War End Brings Job Shifts and Uneven Recovery
Washington analysts track how reconversion and demobilization surge switch war plants to peacetime roles and push millions, including six to nine million servicemen, toward unemployment rolls. They note a rising female claim rate, skilled workers most represented, and a potential crisis by 1947 if jobs fail to materialize.
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Peter Pugh
Japan
Hank Haines
Hank
United States Employment Service
Peter
Pacific
Haines
Unemployment Compensation Office
Washington
Social Security Board
Mufti
Congress
Walkie Talkies Deemed Threat and Boon to Farmers
A satirical piece warns that production of affordable walkie talkies will flood daily life with chatter. It predicts chaos for farmers and hunters who lose silence and warns the device could threaten order even as it aids workers on the road and in fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Peep
Maud Muller
Gossiping Maud Muller on a Summer Day
In a rural scene Maud Muller bakes and chats with a walkie talkie at her side while gossip spreads among Gus Chester Marge and Gert. The judge rides by hearing the chatter and slows his horse to listen, fearing the noise might carry.
Maud Muller and a Gossiping Judge Chorus
A fragment from a social verse centers on Maud Muller and a judge as gossip swirls about affairs at a night club. A linked quiz questions section plays with mischief about metals politics and history, ending with the judge marrying a wealthy wife while Maud muses on the gossip.
Barbs by Bankhage on education and public figures
The column notes that Louis Brownlow and Watson Miller did not finish grade school yet are highly educated. It mentions General Spaatz potential gubernatorial run in 1946 and the notable 18 million women who worked on V J Day. It ends with a remark that if women teens and older workers left, employment issues would ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Brownlow
District of Columbia
Civic Administration
Watson Miller
Federal Security Administration
A Smart Junior Two-Piece Frock for Holiday Festivities
A smooth junior two piece frock features a scalloped closing and a pert flared peplum with a gored skirt that flatters many figures. Pattern No. 1417 fits sizes 11 through 18 and requires 3 7/8 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 12. Send your order to the provided address.
Silvery brittle metal and diverse facts from a quiz
A list of trivia items including a silvery brittle metal, an appointment, the word no, the state Oklahoma, a sequence of seven colors, a claim about knowledge of 180 U S dialects, a split wartime payment totaling eighty two cents, a method by soap, a reference to Alexander Pope and a note on Georges Clemenceau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
U.S
War Department
Navy Department
Alexander Pope
Georges Clemenceau
Mix Your Own Cough Syrup to Save Money
A home cough remedy blends 2 cups sugar 1 cup water with 2% ounces Pinex in a pint bottle to create four times the amount. No cooking required honey or corn syrup can substitute. The syrup eases cough with phlegm loosening and throat soothing effects and offers a refund if not satisfied.
Beulah Hankins Praises Faultless Starch Letter
A Indianapolis homemaker Beulah Hankins writes in praise of Faultless Starch. She claims the starch saves time on ironing for her large family and condemns critics who say it is for lazy people. She notes her eight month old twins and a four year old, ironing many weekly outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Beulah Hankins
S. Collier
Faultless Starch Company
Fountain pen claims two year no-refill guarantee
The note extols a fountain pen praised for a two year ink supply without refilling. The author jokes that part of its charm is the grumbling it inspires, while quoting sayings and maxims with fondness for proverbs.
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