Burr Oak Dam plans eyed to back 800 acres in Ohio
Glouster area braces for postwar Burr Oak dam funding. The project would flood 800 acres for industrial use, with $295,000 gap to be filled by state bond or other means. Congress has paused such projects. Rep. Jenkins seeks state and national action. Community pride and wartime economy color merchants views as they plan for future prosperity.
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Congress
Thomas A. Jenkins
Glouster
John Owens
National
UMW Policy Committee
UMW
Ohio
Owens
First American women on Attu arrive as pilgrim peaches
Eight Navy nurses led by Lt. Judith Wilson reach Attu Island, the first American women to live there since its recovery from the Japanese. They arrived on Thanksgiving Day marking a historic postwar occupation milestone.
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Attu
Judith Wilson
Anchorage
Alaska
Plans to Merge Industry and Agriculture for Rural Prosperity
Wright argues future plans must include both industry and agriculture to raise production without depleting soil. He outlines six practices including lime application for alfalfa, manure care, proper fertilization, erosion control, meadow fertilization, and livestock gains. He urges stronger farm organizations and notes rural water, heating, and electric lines reshape country life.
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Country Church
Change of CIO Leadership Important to Ohio Labor
Ohio labor highlights for 1943 show leadership change at the state CIO with Ted F. Silvey stepping down as secretary treasurer and nominating William Lavelle as successor. Silvey later served as liaison to the War Production Board while labor and industry note fewer work stoppage days due to disputes than industrial accidents.
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CIO
Ohio
Columbus
Ted F. Silvey
Oees
State Council
Silvey
William Lavelle
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
National Cio
National Organization
War Production Board
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Industrial Commission
Lavelle
E. L. Keenan
Sailor Returns Five Days Early From Ten Day Furlough
MEMPHIS Tennessee TM Officers at the Naval Air Technical Training Center report a sailor named T. G. Wilder from Tulsa Oklahoma who came back five days into a ten day furlough. He said he wanted to see his relatives before most friends went into the services.
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Memphis
Tenn
Naval Air Technical Training Center
T. G. Wilder
Tulsa
Okla
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