado is cited as the highest in the nation. Bathing season shifts public focus to sea level life.
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Latin America
United States
Mount Evans
Colo
Fashion With Family Likeness This Summer
Fashion authorities praise the rise of mother and daughter outfits and sister group fashions this summer. Designs feature twin looks in red crepe, broadcloth dresses, and detachable waist details for easy laundering. Families build coordinated play clothes with cottons, seersucker, chambrays, and quilted calico for vacation wardrobes and sporty ensembles.
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Delft
Turkey
Big Sister
Western Newspaper Union
Hand Crochet Pigtail Calot Spreads Among Teens
A practical pigtail calot crocheted from boilfast cotton rug yarn comes in pastels or South American colors. It costs only a few cents for materials and can be finished in about an hour, with teen girls eager to copy the style as it becomes popular.
Gay Colored Stockings Feature Summer Wear
Bright colored stockings with gay prints enter the summer fashion picture. The trend matches stocking color to the leading flower in the print. Trials in penne s resorts yield satisfactory results with white grounds and yellow florals or red and cerise hues.
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Pennes
Silhouette Transformed By New Deep Armholes
A new silhouette emerges with deep armholes and sleeves cut in one with the yoke or bodice. The look emphasizes a simple line that many seek, signaling fashion’s evolving trend. More style developments are anticipated in the coming months.
Border Print Fashion Updates Sweep the Designer Scene
Border prints are trending in fashion with yokes midriff girdles and tiered border frocks. Pleated skirts and jacket edges feature border prints, giving bold new looks and a modern finish.
America's Troubadour Stephen Foster Remembered
A portrait of Stephen Collins Foster, born July 4 1826 in Pittsburgh, whose songs including Old Folks at Home and My Old Kentucky Home shaped American culture. The piece covers his early life with the Knights of the Square Table, rising royalties, troubled marriage, death in 1864, and the Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh funded by the Tuesday Musical Club and others.
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Philadelphia
United States of America
Pennsylvania
William B
Eliza Foster
Columbia
Pittsburgh
America
Stephen Collins Foster
Blade
Foster
Stephen
Knights of the Square Table
E. P. Christy
Christy’s Minstrels
Suwanee River
Christy
Stephen Foster
Heydey
Jane McDowell
Massa
New Orleans
Kentucky
New York
Marion
Bellevue
New York City
John Tasker Howard
University of Pittsburgh
Musical Club of
University
Joseph K. Lilly
Indianapolis
Ind
Food and cleaning tips from a past era
Practical kitchen and home hacks include dipping fish in milk before coating, adding starch to wash water for cleaner mirrors, sprinkling stale cake crumbs on custards for browning and flavor, lemon rind in soup stock for zest, baking soda paste for grass stains on whites, floor wax on new sills, and flavored ice cubes with pineapple juice or citrus plus mint for color and taste.
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Baukhage
National Farm
Home Hour
Harold D. Smith
Bureau of the Budget
Mr. Smith
Uncle Sam
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
U. S
Selective
Selective Service
Washington
Biological Survey
Forest Service
CCG
CCC
Army
Eeneesse Eearee
Ane Ue
Navy
Lend Lease
Bankhage
By Cherie Nicholas
Big Elmo Scott Watton
Troubadour
Thomas Hicks
ISR Esen
Beaconsfield
WNU
Dickens
Cour Dealer
Coday
National Enameling and Stamping Company
SCS Ee
CRT
ELAN
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