Price controls set for eating and drinking places
The Office of Price Administration authorized regional offices to cap prices for meals and drinks at restaurants cafeterias hotels and similar venues During April 4 to 10 as a base period establishments must file price lists with local rationing boards Local boards will collect complaints investigate prices hold hearings and refer actions to district OPA offices cases Brown said this is the first federal move to curb rising meal costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Brown
Victory Shift Begins at Bell Aircraft Plant Buffalo
The Victory Shift goes into operation at Bell Aircraft Corporation plants building Atracobra fighters. Workers come from regular jobs and staff an eight hour shift at least three days or nights weekly to assemble planes.
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Bell Plane
Buffalo
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Prediction on American dining spends and milk price report
The text forecasts Americans will spend about 6 billion dollars in restaurants this year, roughly double 1989’s total. It also notes a report attributed to Senator Nye about a friend paying 1.20 dollars for a quart of milk in a room at the Washington Hotel.
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Nye
R-N.d
Washington Hotel
Australia Reduces Recruiting Age to 18
Melbourne April 12 Army Minister Francis Forde announced the recruiting age for the Australian imperial forces had been reduced from 19 to 18 years. No recruits under 19, however, would be permitted to go overseas or serve in a combat area.
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Melbourne
cPh
Francis Forde
Forde
Debt Ceiling Battle Drives War Financing Record
President Roosevelt allowed a bill raising the national debt limit to become law without his signature after Congress added a salary rider. He criticized the tactic of attaching unrelated riders to war finance measures while warning the bill could spur inflation and urging a nationwide tax policy to equalize sacrifice.
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Washington
Uncle Sani
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthal
Congress
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
New York Taxpayers Urge President to Freeze Realty Tax
The Taxpayers Union of New York City asks President Roosevelt to instruct Mayor LaGuardia and officials to freeze the city real estate tax rate of 2.79 per 100 of assessed value. They warn of rent hikes and mass foreclosures if taxes rise, amid LaGuardia’s budget proposal calling for at least a 15 cent rate increase.
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New York
Roosevelt
Taxpayers Union of
City of
LaGuardia
Joseph Goldsmith
Denaturalization Sought for Two Buffalo Residents
U S Attorney seeks revocation of citizenship for Sophie Heigl 40 and Karl Ludwig Siebel 36 of Buffalo alleging oath with mental reservations and continued allegiance to Germany in federal court proceedings. Earlier last month Mathias Heigl 43 faced similar action.
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Buffalo
U. S
Sophie Heigl
Karl Ludwig Siebel
U.S
George L. Grobe
Grobe
Germany
Heigi
Mathias
Allied forces push toward Sousse after storming Kairouan
Allied troops drive through Fondouk Pass and seize Kairouan 27 miles from Sousse, while Rommel’s retreat to the Tunis area faces persistent air and ground pressure. Bombers destroy vehicles near Enfidaville and Kairouan. Submarine redeployments and cautious evacuation rumors frame the Tunisian front.
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Medjez-El-Bab
Ousseltia
Fondouk
Kairouan
Rommel
Sousse
Eighth Army
Kaiouran
Pichon
Holy City
Radio
Tunisia
Faid Pass
Tunis- Bizerte-Enfidaville
Enfidaville-Kairouan
Oudna
Tunis
Mateur
Gulf of Hammamet
Enfidaville
Hammamet
Weather Worse Enemy Than Nazis for British Ships
London reports weather proved a heavier threat to destroyers and escorts on the shuttle route between Scottish and English ports than German aircraft or E-boats. The calmer winter reduced air attacks, while British measures against aircraft and mine threats improved. E-boats mainly sowed mines, countered by minesweepers.
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London
Surgeon Sews Heart Wound Giving Man A Fighting Chance
Roy Moon a 31 year old stabbing victim in North Kansas City survived an operation where Dr. O J Hartig sutured an inch long heart muscle wound and repaired adjacent areas. The surgeon accessed the heart through a chest opening created by rib sections and two blood transfusions supported the patient. His condition was described as fair.
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Kansas City
Roy Moon
Moon
O. J. Hartig
Anti Labor Piracy Plan Goes Into Effect in 18 NY Counties
A manpower stabilization plan agreed by labor, management and agriculture to curb job shopping and labor piracy takes effect in 18 eastern New York counties. Employers must require a release from the current or prior employer or from the U S Employment Service before hiring. Farm workers in war production must hold a farm classification or present a release from their agricultural employer. A J McCainty, upstate director of War Manpower, says the plan will encourage compliance and stabilize labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Albany
New York
United States Employment Service
A. J. McCainty
Upstate
War Manpower Commission
Efficient manning plan targets labor piracy and turnover
Aimed at Caphulal beta TY operations, the strategy seeks full manpower efficiency by eradicating labor piracy and reducing astetal turnover. Counties affected include ine bany, Columbia, Bailoemen, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Orange, Rockland, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren and Washington.
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Inebany
Columbia
Bailoemen
Fulton
Hamilton
Montgomery
Orange
Rockland
Rensselaer
Saratoga
Schoharie
Schenectady
Sullivan
Ulster
Warren
Washington
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Syracuse
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Jay-Cobbs
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Sfax
Erwin Romie
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Medjez-El- Bab
Herald-Journal
Herald- American
Ratez
Louis F
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Werts & Covery, Inc
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