Great Times Are Upon Us for War Preparations
The piece argues that after the Aid bill the Administration will push the United States into a full war footing. It predicts price controls, socialist-like economic management, and massive spending to arm Britain, with profiteering and bureaucratic waste as the norm while labor and defense industries boom. It foresees summer participation and a long, costly conflict ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Britain
Russia
Roosevelt
Wool and cotton clothes for sheep test gains
A Laramie Wyoming ranch outfits several hundred ewes in cotton clothing as part of a Department of Agriculture and cotton research lab test. The aim is to keep sheep warmer with less supplemental feed and to boost wool production benefiting both industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt on jurisdictional strikes in defense work
President Roosevelt warned that broad support would fade for jurisdictional strikes in defense programs. He cited the Wright Field dispute where five CIO electricians faced 400 AFL workers walkouts, paralyzing wind tunnel, torque stand, radio lab, and dynamometer lab projects. The War Department halted the five CIO staff, returning AFL workers, then CIO workers, then AFL workers again.
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New York
Wright Field
A. F. of
L. Electricians
A. F. of L
War Department
The
Electrical Company
C. LO
Sons of Toll
Maryland
Army Camp
Carpenters’ Union
Roofers’ Union
William Green
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Sidney Hillman
Patrick’s rules for new congressmen reveal hazing and humor
Peter Edson profiles Luther Patrick a Birmingham Alabama congressman who shares a 30 minute floor talk on new member trials He lists do nots and tips drawn from his own rookie missteps including avoiding originality assigning credit and relying on a secretary He notes reading and family ties matter in Washington and jokes about the Senate and Mr Roosevelt placeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
Ala
House of Representatives
Patrick
House
Alabama
Rayburn
P.S
Congressional
Albany Club Election Highlights Local Women Leaders
Albany Wednesday Club chose Florence Brown as president with Lucile Barnes and Faye Cline as vice presidents. The issue notes poetry published by Adaline Parker and a March 14 style review at the high school, plus FFA activities, PTA play, and upcoming honor rolls across grades.
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Albany
Joseph Burdette
Florence Brown
Lucile Barnes
Faye Cline
Lena Welch
Olive Baughman
Edna Lasch
Jane Dailey
Adaline Parker
Albany F.F.A
Waterloo F.F.A
Albany Won. Refreshments Were Served To 50 Boys. the District F.F.A
P.T.A
Albany Consolidated
Louis Campbell
MacDonald
D. I L. Gandee
Albert Leadinghaus
Celeste Williams
Williard Simonton
Grace Vorhes
Kathleen Smith
Donald Hoffee
Hope Bremser
Reverend Everson
Arthur van Dyke
Albany High School
Mabel Beatty
Naomi Calvin
Helen Davis
Norma Lee McDaniel
Carl Robinson
Margaret Whiteman
Betty Pugh
Mildred Pugh
Jane Ryan
Dick Gg
William Elliott
Robert Ussell
Lamar Springer
Gene West
Lois Dunn
Iona Higginbotham
Marie Pauley
Marcile Bailey
Worley Baughman
Kathleen Johnson
Lola Lewellen
Kathleen Simonton
Helen Tewksbury
Eloise West
Claire Dinsmoor, Jr
Davis Greene
Harry Hoffee
Lloyd Stanley
Eula Beatty
Beulah Calvin
Dana Barnhouse
Mazie Johnson
Kathleen Marcum
Doris Moore
Aldine Radcliffe
Dorothy Haning
Lia Mae Jones
June Pencelli
Mary Ellen Riley
Dortha Whiteman
Max Farley
Sherwood Gillogly
Gerson Munn
Roger van Dyke
Lon Gillogly
A Family Talk Poem From Mrs Rosalie West
A reader submission titled A Family Talk shares a verse about birds planning a nest and springtime. The piece notes a willow sheltering the nest and the wind rocking the young, signaling the approach of warmer days. Read by Messenger Readers and bearing the name and address of Mrs Rosalie West from Kanauga Ohio.
