House Finds Evidences of Food Waste
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee probes wartime food waste and price controls. Gerald Landis reports spoiled potatoes dumped in Vincennes Indiana as he presses War Food Administration and OPA for accountability and faster action.
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House of Representatives
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Joseph Martin
Immsone
Hampton Fulmer
South Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Rules
War Food Administration
House
Gerald Landis
Vincennes
Ind
Landis
OPA
Food Wastage and Price Ceilings Hit Farm and Transport
Hoosier congressman cites spoiled spinach and asparagus as warehouses await price ceilings. Fresno farmer with 200 acres of peas fears losses versus harvest costs, prompting self-harvest ads. CCC mismanagement blamed for 32 million cases wasted and 2 million canned tomatoes returned. Wheat feeding to animals and coalcarriers repurposed for fuel transport illustrate ongoing supply shifts.
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Fresno
Cal
Landis
Food Distribution Administration
Weehawhen
Commodities Credit Corp
CCC
Food Study Committee
WPA
OPA
Great Lakes
Newport News
Halfmoon Scouts Meet Under Scoutmaster Bethel
Halfmoon Boy Scout Troop No 36 will meet tomorrow at Tom in charge of Scoutmaster Paul Bethel. The Ladies Guild of the First Baptist Church will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs George Maindher. Mr and Mrs Arthur Saboutn and daughters Margaret Beatrice and Mary have returned from a trip through Quebec. The C S Hawley Chemical Company will hold a benefit dance for Members in the armed forces on Wednesday evening Oct 20 Corp. Robert Uber has returned to Camp Delhart Tex after spending a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs William Uber. Mr and Mrs Clyde Wilson of Portland are William Wilson of Omaha Neb Mr and Mrs Robert Tweedy of Walton and Mrs Edith Lee of Albany were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Peter Woodin.
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Paul Bethel
Ladies’ Guild
First Baptist Church
George Maindher
Arthur Saboutn
Margaret Beatrice
Mary
Quebec
C S Hawley Chemical Company
Armed Forces
Robert Uber
Camp Delhart
Tex
Wiliam Uber
Clyde Wilson
Portland
William Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Robert Tweedy
Walton
Edith Lee
Albany
Peter Woodin
Army Navy ATS V-12 exam to be held at local high school
Mechanicville announces a second qualifying test for Army Specialized Training Program and Navy V-12 at the high school on Tuesday November 9. Both services will use the same examination. Army candidates may be sent to college after screening and training, while Navy candidates go directly to college with all expenses paid.
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Army
Nas
F. Warland Bailes
Navy
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Nazi Terror Grips Italy Over Allied Front Lines
Allied reports from Algiers describe German looting killings and terror in Italian villages northeast of Naples. Two U S airmen Henley and Thomas recount civilians shot and houses burned while they hid in hills. German labor conscription and continued bombing cited as Germans terrorize locals.
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Naples
Bent William C. Henley
Connersville
Ind
Robert E. Thomas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Basil B. Burnstad
Minnesota
Henley
Thomas
Shamas
Roosevelt Fourth Term Defeat Forecast by Senator Smith
Senator Ellison D. Cotton Ed Smith predicts President Roosevelt faces certain defeat for a fourth term if current home front policies persist. He denounces the New Deal as a shift toward state control and asserts the political cycle will end the plan. Smith, longest-serving in the Senate, seeks reelection amid strong criticism. The article notes U S automobile steel use in 1940 at about 7 325 000 tons.
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Washington
Ellison D
Cotton Ed” Smith
D. 8.C
Roosevelt
Smith
Woman Found Dead at Home of Mrs Hester Carson
Mrs Hester Carson, 38, wife of Walter Carson, was found dead yesterday by her husband at 26 Harrison Place. Dr William Kirk Jr. treated her and Coroner Thomas J. Duffy ruled death from a heart condition. Mrs Carson was born in York County, Pennsylvania.
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Walter Carson
Harrison Place
Wilam Kirk Jr
Thomas J. Duffy
Carson
York County
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