Remembering the Wheat Market Crisis and Lessons
Washington essay notes 1931 London conference on wheat controls, Russia’s rise, and the failed attempts to stabilize world wheat prices. It recalls farm board debates, price declines, and the need for cooperative plans to secure farmers’ future incomes amid shifting global production and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
China
Russia
Europe
London
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nation
Farm Board
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Barbers Face Ceiling Prices and War Morale
A wartime pulse of comic and candid chatter shows barbers angry at proposed ceiling prices while civilians joke about rationing and wartime sales. The piece contrasts Raviola the barber with APA and OPA debates and notes soldiers marching toward D-day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raviola
Sheeza Feenish
Chesta da Bowles
Chester
Sheeza
Chester Bowles
APA
Washington
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
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Saipan
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Informola
Pacific
Caroune
20Th Air Force
Guam
Tojo
Tokyo
India
America
Maurice L. Britt
Lonoke
Ark
Corp
James E. Slaton
Laurel
Miss
Nebraska
Fremont
Hover
Neb
Missouri
France
King George
Bernard Montgomery
Eto
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Governor Kerr
Prisoners
U. S. Army
Peter J. Cascio
Empire State Building
New York
Camn Shanks
Barrow Lyons
WNU
Hi AQ Mehoy
East Side
Butch
Hitler
Senate
General de Gaulle
Hugh Buster
Allen Chev, CO
Kansas City
Midwest
Army
Navy
H B. Roberts
H. D. Lee CO
20Th and Wyandotte
Fred Harvey Hotels
Union Station
Unsen Station
J. P. Kler
Walnut St
Photography
Abbey Studios
ST. Louis
Horiz
Uuu
Jefferson City
Transformer
Peabody
Kans
Washburn
Arenzville
Ill
W. H. Dyer CO
Fullerton Bldg
St. Louis 1
Ann Arbor
Herbert Wilson
Sahara Desert
P.O
Tropics
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Conn
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Doan
Idoans
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