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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
6
Wartime changes in female figures are noted as postwar fashion shifts. Designers expect broader shoulders, fuller busts and hips as women resume varied dress styles after World War II. Jackets and padding may fade as walking increases foot size. Industry officials also warn of rationing impacts and continued energy limits in coming months.
Dr. Walter Clarke concludes a series urging education as the cornerstone of defeating venereal disease. The piece urges unions and local health authorities to hold meetings, show films, and distribute moral safeguard pamphlets, stressing early detection and confidential diagnoses, with unions integrating VD prevention into broader health programs.
The article notes rising VD concerns among youth and cites tightened law enforcement against prostitution as a major infection source. It also reports unions joining joint labor management VD control programs through the CIO affiliated United Office and Professional Workers.
In San Francisco the heads of movie theaters and their assistants unite to form the first ever union for theater managers and staff. The group aims to represent managers who handle irate patrons and seek better working conditions and solidarity.
In a San Diego household, a clash over social security and health care reveals a generational divide. Mr. Dilworth rails against socialism while Little Luther argues health coverage offers equal access to medical care, with quips about politics and pre occupied Europe.
AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray endorsed the 38th annual Christmas seal sale of the National Tuberculosis Association warning wartime strains may increase TB cases. They urged full support as the nationwide sale runs from November 27 through Christmas to fund the war against the disease.
Mrs. Hazel Kirk, chair of the OPA National Consumers Advisory Committee, warned that 18 months after World War I armistice prices rose 25 percent for food, 45 percent for clothing, and 43 percent for home furnishings.
The narrator recalls a mother who chose breastfeeding, noting it provides superior nutrition to artificial formulas. She emphasizes early nursing aids blood clotting to prevent newborn hemorrhage and offers natural laxative benefits, highlighting the advantages of maternal milk.
The Sun awarded a $10 first prize for a Baby Joe name guess, now to be used to buy a war bond for Janet Dilbert, 14, with Mrs. James Dilbert of 1317 Main Street stating the plan. A $5 second prize goes to Mrs. Joseph La Fleur, who claimed she did not enter, explained by her husband Joe La Fleur who used his wife’s name.
Chicago reports the Congress of CIO Women’s Auxiliaries at their fourth annual convention pledging to push 1944 political action to curb price rises, protect women workers, and push for a lasting peace. Delegates reelected Faye Stephenson and Eleanor Fowler. convention vows to oppose the equal rights amendment and expand rationing, WPB clothing programs, Washington voting rights, school lunches, child care, and Fair Employment practices. OPA price controls to continue after the war.
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