Senate Argues Revising OPA Price Policy
In Washington on June 7, Senators Taft and Thomas led a bipartisan push to revise OPA price controls ahead of the June 30 expiry. They challenged the administration view that changing the program would be dangerous, urged a return to relaxed controls during reconversion, and proposed amendments to set specific agricultural prices and bar rent caps on post July 1 1945 housing.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate
Taft
Thomas
OPA
Congress
Banking Committee
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Wagner
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Approves Bretton Woods Monetary Plan
The House passed the Bretton Woods monetary agreements by 345 to 18 with all opposition votes by Republicans. Ratification proceeds to the Senate amid expected battles. Fort Yukon Alaska records extreme temperatures, while Mark Twain once drew a chalk line to guard manuscripts.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
House
Blicans
Senate
U. S
United Nations
Rep
Sumner
R-I
Banking Committee
International Monetary Stabilization Fund
Mark Twain
Objects To Sleeping With Spouse's Dog
Hollywood divorce hearing reveals Mrs. Aubun Harwood objects to sleeping with her husband and his dog and to nightly gopher-killing by the cat. She seeks divorce from Donald Harwood as Superior Judge Bur nell questions why the dog was not named as co respondent.
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Hollywood
Aubun Harwood
Donald Harwood
Charles S. Burnell
Park Avenue Mystery Slaying Probed by NY Detectives
New York detectives pushed toward a breakthrough in the Park Avenue murder of Albert E. Langford as they traced gamblers and “touch” artists who profited from his wealthy wife. Interrogations focused on Diaz associates and a two-man late-night visit to the Langford apartment, with a motive centered on the widow’s generosity and gambling ties.
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New York
Park Avenue
Albert E. Langford
George Riales
Rafaelo Diaz
Metropolitan Opera
Marion Langford
Military Meat Demand Shares 24 Percent This Year
Military needs will claim about 24 percent of the available meat supply this year, up from 16 percent last year, reflecting higher demand during current operations and procurement policies.
Japanese Withdraw Strategic Positions in North China
Chungking reports Japanese troops began withdrawing from their positions on the great bend of the Yellow River in North China after entrenched since 1938. A Chinese military spokesman said Japanese forces started several local skirmishes in western Honan province as holding actions to protect a broad withdrawal.
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Chungking
Yellow River
China
Honan
Japanese strengthen South China defenses near Canton Hong Kong
Chinese-American military sources say Japan is reinforcing troops and building deep defenses along the Canton Hong Kong area and the Pearl River delta to protect the Hankow Canton supply route. They expect a last stand at Hong Kong if Allied sea and air power curtails Japanese operations. A Chinese communique reports air strikes on Peiping Hankow and Canton Hankow rail lines with a bridge span destroyed.
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Canton-Hong Kong
South China
Indo-China
Malaya
Hong Kong
Henyang
Swatow
Amoy
New Guinea
Central China
Hangchow
Peiping-Hankow
Canton-Hankow
Hankow
Chi‘kungshan
Hwayuan
Tokyo Reports Death of Australian Leader
Radio Tokyo said the supreme commander of Australian forces on Tarakan island was killed in action May 25 during close quarter fighting northeast of Borneo. The unnamed commander’s death was broadcast.
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San Francisco
Radio Tokyo
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Federal Communications Commission
Progress Of Bond Drive Depends On Millions: Thomas
A U.S. Marine Corps official states that the war bond drive hinges on the support of millions of home front fighters. Brig. Gen. Gerald Co. Thomas, director of plans and policies, says progress against enemy destruction depends on this broad backing.
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Thomas
Washington
Gerald Co. Thomas
USMC
Division of
Sheep Men Seek Higher Lamb Prices and Wool Import Quota Plan
Washington reports demands of sheep men for higher lamb prices and a postwar wool import quota plan. Rep. Anderson chairs the House food committee and will hear J. M. Jones of the National Woolgrowers' Association as a witness. Jones argues increased lamb prices are vital for survival and calls for a definite wool import quota.
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Washington
Special House Food Committee
Rep. Anderson
D-Nm
J. M. Jones
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Anderson
Omaha
Jones
Hotels In City Facing Hearing On Wage Rates
Phoenix dispatch reports hearings by the enforcement division of the tenth regional war labor board. Tucson hotel operators and Charles E. Mears face charges of paying excessive wages as Bowen and McLaughlin, Phoenix contractors, contest a $1.4 million payroll in a armored equipment reconditioning case. Chris Totten replaces T. J. Straub on the three member panel due to local residency objections.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Tenth Regional War Labor Board
Tucson
Charles E. Mears
Bowen & McLaughlin
Phoenix Contractors
War Labor Board
Chris Totten
T. J. Straub
San Francisco
Straub
Seversky Warns of German Four-Engined Jet Plan
Alexander de Seversky told a Paris press conference that Germans already had a four engined jet propelled bomber capable of round trip transatlantic flights to bomb New York and other eastern U S cities once victory in Europe was achieved.
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Paris
Alexander de Seversky
Europe
New York
United States
Frederic Nave U A Grad Promoted to Major in Air Corps
Washington announces Frederic Gill Nave of Tucson Arizona has been promoted from captain to major in the air corps. He resides at 734 North 6th Avenue. The War Department made the announcement today June 7.
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Washington
Frederic Gill Nave
North 6Th Avenue
Tucson
Ariz
Air Corps
War Department
Army veteran Maj Nave serves with Chicago war board
May Nave has been in the Army since September 1942 and works with the war contract termination board in Chicago. His wife lives in Tucson. Nave graduated from the University of Arizona in 1926 with a BA and earned a BFL in law at Northwestern in 1927.
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May. Nave
War Contract Termination Board
Chicago
Ill
Tucson
Maj
Nave
University of Arizona
Northwestern University
Referendum Looms on New Arizona Insurance Law
Petitions seeking a referendum election on acts of the seventeenth Arizona legislature affecting insurers will be filed tomorrow, per Secretary of State Dan E. Garvey. Voters would reject Senate Bill 65 on fire and casualty ratings and two sections of Senate Bill 67 on licenses and an examining board. The filing deadline is Saturday with a minimum of 6 432 signatures required.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dan E. Garvey
English reformer John Howard and prison cleanliness
John Howard, an Englishman, became notable for his campaigns to improve sanitation and conditions in prisons. His work highlighted the need for humane treatment and oversight of jails and contributed to reforms in the 18th century.
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John Howard
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