War Economy Bolt: Petroleum, Pay Scales in Focus
An analysis in the Bulletin of the National Association of Purchasing Agents highlights how World War II logistics drive heavy reliance on petroleum products, reshaping invasion plans and wartime mobilization. It cites wage disparities, noting machine shop pay reaching $8500 annually, and calls for postwar economic initiatives to stabilize employment and aid rehabilitation efforts led by Dr Eugene Staley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Renard
No- Gasolinational Association of Pur- Goes
Engel
Michigan
Brehon B. Mervell
United Nations
Erica
Eugene Staley
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
Jobs for all by Paul Mallon
Washington observers outline a postwar plan to sustain full employment through mass production and low price policy. Private industry would boost output and lower prices while maintaining wages, with government aiding through competition, tax policy, and selective public works restraint to stabilize the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mallon
General Electric
David ©. Prince
Aluminum Company of America
United States Chamber of Commerce
Brookings Institution
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
National Resources Planboard
Radville conflict over Terrence House sale and scheme collapse
Ann earns praise from Dr. Miller for saving lives and offering housing to evacuees as Jerry confronts Mr. Baxton, Sarah, and Bert over a failed plan to profit from Terrence House. Tensions rise as accusations of duplicity surface and the property’s fate hangs in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Jerry
Dr. Miller
Miss Harrington
Radville
Mr. Baxton
Sarah
Bert
Terrence House
Doctor
Terrence House Triumph Ends in Selfless Gift
Ann Harrington learns the house and its fate belong to trailer families aiding defense work. Jerry reveals a hidden contract and conceals a will to prevent custody battles. Ann destroys the will and accepts a future built on communal living, with her love for Jerry sealed and both relieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence House
Ann
Jerry
Wallace Jones clash signals need for disciplined government
Lipppmann argues the Wallace Jones dispute exposes a breakdown in executive discipline and team unity. He says a strong administration would remove the two officials and insists an integrated, coherent policy is required to prevent inflation and a wider foreign policy disorder across agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Jones
Washington
Mr. Jones
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury, Agriculture
Honolulu
Jap Army
Saito
Japa
Asia
Ernie Pyle’s rise from small-town columnist to war hero
The St Louis Post-Dispatch profiles Ernie Pyle, tracing his career from a modest homey column to a widely syndicated war correspondent. It notes his growing popularity, the shift in reader interest as he covered North Africa, and his unadorned, person-centered reporting that now places ordinary people in the spotlight, including specific dispatches and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Pyle
Africa
Ernie
United Feature Syndicate
Scripps-Howard Management
North Africa
Dispatch
Washington
Cinderella
Lieut
Cowell Vandeventer
Clemens Avenue
St. Louis
Vandeventer
Puzzler World War I Themed Clues Solve Horizontal and Vertical
A dense OCR style puzzle with numbered across and down clues. The grid features terms like sky guardian riots and metal as well as a long list of synonyms and phrases including Shoshone Indian and deciliter, plus a vertical set with words such as trim prohibit and compass point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sky Guardian
River
Royal Navy
Tyson
Jiro Saito, Japan’s undercover ace in war of nerves
In Collier's account by Clark Lee, Col Jiro Saito of the Imperial Japanese army is described as a master of deception and propaganda. The article suggests the Japs aim for stalemate and a negotiated peace with a future conservative cabinet, presenting Saito as a suave, soft-spoken figure who could plead for amity while steering toward world mastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Jiro Saito
Imperial Japanese Army
Manila
Japan
Tokyo
Sam
Pacific
America
United States
Honolulu
Saito
Postwar visions and war remarks from Liberty piece
The column compiles wartime sentiments by Knox Sikorski and others, praising victory and unity while noting varied viewpoints. It also surveys postwar aviation forecasts by W S Davies of Unite Air Lines, detailing four airplane types, long runways, and up to 6,000 coast to coast flights monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Davies
Unite Air Lines
Davies
New York
San Francisco
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Texas
GRND
Bowe
Jon & McCarty
Cao
Paul Mallon
Johnson & Johnson
Adelaide Hazeltine
Old Gibbs
Grand Gussie
Augusta Terrence
Ann Harrington
Wallace-Jones
Walter Lippmann
Secretary of Commerce
Lippmann
State Department
FE. W
Treasury
By Alvin H. Goldstein
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Smiths and Browns
City
Village
Hamlet
Ernie Prye
England
London
Ace
Gle
Boy
William
Beebe
Kono On
Clark Lee
Collier's
Yokohama
Hamburg
Knox
Sikorski
Roosevelt
Seguno E. Storni
Bombardier
le Mans
France
Tunisia
Tunis
Wayne Parrish
Liberty
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