Wartime Budgeting and Price Controls Highlight OWI Digest
The OWI weekly digest notes 48 point per person rationing by family size with 12 point intervals. Elmer Davis announces Friday evening broadcasts starting March 12 on NBC CBS and Blue Network, rebroadcast Saturdays on Mutual. April 1 marks new pork price ceilings under CPA 336 with zone variation and required store receipts. No clothes rationing planned. egg price markups set to ease spring costs. Meat enforcement nets 420 actions. 160 criminal prosecutions and many civil. Grade labeling for 1943 canned fruits vegetables. Scrap iron steel collections reach 95.7 percent of quota. Soft wheat flour prices up eight percent. drying oils scarcer and casein tightened as civilian supplies shift to war needs.
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
NBC
CBS
Blue Networks
Mutual
United States
OPA
WPB
Donald
Rocky Mountains
Easter Dates Reach Late Peak in 20th Century
CHICAGO Easter will be as late as March 10 for Ash Wednesday and April 25 for Easter, the latest possible dates this century. Maude Bennet of the Adler Planetarium notes the last occurrence was 1886 and the next will be 2038, tied to the 325 A.D. Nicea rules governing Easter.
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Chicago
Maude Bennet
Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
Council of Christian Churches
Nicea
Asia Minor
Miss Bennet
Barley and Sorghum Loan Rates Jump Significantly
The Commodity Credit Corporation set 1943 grower loan increases for barley and grain sorghums. On farm stored barley, No 1 at 75 cents, No 2 73, No 3 70, No 4 67, No 5 60, with California Oregon Washington five cents higher. Sorghum rates top at No 2 85 cents per 56 pound bushel, No 3 80, No 4 70, plus regional five cent bumps for Arizona California. Eligibility requires 90 percent minimum planting.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
California
Idaho
Oregon
Arizona
Comrades De Combat and Paris Pieces by Florence Conrad
Florence Conrad reviews Comrades De Combat with illustrations by Jean Pages, describing a front line perspective of French soldiers and prisoners, and a vivid Maginot line era recall. The column also notes Parisian restaurant Foyot's closure and a personal reminiscence about Blackie the cat and a whimsical aside on love.
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Florence Conrad
Jean Pages
Luxembourg
Blackie
Choice Moore Freed From Army to Finish Legislature
Choice Moore a representative from Fannin and Lamar counties is released from Army service to complete the current legislative session. He, a corporal, stationed at Camp Bowie, was furloughed to attend the opening of the Legislature but was later recalled.
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Choice Moore
Fannin
Lamar
Moore
Camp Bowie
Soldier to enter officer candidate school after release
A service member was released and will remain civilian until the legislature session ends. He plans to enter officer candidate school at that time, as reported by the Honey Grove Signal.
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Honey Grove Signal
Fight Opens On Rent Control Campaign Says OPA Chief
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown says landlords are mounting a nationwide campaign against rent control. He notes heavy mail from Detroit and a circular letter by the Washington committee of the National Association of Real Estate Boards urging local landlords to protest rent controls. Brown calls the Detroit letters part of this organized effort.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Detroit
Brown
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Widow’s Joke on Longevity Sparks Quiet Debate
In a brief exchange, Margaret asks if women outlive men. Bill quips that widows may live longer, framing a lighthearted contrast on gender lifespans without further context.
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Margaret
Bill
Divorce petition cited in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued to J L Riddle requiring appearance by 10 a m on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance to answer Beulah Riddle's petition filed July 25 1942 in Case No 49114 for divorce on grounds of cruel treatment in the District Court of Grayson County at Sherman Texas issued February 23 1943 by Clerk S V Earnest.
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State OF Texas
J. L. Riddle
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Beaulah Riddle
S. V. Earnest
Divorce Action Between McQueen, McQueen in Grayson County
Citation No 49450 filed in the 15th District Court in Sherman Texas on January 11 1943 names America McQueen as plaintiff and Sylvester McQueen as defendant. The suit seeks a divorce on grounds of cruel treatment with costs and general and special relief. Filed February 23 1943 by Clerk S V Earnest.
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State OF Texas
Sylvester McQueen
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
America McQueen
Towit
S. V. Earnest
District Court
Giravenn Cainty iTawac Rw Prp
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Foyot’s
Paris
Senate
Jinks
Jenks
Palace Theatre
Ission
All Pictures
Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
Rufe Davis
Robert C. Lois
Davis- Collier
Ed Brendell
Fritz
Hayworth
Astaire
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Adolphe Menjol
Jerome Kern
Louis F. Edelman
Columbia
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LOS
Hed Bie Ly
Tre Fee
Mary Astor
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Young Jane
Eska
RANC
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Doughboy
Henry Wilcoxon
William Demarest
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