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Rosalie West
Kanauga, O
Great Bend Briefs Rumors and Visits In Town
Mrs. Dorthy Wolfe and daughter Bonnie visited Harrisonville on business. Several neighbors called on Gladys Harris and Dorthy Wolfe. Maxine Hoback ill. Mrs. Dessie Patterson also ill. M E Ladies Aid met at Mary Furbee’s. Sunday School 9:30. preaching 7. Automobile industry uses corn for rubber substitutes totaling 500000 bushels from 11280 acres across 1000000 cars produced.
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Great Bend
Dorthy Wolfe
Bonnie
Harrisonville
Shahan
Elsie Shahan
Helen Harris
Ethel Hoback
Gladys Harris
Lubert Theiss
Great Bend Grange
Ernest Clark
Maxine
Dessie Patterson
M. E. Ladies Aid
Mary Furbee
Art Smith
J. D. Hoback
The
Baptist Church
Dear April Back to New York Amid Singer’s Breakthrough
In Serial Story Chapter XXV, April confronts Kent with a letter from Ann declaring a radio contract and a dream of singing. Ann had planned to tell Kent the truth about her feelings, but deadlines and deception collide as April reveals Ann’s identity. Kent confronts April at the gate.
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New York
C. S O
A. F. of L
April
Vivano
Bird
Kent
Elizabeth
Mother
Dad
Ann
Door
Kent Carter
Drafted for love and the wedding that never was
April and Kent confront a torn romance amid a New York dream contract and a looming wedding. April reveals she was drafted for love and Kent forgives, vowing to wait as she declares a lifelong enlistment in love. The tale ends with the couple embracing uncertain futures.
Tendered Shower At Hemlock Grove
Mrs. Maud Ross hosted a stork shower at her Hemlock Grove home last Wednesday for Mrs. Orville Stout. Guests enjoyed sewing, gifts, and lunch for attendees including Mrs. Ferdie Gill and Mrs. Ida Cullums among others.
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Hemlock Grove
Maud Ross
Orville Stout
Ferdie Gill
Ida Cullums
Val Wells
Porter Midkiff
Ziba Midkiff
Nora Eastman
Sam Eastman
Edna Romine
Ethel Midkiff
Ray Whaley
Howard Swindell
Vada Paulsen
Bert Romine
Charles Romine
Henry Euler
Nellie
Golda Heilman
Pomeroy
Dell Smith
J. J. Will
R. V. Heilman
Bunker Hill
Jewell Story
Wilbur Midkiff
Homer Midkiff
George Logan
Bernice King
Everett Taylor
Taylor
Torch Church Groups Meet On Thursday Night
Torch-March meeting of the Baptist Church societies was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Asa Long with Mrs. W T Crandal presiding. Members cut quilt blocks for foreign lands and a quilt top was gifted to Miss Virginia Crandal. Thirteen attended and refreshments followed. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Crandal. The Torchlights class of the Methodist church met Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs James Criss. Several local residents traveled or moved recently and a birth announced: Donna Jean Cunningham born March 1 at St Joseph hospital in Parkersburg.
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The
Baptist Church Societies
Asa Long
W. T. Crandal
Tim
Virginia Crandal
Methodist Church Sunday School
James Criss
George Brooks
Indiana
Leo Johnson
Coolville
Carl Shultz
Columbus
Hubert Cunningham
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Donna Jean
Woodrow Shafer
F. D. Shafer
John Johnson
Harrisonville
Violet Reeves
Reedsville
Emma Smith
Jess
John Hall
Hockingport Road
D. P. Watson
Alden Belpre
Lillie Watson
Pomeroy
Athens
Emma Posey
Jake Lyons
Floyd Britt
Little Hocking
Cyrus Jones
Vienna
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Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
the Messenger
Trimble Township
Old Oxford
Trimble
Fal! Kimpton
Sol Tinker
Thomas Duffy
John Robison
Sam Pettet
Sedalia
Mr. Buckley
Glouster
Waate
Ohio River
Messenger
Mr. Carson
J. D. Lehew Glouster
R.D
Albany Club
Frances Cline
Wayne Matthews
E. K. Carpenter
N. A. Bourgeois
Frank Radcliffe
Henry Chase
Jeffie Tewksbury
Poet's Corner
By Galbraith
Great Bend Briefs
BY Ruth Ayers
NEA Service
Hal Parks
Carter House
Torch
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