Over-Stocked Inventories Threaten War Production
James Marlow and William Pinkerton report on the August 13 Wide World dispatch detailing how the War Production Board faces record July outlays of 4.794 billion dollars while planning to shut down overstocked plants to relieve material shortages. Cherne cites unequal material distribution and excessive inventories as core issues, urging end-use control and concentration of industry to avoid useless production, with small businesses facing a bleak outlook.
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New York
Wide World
War Production Board
WPEB
WPB
Plain Citizen
Leo M. Cherne
Research Institute of America
Cherne
Washington
Germany
Army
Navy
BC Believes Headache and Neuralgia Relief Quickly
The text states BC emphasizes fast relief from headaches neuralgic and muscular pains using quick acting ingredients from the BC formula. It advises keeping 10c or 25c packages for prompt relief when minor pains occur and to consult a physician if pains persist.
CCC officer suggests camps for evacuation
Raleigh August 13 UPy T. L. Grier state CCC personnel selection supervisor suggested that 32 abandoned CCC camps in North Carolina might serve as evacuation shelters in event of enemy air raids on cities and towns. Grier said the camps also could be converted into emergency hospitals or isolation centers in case of disease epidemics.
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Raleigh
Upy T. L. Grier
CCC
North Carolina
Grier
Dictionary note on daily word diversity rises vocab use
A compact guide discusses correct usage and pronunciation details for words like diversity. It explains misused phrases such as Mary and John got married yesterday and mentions pronunciation hints for pergola and purgo lal uoas. The piece encourages learning one new word daily and cites variations and synonyms for diversity such as variety, thwart, and foil. It includes a quoted archaic line about diversities of vice and notes common misspellings like em versus um.
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Mary
John
Bombers Waited as Pups Born Near Base Runway
In Albuquerque New Mexico a control tower operator held several bombers aloft to clear a runway after military police rushed to the field. Three puppies were born as MPs arrived just as the aircraft descended. The mother dog fled into sandhills and the pups were taken to a local home.
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Albuquerque. N. MM
Ie Field
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Alhuquerque
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Ibezon
Ganna Bezon
Trique
Morseton
Johnson
KOTEX
Quest Deodorant
Drs
One
Phillips
Hinds
Westinghouse
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Ant Ae
Donald Wolk
Farmingdale
Long Island
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
S. C
Georgia
U.S. Stark Hospital
Morris Pennington
Caribbean
W. L. Gordon
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