WPB Change Demanded by Truman in War Production Board
President Truman demands changes in the War Production Board citing damaging delays in converting civilian industries to war needs. He calls for organizational and personnel reforms, wider labor participation, and greater small business input in WPB administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harrison
Washington
War Production Board
Truman
Missouri
Senate Committee
National Defense
WPB
Robert P. Guthrie
Senate
Guthrie
Bureau of Industry Branches
House Military Affairs
Philip D. Reed
Bureau of Industry
Reed
General Electric Company
American Army Set To Defend New Caledonia
Australian war correspondent Ian Fitchett reports United States troops on New Caledonia are well equipped and content as they defend the island guarding the sea lane to Australia. The garrison sits under canvas in forested terrain with organized hunting and fishing as a respite for soldiers on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Fitchett
Malaya
New Caledonia
Free French
Australia
United States
Ian Fitchett
Melbourne
States
Army Life on the Island Reveals Training and Daily Routines
The report describes camp life with hunting in the hills between Fifth and Sixth Ave and coastal fishing alerts. It notes soldiers learning local patois, eating tobacco and beer ration, ongoing day and night work, sports like baseball, bands, and transport readiness. Slit trenches dot the landscape for defense as vehicles are decommissioned after 6,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Sixth Ave
Neus
Classified Help Wanted and Lost and Found Notices
A collage of reader submissions includes lost dog and belongings notices, job requests from teens and adults, and a Texas insurance certification. Entries mention a small white dog, a black suitcase, a 1941 blue Buick fender skirt, and various individuals seeking work or offering household help, with references and contact info across multiple Texas addresses. A formal Board of Insurance Commissioners notice authenticates Business Men's Assurance Company of America’s Texas authority for 1942 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Austin
Texas
Business Men's Assurance Company of America
Kansas City
Missouri
Lockhart
Local Help Wanted and Found Items Notice
A mixed listing offers teen babysitting and home care requests, job seeks for yard work and waitressing, a girl seeking a pony, and a few found items including a gold pin and a social security card. Calls and contact details are provided for each short classified item.
Girl Seeks Local Work in City Prefers Clerk or Cafe
A 17 year old girl outlines job preferences on Pierce Street and notes offering services in clerical cafe work or light housework care of children without cooking duties. She invites contact via Globe News switchboard, J. W. Gilliam, for identification and pickup near Ninth Street Santa Fe building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Ninth Street
Santa Fe
Globe News
J. W. Gilliam
Pierce Street
Clay Reeves Found. Owner to Claim at Globe News Switchboard
Reeves were found last week. The owner may claim them upon identification at the Globe News switchboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News
Clay Reeves
Farm Hand Wanted and Related Help Wanted Ads
Personal ads from Vega and Dear Track list job needs including a farm hand to do general farm work with housing cow and wages a 16 year old girl seeking work and a home care helper plus a reward offer for a missing hub cap and a lost $15 in cash with details provided for return or claim. The fragmentary text references locations such as Vega Texas 913 N Jefferson Street and 614 Cleveland Street and a Studebaker President hub cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk Street
Tack
Buchanan Street
Jefferson Street
T Will
George E. McGowan
Vega
Texas
Precitate the Return of This Money
A terse note requests the return of money urgently. It mentions the claimant’s address at 614 Cleveland Street and provides a contact number 9154 for follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Street
Experienced Cashier Seeks Work and Finds Watch
A young woman seeks cashier work and notes experience. She found a man's watch and offers to return it if the owner describes it. Contact Charline Corder at 310 North Mirror Street or call 26463.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Charline Corder
North Mirror Street
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Joe C. McClelland
Potter
Amarillo
Hubert Cole
Blanche Calhoun
W. M. Adams
J. P. LeNeveu
U. S
Groton
Conn
Morgan
First Ave
Buzzy
Joann Peters
Virginia Street
A. Hitler
America
Britain
T. E. McCampbell
Clarendon
White Dog
Herrmann Keppelus Victory Hotel
S. Lincoln Street
Monroe
Canyon
Glenn Babbitt
Panhandle
N. W
Fourteenth Street
Maxine
Pauline Tate
Johnson St
Alvin Owens
Kentucky Street Call
Earl's Bar
N. W. 2Nd Ave
Harrison Street
Johnson
Bull Dog
Business
Carlyn Currie
Happy
Doris Helen Jones
Lucille
West 3Rd Street
Board OF Insurance Commissioners of the
Iwgeal
Mitchell
Billy
Joan Mison
William
Billy) Serpe
Robert Benish
Armored Force Officer School
Fort Knox
South Lincoln Street
Joe
Eighth
Bryan Streets
Bellma Dunn
Channing, Tex
R. C. Reeves
Robert
Cape Work
Studebaker President
W. E. Turner
Talmage Apts
San Jacinto
Ted Allen
Palstaff
Felstoff Brewing Corp
St. Louis
Omahe
New Orleans
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