Lower Guarantees For Farm Crops
Washington reports government price supports for most crops will drop to 90 percent of parity next year with cotton at 92.5 percent. Only a few items like sugar beets, sugar cane, flax red, soybeans and dried beans may receive above parity. Officials foresee prices near current levels as production shifts focus to sugar, grains, and tobacco to meet civilian, military, and export needs.
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Washington
H. B. Boyd
Agriculture Department
State Agricultural Extension Service
Boyd
Department
Ins
J B Hutson
Anderson
Rations Unchanged for Scarcer Sugar This Winter
The OPA says individual sugar rations remain five pounds for January to April with harder pickup in January and February due to a shortage expected on the East Coast after validation of sugar stamp 39 on January 1. Industrial allotments stay at current first quarter levels except for jams jellies marmalades and fruit butters which will see an adjustment details to come.
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Washington
OPA
Java sugar stocks dwindling amid regional unrest
Java sugar experts warn stocks are running low due to Indonesian unrest. Dutch authorities say other nations may not receive Java sugar, despite bids from Britain, the United States, and the Philippines. Japanese reports claim 1,500,000 tons stored, but Dutch doubt their accuracy. 1942 crop was 1,300,000 tons with sharp decline after.
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East Indies
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Britain
United States
Philippines
Java Sugar Corporation
Sugar Stamp 389 Valid January 1
Consumers will be able to cash Sugar Stamp No 39 for 5 pounds of sugar on and after January 1 1946 the Office of Price Administration has announced The allotment continues sugar rationing on the basis of fifteen pounds a year per person Sugar Stamp No 38 which became valid September 1 expires December 31 at midnight Since March 1911 farm real estate values have risen 5 percent
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Office of Price Administration
Atomic Power Feasibility Outlined By Nine Leaders
Nine leaders in the atomic bomb project at the National Association of Manufacturers symposium debate when atomic power could compete with coal. Estimates range from three to 20 years with risks from radioactive harm. Notes on Hanford reactor progress and potential uses in transportation and medicine are discussed.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
L. R. Groves
Charles Thomas
Menganto Chemical Co
J A Wheeler
Princeton University
James E. Conant
Harvard University
Hanford
Washington State
Groves, Conant
Wheeler and
Thomas
Atomic energy debate among leading figures like Groves
George T. Felbeck and other executives discuss atomic policy with James C. White and Laurence of the Times. Laurence argues for full authority for Groves to speed peaceful use of atomic energy, while Groves urges rapid development regardless of time.
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George T. Felbeck
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Crawford Hi. Greenewalt
du Pont Company
P.C. Keith
Hydrocarbon Research, Inc
Willam L Laurence
New York Times
James C. White
Tennessee Eastman Corp
Laurence
Gen. Groves
Groves
United States
Christmas Season Under Way in Berlin
Berlin opens the Christmas season with St Nikolaus Day customs as children place shoes for sweets and fruits. A Berliner Zeitung cartoon warns “Safety first.” The Christmas mart begins at Lustgarten near Hohenzollern Castle with a children’s fair and toy concessions. First trees set Friday. Estimates promise 70,000 to 100,000 from the Soviet zone and 10,000 from the British zone.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
Lustgarten
Hohenzollern Castle
Chinese find key to soaring rents in Chungking
In Chungking, rent controls cap rents at 60 times 1937 levels, causing landlords to charge a hefty sum for a key to enter houses. The article notes Nan king enjoys cheaper rents, while demand for the entering key drives costs higher. Tung oil, used in ship paint and brake linings, is also mentioned.
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Chungking
Nanking
Uncontrolled Buying and Inflation At Missouri Auction
A Sikeston Armory auction during Price Control for Prosperity Week showed prices triple OPA levels as scarce goods sold to demonstrate inflation risks. Wm H Byran urged continued price control, citing Mexico and China as price-spiral examples while warning enforcement and production limits keep inflation in check. A separate report notes a C-47 crash near Billings, Montana, killing fifteen Army personnel and two Northeast Airlines pilots in a snow storm.
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Sikeston Armory
OPA
Wm. H. Byran
Missouri
Lenzie Beck
Ford
David Blanton
Beck
Byron
Byran
Mexico
CPA
China
Russia
Manilla
Northeast Airlines
Billings
Mont
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Ernest Harper
L M. Standley
U.S.D
Forsythe
Harris Drug Store
Walgreen Agency
Front
Sikeston
Vicinity
Mr. and
Mrs
Lorenzo Harris
Wey
Collee
Shaggy Dog
Doppy Eare
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Mountain Heather
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Leon Loraine
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