Capital Women Dr Gruber Rescues Refugees and Alaska Vision
Dr Ruth Gruber, a young Ph.D. and Interior Department field representative, organizes refugee arrivals from Europe in Oswego New York and maps Alaska’s growth. She highlights Alaska’s democracy, self sufficient economy, rising unions, and air routes linking the U S to the Soviet Arctic and China, shaping wartime and peacetime travel.
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Sec. of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Italy
Ruth Gruber
America
Gruber
Interior Department
Alaska
Matanuska Valley
U. S
Dr. Gruber
States
Soviet Arctic
China
Europe
Women Make Strides as Shipyard Workers in War Effort
In Washington the Department of Labor commends about 17 000 women wage earners in U S shipyards for their role in wartime production. Women rose from 36 in 1939 to 10 percent of 1.5 million workers, overcoming prejudices. Equal pay for equal work has been adopted, with calls to upgrade women on par with men.
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Washington
U. S
Department of Labor
America
Menes
Living Costs Fall Slightly in Cincinnati in Sept
Cincinnati prices for living essentials slipped 0.2 percent in the month ending Sept 15 while the national cost of living rose 0.1 percent. Food costs in Cincinnati dropped 0.7 percent, offsetting increases in other items. The Cincinnati index stood at 126.3 percent of the 1935-39 average, 29.8 percent above August 15, 1939.
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Cincinnati
William L. Phillips
Cleveland
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rule of The Week: Enter an Intersection on Green Light
A traffic guidance note urges drivers to enter intersections only on green signals. It cautions against entering on yellow or red and highlights the risk of blocking cross traffic and causing delays.
Postwar boom warned by Cincinnati consumer group
The Cincinnati Consumer Conference News warns postwar reconversion prices could trigger a surge then collapse similar to 1919 1920. It cites Bowles plans to set company by company price levels and notes 85 percent of dollars come from 12 goods across about 20 firms.
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Cincinnati Consumer Conference News
Dennis E. Jackson
OPA
Bowles
Yancey Receives Catholic Interracial Council Award
Chicago based Sec John L Yancey of the United Transport Service Employes CSO is honored with the Catholic Interracial Council's 1944 award. Yancey serves as treasurer of the Catholic Labor Alliance.
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Chicago
John L. Yancey
United Transport Service Employes
CSO
Catholic Interracial Council
Yancey
Catholic Labor Alliance
Basile Gaboury Receives Plaque for 19 Pint Blood Record
Basile Gaboury of Local 10 Int Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union CIO earns a plaque from the California CIO Council marking a 19 pint blood donation record in Northern California.
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Federated Picture
Northern California
Basile Gaboury
Int
Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union
CIO
California Cio Council
It Won't Be Long Now It Will Debut To Outside World
It is nine months along and the author expects a debut soon. The baby’s expected weight tops seven pounds and preparation focuses on simple furnishings. The mother has arranged a plain easy to clean room with careful temperature control around seventy during the day and sixty at night. Next Week Bath and Bedding.
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Trousseau
Wartime Living Husbands Scarce as Census Shows Gender Shift
The Census Bureau reports 1.7 million unmarried men aged 20 to 34 and 4 million unmarried women in the same range, with women now outnumbering men overall including the armed forces by 600,000. Nylon stockings are expected to improve in quality and possibly drop in price after the war, though wartime demand keeps supplies limited until Japan’s conflict ends.
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Census Bureau
U. S
Hiram T. Nones
Dept. of Commerce
Christmas money orders urged for overseas gifts
If you missed the October deadline for mailing overseas packages you can still send a gift of money via postal money order. Do not send cash as many Army and Navy posts can not accept it. servicemen may cash money orders at APO locations or with their company mail clerk aboard ships or land bases.
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Army
Navy
Navy mail clerk and gift article rules during wartime
The text notes a navy mail clerk system with money in local currency at current exchange. gifts under eight ounces can be mailed without a written request from the serviceman. It mentions the APO limiting guarantees and a drive to inform grocers about price regulations. OPA estimates 40,000 volunteers aid the effort, with about 110,000 more needed in upcoming critical months.
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Navy
APO
OPA
Lack Of Child Care Services Fuss Over Mothers And Babies
Dr. Leonard W. Mayo warned at the Child Welfare League meeting that family finances decide birth care quality, noting deaths from diarrhea and overtaxed facilities. The league pressed for nationwide day care to aid working mothers and called the system disgraceful given national resources. War Price and Rationing Boards seek 70 000 price panel assistants nationwide.
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Leonard W. Mayo
The
Child Welfare League
League
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Oswego
N. Y
North
AFL
the Champ
the Sun
Public Health Federation
Community Chest
Betty Goldstein
Federated Press
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