Canning Ration Board Chairman Explains Sugar Allowance
Russell D Meredith, chairman of the County Rationing Board, clarified sugar for canning and preserving. Each person may obtain 25 pounds total by using War Ration Book 1 stamps 15 and 16 and a per person extra 15 pounds by written application to the rationing boards. Rural residents should apply at local distributing offices, not the Court House board.
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Russell D. Meredith
County
Meredith
Court House
Rationing Of Stoves Starts Soon
The OPA announces a late June start for rationing coal oil gas and wood heating and cooking stoves in Troy and upstate New York under War Production Board directions. Applicants must prove need and eligibility and obtain a purchase certificate from the War Price and Rationing Board.
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Record
Nashington
D. C
Troy
New York
OPA
War Production Board
Cooking with Oil Approved by OPA
The Office of Price Administration set aside fuel oil ration restrictions for domestic cooking and water heating for households with standby equipment. OPA said oil use saves fuel when alternate fuels are scarce, allowing summer cooking and hot water without coal or wood fires.
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Washington
O.K
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Travel by Air Shows Increase Across Pan American Network
Pan American Airways reported an 11 percent rise in Latin American travel last year, carrying 93,717 passengers vs 111,066 in 1941 despite cargo conversions. Foreign airmail through Miami grew 195 percent to 2,178,791 pounds, and overall air cargo via Miami jumped 650 percent from the prior year.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American Airways
Latin America
International Gateway of Miami
Donay Sentenced In Treason Case
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard sentenced Theodore Donay to six years and six months in prison for concealing knowledge of Max Stephan's treasonous activities. Donay, a former Detroit importer and former German army corporal, also received a $1,000 fine. He was not given the maximum seven years due to prior confinement at a Milan, Michigan facility while awaiting case position.
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Detroit
Plenty For All Nation Has Ample Plant Capacity
The Twentieth Century Fund announced that the nation could produce twice the volume of durable goods needed for a postwar middle class living, with full employment of resources. The study examined eleven life fields and warned that stalling postwar economic expansion could erode social foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Twentieth Century Fund
Evang Clark
Fund
United States
Loggers and Miners Gain Double Meat Ration
The Office of Price Administration will issue an extra 18 meat ration points daily to about 1,000,000 loggers, miners, prospectors, fishermen and similar workers effective May 29. The move targets isolated Western camps where access to meals is limited, effectively doubling their rations with reductions if fish, poultry, or eggs are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Hara
Taft's Widow To Be Buried In Arlington
The body of Mrs. William Howard Taft will be buried beside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery. Friends credit her with guiding Taft through his political rise to the presidency and later seeing him as chief justice, with their son Robert Taft serving as a U.S. senator from Ohio.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Taft
Robert Taft
Ohio
Price Awarded Honorary Degree at Wabash College
Crawfordsville Ind Wabash College conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on Byron Price longtime director of the office of censorship and wartime editor for the Associated Press Price born in Topeka Ind fifty two years ago graduate of Wabash 1912 Dr Frank H Sparks president of Wabash praised Prices career for truthful reporting and the free press in democracy
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Dr. Sparks
Two Trade Names Filed with Clerk Named for Local Firms
Two trade names were filed in the county clerk’s office. Gifford H. Hunt of East Nassau reports operating as Hunt's Berkshire Restaurant. A separate certificate lists Keegan's Painting & Roofing Co at 581 Second Avenue run by Alfred R. Keegan and Karl and James P. Keegan of 279 South Pearl Street Albany. Bulgaria’s Varna Seaport hit by a Udal wave in 40 AD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford H. Hunt
East Nassau
Hunt
Berkshire Restaurant
Keegan
Forecast: Fitted Cases Out For Duration By BETTY MacDONALD
Washington report notes the war ends luxury luggage as WPB reduces styles to seven types and army footlockers become the only trunk. Economists predict new models appear July 1 as WPE campaigns urge Hold That Line and prudent saving for post war days with better, cheaper goods.
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Betty MacDonald
Washington
War Production Board tightens rules on women’s suits and fabrics
The War Production Board bans most women's double breasted suits and several garment types, limits cuff buttons to two, and enforces two way fabric controls to curb evening gown trim. It also bans wool linings and pockets, aiming to boost output using cotton, rayon, and wool fabrics. maternity dresses and neckwear gain restrictions, with cuffs and pockets limited, skirts capped at one pocket.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Defense Worker Offers Home to Mrs Colin Kelly
Mrs Colin Kelly widow of a war hero unable to find shelter for her 3 year old Corky due to no children rules. L K Winn a defense worker offered a two bedroom house with a Victory Garden in Los Angeles after reading her plight. She plans to tend the garden and continue working.
