War quickens meat packing industry to aid war effort
Chicago dispatch reports war mobilization boosting meat plants as employment climbs, tours for visitors halted, and producers like Swift and Co add thousands of workers including many women. Industry optimizes plant spread and supply chains to feed military and civilian demand while expanding payrolls and adapting pork product processing.
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Preservation advances for army meat transport
The article discusses methods to preserve military meat shipments abroad by increasing boneless beef packing and using lard at vessel bottoms as insulation for self-refrigerated meats, reflecting wartime logistics debates on supply lines.
Congressmen Targeted by “Bundles for Congress” Campaign
Spokane and West Coast residents joined a coastwise drive to send bundles to Washington in protest of pension votes. Articles ranged from rat nests to glass eyes as women workers wrapped gifts aimed at ribbing lawmakers who backed pensions for themselves.
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Wash
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Congress
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China receives yearlong war aid from United States
A Chinese government spokesman said China has enough American and British loaned war materiel to last a year. He noted much of the lease lend supplies remain undelivered due to transport limits and that Singapore’s fall would not instantly affect China’s war effort. He described loans as aiding currency stabilization and economic rebuilding.
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China
United States
Singapore
Month Without Traffic Deaths in Panhandle
The Amarillo highway patrol district reports a deathless January 1942 on Panhandle highways, the first since Model T era notes. Patrol cites luck, cites busy roads and unchanged speeds, with seven deaths in 1941 and 34 deathless days in 1942 amid wartime jitters and naval submarine counts.
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Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Amarillo
Retail retread tire rationing likely to begin this month
Washington reports indicate that rationing for retreaded tires and tubes may start soon under the Office of Price Administration. Officials note possible state and county quotas, with camelback rubber reserved for military and essential commercial vehicle use.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Office of Production Management
Defense Stamp Request From Baptist Elderly Woman
An elderly African American woman in Madison, on February 3, asked for a defense stamp. Postmistress Grace McKay asked for the denomination, and the woman replied I am a Baptist.
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Grace McKay
Welders Strike Undermined by Patriotic Rebellion
In Seattle the independent United Welders Cutters and Helpers Union faced government pressure from the War Production Board the Maritime Commission and the Army and Navy as they pressed for an end to the four day walkout. Union leaders said a new program was adopted but did not reveal details. Only about 30 percent of the union's membership remained on strike after a mass meeting.
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Wash
Independent
Puget Sound
American Federation of Labor
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers Union
War Production Board
Maritime Commission
Army and Navy
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Constipation Relief
An advertisement urges readers to use Carter's Little Liver Pills as a laxative to relieve constipation and improve bile flow. It promises increased vitality and daily well being, noting prices of 10 and 26 cents at all druggists.
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