Defense Aids and Warnings From Roosevelt and War Office
President Roosevelt warned that Japanese moves toward Indo China threaten Pacific security and the Allied cause while stressing oil policy and defense needs. War and labor reports show sharp production gains in tanks guns powder and planes, plus steps to manage power and fuel, with a new fair employment committee to curb discrimination in defense jobs.
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Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
CIO
AFL
Stabilization pact covers 800,000 AFL tradesmen
Hillman announced 800,000 AFL building trades members reached a stabilization agreement with the Government calling for no strikes on defense projects during the emergency and no work stoppage over jurisdictional disputes or other causes. He told Chicago railroad officials that 100,000 unemployed skilled railroad workers could shift to defense work under a voluntary labor priority plan. Projections show 1,000,000 aircraft industry workers needed by July 1942, vs 200,000 employed now. 555,600 shipyard workers needed by next July vs 375,000 today. Navy Secretary Knox presented a Naval Ordnance flag to 14 firms ahead of schedule. others can wear it as a mark of excellence. The Maritime Commission notes shipbuilding is about sixty days ahead. Prices officials urge bread price restraint while costs rise. Aluminum collection drives will funnel July scrap to concentration points, with smelters offered scraps at OPACS prices.
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OPM
Hillman
AFL
Chicago
Navy Navy
Knox
Naval Ordnance
Defense
Maritime Commission
Aluminum Collection Ocd
LaGuardia
Treasury Deparment
Legion Convention Plans Set for Grand Rapids
George Kremble, General Chairman, reports the 23rd annual Department of Michigan American Legion convention will be held in Grand Rapids August 9 to 12. Pre registration shows the largest attendance yet as committees worked over three months to arrange four days of sessions and entertainment for attending members.
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Department of Michigan American Legion
George Kremble
Convention Corporation
Grand Rapids
Legion
Michigan
Little Known Facts About Ice Cream Nutrition
Health article notes ice cream averages 200 calories per serving of one sixth quart, less than lemon pie at 450 and angel food cake at 350. Explains air in ice cream, dairy bases, and common beliefs about pairing with fish, highlighting its nutritional value and production scale.
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National Dairy Council
TB toll in the country rises every eight and a half minutes
Mr and Mrs Hilmer Nyman left for Muskegon Tuesday where Mr Nyman is employed. The line notes a TB death every eight and a half minutes, day and night, highlighting the ongoing toll of tuberculosis in the country.
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Hilmer Nyman
Muskegon
Mr. Nyman
Anothers switch to switches BRINGS ANOTHER AGE OF EASE
Mrs 1941 notes in advertising copy that switching to electric switches for cooking brings an age of ease. She claims flameless electric cooking avoids scorching pots, frees time, and improves meals with automatic heat. The piece promotes cooking with electric appliances to 3,000,000 women.
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Germa
FBI
New York
Babe Ruth
TY Cobb
Babe
Office of Government Reports
Welles
Indo-China
Pacific
United States
Philippine Islands
Japan
South Pacific
Great Britain
Far East
West
Stimson
War Department
Army
Selective Service Headquarters
Congress
Britain
Jones
RFC
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
U. S
Knudsen
J. A. Krug
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Missouri
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Defense Petroleum
Iekes
Atlantic
Mr. Ickes
East Texas
Atlantic Coast
Henderson
Labor
Hart
Agriculture Opm
Elmer J. Kuivinen
Peoples State Bank
Louis A. Filippini
P. A
Bessemer
Gogebic County
John J. Frick
Lake Superior District Power CO
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