Census figures sought to map wartime labor pools
Officials said the 1940 census would ask workers about past and present jobs to gauge manpower across occupations for mobilization. The war resources board would oversee industrial plans, while the social security service noted 30,157,604 people paid old age taxes in 1937.
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War Department
Army
Navy
Army-Navy
War Resources Board
Social Security Board
War Resources Group
Joint
Army-Navy Munitions Board
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Ad
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as effective malaria medicine with tasteless quinidine and iron. It claims to reduce chills and fever, supports blood infection combat, and urges purchase of the large size at drug stores. Thousands use it and even children can take it.
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Grove
St. Thousands
Evenildren
Maja
Draft System Aims to Register 21 to 30 Year Olds for Service
A plan proposes registering 21 to 30 year olds, about 10 million people, at home voting places with lots drawn in Washington. Local boards would classify into four groups from able bodied non essential workers to those with dependents or unfit status, with deferments possible for essential industry workers. If needed, 18 to 45 year olds could be added, aiming for 26 million total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Washington
Athens social rounds in late summer gatherings noted
Jimmie Slaughter hosted a Sunday buffet at his grandmother Mrs James Carter for visitor Henry Porter II of Birmingham. The event featured a lace table, flowers, and a supper followed by games with guests including Mary Kate Garth Mary Rogers Bettie Zue Roper Edwina Powers Catherine Nelson Ellie Richardson Margaret Earl Carter Ed Childers John Wilson Bill Chandler Nick Nichols and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Slaughter
James Carter
Henry Porter
Birmingham
Mary Kate Garth
Ary Rogers
Bettie Zue Roper
Edwina. Powers
Catherine Nelson
Ellie Richardson
Margaret Earl Carter
Henry Porter, II
Ed Childers
Plainfield, N. J
John Wilson
Bill Chandler
Nick Nichols
Ill at home Lloyd Shelton seeks recovery in Conway revival
Lawrence County notes report Lloyd Shelton very ill at his Conway home with an ongoing revival starting Sunday led by Rev. Collins. The item lists social visits among local families including the Hamptons, Sheltons, Roberts, NeSmiths, and Mrs. A J Shelton, reflecting community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Shelton
Conway
Collins
Gladys Hampton
Dorothy
Marie
Olean .Hampton and Sons
Bulah Shelton
Violet
Barbecue Celebration Hosted by Martin Family Friends
Mr and Mrs Charles Sykes Jr and John Sykes attended a Tuesday evening barbecue hosted by Billy Martin on the back lawn of his parents W G Martin and Mrs Martin. About fifty friends joined the informal outdoor gathering and enjoyed a genuine barbecue.
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Charles 8. Sykes, Jr
Atlantic City
N. J
John Sykes
Philadelphia
Billy Martin
George Sherrill, Jr
Washington, D. C
Hatfield's Lake
Baylis Hightower
John W. Wilson
David L. Rosenall, Jr
Fred Martin
D. J. Wilson
Frances Hightower
Joyce Lerman
W. G. Martin
Berlin meets British envoy over Danzig crisis
Sir Neville Henderson escorts to the German Chancellery in Berlin by Otto Meissner to deliver Britain’s response to Hitler’s demands in the Danzig crisis.
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Sir—Neville— Henderson
Germany
Berlin
Otto Meissner
England
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
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Ville
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Nona Tucker
Atlantic Ocean
Wales
Cope
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Otago
New Zealand
Mara
Thons
Felts
Foot
Shop Penney
Athens
Ellen S. Woodward
Ernest Hine
Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur
Jeannette Mogille
State National Bank
F. M. Hall
Grigsby S. Christopher
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
L. W. Chambers
David L. Rosenau, Jr
M. A. Jones
Christopher
J. H. Tinsley
Roper
Robert Chestnutt
Ed Puryear
Herbert Dupree
Grady Spence
W. E. Flood
George C.johnson
Holmes A. Turner
David L. Rosenall
Penney’s
Utomatic
Mt Bow
Lawrence County
Odie Roberts
Estye Shelton
Howard. Shelton and Sons
W. T. NeSmith
A. J. Shelton
Oxfords
Fite Drug CO
NEA Radiophoto
Weill-Dressed
M Prep
Penney
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