Small Firms Could Hold Key To Defense Contracts
The Enterprise Special News Service reports that 20,000 small machine shops and mills nationwide may determine how fast defense production expands. About 4,750 firms received all of the 15,600 army and navy orders to date, with more than 27 billion dollars of contracts yet to be awarded. The Office of Production Management seeks to spread work by subletting, aided by a Defense Contract Service connecting small plants with larger manufacturers. The effort aims to boost overall output and shorten delays in securing orders.
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Robert M. Jackson
Washington
The
Enterprise Special News Service
America
Army
Navy
Imade
National Association of Manufacturers
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Knudsen
Defense Contract Service
Federal Reserve Bank
Air Corps
Robert L. Meherway
Construction Of Newfoundland Base Far Ahead Of Schedule
The United States naval air station at Argentia on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula is progressing rapidly under Commander R. W. Miller. The project faces peat terrain, railroad extensions, housing for 125 relocated families, water and power supplies, and new barracks for about 1,300 workers. Local Newfoundland labor, supplemented by U.S. specialists, will be used where possible. accommodations for American workers are limited, with some housed aboard the Richard W. Peck.
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Quonset, R. I
Enterprise Special News Service
United States Naval Air Station
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Argentia
Naval Air Establishment
Rhodes Island
Quonset Point
R. W. Miller
St. John’s
Soo
United States
Navy
Middle West
Rew
Song Island Sound
Richard W. Peck
WPA Producing Skilled Men For Defense Jobs In N C
Raleigh reports the WPA has trained workers for defense needs since last summer. Joe Goodman, once a farmer, now earns $1 an hour as a sheet metal worker in Wilmington. Program aims to raise WPA workers' status and supply skilled labor for national defense with training across multiple North Carolina cities.
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WPA
F. F. Grosclose
State College
Raleigh
Joe Goodman
Wilmington
Horatio Alger
C. C. McGinnis
Relief Agency
McGinnis
Durham
Gastonia
Salisbury
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
High Point
Dallas
Canton
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Charlotte
Lexington
National Defense
United States Office of Education
State Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina
Register of the
State Employment Service
Ore Goodman
Charles Keys
Forsyth County
Clarence Sharpe
Jurdle Mills
Christopher Lamb
Charlotte Air Base
Holly Ridge
Benny Jackson
Monroe
Prices Of New Cars Will Be Up 10 Per Cent
Detroit June 7 The Enterprise Special News Service reports manufacturers plan higher 1943 model prices by about 8 to 10 percent due to tax and production costs. Experts doubt current prices can be held through year end, with extras sometimes becoming standard as costs rise. Factory output limits and smaller sales volumes under OM office directives push unit prices higher. Styling changes are assured but major features remain secret.
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Detroit
Enterprise Special News Service
Automobil
Office of Production Management
Cleaning Enameled Beds and Whitening Clothes Tips
A newspaper style Q and A provides tips for care. Turpentine on a soft cloth cleans an enameled bed and restores gloss. For whitening clothes, soak overnight in a solution of one quart water to one teaspoon cream of tartar. A pudding tip advises mixing flour and sugar before adding milk.
United States Must Stay United to Keep Democracy
Charlotte report notes R H Markham of the Christian Science Monitor urged North Carolina journalists to remain united against threats to democracy. The renowned foreign correspondent spoke at a banquet closing a two day North Carolina Press Association session, stressing solidarity against world plunder.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Press Association
United States
R. H. Markham
The
Christian Science Monitor
Middle
Europe
Press Association
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