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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1941
Page
2
New York report notes U S aid to allies, a booming industrial drive and rising farm income. Agriculture forecasts call for 1942 production gains, higher livestock and dairy output, and farm income surpassing 10.5 billion dollars. Industrial growth lifts markets nationwide.
Atlanta report explains the Quartermaster corps as logistics shaping soldiers lives with food shelter and transport. It likens military logistics to civilian car care and household needs, detailing regional motor maintenance districts and the slogan Keep em Rolling.
Farm conditions show improvement nationwide with stronger output in livestock dairy eggs and vegetables. Cotton wheat and tobacco face lag due to surpluses and weak markets, while front rank remains livestock and dairy as the main income source.
Clothing and equipment repair shops for 20 000 to 40 000 men will open at 26 army camps. Fifty civilian experts will run five sections including clothing textiles leather foot rubber footwear and tentage. Shoes and clothing repairs are major tasks with tentage mattresses and pillows needing less space.
Dr W Drayton Lewis of Murray State Teachers College reports from 50 of 50 000 children tested as one in a thousand with IQ above 145. He notes widespread neglect in schools with teachers underrating precocity. gifted youths come from all economic and social backgrounds including doctors, ministers, farmers, and laborers.
The article reports that the farm implement industry may receive raw materials via allocation rather than priority lists as the Office of Production Management experiments to ease shortages. Don ald Nelson explains the shift to allocation to benefit civilian industries and notes the broader defense-civilian supply strain.
Harriet Elliott, associate OPA administrator in charge of the consumer division, urges shoppers to bake bread at home when possible to save money and improve quality. A separate note from Avraham Lincoln describes a patent office model steamboat with an adjustable buoyant air chamber to ease passage over shallow bars.
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