Wartime Living Less Food But No Hunger
The 1945 first quarter outlook reports reduced supplies for nearly all foods, with meat, butter, sugar, canned fruit and vegetables dropping while fresh fruit milk cheese eggs fish and cereals rise, keeping consumption near prewar levels. The drop follows a 7 percent fall from the prior year and reflects lean stocks and wartime production shifts. Pork faces shortages though better beef may be available. potatoes risk spring famine from an 18 per cent drop in production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
OPA
Europe
Urgent Plea For Nurses Amid War Front Casualties
The Army seeks 10 000 registered nurses immediately as front line casualties rise. Mrs Mary Grisez of the Red Cross urges volunteers, with daytime nurse aides classes forming and retired nurses or helpers urged to contribute 10 hours weekly. Hospitals overseas lack staff, prompting civilian help and home nursing programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grisez
Red Cross Nursing Activities
Grisez
Red Cross
War time quarrel over Sewell Avery and government
The dialogue critiques Sewell Avery and business resistance to regulation. Luther and father debate Montgomery Ward stockholders seeking government aid, while the piece mocks pro Axis and wartime press pressures and U S foreign policy reactions. The satire highlights tensions between industry, government, and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Luther
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Mr. Dilworth
Luther
Sewell L. Avery
Home Nursing Classes Form on Request at Red Cross
Red Cross Nursing Headquarters at Wellington Place Cincinnati forms home nursing classes upon request. Nurses eligible for military duty urged to apply at once at the Red Cross Nursing Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Nursing Headquar
Red Cross
Wellington Place
Cincinnati
Shipyard workers vote to keep union Local 2 in NLRB contest
Chester readers hear that 25,000 Sun Shipyard workers rejected the Sun Ship Employes Assn. in an NLRB election and overwhelmingly chose Local 2 Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers as their bargaining agent, around five to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Sun Shipyard
NLRB
Sun Ship Employes Assn
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
CJO
Everything's Under Control on Postwar Baby Boom Forecast
The piece quotes Dr. Stanley W. Geshell of the U S Public Health Service predicting a postwar baby boom slowdown and rise in problem children due to faulty family life and working mothers. The author argues homes will endure, asserting that maternal bonds remain strongest and everything is under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Public Health Federation
The
Community Chest
Gl Joe Jr
Stanley W. Geshell
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S
Geshell
Eleanor Roosevelt Headed 1944 Women of Year List
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is named Woman of the Year on a 1944 roster by the Nazi Council of Negro Women led by Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. The list cites her work in human relations and unity, alongside other figures such as Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Dorothy Thompson, Katherine Shryver, Lillian Smith, and Dorothy Ballanca for various reform efforts and writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nazi Council of Negro Women
Mary McLeod Bethune
Roosevelt
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
FEPC
Dorothy Thompson
Katherine Shryver
Nati Committee
Lillian Smith
Strange Fruit
South Today
South
Dorothy J. Ballanca
Cincinnati Activist Horne Honored For Stand Against Stereotypes
The council praised Miss Horne for refusing to perform Jim crow roles on screen and radio, naming her alongside Mrs Hedgeman and others as notable Negro figures in the 1944 mobilization effort. The political action committee staffer Tepeger plans post election work with Amalgamated, remaining connected to Cincinnati as Troisi will travel but keep a home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Horne
Hedgeman
Ttepeger
Political Action Committee
Amalgamated
New York
Cincinnati
Troisi
Textile Workers win at Maysville plant election
The Carnation Condensary in Maysville Kentucky held an NLRB election with Textile Workers Union of America CIO winning. The tally was 42 for the TWA CIO, 12 for the AFL and 3 for neither union. Quackenbush and Johnson noted the can plant has been CIO organized for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
NLRB
Textile Workers Union
Russell Quackenbush
Carl Johnson
Joint Board
Twa-Cio
AFL
Quackenbush
CIO
Assign Troisi To St. Louis Amid Drive For Union
Ralph Troisi, business agent for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, is assigned to St. Louis for an indefinite period to assist in an organizational drive. He previously worked in a tailoring shop and often received leave to aid in union activities during the last period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Troisi
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
St. Louis
Troisi
Er Durine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Goldstein
Federated Press
European Mude
Consumers Union
By John Paine
Franco
War Labor Board
Sam
Q.i
Mr. Avery
Pop
FDR
Ussr
Great Britain
United Nations
Viry Lst
Sion
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