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Newspaper
Cincinnati The Sun
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1945
Page
8
An internal note on Wright Aeronautical employees facing cigarette shortages after vending machines were removed from plant service. The company resisted distribution through cafeterias, sparking delays and dissatisfaction. The union was not consulted, and executives still receive occasional cartons from the supplier for promotional use.
John Webb James Elder and Bernard Gibson travel to Hamilton to see Ted Hackley who is laid up with a broken leg. The piece notes a lively Second Shift Rite Way Truckers gala dance and includes social greetings and updates from Foundry and Dept. 845 observers.
The Assembly week reports several inductions to service with Wayne Morrison reporting for the Army on the Green Benches while Claude Cook and Ruben J are bound for the Marines and Navy respectively on the Final Line. Lt Tom Murdock rests in a France hospital after a Belgium push back. Marty Murdock serves in the Philippines and a Norwood, Ohio, home mourns Isaac Wittstein. Idella Boyd wed Stanley Lindsey in the Navy era. Alma Schuchardt mourns her brother Arthur Cravens.
A fragment describes a Senate Office Building scene with Taft’s office filled with pictures busts and other items. The text suggests a behind the chair view revealing the letters S O B as a prank or shorthand.
A patchwork of office chatter and social notices from a wartime plant. Bob Williams flies to Florida via strange detours, coworkers cope with gas shortages, marriages, deployments, and playful office rumors span Departments 703 through 792 plus CIO and congressional notes.
Philip Murray and the CIO Legislative Committees back S. 36 by Senator Kilgore with sponsors expected from Senator Wagner and other progressive senators. The measure sets manpower ceilings, protects seniority, creates labor management policy groups, and centralizes hiring under the War Manpower Commission. It offers free transportation for workers taking jobs outside their home area and keeps manpower policy out of Selective Service while avoiding May Bailey penalties.
A reader asks what happened to R W G and suggests contacting the Machine Shop to reach Foundry Committee members. The note ends with cautious optimism and a brief sign off.
The Educational Department announced vacancies on the committee for the second and third shifts. Meetings are in the morning on Mondays.
The National Safety Council finds that four fifths of all gas fatalities in 1943 happened in the home. The finding highlights domestic risk and urges safety measures for households.
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