Carpenter Hardware Co Moves to Bigger Store Front
Carpenter Hardware Co marking its 50th anniversary relocates from 9 N Court St to 30-32 S Court St Wheaton area space previously Wheaton Hardware. President S S Carpenter forecasts postwar boom with stock replenishment and new models and business methods. Company origins trace to 1894 with Glouster and Athens ventures and multiple Ohio stores.
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Carpenter Hardware Co
N. Court St
S. Court St
Wheaton Hardware Co
S. S. Carpenter
Bryson
Nelsonville
Athens
Logan
George Kurtz
Christmas Day Shelling of Bougainville Explodes Troops
The 37th Army Division delivered a Christmas Day barrage at Bougainville near the Empress Augusta Bay beachhead. More than 320 tons of explosives and over 8,000 artillery rounds targeted Japanese bivouacs and troops by the Torokina River mouth. A 400 by 800 yard area was leveled by 2,700 rounds in a 15 day attack. Captain Reginald S. Jackson of Toledo, Ohio, reported record tonnages dropped by bombers in the heaviest raids.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
37Th
Empress Augusta Bay
Torokina River
Limis
Reginald S. Jackson
Toledo
Hitler Graveyard Sign Found in St Louis Factory
Fragments from a St Louis, Missouri factory show a sign reading This helped Hitler It is the graveyard of your mistakes. The readable text connects to wartime propaganda and reflects damaged materials found during assessors cleanup.
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Hitler
St. Louis
Arts as Morale Builders in World War II
The article notes that in 1943 the military used arts to boost morale with encouraged young painters and commissioned professionals. Musicians traveled to entertain troops, army navy book purchases reached millions, and overseas editions circulated. The Metropolitan Opera expanded its season and Detroit’s symphony revived, signaling a strong home-front arts period.
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Metropolitan Opera
Detroit
No whisky in bottles in display stores in San Francisco
In San Francisco windows shop clerks face wear and tear reduction with signs in liquor and candy shops. One sign in a liquor store window reads There is no whisky in these bottles and another in a candy shop claims These are dummy boxes There are no chocolates in them.
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San Francisco
Fewer bankruptcies in 1943 estimate says Dun and Bradstreet
New York report notes only about one third as many concerns failed in 1943 as in 1942 according to Dun and Bradstreet analysts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
War fuels surge in U S industry and finance in 1943
AP report details Roosevelt war budget of 100 billion for the year ending June, record production up 50 percent from 1942, rising payrolls and incomes, inflation pressures with high saving and retail spending, taxes at a record 40 billion, nearly 40 billion borrowed, national debt above 170 billion, stocks rising but volatile on peace rumor, and postwar reconversion planning.
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Thomas D. Hagenbuch
AP Financial
Roosevelt
1943 Had Its Share of Dippy Dizzy Moments
Feature roundup by William Glover highlights oddities from 1943 across love work war and politics. Notable items include a Portland man biting glass and paying for it, a Newark schoolyard free-for-all, a telephoned proposal in Brooklyn, animals performing remarkable feats, dice morale boosts, a long trek by a military plane, and fashion wartime shifts including Veronica Lake. It notes political quirks and women’s anecdotes plus cultural oddities as the year ends.
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Portland
Ore
Newark
N. J
Marvin Rubin
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beatrice Brown
William Kreutzer
Hays
Kas
Medford
William P. Rosenbach
Chicago
Beaufort
N. C
Department of Interior
Navy
Idaho
WPB
Florida
Mexico
Stockton
Progressive Party
Bridgeport
Johnson Urges Early Plans for City Airports as Memorials
Lieut. Col. Earle L. Johnson urged New England communities to acquire land and draft plans for small airports now. He said 150 to 200 acres near town can be graded for immediate flying and future expansion, linking with airline terminals and serving as a lasting memorial to service members.
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Earle L. Johnson
AAF
Civil Air Patrol
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ohio
New England Aviation
Boston
Johnson
Lose Weight Club Formed at Army Ordnance Plant
The medical department of the Army Ordnance plant in Illinois has established a Lose-2-Pounds-a-Week Club for lighter weight employees. Each individual is prescribed a personalized scientific plan to aid rapid but safe weight reduction.
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Illiopolis
Medical Department
Army Ordnance Plant
Substitute Was Word In Life Of Housewife In Wartime
A wartime satire follows Mrs America from morning to night as rationing and shortages shape daily chores. The piece traces substitutions in food, clothing, and housework, noting how couples cope with limited gas, coupons, and nylon while longing for peacetime comforts.
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America
Bridge
Hubby
Ohio Group in Congress Busy On War Work
Ohio members of Congress focus on war measures and constituent needs during 1943. Despite gubernatorial campaign news, Taft Buron and others limited domestic legislation to support the war effort. Members report heavy mail and steady requests for rationing and shortages information.
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Ohio
Congress
Washington
John W. Bricker
Robert Crosser
Michael J. Kirwan
Michael A. Feighan
Robert A. Taft
Harold H. Burton
House
Walls of Bus Were Made of Rubber
In Chattanooga Tennessee War Labor Board hearing bus driver W L Boucher testified he recently carried 134 passengers on a 36 passenger bus. He said he moved the crowd to the bus shop to fix a door control and counted passengers as they boarded another vehicle. Mechanics claimed many could not get on but they did.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. L. Boucher
Nashville
Regional War Labor Board
Boucher
Fire destroys Latham truck. whistle saved
A fire in Latham Kas destroyed the town’s fire truck though firefighters kept a large whistle from the wreckage. No injuries were reported.
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Latham
Kas
Athens State Mental Hospital plans heavy new construction
The Athens State Hospital program proposes a three story wing for male patients a new receiving ward and a physicians unit funded by about 450000 dollars as part of a 1943 44 biennial plan. About 190000 dollars is set for repairs and rehabilitation with total welfare funds around 9100000 for the period.
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Athens State
Herbert R. Mooney
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Athens
Mooney
Welfare
Ohio
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W. A. Carpenter
J. Ezra Carpenter
L. F. Carpenter
Washington D. C
Fred Carpenter
B. A. Wolfe
BY John Selby
William Glover
Dennis Mullane
Staten Island
Columbus, CO
Clara Whitehead
Julie Bishop
War Manpower Commission
Veronica Lake
Alex Smith
Kansas City
Canada
Pat Branigan
Logansport
Ind
John Barrymore
Hamlet
Frank Sinatra
Potsdam
Germany
Geodetic Institute
North
South America
Europe
Africa
THE
Athens State Hospit
Shas
Mae
Thens State Hospital
Civ! Air Patrol
C. B. Nye
CAP
Nye Chevrolet
P. F. Good
Lawhead Press
G. K. Bush
the Messenger
Civil Air Patrol Auxiliary of
Army Air Forces
Group 10
the Cline Pharmacy
Air Corps
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Aviation Cadet
Army
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington, D.G
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army
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