Reconversion Still a Dream For Our Maidless Kitchens
The United States Employment Service report and a housewife survey in Amarillo show domestic help remains scarce. Sept to Nov placements total 26, with 17 on short terms. most were wartime workers returning to other jobs or doing day work. Wages stay high and employers outline duties in advance while workers resist domestic roles. openings for 27 maids, two yard men, four nurses and 16 day workers persist with no quick fix evident.
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Amarillo
United States Employment Service
Seventh
van Buren
Redeployment Timetable for American Divisions in Europe
Paris dispatch details the redeployment of U S units in Europe with dates and routes. Units on the move include the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-ninth Infantry and the Twelfth Armored en route on high seas. Others prepare to disembark at Le Havre and Marseille staging areas with further shipments to the United States or United Kingdom.
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Paris
U.P
12Th Armored
Cald
Marseille
le Havre
United Kingdom
United States
Nintieth Infantry
Calas
Eighty-second Airborne
Sixteenth Corps
Thirty-sixth Infantry
High Seas
Twenty-ninth
Bravery Keeps Birmingham School Ladders Busy
A slight, graying man strains to stay on top of work six days a week, climbing 40-foot ladders to keep Birmingham school children on schedule despite never-ending tasks.
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Birmingham
Editor warns against overloading with jokes in Digest
Myra Keen editor of Magazine Digest warns that while jokes can amuse readers too many jokes may spoil a section. Two years ago the Digest offered cash awards for jokes of varying freshness, prompting readers to submit humorous pieces.
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New York
Myra Keen
Magazine Digest
Digest
Eyewitness account of Indianapolis sinking given in court
Lt Charles B. McKisick testifies at a general court martial of Captain McVay about the Indianapolis disaster on July 30 in the Philippine Sea. He describes explosions, smoke, chaotic attempt to salvage crew, and estimates 850 men evacuated with 300 to 350 trapped or killed.
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Washington
U.P
Indianapolis
Philippine Sea
Charles B. McKisick
Dallas
Charles B. McVay
McKissick
Pasageway
Gums Product Promises Money Back Guarantee
An advertisement urges customers to try a dental product named GUMS and promises a refund if the first bottle of LETO'S fails to satisfy. It questions readers about gum appearance itching and burning and offers pharmacist return policy.
Cabbie Receives 50000 From Will of East Orange Boss
John J. Brophy, 40, longtime driver for East Orange Cab Co, inherits a life interest of one eighth of a 400000 estate from Carl Rupprecht, longtime Du Pont manager, for assisting him during conversations that kept him from business and opera chatter. Brophy, a 13 year veteran and Army veteran, rejoined his job after discharge in 1944. Rupprecht died September 10.
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FAST
Carl Rupprecht
Rupprecht
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc
East Orange
Brophy
John J. Brophy
Big Fish in Frog Ponds and Business
A compact note notes that rare opportunities exist in unlikely places. It compares catching a large fish in a frog pond to finding significant gains in modest ventures and signals a broader lesson about risk and value.
Keen Sees Week’s Hamper of Jokes Grow Tiring
Miss Keen wades through about 600 entries weekly with roughly 60 light humor pieces. She has grown sharper as friends try familiar anecdotes on her, finding the jokes increasingly hackneyed.
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Miss Keen
Soldier seeks pay for lost barber kit on D Day
Pfc. Kazar Kazanjian of Fitchburg requests $52.50 from the government for a barber's kit lost during D-Day off the Normandy coast. He states he cannot resume civilian work until the kit is replaced.
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.P
Fitchburg
Normandy
Pfc
Kazar Kazanjian
Keeper of the Clocks Can't Catch Up on Work
In Birmingham Alabama R M Walkley has kept all Birmingham public school clocks since 1908 and once handled the city schools plumbing squad with two assistants. He worries about keeping pace as time and duties grow.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
R. M. Walkley
Walkley
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