Electric Bulb Production Dominates Prewar U.S. Industry
More than 500 million electric light bulbs across 10 000 types were produced annually in the United States before the war. Household appliances are the largest consumer field for electric parts with machine tools forming the heaviest demand in industry.
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United States
New OWI Plan Uses New York School Data Abroad
A NYCS report on public schooling in a democracy is prepared for overseas use in Rome Bari London Moscow Reykjavik and more. The program aims to show freedom of public education and may aid psychological warfare while promoting American democracy to foreign audiences.
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New York
New York City
OWI
Rome
Bari
Italy
London
Moscow
Reykjavik
Stockholm
Cairo
Istanbul
Algiers
Tunis
Bombay
Sidney
Chungking
Onaim
United States
America
Brittannica
Harold G. Campbell
John E. Wade
Howard A. Shiebler
Iceland
Australia
Cummings
McMahon
White House
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Farm daily chores eased by dishwasher use
An average farm wife washes six tons of tableware annually and an electric dishwasher saves about 240 hours of kitchen work each year.
Colorating by electric eye enables precise measurement
The text notes that colorating accuracy to a few thousandths of an inch is achieved through the use of an electric eye, an electronics based method.
Inflation and political maneuvering threaten postwar costs
A dense summary outlines looming inflation from the Kilgore Conversion Bill rooftop costs, CIO wage pressure, and Hillman-Murray demands. It notes Connecticut Democratic shifts, campaign tact, and wartime policy battles, with commentary on morale and social issues in liberated Italy and general war dynamics.
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Sidney Hillman
United States
CLO
Democratic Party
Needles
Kilgore
Congress
Philip Murray
C.I.0
Hillman-Murray
A. F. of L
War Labor Board
Brittany
Poland
Marshal Kettering
Alexander
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Alps
Feurstein
Allied advance from Florence threatens Lombardy Plain
The German defense around Florence slows Allied progress. Once the last mountain barrier before Bologna falls, an Allied avalanche could spill into the Lombardy Plain, pushing toward a decisive breakthrough. The article notes expectations of a swift, powerful Allied push following that advance.
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Cassino
Alexander
Atlas Range
North Africa
Marshal Kettering
Apennines
Lombardy Plain
Alpine
Albert Leman
Florence
Bologna
Lombardy
Grand Coulee Dam Houses World's Largest Generators
Grand Coulee Dam hosts the largest electric generators in the world each weighing 2,000,000 pounds and capable of producing 150,000 horsepower.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Squeeze Play in the Mines
Coal is mined economically in tunnels as small as 24 inches using electrically driven belt conveyors, highlighting mining efficiency.
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