Congress Acts To End Errors Made By OPA
A congressional conference among chairmen Howard Smith Wright Patman and Lyle Boren agreed to divide oversight of OPA subjects. They aim to fix legality and policy flaws while preserving price controls as a wartime measure.
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Congress
OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
House
Sam Rayburn
Howard Smith
D. Va
Special
Wright Patman
Tex
Small Business Committee
Lyle Boren
Okla
Smith
Patman
Boren Committee
John K. Westberg
Cereal, Seeds and Agricultural Chemicals
Cincinnati
Rayburn
Boren
Price Administration
Fred Hartley
N. J
Smith Committee
Pblic
Residents Of Douglas Die In Arizona Resident Dies In Douglas
Mrs Earnie James 50 year Arizona resident died shortly after midnight at 729 13th street Douglas funeral services tentatively set for 10 am Saturday Rev LeRoy Thomas to officiate burial Evergreen cemetery Lowell beside husband J H James her Portland bound daughter Mrs Ferguson has arrived Aguilar Infant Dies Louis Oscar Aguilar son of Mr and Mrs Luis T Aguilar 856 Ince avenue died at hospital Tuesday born May 22 1943 funeral held at Porter Ames chapel
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Douglas
Daily Citizen
Earnie James
Arizona
13Th Street
Napa
Calif
LeRoy Thomas
Evergreen Cemetery
Lowell
J. H. James
Ferguson
Portland
Ore
Aguilar
Louis Oscar Aguilar
Luis T. Aguilar
Ince Avenue
Porter & Ames Chapel
Parrott Building Marks San Francisco’s Stone Era
The Parrott Building, San Francisco’s first stone structure, was built in 1852 by Chinese masons using granite blocks quarried in China. The Chinese workers were the only ones who could read the blocks’ markings.
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San Francisco
Parrott
China
Hoover Urges Food Reform To Meet World Shortage
Former President Herbert Hoover told the American Farm Bureau Federation that American food supplies are dwindling while demand rises dangerously. He warned of a four to six year world shortage, urged consolidating food control under one administrator, boosting farmer manpower, planting 40 to 50 million more acres in 1944, expanding farm machinery, and trimming rationing and subsidies.
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New York
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Hitler
Hoover
6000 Tons Coffee Stored in Mexico
Mexico City report from June 9 states the chamber of commerce of Tapachula on the Guatemala border says 6000 tons of coffee are stored awaiting transport. It notes banana growers lose 200000 dollars monthly due to lack of refrigerator cars and petitions the president for transport assistance to Mexico City and the United States.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Commerce of
Tapachula
Guatemala
Avila Camacho
United States
South Africa Spends Millions to Halt Locust Invasion
The government allocates about 10 million dollars annually to prevent locust outbreaks. Authorities report ongoing measures and funding to control swarms, protect crops, and safeguard food security amid outbreaks nationwide.
B 24s Sweep Westward Targetting Japanese Shipping
Allied air forces based in Australia report daylight raids by B 24 Liberator bombers extending their reach from Bougainville to Waingapoe on Soemba Island. In a single strike they hit a 5 000 ton cargo ship amid heavy antiaircraft fire, with prior missions reaching Lombok. The campaign traces Kenney’s air force arc from the Solomons toward Timor seas.
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Australia
Nesthier
Singapore
Waingapoe
Soemba Island
Lesser Sunda
Darwin
Lombok
George C. Kenney
Bougainville
Solomons
New Ireland
New Britain
New Guinea
Banda, Arafura
Timor
Timor to New Guinea air actions report Pacific war activity
A single bomber sighted a convoy of three merchantmen a small freighter and escorting gunboats near Timor and New Ireland but observers could not determine the attack results. Over Babo Catalina flying boats caused a massive explosion in an ammunition dump area felt 6000 feet up by raiders. In northeastern New Guinea Australian Beau fighters swept to treetop height near Komiatum firing on suspected Japanese positions.
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Dili
Koepang
Timor
Babo
Vieng
New Ireland
Catalina
New Guinea
Komiatum
Tucson Soldier Prisoner of War in Italy Names Given
Washington war department disclosed 403 US soldiers held as POWs in Italy. Among them two Arizonans were listed: Lloyd J. Melvin Jr. of Phoenix and William E. Stell of Tucson, with Stell tied to Mrs. Alfred Moore of 233 East 34th St., Tucson.
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Washington
de Ent
United States
Italy
Olay Lloyd J. Melvin, Jr
Phoe
William E. Stell
Alfred Moore
East 34Th St
Tucson
Immoral Claims About WAACs Denied by Hobby
Washington June 9 Col Oveta Culp Hobby director of the WAACs says there is no truth to claims that contraceptives and prophylactics will be issued to WAAC members. The denial follows a New York Daily News column by John O’Donnell alleging a secret agreement among War Department leaders and WAAC head Mrs. Hobby. Mrs. Franklin D. Belt dismisses reports of promiscuity as Nazi propaganda aimed at discrediting the organization.
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Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAAC
John O’donnell
New York Daily News Today
War Department
Hobby
Maj Kermit Roosevelt Buried With Full Military Rites
Maj Kermit Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt was buried at Denali post Alaska after dying June 4 on duty. Officials stated death from natural causes. Veterans of Foreign Wars Denali post and the military conducted ceremonies with Army Air Corps chorus. Chaplain Joseph Applegate gave the eulogy.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U.P
Kermit Roosevelt
Maj
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Denali Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army Air Corps
Willmer P. Fulmer
Joseph Applegate
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Matrix
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