Mobilization for Small Business Aids Defense Contracts
The DPA issues a one page booklet titled Mobilization for Small Business guiding firms with 600 employees or less on how to obtain government contracts secure loans and tax privileges and convert plants from civilian to defense production. The Washington based feature notes farm output targets and price trends while detailing consumer credits and labor force needs amid ongoing price shifts and market declines.
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DPA
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Army health record shows strong 1950 despite Korean combat
Readers asked about military questions. The Army’s 1950 health record was better than 1947 and 1946 as the absence rate was 2.8 percent. Navy patrol bombers reportedly set a coast to coast speed mark, with a 400 mile leg San Diego to Alameda in 1 hour 15 minutes.
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Navy
San Diego
Alameda
California
New Arctic Uniform Developed by Army Quartermaster Corps
The army quartermaster corps developed a lighter arctic uniform with greater cold protection and mobility. It underwent extensive testing in Alaska and delivered satisfactory protection. The piece also notes GI bill eligibility rules for veterans, including those discharged after July 25, 1947, who have four years to start GI bill training.
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Arctic
Army Quartermaster Corps
Alaska
Heavyweight chaos and aging champions roil boxing scene
Grantland Rice surveys the heavyweight landscape naming Louis Walcott Charles Marciano Layne and Robinson as the key figures in a murky era. The piece weighs the shifting rivalries, the aging contenders, and the persistent question of who will emerge as champion. The boxing talk runs alongside a note on baseball power as the American League’s golden age fades and Joe DiMaggio’s era nears its end.
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Walcott
Louis
Ezzard Charles
Jersey Joe
Rex Layne
Rocky Marciano
Charles
Marciano
Layne
Jersey Joe Walcott
Robinson
Turpin
Jim Norris
Madison Square Garden
Joe Louis
Mt. Everest
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
A.S
Ruth
Gehrig
Foxx
Greenberg
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Bazaar Pattern C7219 Cross Stitch Motifs
Quick sale at the bazaar features Pattern C7219 with four inch crosses for kitchen towel motifs. Transfer seven motifs sized 6 by 7 inches to 52 by 9 inches using cross stitch and other simple stitches.
New Gadgets Boom in Aerial Photography
The piece surveys dramatic advances in aerial imaging from rockets and high speed planes to jet aircraft. It notes pictures taken at extreme altitudes reveal fine details such as golf balls on a green and even a card hand, with U S Air Force crews producing coast to coast maps across a 2 700 mile strip.
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United States
Mexico
U. S
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Tank weight and welding uses in 133-pound container
A 133-pound tank is used to ship 17 pounds of compressed pygen for oxyacetylene welding. Drownings account for five percent of all accidental deaths. Sugar helps preserve flavor and texture of fruits in canning or freezing.
Postwar Marriage Rates Edge Toward Prewar Levels
World War II boosted marriages worldwide, then declined in most nations during the late 1940s. In English speaking countries 1939 to 1942 saw a peak, a drop for 2-3 years, then a new high in 1945 in Britain and 1946 in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand. The United States recorded 16.2 marriages per 1 000 population in 1946, the highest in its history and greater than any postwar nation.
Mamie Eisenhower Good Wife and Mother
A coronet article traces Mamie Doud Eisenhower's choice to be a devoted wife and mother despite her husband's rise. It highlights her Iowa childhood, the creed to live within a husband's income, and her later role as wife of five star General Dwight D. Eisenhower serving in Paris and Europe.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie
John Sheldon Doud
Boone
Iowa
Denver
U.S
Paris
Europe
Pegged Chair and Tables from Pattern 292 and 293
A workshop pattern service offers a pegged chair and two tables, pattern numbers 292 and 293. The larger table is card-table size, the smaller coffee-table height, and disassembly allows flat storage. Patterns cost 25 cents each from Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York.
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Bedford Hills
New York
Hazel Bishop Lasting Lipstick Promises All Day Color
Beauty experts hail Hazel Bishop lasting lipstick as color true from morning to night. It resists smearing on glasses and teeth even after eating or kissing, with a satisfaction guarantee and price of $1.10 plus tax.
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New York
N.Y
Hazel Bishop
Hazel Ishop
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Omi Ziani
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Washington
WNU
Walter Shead
Armed Services
National Press
Washington, D. C
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Deans, N. J. A
Enaville
Ida
France
R.C.L
Hesper
N. Dak. A
Veterans Affairs Attache
Ry Joe Eie
Iron Man
Gus Suhr
Indianapolis Speedway
Ito
Rice
Grantland Rice
Harold Arnett
Wee Breez
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Chicago
Ill
Old Chelsea Station
N. Y
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