The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31
January
/ Seventy-ninth Congress opens.
S. Byrnes cancels conventions

sig billion IN 1910 uSCdl yedl. AL
lines cut passenger fares 6 IL PEI
cent, effective March /.
a OPA announces interim rlst
uys to S. ton on five basic stee
products. Blackout ordered on out
door advertising lighting.
H. ODT orders discontinuance
of seasonal trains to resorts, ef
fective March l.
IS. Street lights ordered dimmed
"to save COAL"
19. First quarter meat for civil
ians cut Is per cent.
q. Sen. Murray presents full
employment bill.
%. New controls on price ano
production of textiles and clothing
announced. ODT sets 5 : day r(f-
Hal embargo on rail shipments OF
civilian freight in northeastern
states.
%. Full embargo on civilian
freight set for three days on east
ern seaboard.
27. Federal court rules seizure
oy government of Montgomery
Ward properties illegal.
February
/. Partial four day embargo
ON civilian freight in eight eastern
states.
6 New fighter plane with rear
propeller announced by Curtlss-
Wright.
8. VIA cuts civilian soap
supply to IS per cent Of 194o-1941
average. Automobile industry halts
reconversion planning as war needs
rise.
13. OPA raises pig iron ceiling,
first such rise since control began
June. 1941.
1S. OPA sets ceilings on low and
medium-priced cotton clothing.
10. Byrnes announces midnight
eurfew for all places of amusement
On Feb. 26.
20. Lend-Lease shipments to al
lies reach 1888 billion.
81. Inter American conference
opens at Mexico City.
26. John L. Lewis serves notice
of possible bituminous coal strike
in 80 days if wage contract nego-
tiations fail.
March
/. Senate confirms Wallace as
secretary of commerce. Lewis de-
mands royalty of 10 cents ton on
all so-t coal mined.
5. RFC asks $1,498 million for
subsidies in next fiscal year.
6-Senate confirms Vinson as
federal loan administrator.
7. William H. Davis, WLB chair
man, succeeds Vinson as director
of economic stabilization. Floods
close mines, shipyards and indus
trial plants in Ohio valley.
8. Vinson authorizes fringe"
Wage rises even if higher prices
result. 4
13. Bowles proposes ceilings on
movie admissions, other amuse-
ments, barber shops and beauty
parlors.
Is. Meat for civilians reduced Is
per cent in second quarter.
10. Congress votes investigation
of food shortage.
21. Bowles urges curb on real
estate and stock prices.
&c. President asks authority to
reduce tariff rates so per cent.
April
1. Lewis accepts WLB order to
extend bituminous coal miners
contract for 80 days.
2. Byrnes resigns as director Of
war mobilization and reconversion;
Vinson named as successor.
8. State Department reverses
policy and opposes unification of
American commune cations abroad.
4. Lewis asks SANG pay rise and
royalty for anthracite miners as
for bituminous coal miners.
5. WLB warns government will
seize mines unless soft coal strike
ends.
10. Government seizes 235 soft
coal mines; operators and miners
reach agreement with increase Of
$1.25 to $1.30 in daily wage.
IL. President Roosevelt dies;
Truman succeeds him.
II. President Truman signs bill
extending lend-lease for one year
from June 30.
18. Disposal of surplus consumer
goods transferred to Department
of Commerce.
1. OPA authorizes rise in soft
coal price ceilings following
authorization of pay rise for
miners.
2 President asks $43 billion cut
in budget for 1916 fiscal year,
chiefly in shipbuilding.
3. Government seizes anthracite
mines.
4. Government seizes 33 more
soft coal mines, bringing total to
272 since April 10.
8. We day. Brownout ended.
Heavy artillery ammunition cut 10
per cent. WPB removes restrictions
on making civilian planes.
9. Curfew and racing ban re-
voked. Gasoline ration to be in
creased. Army announces $3.5 bill
lion procurement cut in 80 days.
WPB relaxes controls on expert
mental models.
10. Krng announces removal of
73 restrictions on manufacture Of
civilian products.
II. VINO relaxes manpower con-
trolls. Most new civilian goods tc
be sold at 1912 retail prices, says
OPA,