Turbulent Midtown Notes and War Era Curiosities
A fragmented column describes New York landmarks and street lore from Park Avenue to Murray Hill, referencing historic figures, Chinatown, Harlem’s Puerto Rican area, and the Brooklyn Bridge. It includes anecdotes on city life, wartime prizes, and a Cleveland radio operator's role in Italy’s surrender, with scattered tangential remarks on German and Japanese events.
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Morhattaun
Giovanhi da Verraranno
Romerlic
Picturesi
Staten
New York
Chinatown
Harlem
Brooklyn Bridge
OWI
Robert Morris Pierce
Cleveland
Ohio
Army
Italy
Boronan
Altimaster
Steve
Weyers
Vo Orier Andrew
War Food and OPA Clash Over Egg Prices in Winter Debate
The Inside government egg debate centers on whether old stored eggs should fetch higher prices than fresh ones. War Food insists price fairness protects consumers while dealers seek speculative gains. Coal and oil rationing tensions dominate broader winter supply discussions.
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Washington
Delverment
Deulera
OPA
Cal
Fighting See-Saws in Southern Italy Amid Allied Landing Prep
Reports indicate intensified fighting in southern Italy as Nazi forces prepare for an Allied landing. Red factions seize key railway lines while food subsidy disputes rage, contributing to a volatile wartime backdrop.
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Italy
Germ Warfare, Subside Payments Spark Farm Debate
Fragmented wartime note covers Allied advances and German defenses in northern Italy, plus New Deal subsidy talks. Roosevelt asks Congress to extend payments to boost production and cut consumer costs as livestock prices face pressure and farmers seek relief.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank Batce
Americen Livestck Association
Sei
Wis
Jant Lvestck
Weyrars
Whisky Pricing Probe Faces Senate Hearing
Senators plan hearings on whisky shortages and price inflation as large distillers are summoned to explain alleged shortfalls and warehoused inventories. The investigation may cover distillers selling inventory to stockholders and mixing straight whisky with a 70 percent centril spinita for evading price ceilings.
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Whisky Business
Senate
Washington DC
Sea Senate
Nuys
Indiana
van Nuys
Strange Brasil
Agricultural Turp Assured of Fertilizer Supply
A New Deal style agreement between the War Industries Board and the agricultural sector ensures fertilizer availability for the 1933 44 season. The arrangement covers delivery to farmers, with TVA participation and key provisions to stabilize supply and pricing.
Fragmented OCR note on local event and people
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a boat and people with unclear names and actions. The readable bits point to a local incident or notice but lack concrete details, dates, or places to confirm a specific event or outcome.
Farm Speculation Tax Aimed at Rapid Land Resale
Benster Guy Gillette Town introduces legislation to tax farm land resale within one year at 10 percent of the purchase price to curb destructive speculation. The act would expire two years after the war. A separate plan would levy up to 200 percent tax on profits from such transactions.
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Benster Guy Gillette
Acller
Gilette
National Grange reelected leader amid calls for reform
Albert Goss was reelected master of the National Grange in Grand Rapids while urging congressional revision of the parity formula. He argued farm income and labor costs must be correctly weighed, criticizing price based calculations and 1900 to 1914 base period assumptions. Other officers elected included David Agins and Harry C Coton etc.
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Grand Rapids
National Grange
Albert Goss
Washington DC
Goss
David Agins
Three Bridges
Ayniati Ng Niles
Harry C Coton
Ohi
Desse Seeberi
Hlanete
Colon
Alice Pews
Eugene
Cotati
Roosevelt Urges Funds for UN Rehabilitation Agency
President Roosevelt called on Congress to authorize funding for Americas share of the United Nations Rehabilitation Agency. Atlantic City meetings discussed various proposals to raise support. Possible plans included per capita assessments and a 1 percent contribution from member nations.
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Wille
Roosevelt
Americas
United Nations
Atlantic City
Steve
Contr
Witrber
Unreka
Naters
Navi Nis
Bricker Announces Run for President in Republican Nomination
John W Bricker formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. He vows a strong, self governing United States and warns against global threats while highlighting war costs and national power.
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Thie
John W Bricker
Obies
Tales Ett
Bern
Hugtway Fund
Bricker
Republicans claim Kentucky surge signals shift in politics
Analysis cites Simen Withs and Kentucky defeat as proof of changing loyalties. The piece discusses Democratic hesitation, Barkley Chandler Donaldson alliances, and President Roosevelts potential fifth term amid scattered gains in New York and other states.
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Washington
Kentucky
Senate
Jim Farley
New York
Simeon Withs
Ian
Tyre
Willis
Bin
Barkley
Happy Chandler
Elect
Kentuck Lang
Wosevelt
Chandler
Happy
Chandler Cmai
Donaldson
Frank Walker
New Jersey
Pladelphia
Rae
Kentuky
Trefarn
New York City
Detroit
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