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Los Angeles
Colin , Kelly, Jr
America
Corky
L. K. Winn
Kelly
San Diego
May Drive to Red Cross Class
OPA officials said rural residents named to attend the Red Cross instructors course on preventing accidents in the home and on the farm may use their cars if no other transportation exists. The course, to aid the war effort, runs May 31 to June 5, conducted by Burton Bugbee with John P. Short as county committee chairman.
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OPA
Red Cross
Burton Bugbee
John P. Short
Health Scabies Common Disease Warned by Dr Masters
Home Front reports health article explains scabies as a highly contagious common skin infestation. It details transmission via direct contact and shared objects, typical itchy symptoms at night, affected areas, recognition signs, and a sulfur ointment treatment plan with nightly scrubs and extended coverage until a final soothing bath after three to five applications.
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Thomas D. Masters
NEA
Stephan Denied Review by Court
Detroit restaurant owner Max Stephan convicted of treason against the United States and sentenced to hang failed to obtain a Supreme Court review for a second time. The court announced no change in the motion for a new trial and Detroit Federal District Court had denied such a motion Saturday. Attorneys plan a direct appeal to the Supreme Court next Thursday from this decision.
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Washington
Max Stephan
Detroit
United States
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Stephan
OPA Sets Strict Driving Ban Across Eastern States
The Associated Press reports OPA interpretations of the enhanced driving ban across twelve eastern shortage states and DC. Victory gardeners may drive only when no other transport exists and only to ensure food production. Trips to summer homes dances graduations and holiday events are largely forbidden except for specific essential or Memorial Day church or cemetery services.
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Associated Press
OPA
States
District of Columbia
Victory Gardens
Victory
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen in News Snips
A collage of short items notes Warren J. Walton’s varied service record across multiple branches and ranks in the Army Navy Coast Guard and other services from Brooklyn. Separate reports tell of McIntosh County farmers turning to a $1 car-towing service during floods raising $1,500 in three days, Abilene Kansas losing its lone county laundry due to wartime wage policies, and a Poppy Day sale in Salisbury where pins were unavailable prompting self-furnished pins or wearing them.
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New Cumberland
U. S. Army
Warren J. Walton
Brooklyn
National Guard
Navy
Civilian Conservation Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Maritime Commission
Eufaula, Okla
McIntosh County
Brothers Brothers At Maxwell Field
At Maxwell Field Alabama Walter R Brothers and Earl P Brothers aviation cadets at the Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School. Another brother Herbert H Brothers is an aviation cadet at the Gulf Coast Training Center. The eldest, Col Clyde L Brothers, is an Army Air Forces flight surgeon in Tampa Florida.
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Maxwell Field
Ala
William William Shakespeare
Walter R
Earl P. Brothers
Army Air Forces
Herbert H. Brothers
Gulf Coast Training Center
Col
Clyde L. Brothers
Tampa
Fis
Public Asked To Buy More War Bonds
Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr urged the average worker earning under 5000 a year to buy War Bonds voluntarily to avoid a compulsory savings plan. He cited the second War Loan drive, which oversubscribed the 13 billion goal by 18.5 billion in bonds. He noted 78 percent of after tax income goes to workers in this group and proposed a 75 percent target for the last four months, with 30 billion needed from non tax sources this year and 25 billion from War Bonds to raise the total 100 billion.
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Washington
LLP
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
America
Morgenthau
Treasury
Women Air Raid Wardens Fail To Answer Monday Alarm
Report from New York describes chaos as women wardens juggling home chores and duties fail to reach district leaders after a daytime air raid alert. Mrs. Edward W. O'Brien calls for renewed organization with zone captains and district leaders to direct patrols and protect children during future alerts. Public schools across New York participate in drills with over a million participants, while some siren confusion occurs at hospitals and plants.
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Edward W. O'Brien
Edward L. Ryan
New York City
Schoola
Scrap Metal Collections To Continue Across Rural County
County officials said scrap metal drives in rural Rensselaer County will continue for two more weeks. John J. Ahern, county commissioner of public welfare, urged residents to place salvage along highways for county trucks to collect. He noted the total gathered was below expectations but emphasized ongoing efforts to support the war effort.
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Rensselaer County
John J. Ahern
Mr. Ahern
Ahern
State Salvage Committee
OPA Moves to Standardize Live Poultry Prices Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration announced a shift to uniform live poultry prices within counties and states, allowing Regional Administrators to set a single price not more than a tenth of a cent above the lowest local rate. This aims to curb black market activity and simplify price ceilings for shippers and dealers.
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Record Newspapers Bureau
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Nmot
CPA
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Colin Kelly
Home Front
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Wave
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Gideon Wells
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Lakehurst
N. J
Walter Gors
Shennandoah
Yeoman Welles
Samuel Welles
Hartford
Conn
Verboten
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