Salvage Progress for the French Liner LaFayette in Hudson
The USS LaFayette, once the Normandie, begins to rise from Hudson River mud after burning in 1942. An inclinometer on the promenade deck tracks the tilt as pumps remove water, showing 11 feet of rise and progress toward refloating. Navy Captain B E Manseau says salvage work is progressing deliberately.
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New York
Us.s. LaFayette
Hudson River
Navy
B. E. Manseau
France
The Normandie Lafayette Ship Rescue Aboard
A wrecked liner once named Normandie, later the Lafayette, lies half submerged as 700 workers and 75 divers work inside and around the hull. They clear mud and debris, seal 35 ports, patch 54,000 square feet of deck openings, and build 14 water tight reservoirs to drain water and prevent uneven buoyancy while plans for eventual refloating proceed.
Doctor builds vast private war history library from day by day clippings
New York August 7 a physician Dr Joseph Broadman has assembled a 50 ton private library of war material from 150 periodicals 20 000 leaflets and 25 000 editorials begun in 1914 he aims to chronicle war day by day for research and cross indexing to reveal human behavior amid conflict He hopes to fund and preserve the project as a lasting resource.
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Joseph E
New York
Josep Roadman
Ralph Lutz
Hoover War Library
Stanford University
Broadman
Germany
America
New York Evening Mail
The
Evening Globe
Herald
Planes Face Manpower Shortage as 700000 Needed in Year
Washington reports the Office of War Mobilization may need 700000 new aircraft workers in 12 months to hit 1944 peak output. Bernard Baruch reviews data showing 58000 additional hires monthly, with turnover and drafter losses squeezing supply amid regional shortages and calls for possible compulsory labor allocations.
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Washington
Office of War Mobilization
Bernard M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Baruch
T. P. Wright
Aircraft Resources Control Office
The
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Wright
Midwest
San Diego
Seattle
Connecticut Valley
Detroit
Buffalo
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
R-Vi
Wadsworth
R-Ny
War Manpower Commission
Boeing Aircraft Company
War Department
Boeing
Mississippi Boom Town Housing Surplus as Shipyard Grows
The Pascagoula census shows a population near 28,000 with 10,000 Ingalls shipyard workers, a housing boom followed by surplus as camps, trailers and apartments rise. Many workers still live far away or on farms. absenteeism drops with shifts and new housing, yet hundreds remain unsettled.
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Mississippi
NEA
Pascagoula
Miss
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Ingalls
Magnolia State Park
Ingalls Company
H. F. Mays
Mayor Recieves Telegram On Wire Purchase In City
Ab Jenkins the mayor in Salt Lake City receives a telegram from the War Production Board advising how the mayoral office may buy 20 700 pounds of steel wire. The message is puzzling as Jenkins does not want the wire and the telegram is addressed to Major J Ed Coons an elder city hall employee who never heard of him.
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Salt Lake City
Ab Jenkins
War Production Board
Jenkins
J. Ed Coons
Regularly Drive Idle Cars to Prevent Rust
If a car sits unused, take it out from the garage and drive a few blocks periodically. This keeps lubricants circulating and helps prevent rusting on the vehicle.
Back Wages Paid to 956 Workers in North Carolina
North Carolina enforcement of the federal wage laws in July yielded over 12000 in back wages for 956 workers. Forty nine firms were cited as violating minimum wage and overtime provisions under the fair labor standards act. 177 wage hour inspections and 32 public contracts cases were closed.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Forrest H. Shuford
Shuford
Labor Department of
Labor Department
Minor White Ends Name Mystery At City House
A volunteer at a community house asked an apprentice seaman for his name while he sought trousers shortened. The sailor finally replied with his name by spelling it out M I N O R W H I T E, ending the exchange.
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Cat
Kansas City
Green alert mystery in trench as sergeant questions private
A sergeant asks a private in a slit trench about a green alert after hearing a shout. The private, hiding nearby, explains the sequence of color alerts and ambiguities, illustrating confusion in wartime signaling.
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New Guinea
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S.S. Lafayette
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Jamei Joyce
Reda Fraser
TLES
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Thor
Action & Thrills
Tyrone Power
Action
Mariya Marwel
Henry O'Neill
Marta Linden
Robert Z. Leonard
Robert T. Leonard
Orville
DWLL
Tar Heels
Little Herrigan
Stanley H. Gray
Wash
Salem Street
Thomasville
the Lady of Burlesque
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O'Shea
Anna Baxter
Sartin
Sanstone
CTI
DAY Cleaning Company
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