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Show Nylon Bartered For Grain In Nebraska Nylon stockings, more directly of precious concern to the ladies had struck a unique note of official offi-cial interest among the nation's states this week as moves were afoot to stem strikes and rub out tho black market. Meanwhile, "business as usual" stato interests saw the biggest post-war load of hay brought from far-western Nevada to metropolitan metropoli-tan New Jersey, New York concerning con-cerning itself with buying a skyscraper sky-scraper and other states settling down to the routine jobs of road-building road-building and lawmaking. Charges that nylons, tires and new cars are being bartered for grain in Nebraska were under investigation in-vestigation in that state, but an official of the Office of Price Administration there said he had : heard of no such deals, i At Dea Moines, la., however, an j official of the Omaha Grain Ex- chango had reported that the j barter system was "going on all ! over tho country, apparently with ' OPA approval." But the Iowa j OPA reported that it considered any trade of scarce corn for nylons ny-lons or other items, as illegal, and it launched an investigation. Omaha OPA officials had announced an-nounced no definite findings on the point of legality of such transactions trans-actions and appeared to be without with-out proof that they were illegal if ceiling prices are paid for corn and the goods offered in exchange. |