Half Of America's Able Women Seen Doing War Work Inside Of 16 Months
In a nationwide push, experts forecast half of women aged 18 to 65 will take essential war jobs in 16 months. The U S Manpower Commission and Employment Service urge registration and training now, targeting housewives and workers across centers like Baltimore Seattle and Connecticut. Women already in government arsenals and civil service perform clerical to highly technical tasks, with fields expanding to toxicology chemistry engineering and public health. The drive calls for enrollment, loans for training, and rapid placement in production and civilian services, with millions expected to be employed by 1943.
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America
New York
Uncle San
U. S. Manpower Commission
Washington
U. S. Employment Service
Baltimore
Seattle
Connecticut
Thelma Mckievey
Women's Labor Supply Service
War Production Board
Miss McKelvey
Sam
U. S
War Council
Local health row and police reporting clash raise questions
Health officer interview sparks city sewer dispute with engineer Knox opposing Dr. Herring. Knox urges change while Mayor Kirkman weighs a new health chief. Chief Friddice then states police do not report crime or make reports public, amid a shooting incident and crash involving a citizen’s car.
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Enterprise
Knox
Sorer
Herring
The
State Board of Health
Baby albums celebrate first birthdays in Thomasville area
Baby James Laverne Newby, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Newby of Thomasville route one, turns one on Friday July 24. David Wayne Whitlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whitlow of 904 East Green Street, will mark his first birthday on Monday July 27. A fragment notes a shooting incident lacking police reports or familiar details.
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James Laverne Newby
R. J. Newby
Thomasville
David Wayne Whitlow
J. W. Whitlow
East Green Street
Home Front News Sparks From Washington War Prep
Wartime guidance from Washington outlines civilian shoe stock and leather saving, with lighter heels and sturdier walking shoes. Home front tips cover typewriter drives, toys, and household labor shifts, plus local airport rumor checks and public notices on city operations and rationing controls.
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Washington
Bailey enlists in High Point and reports for induction
Carl Alexander Bailey, 19, son of Mrs. C. B. Bailey of 306 Thurston Street, has joined the ordnance company formed in High Point and Greensboro and reported to Camp Jackson for induction. He is brother to Sidney Earl Bailey, a U.S. Navy aviation machinist’s mate who has served two and a half years with the Pacific fleet since Pearl Harbor, including duty aboard the carrier Lexington before its loss at the Coral Sea. The era’s rubber shortage drives a shift to steel-wheeled farm wagons and limits 1943 implements to steel-wheeled equipment as combines with rubber tires end production July 41.
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Carl Alexander Bailey
C. B. Bailey
Thurston Street
Ordance Company
High Point
Greensboro
Camp Jackson
Sidney Earl Bailey
Aviation
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Sidney
Lexington
Coral Sea
Glorifying Your Ears and Earrings for War Time
Wartime fashion urges bold earrings as jewelry materials shrink. Wear striking earrings to accentuate assets, pair with hair and hats, and use hair massing to minimize less favored ears. Emphasize beauty care from hairline down to powder shade to alter ear impact.
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Hollywood
Y Club Schedule Highlights Mrs Miller Texas Trip Talk
The YWCA weekly agenda opens Monday with a Flor ence Nightingale Club supper where Mrs Homer Miller will discuss her Texas trip. Other groups meet through the week including Adams Kid Party Lend A Hand trips a theater outing and a joint Live Yer Jolly Yer session with Friends Service reps. Additional notes offer beauty tips on ears and skin care.
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Y.W.C.A
Florence Nightingale Club
Homer Miller
Texas
Adams Club
Highland Club
W. C. Ido
Hillcrest Drive
Friends Service Committee
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Margusrite
Young Nea Service
Office of War Information
High Point Enterprise
Bill Friddice
Friddle
Cir
Cash & Carry
Sunny South Cleaners
West
Washington Street
Eleanor Ragsdale
NEA Service
Iigh
Donald Nelson
WPB
Lake
City Lake
Greensboro High Point
City Hall
Sheraton Hotel
J. M. Thomas
Sheraton
Anont
Carnival
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
Carl A. Bailey
S. C
Y’ Club
South Maint St
Heele
Bucessy
Ce Hong
Duke Power Company
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