Wartime Town and Farm Updates and Policy Shifts
OPA delays retail price ceilings until May 17 and extends corn price adjustments to Sept 30 1943 to ease livestock feed shortages. New Selective Service rules end most exemptions. III-B and dependency deferment are trimmed. War costs top 7 billion monthly. farmers must use ration points for sales to retailers. 60 000 women join U S Crop Corps. sugar for canning allocated with no blue paint cut. farm real estate up nine percent. safe canning methods urged. WPB releases leather for shoes boosting footwear output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Byrnes
Davis
Morgenthau
Women’s Land Army
U. S. Crop Corps
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Half of Nation Workers Hit By Job and Wage Order
War Manpower Commissioner McNutt imposed a modified job freeze affecting about 27 million essential workers including agriculture. Violations carry up to a $1000 fine and a year in prison for employers or employees. Exceptions allow shifts within areas under stabilization plans if approved by authorities. Tire regulations tightened to curb bootlegging and ensure compliance with inspection requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
OPA
McNutt-Byrnes
War Price Admin raises onion potato maximums for 1943
OPA raises ceiling prices on dry onions and white potatoes for May and June 1943, 10 cents above April levels to spread supplies. District offices may fix restaurant and cafe price ceilings with base period April 4-10. firms must file menus with local boards by May 1. Cotton loans soar through April 10 with 1,564,9972 loans on 2,979,003 bales of 1942 crop. McNutt-Byrnes order tightens labor mobility, bans pay-led hiring among essential vs nonessential workers, and limits wage-driven moves within essential sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
State lawmakers push big budget cuts across departments
Rep John W Connelly notes the Appropriation Committee and Senate Finance Committee have reported major appropriations bills with reductions in state expenditures. He praises Gov Coke Stevenson Speaker Price Daniel Rep M A Bundy and Sen R C Lanning for driving economy though warns against crippling vital services as cuts target departments judiciary and higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Connelly
House
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Coke Stevenson
Price Daniel
M. A. Bundy
Sen
R. C. Lanning
Stevenson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Weaver Baker
Board of Control
Army to Wear Shorts in Desert War for First Time
Boston report says the Army will issue 8.2 ounce cotton khaki shorts with five pockets and knee length olive drab Merino socks. After a year of trials with officers and enlisted men, shorts will be worn by troops in certain undisclosed desert areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
United States
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Accidental Platter Break Ignites Family Scene
A playful exchange shows a mother questioning a boy named Johnny after a platter breaks over his brother’s head. Johnny admits breaking it but insists it was an accident, urging clarification of intent.
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Johnny
Divorce by abandonment commanded in Grayson County
Citation to Leo R. Janson to appear and answer the petition for divorce filed April 8 1943 in Grayson County Court. Plaintiff Ethel Esther Janson seeks divorce on grounds of abandonment dating from January 5 1938 with no children or community property. Court notices appearance by 10 AM on first Monday after 42 days, May 24 1943, for judgment and related relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Leo R. Janson
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ethel Esther Janson
Leon R. Janson
S. V. Earnest
R. C. Steed
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OWI News Bureau
WPB
Sam
WLB
America
Godess of
Liberty
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Connelly
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