Wallace decries transportation monopoly in national policy
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told civic and labor leaders in Dallas that a transportation monopoly cheats the public of cheap transport and full industrial development. He demanded legislative change to restore competition and warned against integrated systems that would centralize rail, road, water and air under regional monopolies. He cited carrier conferences and exclusive airline contracts as evidence that early promises of cheap transport have failed.
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Dallas
Tex
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
United States
Railway Express Agency
Fair Express
Illinois Declares English the American Language
A 1923 Illinois act proclaims the official language of the state shall be known as the American language. The text argues language shapes national unity while attacking Tory remnants. An accompanying note offers Frank Colby’s pamphlet Origins of Familiar Expressions for free with a stamped self-addressed envelope.
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Dartmouth
Mencken
Illinois
America
State of
Olinois
General Assembly
State of Olinois
Frank Colby
Chilean Officers Tour Buffalo Airplane Plants
Lieutenant General Manuel Tovarias, chief of the Chilean Air Force, and his mission continued a tour of Buffalo area aircraft factories visiting Curtiss-Wright division plants. He said Chile is ready to expand hemispheric defense as equipment provided by the United States allows. He added that any equipment Chile receives will be used effectively.
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Buffalo
Manuel Tovarias
Air Force
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Ovarias
Chile
United States
Chilean and U S Officers Visit Bell Aircraft Plant
The general declared a hemispheric defense aim and readiness to assume more duties with available equipment. The delegation includes Chilean Air Force officers Brig. Gen. Oscar Herreros Col. Edison Diaz Group Cmdr. Paul Gonzales Maj. Javier Andurage and U S Army Cols Omer Neirgarth Glenn L Davasher Joseph Edgerton Capt. Koser Lieut. Leonard James Sutter plus General Tovarias and party touring the Niagara Falls Bell Aircraft plant on Wednesday.
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Chile
Hemisphere
Oscar Herreros
Edison Diaz
Paul N. Gonzales
Javier Andurrage
U. S. Army
Omer Neirgarth
U. S
Glenn L. Davasher
Joseph S. Edgerton
Jack B. Koser
Jack Leonard
James Sutter
Tovarias
Bell Aircraft Assembly
Niagara Falls
Red Cross Elects D Edward Rowan Rensselaer Chapter Chairman
D Edward Rowan was elected chairman of the Rensselaer City Chapter American Red Cross on Wednesday. He succeeds Williams J Adams, principal of Fort Crail Junior High School, who had led the post for seven years. An executive committee meeting is set for Tuesday evening in the chapter rooms at 2976 Broadway Albany. Crop corps volunteers in a Texas county saved a 6000 acre berry patch worth about three million dollars.
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D. Edward Rowan
Rensselaer
American Red Cross
Williams J. Adamis
Fort Craile
Broadway
Albany
Texas
Whiteview Bureau Halloween Program Planned
The Whiteview Home Bureau hosted a Halloween and business meeting at Wynantskill Firehouse on Wednesday night with games and refreshments. Plans were set for a food lesson at the next regular meeting led by Mrs Gordon Filim. A Child Study group report by Mrs Judson Walters and emotional control topic led by Mrs Herbert Winter were noted. Webbing lessons were scheduled at several homes with multiple instructors and dates in October and November, plus a family life discussion to be led by Cornell representative Mrs Erna Boice.
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Wynantskill
Whiteview
Walter Vanderpool
Joan Mabin
William Ward
Herert Winter
Brookside Avenue
Harold Rowe
J. Leslie Ackinson
Mary Lewis
Erna Boice
Cornell
Troy Burns Club Opens Season Tomorrow
The Troy Burns Club will open its season tomorrow night at 1 Fourth Street. Rev. Herbert C. Wiltenberg of Waterford Presbyterian Church will give a talk on Mexico aided by colored motion pictures. David Murray and Albert B. Stanley will entertain with songs and stories. Next month a celebration marks forty years of activity with a ten year observance. David C. Lithgow, vice president, will outline plans for discussion.
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Troy Burns Club
Fourth Street
Mexico
Herbert C. Wiltenberg
The
Presbyterian Church
Waterford
Onberg
Mr. W Trip
David Murray
Albert B. Stanley
David C. Lithgow
Quartermaster Corps Women Rise to One in Seven
A 1943 wartime note shows women making up one seventh of civilian workers in the U S Quartermaster Corps, with June figures indicating a shift from prior ratios of four to one in favor of men to a male to female balance of three to one. The text reflects wartime labor repurposing and peacetime transitions.
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U. S. Quartermaster Corps
Brown Quits As OPA Boss
President Roosevelt accepted Prentiss Brown’s resignation as Price Administrator, with Chester Bowles named to succeed him. Bowles previously led OPA Connecticut to help run price controls. Brown praises the program and notes inflation threats persist. He cites price tables showing the cost of living rising arrests but warns postwar subsidy and renewal issues loom. Brown’s successor believed to be in competent hands as postwar policy debates continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Senate
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Bowles
OPA
Connecticut
Henderson
Michigan
Leon Henderson
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Roosevelt
Broncavelt
Resignation Arrangements Discussed By White House Officials
White House aides stated that Brown’s resignation was announced after talks with Byrnes. The President had the matter in hand since it reached the White House, and a conference between Byrnes and Brown preceded the resignation’s public disclosure.
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White House
Byrnes
Brown
Challenge to Roosevelt to name accusers in SEC bid
New York report says President Roosevelt was challenged to reveal the names of those he accuses of aiming to undermine the Securities and Exchange Commission. Elmer C. Walzer, president of the New York Financial Writers' Association, called for disclosure.
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New York
ENS
Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Elmer C. Walzer
New York Financial Writers’ Asso
Group Wires Demand to White House After News Conference
A group immediately wired its demand to the White House following President’s charge at a Wednesday news conference. The action signals swift pressure and sets the stage for further political maneuvering amid ongoing debates.
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Ciation
White House
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