Betty Zimmer Emerges as Union Leader in Cincinnati War Work
Loraine Covert profiles Betty Zimmer a Cincinnati union leader in Local 256 Plaything Jewelry and Novelty Workers Union. Zimmer started on the Negotiation Committee learned by doing and helped win retroactive pay raises while facing the war era shift to women in unions. She balances night work at the U S Playing Card Plant with Red Cross duties and advocates broader female union participation.
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Betty Zimmer
Plaything, Jewelry and Novelty Workers Union
WLB
Miss Zimmer
Forecasts Large Plane Cutbacks
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols told the Senate War Investigating Committee that aircraft cutbacks will reduce employment by 294,600 by next July. Liberator production at Ford's Willow Run plant will be cut by half by December, with 17,000 laid off of about 25,000. Other Willow Run connected plants include the Buick engine plant in Chicago and various feeder operations.
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Washington
Oliver P. Echols
Army Air Staff
Senate War Investigating Committee
Echols
Ford
Willow Run
Buick
Chicago
Foreign Affairs Talks Planned by Association This Winter
The Foreign Policy Association will host a series of discussions on peace and postwar reconstruction this winter led by prominent speakers. The first dinner is Tuesday at the Netherland Plaza with Yugoslav ambassador Alexander Constantin Fotiich and foreign affairs analyst B S Bercovici. An Institute of Foreign Relations is set for Nov 17–18 and invites Russian ambassador and other notables. The association welcomes all, with group rates and option to attend only discussions. Membership info available at 529 Sycamore Street.
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Netherland Plaza
Alexander Constantin Fotiich
B. S. Bercovici
Institute of Foreign Relations
Association
Sycamore Street
CIO To Monitor Radio Programs
A radio monitoring system to report and analyze labor issue coverage on air was set up by the CIO Political Action Committee. C. B. Baldwin announced the plan as PAC will cover networks and locals and focus on major newscasters and commentators across 14 regional offices.
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New York
CIO
Political Action Committee
C. B. Baldwin
PAC
V Day Closing OK for WLB Straight Time Pay
Washington announces the National War Labor Board has approved closing on V E Day with workers paid at straight time rates. The Sept 22 decision says no WLB approval is needed for such closings.
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Washington
O.k
Nati War Labor Board
Tales From a War-Weary Washington Looms
A San Diego labor leader recalls shifting press labels from starry eyed youths to tired old men as postwar reconversion and social security debates unfold. A Waldorf luncheon sparks talk of bill passage, tax costs, and concerns about war plant bonuses and national prosperity.
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Washington
New York Ballroom Ad Boasts Clean Dancing Every Night
A New York advertisement proclaims good clean dancing every night except Sunday. The bold claim highlights a venue appealing to patrons seeking orderly entertainment and regular dancing with no Sunday show.
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New York
Women Workers Rise in Wartime Labor Force
Washington reports women war workers grew 364 percent from Pearl Harbor to March 1944 and now make up 32.9 percent of the U S labor force, the Labor Department says in its wartime employment update.
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Washington
Dept. of Labor
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Labor Congress Requested by CIO Leader in Letter
CIO President Philip Murray urged quick action to call a United Nations labor congress in a September 22 letter to Sir Walter Citrine, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress.
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Washington
United Nations Labor Congress
CIO Pres
Philip Murray
Walter Citrine
British Trades Union Congress
More About Heredity
The essay argues that traits are inherited through laws of heredity, affecting body build and mental characteristics across generations. It cautions against assuming random outcomes and notes how ancestors influence who we become, even if parents seem ordinary. Next Week About Environment.
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Jimmy Durante
Don''t Pay Extra For Soap Glamor Says Consumers Union
Consumers Union urges buyers to choose basic soap over branded glamour, noting 4c to 10c cakes suffice for cleansing and that color or perfume adds little value. Colgate Palmolive-Peet pledges to stop misrepresenting soap benefits, while CU tested 131 brands and found many economical options equal in cleansing power. Best Buy brands listed include Polk's Colonial Finast Glenwood Holly Hill Silver Nip Adams Bohack's Best Cherry Valley Donald Duck.
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Consumers Union
Elizabeth Arden
Dorothy Gray
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
Polk’s
Colonial
Finast
Glenwood
Holly Hill
Silver Nip
Adams
Bohack’s Best
Cherry Valley
Donald Duck
Grapefruit Juice Rated High in Consumer Union Tests
Consumers Union reports on 64 grapefruit juice brands, testing over 250 cans. Most surveyed were Grade A for flavor color and consistency and grapefruit juice cited as a top inexpensive Vitamin C source. Four ounces.
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Consumers Union
Tuna can labels mislead on white and light meat prices
Consumers Union tested 56 tuna brands and found label colors vary from white to white with dark mix. White or light meat cans like Blue Brand 37c, A&P 38c, Strand 38c, Warranty 39c were cheaper than many dark meat brands, yet labeling often does not reflect true color.
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Consumers Union
Blue Brand
A&p
Strand
Flameproofing Aims to Cut Burn Deaths At Home
Consumers Union reports eighty seven hundred Americans die from burns annually. Simple flameproofing compounds could prevent many deaths in danger spots at home. CU recommends two compounds DuPont Fire Retardant and a homemade mix of seven parts borax to three parts boric acid in one hundred parts water.
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Consumers Union
DuPont
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