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...made necessary more by hoarders' fears of it than by a serious shortage in 1942 supplies. Nor does his 1942 quota (77 lb., counting industrial supplies) threaten the U.S. citizen's health, whatever it does to his sweet tooth. But industrial users are in a worse fix. Not only are they under quota, but their foresighted purchasing was in vain...
WASHINGTON--The Senate tonight completed Congressional action on a compromise price control bill which falls far short of legislation demanded by President Roosevelt but gives the government power to fix prices on almost everything purchased by the average American...
...Mole were in that fix, he would have no trouble digging his way out," the communique continued. "We're expecting him to dig his way out of prison any afternoon...
Congratulations from Emperor Hirohito fix upon their recipient an incredible joy; but also a certain uneasiness. This is because they not only bestow praise; they also adjure the congratulatee to continue the good work-or else...
...trade (TIME, Nov. 3), were sentenced last week by a Federal judge in Lexington, Ky. Nobody will go to jail. But the judge's decision put a large segment of U.S. business on notice: competitors who do not use price as a weapon may be "conspiring" to fix prices even if they never actually meet to do so. To a great many lawyers, this is something new under the Sherman Act. One defense counsel called it the "Thurman...