Congress presses OPA reform as hearings heat up
In Nashington June 9 Congress confronts the Office of Price Administration with sharp questions on subsidies and planning. Key witnesses include Britain’s Sieff cited as a consultant and OPA officials defending authority while critics from Senate and House demand centralization and faster fixes to food distribution and rising living costs. Industry voices warn of a distribution breakdown if changes delay.
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Nashington
Seon Henderson
Orise
Ain Aes
Legisla Pate Ligetide
Prentiss
OPA
Gavin Pa
Great Briain
Tee
Israel Moses Steff
Britain
S “P. EF. Cal
Ablan Society
Henneth
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
Richard Gilbert
Assurt
Great Britain
Taft
Congress
Gilbert
Shirley Haas
Louisville
No-Strike Bill Compromise Seen Likely
Washington reports a conference committee nearing agreement on a labor bill. House members drop demands for a prestrike cooling-off period and secret ballots, while senators resist these points. Provisions include compulsory union registration, financial disclosures, and blocking campaign contributions. Penalties for disrupting government plants rise, and the President gains power to take over war plants with the board to settle disputes.
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Washington
iHouse
Im Telos
BCUTS
Web J
House
Connally
D-Tex
National War Labor Board
Board
District of Columbia Circuit Court
Auto Tax Stamps On Sale Tomorrow By Ickes
Ickes announced auto tax stamps will be on sale tomorrow at post offices and internal revenue offices. Each stamp costs five dollars and remains valid for 60 days. stockpiles must be displayed on wind shields after June 30 as Birmingham furnaces shut down due to coal shortages.
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Ickes
Republic
Sty ix
Acie
Intermal
Nate Hue
Shield
Birmingham
Rationing of Clothing Seems Avoidable Again
Washington reports prospects brighten for avoiding clothing rationing as the War Production Board doubles civilian wool allowance and relaxes mixing rules. Officials say the wool stockpile and domestic clips could meet wartime needs through January 1946 without imported wool, reducing urgency for rationing.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Colt
A. D. Whiteside
Australia
U.S
Backwoods Soldier with 120 Rounds in Argentine Crisis
In Montevideo June 9 a Buenos Aires radio takeover during the Castillo upheaval shows insurgents seizing Radio el Mundo as the president sails the River Plate. A conscripted soldier from Santiago del Estero boasts he carries 120 rounds to defend Dr. Castillo.
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Chicago
Nees, Inc
Montevideo
Ramon S. Castillo
River Plate
Buenos Aires
Radio el Mundo
Santiago del Estero
Dr. Castillo
Postoffice Asks Bankers To Drop Mail Caricature
The Morris Plan Bankers Association halted a postage meter design showing Hitler Mussolini and Hirohito with an inflation insect slogan. Ramsey S. Black, asst postmaster general, said slogans must not be scurrilous or objectionable and urged discontinuation to keep control of such material.
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Postoffice
Washington
Postoffice Department
Morris Plan Bankers Association
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Ramsey S. Black
Black
King Cole Suffered Ulcer Pains Promising Quick Relief
A mocked up folk tale ad touts Udge Tablets as a remedy for stomach ulcers indigestion and heartburn. It claims a two cent box and a double money back offer to customers who return the box with proof.
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Cole
Ruggist
Pilot Joseph Foss Promoted to Major in Marine Corps
Capt Joseph Foss, famed Pacific air ace, promoted to major by the navy. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native recently returned from Guadalcanal where he claimed 26 enemy planes. Foss earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and other honors from President Roosevelt last month.
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Foss
Washington
Joseph Foss
America
Marine Corps
Navy
Sioux Falls
S. D
Guadalcanal
Roosevelt
Seismograph Records Two Earthquakes in South Pacific
Weston College seismograph marked two very severe quakes last night near the Philippines or Solomons. The shocks lasted four hours each with times 5:02 P.M. and 11:25 P.M. Eastern wartime. Reports place the quakes about 415 miles from Boston.
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South Pacific
Weston
Mass
iWeston College
Pacific
Philippines
Solomons
Daniel Linehan
Linehan
Boston
Two Brothers Drown in Tonawanda Creek
In Tonawanda, Albert Ruppel 10 and Edgar Ruppel 5 drowned in Two Mile Creek near their home. Their mother, Mrs. Anthony Ruppel, left with ten other children, noticed them missing while she prepared dinner, and found they were gone shortly after.
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Tonawanda Creek
Tonawanda
Albert Ruppel
Edgar Ruppel
Anthony Ruppel
Two Mile Creek
Ruppel
Briton Says U Boats Beaten Hollow by Allied Escorts
Lt Com Richard S Stannard a Victoria Cross and DSO holder says American and British officers and sailors are convinced the U boat threat is defeated. He notes adequate escort vessels coordinated air patrols and warships allowing a single unit operation and that once a U boat is detected it cannot live. He adds new directional devices and blanket air patrol reduce surprise attacks.
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London
Britain
Richard S. Stannard
Stannard
United States
Former Arizona Senator Seeks 72 Dollar Tax Refund
Former U S Senator Henry F Ashurst, who left the Senate after 1930 years, seeks a 72 dollar state income tax refund claiming residency in Washington D C since May 1942. In a separate item Middletown officials call for pupil workers to clear weeds in Orange County onion fields to aid farmers facing manpower shortages.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry F. Ashurst
United States Senate
Arizona
Tax Commission
Washington, D. C
Middletown
Orange County
1450 U S Born Japs Refuse Loyalty at Poston Center
Halphi M Gelgin associate director testifies before Dies subcommittee that about 450 American born Japanese evacuees at the Poston camp refuse to repudiate loyalty to Japan or swear allegiance to the United States. An additional 180 give neutral or evasive answers. A large strike occurred last November with 9,000 evacuees participating in work stoppages over three and a half days. In London London daily report says U S soldiers abroad buy about 850000 war bonds monthly.
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Los Angeles
Halphi M. Gelgin
Poston, Ariz
Japan
United States
Dies
Gervini
Gelvon
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King Cole
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