OPA Crises Grip Congress As Price Controls End
Congress debates actions after President Truman vetoes an extension. Speaker Rayburn expects a 20 day revival of price controls while Senate leaders voice limited optimism. Markets react as OPA ends, with sharp price moves across steel, copper, cotton futures and other commodities.
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House
Rayburn
Truman
OPA
New York Stock Exchange
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Minnea
End of OPA Lifts Coal Price Ceilings
The Solid Fuels Administration announced that price ceilings on coal ended as the OPA transfers control. No new price controls were set. price policy now covers wages and working conditions while OPA retains overall price control authority. John Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Secretary Krug were cited in the briefing.
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Washington
OPA
Solid Fuels Administration
Interior Krug
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lawmakers Press Truman Over OPA Extension
congressional leaders Rayburn Barkley McKellar and McCormack urged the president to sign a compromise bill to extend OPA. The White House opposed the amendment as inflationary. Barkley said the House would likely pass a 15 day extension resolution.
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Chicago
Rayburn
Barkley
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
House
McCormack
Mass
Truman
White House
Veterans now employed in Winchester businesses
Veterans discharged from the Armed Forces are now employed in Winchester firms. Wayne Carter with 38 months Army service is at Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating Co. Ernest L. Nesselrodt, former ship's cook with 3 years and 8 months Navy service in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters, works at B and M Chevrolet Co. Employers of veterans are invited to telephone the Star with names of veterans recently employed.
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Winchester
Wayne Carter
Miller and Anderson Plumbing and Heating Co
Ernest L. Nesselrodt
Atlantic
Pacific
B and M Chevrolet Co
Star
Full Time Game Warden Discussed In Clarke County
Clarke County Board of Supervisors discussed creating a full time game warden with a committee from the Izaak Walton League and the Clarke County Conservation Commission at the Blue Ridge Hunt Club. Graham Dougherty Jr. vacancy exists. J F Dalloway supplied temporarily. Restroom budget raised to 240 dollars. road budget for fiscal year ends July 1 1946.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Ed Lee
Izaak Walton
Clarke County
Congressmen Appoint Virginians to West Point Listed
War Department announced nineteen Virginia candidates for West Point from various congressional offices led by Senator Glass and Senator Byrd. Appointees include Thomas Hogshead Tullidge Staunton Morton Jefferson Saunders and others from Arlington Alexandria Norfolk Roanoke and Richmond areas.
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Washington
Virginia
West Point
War Department
Academy
Senator Glass
Thomas Hogshead Tullidge
Staunton
Milligan
Fossett
North Columbus Street
Arlington
Morton Jefferson Saunders
Colley Ave
Byrd
Thomas Cameron Loper
Alexandria
Rep
Bland
Arthur Carlton Barker, Jr
Hampton
George Lynwood Price, Jr
Washington Ave
Newport News
Daughton
James Cross Barnes, Jr
Carlisle Way
Norfolk
George Baylor Eichelberger
Major Ave
Gary
Ira Lafayette Kimes, Jr
East
Franklin Street
Richmond
Thomas Watkins Ligon Hughes, Jr
Virginia Street
Ashland
Drewry
William David Walker, Jr
RFC
Greetings Between Winchester Cities Mark 1936 Tradition
Mayor C. R. Anderson received a Winchester England greetings message, continuing an annual custom since 1936. The exchange honors the namesake towns and notes past visits by English and American officials including the Edmunds, Griffith, and Sankey mayors.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
England
Dr. Anderson
British Isles
Roger
Betty Edmunds
Brenda Watc Fuer
Sannet
Griffith
Litz
Anderson
Edmunds
Sankey
Rents Rise in Major Cities as OPA Ends
P H Beebe an electrician and homeowner told tenants he would cut rent from 60 to 50 dollars a month effective immediately citing loss of OPA controls and urging cooperation to hold prices down. The AP notes most states face new increases to take effect in 30 days as local ceilings replace national regulation in New York and DC.
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OPA
New York State
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin
Miami
Fra
P. H. Beebe
Beebe
Rent control urged as housing rents face rise risk
The National Apartment Owners Association urged 50 000 owners in 50 cities to hold rent increases within 15 percent of current rates. In New Orleans real estate leaders forecast rises not to exceed 15 to 20 percent, while local owners planned 30 day notices to tenants and sought 15 percent caps. Senator Byrd pressed for swift enactment of a separate rent control measure calling it the most serious issue.
