Small Business to Feel Benefit of Reconversion
A 1940s column details Maury Maverick and the Smaller War Plants Corp pressuring War Production Board to ease civilian production rules. It argues reconversion will revive small firms, curb inflation, and reduce unemployment as aluminum, magnesium, and steel surpluses move to civilian goods.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Apo Ct
War Plants Corporation
Congress
San Antonio
Texas
Maury Maverick
Maury
Congressional
Maverick
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Farmers urged to study world agricultural market and cartels
An unsigned analysis argues that international cartels are forming and urges farmers to adopt an international view. It highlights wheat market dynamics postwar and proposes a global insurance fund to stabilize farm income, stockpile commodities, and smooth prices. It cites Morris A. Copeland’s War Production Board work.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Industrial Commission
Morris A. Copeland
Bureau of Planning And‘statistics
War Production Board
Dr. Copeland
Bicycles to China for Army Use and Youth Roster Advances
More than 6000 bicycles will be airlifted to China for the Chinese army to navigate areas where roads are poor. Youths aged 16 to 17 with parental consent may train for U S merchant marine service. Farmers face hazard years from drought floods or low prices, and should invest wartime income in war bonds to safeguard finances.
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China
U. S. Merchant Marine
Nazi Snipers Cause Real Trouble for Yank Invaders
Ernie Pyle recounts Normandy sniping as a pervasive threat from hedgerows and ruined buildings. American units adapt to sniper-conscious tactics while villagers show relief and curiosity, offering aid, tea, and small gestures of goodwill amid ongoing combat.
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France
Bizerte
Cassino
Normandy
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Barneville
Pyle Describes San Sah-Vure War Ravaged Town
Pyle contrasts two wars with Saint Sauveur le Vicomte, nicknamed San Sah-Vure, noting gutted buildings, rubble filled streets, and bomb craters large enough to swallow houses. A World War I comparison echoes a veteran’s remark that this war is like the last but with bigger holes. Main roads are macadam, side roads gravel, narrow and hard for traffic.
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Saint Sauveur le Vicomte
San Sah-Vure
Verdun
Home Front chair project design 26% for 15c
A simple weekend chair project uses only three stock lumber widths with straight cuts. It assembles by nail or screw and features a removable back for easy movement and winter storage. Mrs Spears provides a full sheet with diagrams materials and steps, Design 26%.
Lobbyist Numbers Surge in Washington Over Two Decades
Over the past twenty years the count of active lobbyists in Washington has risen from about 150 to roughly 15,000, reflecting a dramatic expansion of influence and advocacy activity in the capital.
How to Treat Pinkeye in Cattle and Herd Health
Pinkeye or bovine keratitis spreads in pastures and dairy herds with hemorrhagic septicemia and pus-producing staphylococci contributing. Treatments include Mixed Bacteria Formula No 1 vaccinations, eye washes with salt water, sulfathiazole and sulfanilamide, ephedrine to reduce inflammation, and Pinkeye Liquid Fidelity for administration. Vaccination of exposed herds and digestive aids help restore appetite. consult Fidelity Laboratories for supplies.
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U. S
Fidelity Laboratories, Inc
Chicago Y, IL
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Barrow Lyons
WMY Staff
Corray
Lee Marshall
WFA
Kansas
Europe
Bankhag
Ernie Pyle
Berg
Fem
D-day
Normandy Beachhead
Pyle
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford
New York
Enver
Rau Wallaer
RB. C
United States
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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