Price Decline Reported For 22 Basic Food Items
The Office of Price Stabilization in Cleveland reports a price drop across 22 basic food items over five months since markup regulations began. Stores surveyed show declines of eight to nine cents in smaller shops and three cents in a large local chain, with a four cent rise in the chain largely due to coffee from 85 to 93 cents per pound.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Cleveland
E. S. Hamilton
OPS Food Division
Allowme An
Tough Guy Homer Cook Returns to U.S. in Brooklyn
The self-styled Oklahoma tough guy Homer Cook, known for sneaking into Germany to see Anna Sporrer, arrives back in Brooklyn after multiple jail escapes. He was jailed, freed for good behavior, and married the German woman while jailed, with plans for her to join him soon.
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Homer Cook
Oklahoma
Germany
Anna Sporrer
General Butler
U.S
Brooklyn
N. Y
Job Protection Broadened For Men In Service
Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act expand re employment rights. The three to four year service window retroactively protects personnel previously losing rights, including those who enlist or are in training longer than three years. Frederick Beattie cites the Labor Department bureau for further guidance at 521 Federal Building Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Beattie
Ent Bureau of Veterans’ Employment Rights
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Veterans
Federal Building
Cleveland
WAC And WAF Recruiter To Be Here Monday
Betty Crum, WAC and WAF recruiter for the Cleveland district, will be at the Elyria Recruiting Station Monday August 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. interviewing women ages 18 to 34 about enlisting for two years. The minimum enlistment period for the WAC is now two years, down from three. Traffic Toll notes that since 1900 traffic accidents have killed nearly twice as many Americans as all wartime deaths combined, per the National Safety Council.
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Gordon Erickson
District Food Section
Washington
Hamilton
Betty Crum
WAC
WAF
Cleveland
Elyria
Post Office
National Safety Council
Water Fantasy Set for August 16 and 17 at Cascade Pool
Park Commission president Hubbard C Wilcox announced the third annual Water Fantasy will be staged August 16 and 17 at Cascade Swimming pool. Libby Haynes and Matdeleine Hoch wrote and directed the program with Moonlight Magic as the theme. Cast includes Claudia Reynolds Pat Madhock Bernadine Madhock Jackie Valerius Nancy Snodgrass Nancy Reams Betty Snow Shirley Wiley Norma Telzerow Joyce McCoy Jean McCoy Barbara Moehle Pat Wilkens and others. Capacity crowd expected. Abs: Octopus forgetful if brain portions cut, study notes.
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Park Commission
Hubbard C. Wilcox
Cascade Swimming Pool
Libby Haynes
Matdeleine Hoch
Manakoora
Claudia Reynolds
Pat
Bernadine Madhock
Jackie Valerius
Nancy Snodgrass
Nancy Reams
Betty Snow
Betty
Shirley Wiley
Norma Telzerow
Joyce
Jean McCoy
Barbara Moehle
Pat Wilkens
All WAC Band Concert in Cleveland August 13
The 14th Army WAC Band, the only all girl band in the military services, will perform in the Rainbow Room at the Hotel Carter in Cleveland on Monday evening August 13 at eight o clock. Admission is free. Directed by Warrant Officer Katherine V Allen, the group first appeared publicly at the Regular Army Officers Candidate School graduation on April 1 1941 and has since played in parades guard mounts and reviews.
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14Th Army
WAC
Carter
Cleveland
Katherine V. Allen
Pursuit of Happiness in Shelbyville Man Held for Intoxication
Shelbyville report says William E. Brown 62 of Knoxville Tenn visited for a week and, after failing to pay a $10 fine and costs for intoxication, was jailed. He claimed he liked the place. In Huntington W Va a birthday cake with 31 candles marked three sons born on July 21 each aged 13 10 and eight.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William,e. Brown
Knoxville
Tenn
Huntington
W. Va
Walter A. Reed
New Rule Covers 250 Cleveland Foundries in OPS Regulation
A new Office of Price Stabilization rule covers about 250 Cleveland district foundries producing metal castings. The regulation sets a flexible ceiling price method based on Jan 25 1951 bases, with cost adjustments to date. Exemptions apply to firms with $100000 or less last year, requiring annual 1950 net sales reports and future quarterly filings.
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Cleveland
John S. Tracy
OPS Industrial Materials
Euclid Avenue
Washington
Tracy
Born under the sign of Virgo with steady, practical traits
Friday, August 10 indicates a Virgo profile with strong perseverance, sound judgment, and a preference for conventional methods. You show active curiosity yet hesitate when others may be affected. You balance risk with caution, excel in business detail, and may thrive as an engineer or construction professional. Your home life should be stable and cooperative.
House Committee Clears Ayres Election Challenge
The House Administration committee backed a subcommittee finding Ayres Davis and Curtis duly elected to Congress after reviewing protests over last year's balloting. The panel affirmed Ayres amid a Democratic protest alleging constitutional violations, and approved Davis’s petition.
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Washington
House Administration
Congress
William H. Ayres
James C
Davis
Thomas B. Curtis
Ayres
Walter 8. Huber
Wyman Davis Karst Curtis Dismissals Highlight Georgia Race
In Georgia the primary scene features Wyman opposing Davis with a complaint later dismissed. Former Rep Raymond Karst's challenge against Curtis also saw dismissal, with both Curtis and Karst requesting termination. In separate data, U.S. exports show 1950 cotton seed products reaching 73,400 short tons oil equivalent, the highest since 1921. Cheboygan lighthouse keeper William Milley retires after 25 years, planning time for fishing.
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Wyman
Lowe
Davis
Georgia
Raymond W. Karst
Curtis
Karst
United States
Cheboygan
Mich
William Milley
Martin's Reef
Miller
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