Postwar Interior Plans Seek 3.75 Billion Dollar Buildout
Interior proposes a broad postwar program spanning irrigation, hydroelectric power, grazing, wildlife and fishing services, and national parks across 17 western states. The plan targets 43,000 man-years of construction, 698,000 more for materials, and total costs around 2.95 billion dollars with funding under reclamation laws. It aims to create farms, villages, and new industries, sustain war worker relocations, and boost tourism through park and road projects.
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Ber
Tokio
Addion
Congress
Einterior
Maryland
Bureau of Reclamaon
Areau
Tual
Grand ‘Oulee
Bonneville
Grazing Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Isaak Waltons
Nimrods
National Park Service
National Park
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
September Theme Song Tied to Asters and Sapphires
A verse from Sadie Syndicate presents blue themed makeup and flowers. The poem links blue eyeshadow and the aster with meanings of love and wisdom, framing September as a bright, Gay tone.
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Sadie Syndicate
WNU
Pillbox Concrete Defenses Fall to Allied Fire
Not a picture of cheese but a Nazi pillbox smashed by American tanks. The concrete and steel fortification, once deemed impregnable, was breached as Allied advances continued in the early battles.
The Rambling Rhymster Seeks Humble Gift Card
LES PLETTNER presents a light verse about a gray wrapped present and a witty card that reads Shucks ain't nothin. The speaker notes many cards vary in tone from heavy to light but praises this one for its unassuming charm.
Where to place a dinner napkin monogram
Phyllis Belmont provides guidance on napkin monograms and their placement. Options include diagonally across a corner, centered, or in a fold formed space, with emphasis on visibility and proper fold design.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Rooms for Improvement in a Soda-Fountain Gossip Society
A playful column offers quick home decor tricks for girls after school. Ideas include pocketed paper plate storage, repurposed dirndl skirts as dressing-table decor, closet door mirrors with shelves, bottle shelf styling, decorative lotion bottle skirts, candy favors, and easy candy making like rope taffy and Adam and Eve bars with figs and nuts.
The Dangers of Dating Signals and Standards
A reflective verse explores mixed signals in dating with fears of kissing, consent, and social judgment. It contrasts casual phrases yes and no with the lack of clear signals to guide a girl’s actions and reassure her about boundaries.
ODT Allows Civilian Purchase of Light Trucks
The Office of Defense Transportation resumes accepting applications for new light motor trucks for essential civilian use. After prior closure due to exhausted civilian pool, on August 7 exempted government agencies relinquished their claims, freeing some trucks for civilians.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Plan to demobilize starts with retraining centers
Washington report outlines executive order based Readjustment and Reemployment administration building over 8,000 information centers to aid discharged veterans and war workers. C. W. Bailey leads policy board with agencies from selective service to Veterans Administration guiding job placement and GI Bill implementation.
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Congress
Baruch-Hancock
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
General Hines
Veterans Administration
Hines
Labor
Federal Security
War Manpower
Selective Service
War Department
Navy Department
War Production Board
C. W. Bailey
Policy Board
Armed Services
United States Employment Service
Erans Administration
Bailey
Briefs on wartime labor, logistics and medical uses
Bankgage reports placements for physically handicapped workers by the US Employment Service may total nearly a half million in 1944. Disrupted rail service from southern France slows American truck shipments to Europe for POW parcel delivery. Curare once a killer arrow poison is now credited with saving lives by treating spastic paralysis and aiding convulsive-shock patients.
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United States Employment Service
France
Europe
Amazon
United Nations
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Amusing Pattern 7244 Transfer for Dog Toy
Pattern 7244 offers a fun simple to make dog transfer toy with directions and a materials list. Due to high demand and wartime conditions orders take longer to fill for popular patterns. Send your order to the noted supplier.
This Man Just Didn’t Appreciate Her First Aid
A passerby assists a man collapsed on the sidewalk after a first aid course. She works to help the victim, but the man complains he is holding a lantern for someone in a manhole below, adding a humorous twist to the scene.
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Gabrielle
London
Rhymster
Les Plettner
Phyllis Belmont
Associated Newspapers
WIN
By Nancy Pepper
Tles
Telefact
U.S
Naann
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
New Agency
U. S
Senate
House
Dewey
Chambers of Commerce
U. S. Treasury
Federation of Tax Administrators
Bankhage
Sleepy Pup
Owing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Feathers
Farmers Store
Mitchell
8. D
Trapper
Edwards
Wolf Sister
Coyote
George Edwards
Livingston, Mont
J. B. Cushing
East Reed
San Jose, Calif
Lydis E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Er Eee
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