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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
2
Congressional action on a veterans mustering-out pay bill faces Senate approval after House passage. The measure would grant 300 dollars to discharged vets with 60 days service and 100 dollars to those released before 60 days, for an estimated 3.5 billion dollar cost.
U S aircraft plants aim to produce over 100000 planes in 1944 with more than half combat type. Trainers and obsolete ships will be reduced and converted to parts production for other models. Total weight is projected near 1 billion pounds, up from 750 million in 1943.
Government release of steel wire for springs signals furniture with coils may reach factories in two to three months. British debt stands at 77 billion dollars as of December 31, per the chancellor. Blood plasma use cuts wounded death rate to 0.3 percent in the Pacific. Europe needs at least 100 million homes, while the United States may require 15 to 20 million new housing units in the next decade.
Thousands of hogs remain unsold as a permit system for shipments is imposed at the Chicago stockyards. Commission firms receive weekly quotas based on a share of their 1943 first eleven months volume and farmers are to be alerted when to sell. The goal is to fit shipments to packers’ capacities and cut feed costs, shrinkage, bruises and deaths.
War Production Board Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson called for immediate government industry cooperation to build a strong postwar armament program. He urged Congress support, government responsibility, industry cooperation, and keeping some government plants in reserve with up to date equipment.
Chicago dairies continue to package milk in paper containers pending a state Supreme Court rehearing. Courts ruled paper packaging not allowed under the city ordinance, and no sanitary issue was addressed. A rewritten law could permit legal use of paper containers.
U S bombers open a corridor as Chinese troops under Lieut Gen Stilwell push through western Burma toward a new supply route to China. British Fourteenth army units counter Jap attacks in the south while engineers work to reopen the Burma road.
The Army quartermaster laboratories report a drying process that reduces water content to 2.25 percent and seals milk in airtight containers with inert gas, preventing rancidity in tropical conditions and suggesting a potential profitable industry.
Cherie Nicholas surveys the hand crocheted craze in fashion detailing cozy toys, sweaters, vests, mittens, shawls, and accessories. The piece highlights Greta Plattry’s white wool set, shell stitch designs, bright embroidery, and versatile wear with bold color combinations for winter outfits.
Little girls will wear eye pleasing hat and pinafore ensembles this season. Designers use media such as pique denim percales gabardine glazed chintz and black sateen with vivid color touches. Aprons double as play frocks with applique fruits flowers and fairy tale figures. Fagetting feather stitching bows lace frills embroidery and rick rack decorate the sets. Bonnet hats crown the outfits in quaint picturesque vogue.
Dressy little black frocks gain charm and sophistication from white sequined neckwear. Collars cuffs yokes and pockets feature embroidered sequins in round berths game square and solid designs, echoing the now vogue black and white theme.
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