Safety council cites wartime deaths and injuries
The National Safety Council reports wartime deaths and noncombat casualties exceed American combat deaths. Since December 7 1941 about 80 000 accidental deaths to workers off the job plus seven million injured. About 20 000 dead 28 000 wounded 32 000 missing in armed forces. Ned H Dearborn says safety leaders will meet next week to reduce home front toll and conserve manpower for war power. Theme: Stop Accidents Speed Victory.
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National’ Safety Council
Aos
Ned H. Dearborn
Out State Hunters Lose Gas Rations
Two Chicago hunters, William Walker and F. Farnsworth, lost gasoline rations after an OPA hearing in Winner on alleged rationing violations. They were charged with using vehicles rented from Shop's System in Chicago while holding abundant gas coupons. Each revocation lasted 45 days and required surrender of all coupons. The vehicles will likely stay at Winner. Hearing conducted by Vincent M. Jones, special hearing officer appointed by district OPA director John J. Verschoor.
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Sioux Falls
Chicago
OPA
Winner
William Walker
F. Farnsworth
Ink Manufacturing Company
CPA
Vincent M. Jones
John J. Verschoor
Men Needed To Unload Potatoes In Watertown
Watertown records a critical labor shortage at the Potato Company plant as 26 carloads of potatoes arrive with only one worker available. Three off duty soldiers were drafted to assist, but 20 to 25 cars arrive daily, and about 300000 bushels will be stored this year.
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Watertown
Watertown Potato Company
A. H. Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Adlerika Prescription Claims 15 Million Fillings
An advertisement boasts Adlerika as a constipation and gas relief medication with over fifteen million prescriptions filled. It promotes easy access at drugstores with H. H. Humphrey and Sherman & Mes. Druggists endorsing quick gas relief and gentle bowel action for all ages.
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Adleriica
H. H. Humphrey
Sherman & Mes
War Manpower Commission Okays War Prisoner Labor
Sioux Falls reports WMC requires employer certification to hire prisoners of war for civilian work. Interim rules ended Sept 17 allowing camp commanders to contract without certification. Now, employers must show need and lack of alternatives. certifications pass through local USEmployment Service, state and regional WMC directors, then to War Department. Agricultural cases handled by state extension service. War prisoners have rarely worked in groups under 100.
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Sioux Falls
War Manpower Commission
Rolin R. Benedict
WMC
South Dakota
United State Employment Service
War Department
State Extension Service
War reporters risk death to cover World War II
AP Features notes war correspondents face extreme danger and hardship from Pearl Harbor onward. Many reporters are missing, wounded, or dead, yet they endure harsh conditions, travel across battlefronts, and report for American readers to prove a free press’s value.
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Winston 'Churchill
Africa
Churchill
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Italy
Parents of Daughter Born in De Smet
Mr and Mrs Roy Brodersen of De Smet are parents of a daughter born at 12 10 a m Thursday September 30 weighing seven pounds twelve ounces.
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Roy Brodersen, de Smet
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