New Jersey Women’s College offers scholarships to area students
The New Jersey College for Women announces four ships for New Jersey and nearby high school girls and out of state residents for next September. The T. Corwin Smith Douglass Scholarship worth $80 and a National Scholarship are available, with renewals through graduation if maintained. Applications urged for promising students facing financial need to pursue a college education.
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New ‘Brunswick
N. J
Maynard
Sudents
New Jersey College
Jersey
Bel Smith
Douglass Schol
T. Corwine
New Jersey
Stuare
Univers
Cece
Ereontelne
Navy Seabees Mark Fifth Anniversary in Size Reduction
The Navy celebrated the Seabees fifth anniversary while announcing a reduction from a wartime high of 250000 men to an authorized complement of 7000. The move reflects postwar downsizing in naval construction battalions.
New Age Rule Adopted by Massachusetts Principals Association
The Massachusetts Principals Association adopted a new age rule for interscholastic athletics. It extends eligibility to parochial, private, trade, and some public schools in Boston and Worcester if they meet the revised criteria and scholastic standards. The association also opened ranks to all secondary schools and planned to hire a paid secretary-treasurer.
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Massachusetts Principals’ Association
Boston
Uted
Slater
Eine
Worcester
Dog Eats Rabbit After Virginia Hunter Tracks Prey
Swanton Vermont Allen Lashway spent hours in the woods seeking rabbits and shot one, but a dog emerged and ate the quarry before he could reach it.
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Swanton
Allen Lashway
Lashway
Fortune Finder lines from the stars puzzle note
A fragmentary fortune finder puzzle shows a sequence of numbers and letters mapping to astrological periods and birth data. The garbled text lists digits and symbols, with references to OCT and scattered numerals, suggesting coded alphabetic translation for a weekly horoscope.
Eagles to Hold Class Consolidation at Eagles Hall
Members of the Hudson aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles plan a class reunion at Eagles Hall in January. The event honors John J. Shaug, past state president and member of the local aerie. Farmers expect higher egg prices in 1947 than last year.
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Hudson
Hudson Aerie
of Eagles
Eagles Hal Eens
John J. Shaug
Aerie
Women Workers Rising After War Says Census Study
A study by Dr. A. J. Jaffe and Dr. Seymour Wolfbein reports women of working age 14 and over increased employment and job seeking after the war. From 1900 to 1980 the share rose from about 20 percent to roughly 28.6 percent, with wartime boosts noted.
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Winnie
A. J. Jaffe
Bureau of Census
Seymour — Wolfbein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Sociological Review
Jaffe
Wolfbein
Women in the Labor Market Growth Through 1945
The article notes about 10 million women in the labor market and explains growth in population accounting for rising employment. It cites 17.1 million employed by 1940 and 20 million by July 1945, with 3 in 5 returning to housekeeping after VJ Day, totaling 17 million employed. It compares Britain’s postwar jobless rate and shows men’ s employment hovering 80 to 90 percent.
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Epee
Great Britain
American Woolen workers reach 15 cent raise pact
Agreement between American Woolen Company and the Textile Workers Union of America sets a 15 cent per hour wage boost. The Assabet Mill in Maynard and other mills in the region including M. P. Jevens in Gleasondale and Bradford Spinning in Hudson are touched, with officials calling the pact a model for other plants.
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American Woolen ‘Company
Texel, ‘Workers Union of America
Amae Woolen Company
Assabet
Maynard
Peeresent
Sslen
M. P. Jevens Company
Gleasondale
Bradford Spinning Company
Hudson
Bill to make women liable for jury duty filed
Boston reporters say three women legislators led a bill requiring women to serve on juries. The measure, sponsored by Representatives Leslie Cutler Mechtar Margaret Spear Newton and Fannie Buzzell, moves to a Judiciary committee hearing next month. Exemptions would include trained nurses and hospital attendants. The last November state election included a referendum proposing no men be liable for jury duty, which passed two to one.
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Boston
Leslie Cutler
Mechtar
Margaret Spear
Newton
Fannie Buzzell
Hudson
Inns
Judiciary Committee
Massachusetts Economic Outlook From 1946 Reports
Massachusetts shows tax savings for wage earners as federal income tax reductions offset earnings. Two month orders in 1946 rose 12 percent from 1945 with ey gaining 25 percent. Boston faces a high tide and strong police presence. cost of living and real wages show gains since 1941 across sectors. The State Planning Board files a bill to acquire four beaches by December.
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Massachusetts
Associated Industries
Boston
Massach
Department of Labor and Industries
State Planning Board
Commonwealth
All in the Family at Buck Ridge School
All seven pupils at Buck Ridge School in Ohio are blood relatives of their teacher Miss Dorothy Lewis. The log schoolhouse has stood for over a century and remains in continuous operation. Separately, an oil manufacturer markets a spray that delays apple fruit drop, extending the drop delay by up to ten days and occasionally three weeks.
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Buck Ridge
Ohey
Dorothy Lewis
Sunday and Ambrosia: A Staples of the American Table
The passage recalls how sheep and cattle farming shaped American meals and notes lamb as a common dinner feature. It discusses uses for lamb, leftovers, and a Shepherds Pie recipe, including stew filling with hot potatoes and baked potatoes, and a Sunday meal sequence with juice, roast leg, mashed potatoes, peas, peaches, and a beverage.
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Toda
Ican
Cranberry Bog Mecham Gearhart Report Notes Harvest Shift
Gearhart Oregon reports the cranberry harvest changing as large combs and rotary tools replace hand picking. The article notes smaller bogs yielding bumper crops for the Chin trade this year and mentions Gibehanians as a historical grower group.
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Gearhart
Ore
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