Note of Cheer For Disabled War Veterans
Chicago based George Barr recounts his rise from jobless disabled veteran to CEO with 150 workers on government contracts. He advocates hiring the physically handicapped, saying fit the job to the man and highlighting success of blind, deaf, and legless workers. Barr seeks returning servicemen for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Barr
Barr
St. Paul
Superior
Wis
Mitchell Echikoditz
Echikoditz
University of Wisconsin
Mitchell
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks to Panamanian Troops
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt addressed 500 U S soldiers at Fort Amador in Quarry Heights Panama saying service members there supply the United Nations with an essential weapon that helped change the tide of war.
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Eleanor
Panama
Quarry Heights
Canal Zone
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
Fort Amador
United Nations
Postwar Price Rise Forecast by Westinghouse Experts
A Westinghouse economic research committee predicts American consumers will face a 33 to 50 percent price increase in the postwar era versus 1940. The panel cites wartime savings and postwar monetary pressure, noting WWI price rebounds and forecasting limited impact from continued price controls on rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Westinghouse Economic Research Committee
Controls Tightened On Paperboard Use For Civilian Goods
Washington AP reports that wartime demand pushed paperboard consumption higher last year despite conservation orders. Government restrictions aimed to curb civilian use while war production increased. The Office of War Information noted the pattern, with 1941 remaining the peak year for paper and paperboard demand.
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Washington
Jony
Office of War Information
Production board tightens paperboard use for civilian shipping
The War Production Board announced stricter limits on paperboard containers for civilian goods effective April 1. The new quotas cover 34 food items from bacon to vermicelli with 100 to 40 percent usage, plus reduced allowances for animal and pet foods and elevating nonfood cartons to at least 70 percent. Imports and domestic newsprint production are expected to fall this year.
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Production Board
WPB
Container Board
OWI
Willkie Says Fitness for Office Measured Beyond Experience
Kenosha Wisconsin Wendell L Willkie ends Wisconsin pre primary tour arguing presidents need not be chosen for years in office He contrasts Roosevelt with Dewey Bricker and Stassen and says experience should not decide the presidency He recalls 1940 aid to Britain and notes debate over selective service act with Rep Wadsworth
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Kenosha
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
R-N.y
Politician Credits Party Shift On Destroyer Transfers
A public debate recounts how the President and Roosevelt administration supported a destroyer transfer after Republican backing. Willkie states he was consulted and approved, and then the President endorsed the plan and the ships were provided.
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Willkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Explore Your Mind by Dr. A. E. Wiggam Q and A
A Wiggam column discusses perceptions of women versus men including vices and emotions. It cites psychologist Magoun on frustration and aggression and argues race prejudice stems mainly from education and environment, with some influence from living together and cultural differences.
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Dr. A. E. Wiggam
Explore Your
F. Alexander Magoun
Yale Institute of Human Relations
Baby Snooks Becomes Grandmother Reveals Family News
Fanny Brice announced that her daughter Frances Stark gave birth to an eight pound twelve ounce boy. The child’s father is a yeoman in the navy. More than 2,800,000 babies were born in the United States during 1942, an all time high.
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Hollywood
Snooks
Fanny Brice
Frances Stark
Navy
United States
Men and Women in the Service of Their Country
Veterans and recruits from Cedar Rapids and area are listed with new commissions, transfers, and deployments. Names include Vincent T. Smith earning second lieutenant wings at Lakefield and Lt. Popelka earning bomber wings in Deming New Mexico, among others serving in England, India, the South Pacific, and various U S bases.
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Vincent T. Smith
Army Air Corps
Lakefield
Phoenix
Ariz
Leo E. Smith
Seventh Avenue
Sacramento
Calif
Smith
Gazette
Loras College
Dubuque
Iowa State College
Ames
Pvt
William Gorman
Africa
India
Signal Corps
Fifth Lnvenue
Cpl
Orval Schmitt
Nancy
Dodge City
Kan
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Deming
N. M
Army Air Forces
Popelka
Coe College
The
Allen Spoerry
Camp Campbell
Judy
Maquoketa
Cedar Rapids
Thomas M. Farmer
Marine ‘Corps
South Pacific
C Street
Donovan Hudson
Amanda Army
Seventh Street
England
Grocers and Butchers Police Self Policing OPA Plan
In Columbus Ohio a large OPA price plan uses a self policing panel from the Retail Grocers Association and two butchers to monitor local retailers for price violations. The aim is to reduce violations amid claimed confusion and to refer repeat offenders to the district OPA office for action.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Retail Grocers Association
OPA
H. E. Nation
Association
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Sword
National Biscuit Company
Nabisco Natione! Biscuit Company
Shere
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LT. Smith
Robert E. Stuff
B. R. Stuff
Washington Avenue
Eighth Air Force
Washington High School
Home Coal Company
Kenneth M. Reed
Farragut
Idaho
W., E. Reed
Eighth Street NW
Amos Kent
C. Edmund Kent
Eighth Street
British Isles
Edmund Kent
Lexington
Mass
Shell Beach
Robert E. McEndree
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
M. B. McEndree
Tenth Street
Paul DeForest
Carpenter
Joyce Marie DeForest
Twelfth Avenue SE
Robert Decker
New Orleans
Ninth Street
Nick G. Thomas
Gust Thomas
Sixth Street
Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
Pass Christian
Edward J. Wruska
Camp Roberts
Joseph Hruska
Summit Avenue
Gordon J. Feekes
Gary
Center Point Road
Feekes
Gerald Sampica
Anamosa
Camp Perry
Gerald E. Olmstead
Fort Bragg
N. C
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E. H. Olmistead
Fifteenth Street
James L. McDonald
Muinneapolis
San Francisco
W.R McDonald
Thirtymonth Street
Don Kimball
Don W. Kimball
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Camp Abbott
Ore
Camp Beall
Walter HH. Hoffman
William H. Hoffman
Camp Reid
Clovis
Bruce A. Davies
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Ellis Boulevard
G. L. Davies
ElRoy A. Novak
Grenada Army Air Field
Grenada
Miss
Alliance Army Air Base
Alliance, Neb
Ste Novak
Second Street
John Don Barker
Fourth Avenue SW
Pfe
Charles E. Sundberg
Fort Bliss
A. E. Sundberg
Fourth Street
Virgil F. Koss
Camp Hood
Frank Ross
West Cedar Rapids
Clarence Raim
Twenty-first Avenue
Raymond M. Nolan
Camp Dodge
Sheppard Field
C Avenue NW
Joseph M. Boyle
New Guinea
C. P Boyle
J Street
Herman Dolley
Hopkinton
Joseph L. Cooney
Hobbs
Mickey
William R. Cooney
Marengo
Clifford Hf. Jensen
University of Pittsburgh At
Pittsburgh
Indiantown Gap
A Henry Jensen
K Street
Pic
Charles F. Wittke
Imarine Corps
Training Center
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Fred Wittke
Third Street NW
Iincon
Nucor Oleo
Bac
Gatto's
Springville Creamery Co
Folger
Chira
Vienna
Thurs
Old Federal
Marion
16Th Ave
Grocers
Uncle Sam
First Street
SWIFT
Eit
Uru
America
Clory
Cloro
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