Ford Says Postwar Work Needed for Prosperity
Henry Ford argues in a postwar magazine piece that there is no future without work and that recovery will demand thought and sweat. He says Americans, especially the young, must tackle reconstruction rather than expect easy riches and that science will enable new discoveries and opportunities if workers apply themselves.
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Cen Bank
Henry Ford
Ford
Cornucopia
America
Anjetica
War Brings Traffic Snarl to Bermuda
Washington reports Bermuda’s traffic chaos grows as military vehicles appear on the islands. The ban on autos and trucks for years to preserve the old-world charm clashes with roaring wartime transport. Roads are narrow and twisted, poor for two-way car passage, surface holes worsen routes. Bermudians seek fixes as mobility shifts with the war, hoping to reshape colonial life and future travel.
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Bermuda
Washington
Bermudiana
Bermuda Isles
Ara Hs Pomton
Beritude
Hamilton
Aged Woman Fatally Struck By Car In Jamestown
An elderly woman, Mrs Augusta Sundman, 316 Bartow Street, died after being struck by a car driven by Richard H Johnson of 105 Westcott Street in Jamestown. The incident occurred at 9 25 p m on Willard Street near her home as she crossed from the curb. Coroner Samuel T Bowers and police investigated. no charges filed. Mrs Sundman died at Jamestown General Hospital shortly after midnight. The driver, a guard for American Aviation Company, said oncoming headlights prevented him from seeing her.
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Jamestown
Johnson
American Aviglion Company
Wizard Street
Barons Street
Sundman
Barrows Street
Franks Jonson
Hulda Beteman
Deer Plentiful in DuBois District
DuBois district reports an abundant deer population with more bucks and larger males than in recent years. Officials note the herd’s rebound began last year and continues this year, benefiting sportsmen planning next fall’s hunts.
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DuBois
Tse
Ita
Cauges
Forest Fire Season Near Record in Cornplanter District
The Warren office of forests and waters reports peat districts rains produced one of the best fire seasons on record for the Cornplanter district. The district includes Warren, Erie, Crawford, Erie, and the northern half of Venango counties. Wardens fought 45 fires burning over 17 acres. Only 1936 matched, with 41 fires burning over 341 acres. Season began March 17 in Forest county with 8 fires in March, 20 in April, and 16 in May. Four of the six tower observers were women.
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Warren
Tietriet
Werren
Ete
Crawford
Raresk
Veanga County
Forest County
India’s New Viceroy and America’s Postwar Path
A column discusses anti riot sentiment, urging unity and national goodwill over violence. It argues that organized cooperation will advance the nation, cites India’s new viceroy Wavell and reflects on Cornwallis’ historical link, then quotes Wendell Willkie on choosing postwar paths between isolation and unity.
Twenty Years Ago In Journal Piles Aged Items
A storm damaged the B and B Mattress Company plant with west and east walls wrecked and contractor CE Weeks Jr facing heavy losses. Miss Bernice Judd married Clarence Wright of Bria, in a noon ceremony. Beetle borers threaten maple trees in north town. Rt. Rev. John Mark Gannon confirmed a class at St Thames church. Welding shop owner Jenney Angus escaped injury when a gasoline dram exploded. A. M. Howard, of East Irving, begins a hundredth cross continental trip in a Climax Locomotive car.
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B. and B. Mattress Company
Snc
Tew
John Mark Gannon
Erie
St. ‘Thames
Jenney Angus
Safford Cycle Works
Clinton
Angus
Great Mingun Bell and Nearby Insects Described
A fragmentary note surveys the Mingun bell near Mandalay on the Inya riverbank. It notes the bell lacks a clapper and produces a faint tone. The text mentions termites and ghost ants weakening wood foundations and oddly describes a black and white bull as considered the fiercest and most desirable for the wing. It also oddly mentions a Mohammedan fane eating fresh food after dark for one month each year.
