The Army's Civilian Mission Across War Time
A 1940s account highlights the U S Army taking on thousands of civilian jobs overseas and at home. It describes administering civil government and elections, running post offices, education duties, and supplying experts and staff to assist other federal agencies. The piece lists civilian roles from engineers and librarians to teachers, doctors, and photographers, illustrating the Army’s broad function beyond combat. It notes overseas relief, disaster response, and aid programs, and the Army’s role in civil infrastructure, labor support, and transport for government operations during wartime.
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Hisgas
Cuy
Stm
Mge
Army
Helpag
Turkey
Greece
América
U. S
Department of Agriture
Mexico
United Nations
AFL Leaders Satisfied With Truman Labor Plan Bargain
AFL leaders at their Miami midwinter meeting indicate the administration's labor bill is a favorable bargain, urging passage with few changes. They expect to testify before the Senate labor committee after legal review, while debates over one or two package approaches fade as they back the Taft Hartley repeal and Wagner act restoration in a single move.
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Miami
AFL
Congress
AFL Executive Council
William Green
Senate Labor Committee
Mr. Truman
Ttig
APL
Truman
Taft-Flettley
Hiss
Green
Army civilian share hits record high in force
Today the U S Army lists 658000 military personnel and 360016 civilians. Never before has the civilian portion of the force been so large, with a conservative estimate that about a quarter of all personnel work in noncombatant roles.
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U. S. Army
Cop Quits Force To Enter City Race
Birmingham AP reports Police Sgt Wade Bradley 33 resigns from the force after more than six years to seek the post of associate city commissioner. Bradley, a former Marine Corps flier and PR officer, joins a crowded field as renomination bids loom in May. No opponent yet for President Cooper Green.
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Birmingham
Wade Bradley
Bradley
Marine Corps
Eur Fene
Bull Connor
James W. Morgan
Commission
Cooper Green
Examination Proposed To Detect Diabetics
CHICAGO DP A Boston physician suggests a national screening plan to find the unrecognized diabetics. Dr Elliott P Joslin writes that the unknown diabetic is often a relative of a known patient and urges doctors to test relatives of diabetics, noting that over 80 percent of diabetics are overweight and should be examined promptly.
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Chicago
Boston
Journal of the American Medical Association
Elliott P. Joslin
True Tales From DMV Cards and Medici Centenary
A Sacramento humor piece lampoons state motor vehicle cards by inserting a fictitious legal owner line and satirical address. In Florence a council plans a fifth centenary tribute to Lorenzo de Medici with arts, books, and ties to Michelangelo and other Renaissance figures.
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Cal
State Department of Motor Vehicles
John Doe
Doe
Medici
Florence
Lorenzo Dei Medici
Magnifico
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Batticelli
Luigi Pulci
Verrocchio, Pollaiualo
Giuliano da Maiano
Michelangelo
Lorenzo's Court
Jl Magnifico
America
Christopher Columbus
Atomic energy lead cited in ten year report
The article, drawn from a Washington Post style report, outlines the Atomic Energy Commission findings over ten years of peacetime growth. It notes 30 plants in 25 states and fissionable material production in 15 states, plus major expansions at Hanford, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Brookhaven. The piece highlights new facilities, a proton synchrotron, Argonne Lab, and housing growth for workers, while admitting slow progress in several program areas.
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WASHINGTON —_ post
Janu
Commissi
AEC
Hanford
Wash
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Patchogue
Long Island
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Faa
Los Alamos
New Mexico
U. S
Oak Ridge
Poland Readies Great Postwar Employment Push
In Warsaw AP reports a government driven plan to boost employment through a vast rebuilding effort. Dietrich of the Central Plania outlined projected job gains from 1946 to 1948 in industry retail trade and cooperatives, noting a rise from 3,000 to 4,110,000 workers as the program expands.
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Warsaw
Poland
Pland
Tadeusz Dietriching
Central
Plania
Dietrich
Burned About Burns At West End Intersection
Two detectives acting on a tip searched the West End intersection for Robert Emmet Burns, an escaped reformatory inmate. The anonymous sitter’s letter prompted the long pursuit, with officers lingering at the scene to verify Burns’s whereabouts.
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Burns
West End
Robert Emmet Burns
Burns Statue Misread by Caught Officers
Detectives, drenched in cold rain, realized they had stared at a statue of the poet Robert Burns. Police chased the living Burns but now seek the practical joker who mailed the suspicious letter.
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Burns
Blaze At Maxwell Field: Results in Extensive Damage
Fire swept a high service building at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. The blaze caused extensive damage and disrupted operations as firefighters battled flames and secured the scene. No injuries were reported as of early reports.
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Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Cap
Maxwell Air Force Base
Fire damages Black Square Air Installation Building
A southeastern corner blaze at the Black Square Air Installation damaged the one-story structure, fueled by a brisk breeze. No injuries were reported and the cause remained undetermined as flames subsided after about three hours with only stucco walls left standing.
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Black Square Air Installation
Fire at air base draws thousands of spectators
Base fire department aided by two Montgomery fire companies in halting spread to adjacent structures. Maxwell officers secured the air installation building and equipment valued at about 30000. The blaze damaged plumbing, paint, carpentry, electrical, heating and refrigerating shops. Thousands of spectators crowded the area to see the spectacle.
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Brontgomery
Naxwell
Sam Houston Birthday and Texas Independence Day
The note marks March 2 as Sam Houston birthday and Texas Independence Day, highlighting the alignment of the historical figure’s birth anniversary with the state holiday.
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Sam Houston
Texas
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