Wartime rationing bulk and commodity updates nationwide
The report outlines A-6 and A-7 gasoline coupon validity in eastern versus non eastern shortage areas, sugar stamp and butter stamp timelines, home canning points, shoe and stove controls, meat and blue stamp expirations, and brown stamp adjustments. It also notes farm labor placements, home canned food point rules, synthetic tire price ceilings, civilian goods allocations, coal storage decline, army shoe rebuilding plans, quinine donations by pharmacists, Bible cover production, copper wire sale allowances, and a reflection on American economic superiority and volume production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
OPA
Harold L. Ickes
Looking Ahead by George S Benson
George S Benson argues that liberty fuels advancement and that government controls cause poverty and ignorance. He contrasts China’s warlords with freer societies, citing Henry Ford as an example of ideas realized through liberty and capital. He urges expanding freedom to raise living standards.
Sheriff Sale Notice Grayson County Texas 1943
The State of Texas Grayson County issues a sheriff sale under a 1943 order to satisfy a judgment for taxes and costs against J R Murphy and others. Lot 29 and 30 Block 63 Original Town Denison, Texas, may be sold on the first Tuesday in November 1943 between 2 and 4 PM at the courthouse in Sherman. Proceeds to satisfy the judgment with remaining funds, if any, to be distributed per law. two year redemption period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Grayson
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Texas
J. R. Murphy
Robert Murphy
Charles Murphy
Kate Murphy
Nellie Murphy
O’brien
Jenny O’brien
John Murphy
A. D
Court House
Sherman
Denison
G. P. Gafford
M. G. Dicken
Postwar industrial planning and investment pressures
The article argues plant owners invest about 6000 dollars per job for equipment and railroads about 25000 dollars per job. It notes the United States remains ahead of China in living standards but warns that restricting individuals to pursue best options after the war hinders progress. It condemns selfish authority as restraint rather than regulation and warns of a burden on the nation.
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China
Detroit
United States
America
Beer Drouth Forecast Continued Across Nation
Washington reports a continued beer shortage with little hope for relief. The War Food Administration notes production and transport limits will not meet rising consumer demand. Brewers withdraw from distant markets to save transport, while malt output exceeds forecasts but wartime uses curtail beer.
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Washington
WFA
Brewing Industry
Sulfa-Iodine Tests Reported By Rutgers Doctor
Dr Paul Goedrich of Rutgers College of Pharmacy disclosed three new sulfa iodine compounds at the American Pharmaceutical Association meeting in Columbus Ohio The compounds formed by sulfa drugs and iodine kill spores of tetanus gangrene and anthrax while not showing germ killing in current lab tests Clinical testing on wounds would follow He also reported two iodine activated compounds with both bacteria and spore killing action. First UT Austin engineer Luis Bartlett received the Universitys first doctor of mechanical engineering degree this summer for a flash freezing process and machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Paul Goedrich
Rutgers University’s College of Pharmacy
Newark
N. J
American Pharmaceutical Association
Goodrich
University of Texas
Luis Bartlett
Bureau of Business Research
Twilight of Spinach Ends Spinach as a Fraud
The New York Herald Tribune mocks spinach’s reputation as a healthy staple. It cites Dr Henry C Sherman and Mayo brothers as declaring it an unfortunate choice. The piece cites oxalic acid concerns and notes Spinach’s decline alongside cultural references and a Crystal City Texas statue of Popeye.
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Henry C. Sherman
Columbia University
Mayos
Rochester
Minn
Crystal City
Texas
Popeye the Sailor
Eric Patridge
London
Charles Dickens
New Yorker
Big Toe
Bilbo
New York Herald Tribune
Needed Other Things Visitor
In a casual exchange a child named Joe deflects a question about his new baby sister. He downplays the arrival, saying there are many other things they needed worse, hinting at mixed or practical feelings about the family addition.
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Joe
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Quartermaster Corps
Army Service Forces
Buford
Hannibal
Tion
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Japan
Chaplains Corps
War Production Board
WPB
George S. Benson
Harading College
Searcy, Arkansas
Henry Ford
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mpael
Cardui
Palace Theatre
Ernest Tubb
Johnny Luther
Luci Word
William Berke
Columbia
Harry Langdon
Adventures of
Jack
SUN. & Mon
Rafael Sabatini
the Black ET Boy
Laird Cregar
Thomas Mitchell
George Sanders
Anthony Quinn
Henry King
Robert Bassler
Desert Wonderland
Barney Bear
Joan
Sinx
NC TR News
Cone
Mioniegoers
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