Connecticut Postwar Reemployment Plan For Ex Service Men
The Connecticut plan guides ex servicemen to job sources and aptitude tests, offers training, and coordinates with industry and agencies to place workers. It aims as a national model for addressing postwar employment of millions including displaced war workers and 40 year olds. Carl A. Gray led earlier successful efforts. governors will discuss expansion in New London.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
United States
Raymond E. Baldwin
New England
New London
Carl A. Gray
Plainville
Gray
Grays
North Africa
Connecticut Postwar Plan Seeks Local Labor Help
The Connecticut plan uses existing offices in Hartford to aid ex service men with jobs and training. It aims to cooperate with colleges and state training centers and expand to federal support as results prove effective. The plan is endorsed by labor and industry leaders and highlights a recent case of a wounded veteran finding suitable work after a prejudiced employer rejected him.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Capitol
U. S
James J. Clerkin
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Alfred C. Fuller
The
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
Gray
Wartime Washington debated unifying Latin American agencies
In Washington a dispute between Vice President Wallace and Jesse Jones over Latin American policy prompts talk of sweeping reorganizations. Proposals range from a cabinet post for Latin American affairs to a single over-all bureau, consolidating eight agencies and reshaping diplomacy, trade, and defense links.
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Wallace
Congress
Administration
State Department
War and Navy Departments
Caribbean
Cape
Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Nelson A. Rockefeller
BEW
South
Central America
Rio Grande
Jesse Jones
RFC
Senate
Ile
Tme
United States
Army and Navy
MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE PROMOTIONS AND RETURNS
Military personnel news lists promotions graduations and postings. Joe J. Welch from Camp Cooke California rises to corporal. Pfc Fred Davis returns to Mariana Florida after a 10 day furlough. Pfc Charles F Greenhill visits relatives while stationed at Camp Barkley Texas. Ensign Henry A Ferree commissioned from Northwestern University. Staff Sergeant Charles Ritchie promoted to technical sergeant at Camp Polk Louisiana. Marjorie E Burton graduates from Motor Transport School and reports to Fort H. Wright New London Connecticut with the WAC Detachment.
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Davis
Florida
Fred Davis
Mariana, Fla
Elsie Davis
Charles R. Davis
Navy
Washington, D. C
Ferree
Henry A. Ferree
William C. Ferree
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Training School For Midshipmen
Abbott Hall
Northwestern University
Chicago
WAC
New Post
Marjorie E. Burton
J. M. Burton
Burton Street
Motor Transport School
The
Women's Army Corps
Daytona Beach
Fla
New London
Thomasville Merchants Plan to Work With OPA
The Thomasville Merchants Association adopts a plan to cooperate with the OPA to observe ceiling prices on commodities. A special committee will enforce price levels in line with federal regulations, working with the Thomasville Rationing Board. Committees are named for Food Apparel and Dry Goods Durable Goods and Services.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Merchants Association
OPA
North Carolina
Thomasville Rationing Board
Lewis C. Crawford
Willie B. May
Carl Moore
W. F E. Tom
Grand Canyon Deepening Amid Rising Terrain
The Grand Canyon is deepening while the bed stays level as the canyon floor rises at a rate similar to the river cutting downward. Geologists note the uplift of the surrounding rock keeps the overall bed at a higher elevation despite erosion.
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Royal Navy
Tyson
Grand Canyon
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