Postwar Home Dream Faces Reality Check for Smiths
The National Association of Home Builders surveyed 517 families and found postwar home dreams like the Smiths’ six room with two baths and modular, tech-filled features are unlikely to be affordable or ready immediately. Most innovations are pricier than traditional materials and not yet available in lower-price dwellings. The piece cautions buyers to adjust plans to realistic options while noting housing remains a key postwar job engine.
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National Association of Home Builders
Smith
Smiths
Vision Tests For Drivers
The Better Vision Institute critiques proposed express highway legislation citing speed 75 mph and argues many drivers lack vision to handle such speeds. It references Prof A R Lauer's 20 30 vision in one eye or 20 40 both for licenses and 25 mph limit below 20 100.
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Better Vision Institute
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
Washington Wartime Strikes Threaten Labor Unions
In a 1944 United Feature Syndicate piece Marquis Childs warns that postwar labor unrest may reveal organized labor weaknesses and potential Nazi influence tactics. He cites April and March strike data showing significant lost days and laments morale, urging democratic union education to counter disarray amid war.
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Marquis Childs
Washington
America
St Louis
Detroit
Hitler
Tabor Front
R J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
We The Women. Daddy Wants Kids To Stay Young And Unsophisticated
Ruth Mellett reflects on Ernie Pyle style anecdotes about a sergeant replying to a daughter asking to wear rouge and lipstick. The piece urges mothers to balance discipline with letting children remain impressionable until the father can assert boundaries.
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Daddy
Ruth Mellett
Ernie Pyle
Theda
Fear and Supply Strains Mark Pacific Operations
Col Waller Jensen notes fear and repression among combat personnel, while Rear Adm. Gaffney explains the widening supply gap as operations move westward, with each new operation needing 50 percent more resupply than the one before.
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Col Waller 8. Jensen
Coust
J. J. Gaffney
Navy
Pacific
CIO Strikes Highlight Labor Tensions Across Plants
The CIO voices strong condemnation of wartime strikes and urges about 11,000 members at seven Chrysler plants to return to production. Pickets spread as 16 CIO members blocked service at Highland Park, while local officers faced pressure as the walkout extended to other plants amid broader labor unrest.
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Thomas
Christian Science Monitor
R. J. Thomas
CI0
United Auto
Sete Akan
Audianae
South Dakota
Ie Aalllee
Avery
CIO
L Urion
Highland Park
Naval
International
Doolittle's toughest duty a letter to his crew's parents
Lt General Jimmy Doolittle famed head of the Eighth Air Force faced his hardest writing task when composing a letter to the parents of a crewman lost in the Tokyo raid. A loyal mechanic’s word of faith helped him endure the dark night before he earned a Medal of Honor and three stars.
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Ernie Pyle
Doolittle
Jimamy Doolitttle Jr
Ninth Air Force
General Doolittle
Desert
Biskra
Sahara
Youks Les Bains
Youks
Vovla
Tokyo
Russia
China
Dae Dee
Leavenworth
Youks Les
Sealone
War effort overshadowing labor tensions at Chrysler
Mr. Thomas argues workers must focus on the big job of winning the war while acknowledging public caution about strikes in wartime. He notes union growth and labor friction, and recalls blunt UAW statements about Chrysler’s cooperation, urging prudent action as public patience shifts from wartime to peacetime labor sympathy.
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Department of Labor
Vveeggyn
Mr. Thomas
UAW
Chrysler
Thomas
Hyde County Real Estate Transfers Listed
Hydre County real estate transfers compiled by Erastus Cornell official abstractor Highmere State of South Dakota transfers listed from Hyde County to R A Seite to Joseph Kuper and Joseph Kuper to John Toomey with lot references and tract descriptions in township range and section format. The fragment notes multiple transfers including N W H and S W quarters with associated land parcels and owners.
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Erastus Cornell
Highmere
South Dakota
R.A. Seite
Hyde County
Joseph Ku
Tompa Kuper
Joseph “Kuper
John Toomey
Dean
Aeensen
State Fair offers $100 rewards to halt break-ins
Beadle County building vandalized with smashed windows and damaged glass showcases at the State Fair Grounds. Fr. Hafner state fair secretary posted notices and signs in newspapers offering $100 for information leading to arrests and convictions of the offenders.
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Hafner
State Fair
Beadle County
Missionary Circle Holds Lane Meeting at Mrs Jens Nielson Home
The Missionary Circle of the Methodist Church met last week at the home of Mrs Jens Nielson in Lane. Mrs Mira Martens served as assistant host with social greetings and refreshments.
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Missionary Circle
Lane
Missionary Circle of
The
Methodist Church
Jens Nielson
Mira
Martens
Poe
Waller Farst
Guest
The Famous Door and the Rise of Jazz at Fifty Second Street
A nostalgic vignette of the Famous Door in New York's Fifty Second Street as jazz grows famous. Mentions Louis Prima Martha Raye Francis Faye and peg leg humor, with anecdotes about booking, a dust-off misstep, and a big party hosted by Standard Oil executive H. Bedford.
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Broadway
Fifty-Second Street
Aes
Louis Prima
Prima
Martha Raye
New Orleans
Wmiddeapor
Ius
Tingery
Louis
Mserick H. Bedford
Bedford
Bearman
Newsman’s firsthand account of early paratroop landings
Leonard Mosely describes the first wave of Allied parachutists in Europe during the Normandy invasion. He recalls landing near dawn, navigating through flak and hostility, linking with fellow paratroopers, and securing bridges and routes to stop Nazi counterattacks as bombers and gliders arrived to reinforce.
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Ay Leonard Mosely
Associated Press
Atlantic Wall
Europe
Sudde
Button
Prise
Bomanis
Coast Guarder and Related Terms In Historical Word Puzzle
Fragmented OCR listing many terms and clues related to coast guard and nautical vocabulary. Appears as a mixed word puzzle with numbers and partial phrases, lacking coherent narrative or event.
Easy Aces Club Holds Bridge Meet at Smith Home
In Alpena on June 6 Mrs. Mason Smith hosted the Easy Ace Bridge Club. Prizes went to Mrs. J. E. Shull Mrs. John Bentson and Mrs. Allen Brigham with Mrs. Harold Neuharth serving as substitute. A dessert lunch was served.
Mrs Rogel Hosts St Monica's Circle Luncheon
Mrs Rogel entertains St Monica's Circle on Tuesday afternoon at Lane location with lunch served. Mrs Phil Super attends the fete and the event proceeds in a social afternoon setting.
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Mrs. Rogel
St. Monica's Circle Lane
Mrs. Phil
St. Monica's Circle
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Huron Publishing Co
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Lusk
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Huson
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Northwest di Presa Association
Sukit Minnganolis Bureau
Peringtog Avenue
York City
Galbralty
Hyde County Real Estate
Kilgallen
Francis Faye
Francis
Henry Youngman
Hopkins Joyce
Faye
Peggy
France
Yversca
Seth
Coast Guarder
Previows
Burale Totr
Steve Oneill
Enis
John
Rouse
Stanley
Socialist Soviet Republic
Roy
Easy Aces Club
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