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National Apartment Owners Association
New Orleans
F. Poche Waguespack
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers
Seinen Oe Ta
Dalton Fox
Poperty
Byrd
D-Va
Mrs. Jackson Plans Transoceanic Move to Join Soldier Husband
Mrs Ashbury H Jackson Jr wife of Major Jackson plans to sail to Shanghai China in September to join her husband now en route from Japan to China She filed before June 15 for the next sailing and will take shots required for the area She will travel with Mrs Charles Cooper of Bishopville S C wife of a colonel both assigned in the region Major Jackson who joined the Army from the National Guard later became a Captain of Infantry He had served in Europe and sailed for Japan on May 14 but is being reassigned
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Winchester
Far East
Ashbury H. Jackson Jr
Major Jackson
Shanghai
China
Japan
Globe
Charles Cooper
Bishopville
S. C
Jackson
Army
Co. I
National Guard
France
Germany
Governor Tuck Warns of Action to Protect Public
Virginia Governor William M. Tuck warned that any unreasonable rent or price increases after federal controls end would trigger immediate state action. Senator Harry F. Byrd urged quick rent control, continued OPA for 20 days, and gradual relaxation as conditions improve.
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Associated Press
William M. Tuck
Tuck
Congress
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
OPA
Truman
Bowles
No Immediate Jump In Cost Here Expected
Merchants in Winchester do not anticipate an immediate rise in prices after the death of OPA. They foresee gradual increases, 10 to 15 percent on many items, as manufacturers and livestock producers pass on higher costs. Grocers expect beef and pork to rise, while butter, canned milk, and coffee may follow with small increases. Auto prices may edge up about 5 percent as costs rise, with most cars increasing little.
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Winchester
OPA
Truman
Virginia
James Merriner
A and P Store
CPA
Merriner
R. V. Martin
Safeway
William Fauver
C. D. Lanahan, Grocers Wholesale, Inc
M. Ritter
Shenandoah Motor Co
Ford
National Fruit absorbs Krouse to expand postwar operations
National Fruit Product Co Inc completes absorption of Krouse Corp makers of apple products with headquarters in Peach Glen Pennsylvania and plants in Peach Glen and Chambersburg. Frank Armstrong Jr outlines a three division structure with Northern Peach Glen Southern Winchester and New Jersey Glassboro divisions and an Atlanta Southeastern Sales District.
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Krouse Corporation
Peach Glen
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Winchester
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Armstrong
Virginia Corporation
New Jersey
Glassboro
Atlanta
L. W. Brown
Aneal Goessecaneer
Rs Era
M. 8. Knouse
R. E. Zimmerman
W. W. Hunt
Virginia
Georgia
W. Barron Glover
National Fruit
Troops Quell Mob At Communist HQ In Trieste
American troops armed with rifles broke up a mob attacking Communist Party headquarters in Trieste as rioting continued for a second day. No sign the violence was subsiding. Also notes a regular South End Fire Company meeting and a seed advertisement.
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Trieste
Communist Party
Adriatic
South End Fire Company
H. Rainsberger, JR
Atom bomb test at Bikini sinks two transports
Off Bikini atoll the July atomic blast damaged or sunk two transports and a destroyer capsized. The Independence carrier survived while the Nevada lay nearby. Blandy praised the test as successful and naval observers noted the cloud rose pink to gold with no lives lost.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Atoll
Iece
Fesche
Ated
Paul Kee
Nevada
Independence
San Francisco
W. H. P. Blandy
U. S
McKinley
Blandy
Byrd to Speak on Radio Tonight in Virginia Campaign
Senator Byrd plans a 7:30 p m radio broadcast over WRVA Richmond and other stations discussing aspects of the federal government as part of the Democratic primary campaign for Byrd's Senate seat. Martin A Hutchinson, also campaigning, will speak at an American Legion rally in Charlotte Court House. Hutchinson alleged a PAC could spend a million dollars in the race and urged Byrd to seek a U S Senate inquiry into campaign expenditures in Virginia.
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Senator Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
Byrd
Senate
WRVA
Richmond
Hutchinson
American Legion
Charlotte
PAC
U.S. Senate
Virginia
Cumberland
Rollins Cleared on One Count in Navy Court Martial
Annapolis July 1 Walter W. Rollins a seven officer Navy general court martial found innocent today on a charge of lascivious conduct with a white woman. The court did not announce findings on the adultery charge with a white woman awaiting transmission to Washington for review.
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Annapolis
Walter W. Rollins
Navy
Washington
Derby Downs Trials Set for Soap-Box Racers Big Race July Fourth
Local youths aged 11 to 15 prep for the Derby Downs event with six o'clock trial runs on Jail Hill. Officials attend to learn duties for the July Fourth midget gravity racer race, noting strong home built crafts and steering details.
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Derby Downs
Jail Hill
Saf
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Husband
Geo. W. Kurtz
National Ave
Watson’s Cash Grocery
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the People's Paper
National Fruit Product Takes
Krouse
Maine
Winchester Seed Company
Special Atentions
the Evening Star
The
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