One Fourth Of Workers Are Women
International News Service reports a Labor Department analysis shows women now comprise one quarter of all workers, with 1940 figures listing thousands of female postmasters machinists drivers and laborers while many are also housewives. A Tile Council of America postwar home-buildings study notes innovations that will free housewives from kitchen chores. The piece humorously hints at gender change in sports and work.
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International News Service
NEW York
INS
Labor Department
America
Tile Council of America
Commerce Department
Dodgers
M. Hooks
Mongrel Pudgie Saves Farmer from Bull Attack
WESTPHALIA Iowa a mongrel dog named Pudgie leaped to defend Francis Zimmerman a 27 year old farmer as he faced a sudden bull attack in his barn Zimmerman trapped by the animal struggled then the dog lunged at the bull forcing it away and averting a grave injury outcome for the man and his family credited to the brave animal improbably a hero to his owners and neighborly community
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Westphalia
Pudgie
Francis Zimmerman
Zimmerman Seiz
Bull Attack Injures Man. Hero Pudgie Rescues Victim
A man was gored and thrown by a bull near a manger with the animal battering him. Pudgie then bit the bull’s legs to divert its attention, allowing Zimmerman to crawl to safety despite vertebral fractures and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pudgie
Zimmerman
Safety Talk Gets Results
CHICAGO Ill UP Ned H Dearborn president National Safety Council spoke on a radio program about accidents. He then waited for a car he ordered from a livery limousine service. The driver apologized saying the car was listening to a program about accidents that frightened him into driving cautiously.
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Chicago
Ill
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Russians Plan Polish Fair in Poznan
Sixteen countries and the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany will take part in an international fair in Poznan from April 23 to May 10. Exhibits will travel from the Soviet Union and 14 other nations to Poland, with Soviet zone displays in Poland for the first time since World War II.
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Poznan
Poland
Germany
Polish Foreign Ministry
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Great Britain
Switzerland
France
Italy
Austria
False Teeth Wearable Remedy Promises Free Relief
An advertisement proclaims SUXION as a superior device to hold ill fitting dentures for eating and daily life. The pitch offers free distribution if possible but pledges refunds if relief is not achieved, and notes drug stores as the sale point.
Loop Tunnel Not a Tunnel for Chicago Traffic
City engineers propose a 3 million project to place the Congress Street superhighway under La Salle Street Station. The plan would run beneath 12 railroad tracks and drop about three feet, effectively a tunnel only in the sense of being below street level. Approval from city council county state and railroads New York Central and Rock Island is required before work can start.
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Chicago
INS
la Salle St
Department of Subways and Superhighways
New York Central
Rock Island
Congress St
Loop
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Master
Tobias
Prunella Wood
OAK of
Sumac
WWE
Coats
Gabardines
Lizzie Gooch
Central “Ice Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Rosanne
S. Main St
St.joseph
Hollum
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