New Orleans Looks to 1942 as Americans pledge resolve
A reviewing stand report from New Orleans notes calm New Year observances amid wartime fears. Americans vow readiness, production, and unity, with a nationwide sense that 1942 will demand sacrifice, effort, and victory for the country.
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Wake
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Hongkong
Manila
Jesse Jones Appointed to Priorities and Allocations Board
President Roosevelt names Jesse H. Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, to the supply priorities and allocations board to aid war time monetary issues. Plans to standardize production of consumer durable goods in a few plants could free most factories for war output, starting with refrigerators washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
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OPM
See Increases In Male Births As War Result
The AMA Journal reports that birth trends in the current war may mirror World War patterns with a higher share of male births as Europe experiences higher male birth rates in the coming years, per the American Medical Association.
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Chicago
Europe
American Medical Association
AMA
Shifts in Male Birth Ratios During WWI and Aftermath
The journal notes that during the final years of World War I and perhaps two to three years after, male births exceeded the normal male to female ratio. In several European neutrals Norway Sweden the Netherlands and Switzerland saw higher male birth proportions in 1920. Australia showed a rise while the United States and New Zealand did not. The increased share of male births was brief.
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New Orleans
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Sweden
Netherlands
Switzerland
The
Journal
Australia
United States
New Zealand
U.S. Plane Output Nearly Triples 1940 Figure
The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reports 1941 warplane production value surpassing 1.5 billion dollars, nearly triple 1940. Employment rose from 193,000 to 400,000 with 1942 projected at 575,000, and plant space expanding from 25 to 47 million square feet.
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Los Angeles
United States
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Jouett
Wartime efficiency credited to workers after Pearl Harbor
The industry reported no personnel increases in some plants since the Pearl Harbor attack, attributing the steadiness to greater effort by employees after the United States entered the war.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Dudley Named Nation's Top Football Player Over Smith
The Maxwell trophy board chose Bill Dudley of Virginia as the nation's outstanding football player over Minnesota's Bruce Smith, citing Dudley's dramatic records despite a plain rushing line.
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Smith
Philadelphia
NEA
Bill Dudley
Bruce Smith
Minnesota
Virginia
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