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Newspaper
Hayward Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
9
San Francisco reports a penny shortage as basic goods shrink in supply. Merchants note no copper for new one cent pieces and prices lag due to metal withdrawals for wartime use. Authorities say no clear timeline for resumption.
Historical notes describe fertilizer mixtures for cotton, comparing 285 and 684 blends with nitrogen and phosphorus contents. Trials show higher nitrogen mixes yielding more fiber, with 225 fertilizer on acres producing 3,250 pounds versus GR4 on similar land yielding 4,073 pounds, indicating better results from higher nitrogen content.
NYA reports about 120000 NYA trained students per week aiding war production. 18,000 NYA shops in 900 locations can train 180000 people in a learning period, relieving the need for new workers in industry. Currently 40 percent of trainees are women, with 60 percent by year’s end. women ages 16 to 24 are urged to join shop training.
Defense housing for workers in the San Francisco Bay area will rise in Richmond Oakland Alameda and Hunters Point within 75 days under FPHA supervision. The first Richmond contract for 800 units was awarded to GW Williams Co for 1 210 475 and the second Richmond project aims for 800 more units. Additional plans reserve 2000 dwellings near Bethlehem Steel and other sites. Oakland will house 1000 units and Alameda Point 1900 homes with dormitories. Jobs for NYA and security measures accompany the wartime housing push.
An armored division may expend as much as BN tons of ammunition in a single day of combat. The quantity, if loaded into freight cars, would fill a train of 17 cars.
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