Nelson Blamed for Coordination Failures in Industry
Washington column discusses postwar production woes with Donald Nelson criticized for being too much of an umpire and not enough a boss. John H. Tolan urges a civilian army navy and air corps dictatorship over industry, while Nelson is portrayed as confused by conflicting expert testimony and as a capable arbitrator.
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Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
John H. Tolan
California
Donald
Don Nelson
Jack Tolan
Don
Jack
Mim
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Hades
Olen
Tolan
Bass
Donald Nelson
Died at 61 Former Miss Martha Gray of City
Mrs. George Andrews, aged 61, née Martha Gray, died suddenly at her nephew Glenn Capple’s home near Union City while visiting yesterday afternoon. Survived by husband, three daughters, and a son. Born August 20, to Mr. and Mrs. George Doty, an eight pound daughter. Ruth West, daughter of L. D. West, was her former name. Frost damage reported across city and farms. Police raid on East South Street house led to liquor evidence but no still found. County officials discuss cemetery paving with Pine Grove Cemetery Association. Car accident on Warren road injures occupant of a Paige machine. driver fled. William Houghton returns to Titusville for U S Penn duties. store coverage by Frank Chase. Japan’s advances in East Indies noted amid broader wartime commentary.
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George Andrews
Martha Gray
Glenn Capple
Union City
George Doty
Doty
Ruth West
L. D. West
RE-CONQUEST AND THE PACIFIC WAR AS SEEN IN FRAGMENTED NOTES
The piece discusses Japanese advances in the Pacific and the Western response. It asserts Allies are recapturing beachheads, notably on the Solomon Islands, with marines weakening Japanese grip. It envisions a broad counteroffensive reaching toward Australia and possibly threatening Japan itself.
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Birry
Bal Memay
Augusy
Tase
Cartier
Pacific
Tokyo
Lift Holdings
Japan
Solomon Islands
Australia
Food price ceilings eased for consumer relief
Price ceilings on March 1947 goods were relaxed to help processors and distributors. Officials explained modest boosts allow stores to stock season items without triggering broad shortages, aiming to keep living costs from rising sharply while sustaining business margins.
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Horman Allen
Ther- Gerson
Gélesrs
OPA
Mr. Henderson
College Professor Now Heads Big Boat-Building Company
MORNING Wilmington Aug 28 1941 a college professor on leave of absence becomes head of North Carolina Shipbuilding Company. Karl Pernstrom MIT trained naval architect and economist leads mass production approach aiming to build ships fast and cheapest. He emphasizes the American worker and the assembly line method guiding the wartime yard to produce Liberty ships for the war effort.
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Big Boat-Building Company
AL Pickson
Wilmington
N. Y
Karl D. Pernstrom
North Carolina
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Naval Architecture
Ying
Cibe Fear
Plains Land
Newport News Company
North Carolina ‘Shipbuilding
Nine-Wey
Zeb B. Vance
Pearl Harbor
Peristrom
Death sentence for Max Stephan shocks Detroit readers
Judge Arthur J. Tuttle of Detroit imposes life sentence for aiding the escape of a Nazi prisoner. The judge argues treason in wartime justifies severe punishment, saying loyalties oppose the lives of American soldiers and warning traitors to deter others. The remarks underline a harsh wartime stance.
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Feder
Arthur J. Tuttle
Detroit
Max Stephan
Tuttle
WAF
United States
Ride a Bike to Work Movement Grows in Edge County
In Edge County a "Ride-a-Bike-to-Work" campaign has started amid heavy automobile use by workers living on the outskirts. Early reports show clear benefits, with cyclists noting improved vigor and reduced hardship. Community leaders say the program could spread as more people bike to jobs, even bridging work hours for students and families.
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Fdges
al Tas
Daily Dozen and Women in Medicine War Perspective
The piece argues women will play a larger role in medicine postwar. It notes 190,000 licensed physicians nationwide with only about 7,000 women, urging more women to study and enter the field as opportunities grow after the conflict. It emphasizes renewed demand for female physicians.
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America
Fragmented text on tuberculosis and celestial observations
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss widespread tuberculosis and a Mas sachimette physician warning against keeping a cat in a barn to prevent coughing and emaciation. The content then shifts to mention heavenly bodies observed during a feast, with speculative references to continued observations.
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Clikkovkrde Komesda
Sevenquiz Qs from a damaged wartime page
A garbled quiz page lists ten questions on finance navigation geography science and history. It asks who owns U S stock privateers and other items including ship rivets Port au Prince. who wrote The Forsyte Saga. the Red Cross president. the motto E Pluribus Unum meaning. components of a weapon. and notes on Arthur Nininger and Honduran state size.
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Port Au Frines
Autetlean Rest Cross
U. S
Arthur Nininger
Pew
Donald Nelson
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Sweden
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Daily Dozen
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