Allocate Steel to Brace Farm Machinery Output
Weekly analysis notes Civilian Production Board steel pri orities sustaining farm equipment production through summer. Building products also favored to bolster vets housing. CIO leader Murray aids settlement to avert maritime union split as ship crews gain pay boosts. OPA reforms threaten price ceilings and meat dairy bread costs, with Bevin warning on Jewish immigration strain. Truman forms cabinet committee on Palestine policy amid Arab Jewish tensions.
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Civilian
CPA
Vets
Arab League
Bladan
Syria
Palestine
Bevin
Labor Party
Holy Land
Britain
State Byrnes
Truman
Feed Output Rises Less Than Livestock During War Years
Feed production from 1941 to 1943 grew 7 percent while livestock output rose 18 percent. Price controls recently pushed feeds toward livestock and livestock products instead of cash markets.
Rising Star Warren Gains as Stassen's Prospects Fade
Governor Earl Warren strengthens his Republican presidential bid with sweeping victories in California and Nebraska primaries, while Harold Stassen's chances shrink amid backlash to Dwight Griswold's senatorial bid. The piece also notes corporate working capital and tax trends through 1945, and coverage of labor dynamics in sports and tobacco antitrust rulings.
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Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Nebraska
Warren
Stassen
Dwight Griswold
French Dampen Nazi Hopes For Rebirth In Red France
The piece argues France's 1945 elections curb Communist and Nazi resurgence fears, noting the Popular Republican movement’s platform uniting conservatives and resistance elements. It contrasts German goals with a France seeking Western Allied unity and cautions about shifting Russian policy and a busy Washington lobby scene.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Adolph Hitler
Europe
France
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Red Sea
Donald B. Robinson
April Mercury Magazine
General de Gaulle
Saar
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Socialist Party
New Surplus Law Gives Veterans Better Chance
WASHINGTON The new surplus law offers veterans a limited priority on certain items but does not flood the market with goods. Wartime administrators say only specific categories are set aside and supply remains scarce. veterans may buy one unit per item, while government retail sales to veterans are not planned.
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Congress
Washington
American Automobile Association
Zionists
George Zook
The
Amvets
American Legion
Buck Privates Association
Alcoholics Anonymous
Association of
Anti-Cigarette Alliance
Anti- Defamation League
Anti-Poll Tax Committee
Anti- Saloon League
Distillers Institute
National
Azerbaijan
Baku
Wyoming
Lake Erie
Edmund B. Gregory
War Assets Administration
Gregory
VAA Office of Capital and Producers
Maritime Commission
Employment reaches record high in April 1946
Employment figures show 54,550,000 people employed in April, a 6.6 percent increase from April 1945, as production delays ease. Only July 1943 had a higher level, at 54,750,000, per the Alexander Hamilton Institute.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
Barbs on fashion cows air travel and politics
The excerpt playfully spoofs Business Week and Aviation News with quips about fashion for cows with zippers and planes stopping for unticketed passengers. It shifts to a political jab on government control of mines and railroads, ending with a proverb about sunshine and clouds.
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OPA
Western Newspaper Union
LABOR
Maritime Pact
U. S
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Maritime Union
Big Joe Curran
Seamen
Harry Bridges
CIO
House
Senate
London County Council
Joseph Curran
Hugh Bryson
Politics
Rising Star
Securities and Exchange Commission
Union
Robert Murphy
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh
Murphy
Pittsburgh Pirates
American Baseball Guild
Pirates
Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
Lucky Strike
Liggett & Myers
Chesterfield
R. J. Reynolds
Camel
American Tobacco Trust
Justice Burton
Throttl
New York
Council of State Governments
New York State
By Baukhage
House of Representatives
Baukhage
iBy
Walter Shead
WNU
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WAA
Bankhage
Business Week
Aviation News
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