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Price controls spark chaotic NYC meat trade scenes
In a bustling New York wholesale meat scene, trucks jockeyed near a cold storage, workers in white gear moved along loading docks, and bosses Izzy Finklester and Pat Barry debated ceilings, stamps, and rumors of government price guidance amid a national emergency. A senior regional tour of social guests ends with a vacation update from Cedar Rapids to Colorado.
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New York City
Isadore Finklester
Patrick Barry
Russia
Ireland
Izzy
Washington
Schuberg
Pat
IBP
MBP
Illinois Pack
Monfort Pack
von Guy
Currier
Ollie Peterson
T’’ Co
A & P—House
Times
Leon Henderson
Capone
Bess Myerson
Bess
New York
USDA
NIMPA
Ami
Rockerfeller
Arkansas
Nixon
Hardin
Burn
Pedernales
Miami Beach
Boston
Red Apple
Eddie Collins