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Michigan anticipates postwar population shift to small towns
War work wind down prompts workers to return home as Willow Run plant closes June 15. State planners warn of 1945 layoffs, with Detroit area seeing major job cuts and state unemployment benefits shaping reconversion. Governors, lawmakers consider revised benefits and plant reserves while local public works loom as unemployment bulwark. Savings and durable goods demand fuel optimism about Michigan’s postwar outlook.
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Michigan
Willow Run
Ford Motor Company
Louis M. Nims
State Revenue Commissioner
C. C. Carlton
Motor Wheel Corporation
Lansing
Michigan Committee For Economic Development
Michigan State Planning Commission
Eugene B. Elliott
Don Weeks
Detroit
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Carlton
Detroit Real Estate Board
Truman
Congress
State Commission
Kelly
Planning Commission
Vernon J. Brown
Upper Peninsula
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