Millions To Need Jobs When War Ends Big Problem Will Follow
Washington dispatch outlines postwar job surge as 8 to 10 million peacetime openings are needed. WPB reconversion aims to move workers into civilian manufacturing within six months after Allied victory. Senate postwar committee warns of a half year shock as war plants shut and veterans return, with production must rise 1.5 to 2.5 times prewar to absorb labor.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Bernard Baruch
Europe
Hitler
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Japan
Senate Committee
WPRB
War Department
Army Air Forces
Army Service Forces
Army
Germany
Gger
Coe Committee
Ress
WPA
OWI
ODT
WEA
WMC
Rubber Director
OPA
New Army Group Commands Raise Bradley to Montgomery Level
Reports from Allied HQ indicate General Omar Bradley will lead the 12th Army Group under General Eisenhower, equal in status to General Bernard Montgomery who remains overall Allied ground forces commander in France. British critics argue the change de-emphasizes Montgomery, but American officials say it reflects wartime command needs as operations expand from the St Lo breakout toward northern France.
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Organi
France
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Weschoners
Britain
Bradley
Montgomery
Su- Allied
Supreme Headquarters
12Th Army Group
Eisenhower
St. Lo
21St Army Group
London Mirror
Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
Rhone
Patch
International Air Corps may emerge from capital talks
Growing talks at the Dumbarton Oaks conference hint at a four power plan for an international air corps, backed by Russia and China, with Britain urging rapid use of existing forms. The plan envisions quick deployment and possible U S congressional backing of military and air forces to support the agency. President Roosevelt favored a fast action peace structure with an international court, then an assembly, and finally a small council with power to mobilize armadas and air fleets to curb aggression.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
International Air Corps
Russia
China
Britain
Congress
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Assembly
Council
Postwar price controls and OPA roles in transition
The article argues price controls will fade with rationing, leaving OPA to handle price control. It states war agencies see a clear path to Japan's defeat and that final victory planning, when controls end and normalization pressure rises, should be Congress’s responsibility.
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OPA
Japan
Congress
National Net Event Opens With Armed Service Contingent
Sixteen of the 32 men in the national tennis tourney are in the armed services. Lt Don McNeill seeds No 2 meets Lt William Gillespie on opening day center court. Francisco Segura tops the field vs Prof David Johnson on an outside court. Pauline Betz opens the women’s event against Mrs Eleanor Cushingham at Forest Hills. Segura, a Guayaquil resident visiting Florida, leads the non resident seeders armando Vega No 1 on the forelist. Joe Hunt cannot defend the 1943 crown. Ensign John Kramer serves with a Pacific LST.
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New York
Armed Services
Don McNeill
Wiliam Gillespie
Green Island
Neb
Francisco Segura
Ecuador
Pfo
David Johnson
Washington, D. C
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
West Side Tennis Club Stadium
Forest Hills
Eleanor F. Cushingham
Warrington
Fla
Miss Betz
A. Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
Miss Brough
Margaret Osborne
San Francisco
Segura
Guayaquil
Florida
Armando Vega
Mexico City
J. Joe Hunt
Navy
John Kramer
Pacific
State News Briefs Point to Mixed 1944 Tobacco Belt Market
Light sales continued on the North Carolina bright tobacco belt as the 1944 season opened with gov ceiling prices around 43 cents. Officials reported 3,207,800 pounds sold on Monday across 14 markets versus 8,591,144 a year ago, with an average price near 47.58 per hundredweight. A fatal tank truck collision in Bethel killed J R Kelly, 21, of Durham, and four brick buildings burned. The tanker carried 3,700 gallons of kerosene and the fire damaged a block of property. Meredith College announced a $140,000 progress toward a $565,000 postwar expansion goal.
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Wilson
North Carolina New Bright
War Food Administration
WBA
Bethel
Lester Jones
State Highway Patrol
J. R. Kelly
Durham
Jones
Reliable Transport Company
Raleigh
Greenville
Robersonville
Tarboro
Meredith College
W. H H. Weatherspoon
State Board to weigh Coastal Plains sublease request
The State Board of Conservation and Development will meet in Raleigh on September 7 to consider Coastal Plains Company of Kinston applying to sublease part of state land with oil drilling rights. The petition, examined by a sub-committee yesterday, was referred to the full board for action.
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OLL
Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Coastal Plains Company of
Kinston
Fix Liquor Quota for Raleigh August 30 1948
Four liquor ration coupons are valid in September at state ABC stores. Coupons Nos 37 38 allow one quart two pints or one fifth of blended whisky scotch or win. Nos 89 40 cover one quart two pints or one fifth or two tenths of brandy or gin. Nos 39 40 apply to one fifth of listed brands. Imported spirits remain un rationed.
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Raleigh
ABC
Carl Williamson
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Cultural Lag and Attitudes Toward Vaccination
Sociologists describe cultural lag as a mindset that blames the unemployed on personal fault and oppose preventive medicine such as vaccination. The piece praises inoculation against typhoid and diphtheria and notes corrections in public health, including wartime contributions to disease control. It also discusses the tuberculin skin test and its limits, with a physician’s Q A about interpreting tests and X rays.
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Adam Smith
Japan
United States
F. FE. W
Formal Reports Awaited in Corrigan Case
Senate War Investigating committee awaits formal Navy and Justice reports on steps taken in the Corrigan case. John D. Corrigan, 43, a former Navy commander, was suspended then placed on inactive duty after he testified about a restricted document and urged its destruction. Theodore H. Barth of Norden, Inc. testified his firm hired Corrigan after he claimed to sever private ties with Corrigan, Osborne and Wells.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Navy
Justice Departments
John D. Corrigan
Corrigan
Corrigan, Osborne and Wells
Truman
D-Mo
Navy Ordnance Bureau
Theodore H. Barth
Carl L. Norden, Inc
Ordnance Bureau
Plant Seizure Ends Walkout in Virginia
In Virginia the government resumed vital wartime material shipments ending a walkout at a local plant. Officials state the seizure actions conclude the labor stoppage and restore production.
War Department seizes nickel plant under presidential order
About 000 workers at the International Nickel Co. were moved into the plant after a Presidential order seized the strikebound facility. Lt. Cah George D. Woods and seven officers took possession at 10 pm, enabling a midnight shift flow and a quick end to the strike. Col. Woods praised cooperation from the company and the CIO United Steelworkers Union despite no official comment from either side.
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International Nickel Co
War Department
Cah
George D. Woods
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Col. Woods
Simple Home Cure Promised For Skin Ailments
Advertises Black and White Ointment for acne eczema ringworm and other skin irritations claiming immediate antiseptic action and faster healing. Recommends Black and White Shin Soap daily and touts 25 years of success with 100 size ointment and 25 cent tins.
Notice to creditors for Marvin L Wise estate Guilford NC
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Marvin Lynn Wise of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons with claims to present them by July 26 1945 or the notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. Dated July 26 1944 Mrs M L Wise 619 Wesley Place Administrator of the Estate of Marvin Lynn Wise 726 8/29 1623/50
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Marvin Lynn Wise
Guilford County
North Carolina
M. L. Wise
Wesley Place
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