Turn Out Those Lights For War Conservation
Uncle Sam urges a seven industry voluntary conservation program affecting electricity water telephone transport coal and oil. Officials warn waste harms war production and urge turning off unused lights defrosting fridges and minimal home use to speed recovery of lights worldwide.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
G. R. McArthur
Northwestern Public Service Company
Huron
McArthur
Voluntary
Romance Message from Mediterranean Captain Reaches Irene Smith
Captain Howard Treu arrived from the Mediterranean war theater with a message for Miss Smith saying I love you. A wrong telephone number and many Smiths in the directory stalled contact until Irene Smith learned of the story and connected with Treu. Mrs. Helen Sweeney, mother of Sergeant John Sweeney, confirmed the tale to boost the romance.
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New York Daily News
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Major Crawford to Visit Here Until Sunday
Major R. Crawford arrived in town yesterday to visit until Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Coe J Crawford. He is enroute from Washington DC where he was on business to Seattle where he is stationed.
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Major R. Crawford
Furon
Coe J. Crawford
Washington, D. Cc
Seattle
Plan Intensive Scrap Campaign Across Northwest
The campaign to collect scrap iron and steel begins October 1 in the northwest with a goal to gather over 500000 tons for steel mills. Farm visits will mobilize Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana to meet a northwest quota, urging farmers to contribute about half a ton per farm. County salvage officials will assist in gathering scrap and forming community banks to ensure a full winter supply.
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WPB
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Victory
Color Television Development To Come In Future
The article notes color television likely requires five to seven years after the war to become commercially feasible. It explains three color spots moving across the screen with synchronized lines, reducing flicker and promising richer images. Columbia’s studio is cited as a site of experimentation and networks are expected to expand via major cities once color is ready.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Columbia
Television relay and postwar plans for national coverage
A discussion outlines new television station applications across multiple cities and the potential shift to a national carrier like AT and T for relays. It notes a current GE relay from New York to Schenectady, distances of 187 miles, and explores zero power broadcasting, ultra short wave beams, and the impact of war on costs and standards.
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York
Schenectady
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Chicago
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Kaw Lowa
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LaFayette
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RCA
General Electric
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Television’s reach uncertain despite growing cross Atlantic signals
Engineers note television signals travel only a limited distance beyond their towers with the Empire State NBC tower reaching about 44 miles. They doubt a full shift to ultra high frequencies. long broadcast rays remain essential to blanket the earth. Radio operates over 900 stations and employs about 400,000 people, with TV expected to create more jobs than radio.
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