Hold Your Old Suit Until New Year Says CPA
Washington reports the CPA expects delays in clothing and housing due to war demobilization and coal and steel strikes. It forecasts 28 million suits this year vs 40 million needed to meet basic demand by summer, with housing progress slow but improvements in some products as coal and steel strikes end.
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Fellows
Sigrid Arne
Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
CPR
Shortages Ripple Through Industries Amid War Strains
The piece notes widespread supply gaps across chemicals, lumber, copper, steel, and plastics due to labor, material shortages, and strikes. It cites examples such as limited steel drums, delayed asbestos shingles, and a jump in May production for refrigerators and gas water heaters, while the steel and coal scarcity pins the CPA to allocate output for veterans and farm machinery.
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Steel, Inc
CPA
French Trip Awarded To Dr. Betty Eilertsen
Dr Betty J Eilertsen Coe college language instructor sails from New York aboard the S S Argentina to France as one of 100 U S teachers awarded a French government trip this summer. She will study in libraries and museums and travel within the country to continue her research.
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Betty J. Eilertsen
New York
S. S. Argentina
France
United States
Eilertsen
Pease Starts as Quincy Meat Packer with 3500 Hogs
Records show 1835-36 Captain Nathaniel Pease purchased 3,500 hogs at an average $3.75 each. This marked his first year as a Quincy meat packer.
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Quincy, II
Nathaniel Pease
Pease
Quincy
Sealed Proposals Sought for DMV Certificate Devices
Official publication announces sealed proposals to supply devices for holding and displaying motor vehicle registration certificates. Proposals must be received by Commissioner Fred L. Wilkins at the State House Des Moines Iowa by 10:00 a.m. July 22, 1946. Specifications available from the Commissioner of Public Safety.
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Fred L. Wilkins
Commissioner of Public Safety
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
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