Pay-As-You-Go Tax Facts and Withholding Rules
A historic Q and A explains withholding tax as a prepayment of annual income tax. It covers how married individuals with children adjust exemptions, examples of weekly withholdings, refunds or credits, employer liability, and timelines for notices and receipts. It notes that withholding integrates the income and Victory taxes and remains the employee’s responsibility if wages change jobs.
New Yeast Delivers Meaty Flavor From Terula Utilis
New yeast developed by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in Teddington England blends yeast and meat properties. The Terula utilis bacterium grows a larger yeast that, when added to bread, can boost nutritive value similarly to meat or eggs. It is rich in B vitamins and protein, offering a potential protein source in millet stews and baked goods.
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AP Science
New York
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Teddington
England
Monthly
Science News
Amalgamated Sugar seeks alcohol permit for rubber plant
Amalgamated Sugar company of Nyssa Oregon announced last month its plan to convert its rubber production facility. The firm has filed an application with the War Production Board for the required materials to produce alcohol for synthetic rubber.
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Amalgamated’ Sugar Company
War Production Board
Interior decor shifts rooms to leafy greens
The article notes a move in some hospitals to replace stark white walls and uniforms with a restful spinach-green to reduce color fatigue and glare. It questions what to call the now less visible medical staff in white, musing on the change’s practicality and symbolism.
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Witte
Animal weight yields from hogs and livestock data
A report from North Carolina State College estimates carcass yields for hogs and other livestock. It states roughly 25 percent edible meat from a 250 pound hog, about 18 pounds, with beef dress at 33 percent, lamb at 47 percent, and veal around 65 percent. Lard from a two hundred pound hog averages 20 to 24 pounds, about 12 percent of live weight.
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N.C. State College
Bradford Opens Victory Program On Wednesday
Bradford announces a five day Victory Week from next Wednesday to July 5 featuring events in public square. Highlights include a victory march concert, children’s parade, bicycle deco procession, Mardi Gras parade and dance, and July 4 Freedom of Religion Day services with civil defense and fraternal club parades.
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Bradford
Public Square
Erie Woman Enlists as Army Medical Corps Lieutenant
Dr. Joan Laven Dunham a 24 year old Erie woman became the first Erie woman physician to enlist in the United States Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant. She departed Erie for Fork District New Jersey to be stationed before assignment to another post. The ceremony at the Armory made her the first woman lieutenant in the army medical corps.
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Erie
Army Medical Corps
Joan Laven Dunham
United States Army Medical Coms
Fork Dis
N. J
Nother
Duttham
Cincinai
General Hospital
Cincinali
Dutnham
Army
Armory
Kane Begins Work of Licensing Bicycles
Bicyclists will pay from 95 to 80 cents for a new license plate issued by Kane. Police Chief PE Nelson announced the plates arrived Friday and will be issued in the regular manner. The 63 cent initial registration and 89 cent use registration fees cover costs of stamping numbers and classifying bikes as part of a successful anti theft program.
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PE Nelson
Two youths held for gas siphoning in Franklin
Tracy Gadsby aged 1 and Ronald W. Mattern aged 16, both from Corsica Clarion county, were arrested Saturday morning by Howard Bergin and Alan Brown. They were detained in the city jail over theft of gasoline. They rode in a 1938 Ford and were picked up at Gosfield's corner at 12 45 a m. They admitted stealing gasoline at the Franklin Scrap Iron Company yard on Howard street.
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Franklin
Juneau
Tracy Gadsby
Siegel Star Route
Ronald W. Mattern
Corsica
Clarion County
R. D
Office
Howard Bergin
Alan Brown
Oity
Eity
Ford
Gosfield’s
How's Your I Q A U.S. History Quiz Preview
The prompt presents a quiz with ten questions covering World War II leadership, state capitals starting with O, U.S. postage authority, the Office of War Mobilization head, camera lens origins, a New York Harbor statue, Belfast capital, liquid guard bills, Strauss family relation, and the nickname Old Glory.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Zeiss
Beloe's Island
New York Harbor
Northern Ireland
Johann Strauss
Richard Strauss
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