War Production Board faces bottlenecks in armament output
Reporters learn the WPB views production by future bottlenecks rather than past totals. Officials discuss tracking gun and tank component flow, with Robert Nathan noted for quick digging into armament digests. Nelson screens reports to find final causes, while weekly sheets detail factory progress and shortages.
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Ory
Tidor
War Production Board
Donald
Office of Prostess
ROEM
Dece
Nelson
WPB
Agency
Office of Progress
Robert Nathan
Nathan
Mr. Nelson
Than
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Navy
Nelkesthorn
Nelsen
Victory Book Day Urges Hempstead County Drive
Hempstead County Library leads a Victory Book campaign urging residents to donate good books for men in uniform. Governor Adkins proclaims Friday April 17 as Victory Book Day, with support from USO AA and Red Cross. Miss Elsie Weisenberger asks all county residents to contribute by bringing books to the library on that day.
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Arkansans
Adkins
United Service Organizations
American Library Association
American Red Cross
Hempstead County
Elsie Weisenberger
Ellis Meek Wears Daughter’s Anklets to Work in Odd Tale
A fragment from Maryville notes Ellis Meek, mistaken for wearing his seven-year-old daughter’s blue anklets instead of socks, as a curiosity amid wartime talk. The piece then cites Donald Nelson’s New York speech praising wartime production, noting dramatic, selective reporting.
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Maryville
Ellis Meek
Nelson
New York
Donald Nelson
Army Ordanea Department
Call Them Korean models in a child's constructor set
A vivid tour of a massive aviation assembly line shows growing fuselages moving on rails. Workers add engines, wings, turrets, and armament as overhead cranes lift sub assemblies. The narrator notes rapid production, three shifts, and multiple plants making bomber aircraft.
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Uncle Sam
Consolidated
Hitler-Hirohito and Co
U S Does the Impossible by Walter Paskes
In San Diego, Walter Paskes reports America’s rapid production of long-range bombers and patrol planes via the powered assembly line. He details Consolidated Aircraft Corp’s PBY Catalinas, B-24s, and PB2Y Coronado, noting vast parts, rivets, and the massive moving lines that unfold like a giant factory exhibit.
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San Diego
Cal
America
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated
U. S
Mrving
Army
U. S. Navy
Gals Learn Pen Pal Club Ads Misdirected to Jail Address
In St Joseph Missouri the Lonely Heart and Pen Pal Club faces exposure after pen pals were sent letters from 316 North Fifth Street with a return address tied to Buchanan County jail. Sheriff S J Shepherd notes the misdirection alerts the writers to the jail’s address.
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ST. Joseph
Lonely Heart
North Fifth Street
Buchanan County
S. J. Shepherd
Bootlegging May Drop Up By JACK STINNETT
A Coolidge era reader awakens to a collage of improbable headlines. Wives warned on bootlegging cuffs for husbands. U S freezes bicycles and rationing is ordered. US cheese plant in Syracuse joins the era’s odd mix. Army streamlines uniforms while debates over women’s corps rumble. The piece satirically portrays sudden government controls and pubic uproar.
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Dylan
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Coolidge
WPB
U. S
Rip van Winkle
Selzer
Syracuse
Lincoln
Harding
Lenin
Army
Too Many Rescuers Spoil the Patient
A woman fainted downtown and police reported a surge of first aid students rushing to help. They attempted to manage the scene by roping off a space until she regained consciousness. A lighthearted note suggests a man misses his streetcar and may face trouble.
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Kansas City
Shoes Stolen From Car Containing Left Foot Samples
A red faced thief nabbed a case of shoes from an automobile. The case held sample shoes all for the left foot, belonging to a satesman's car. The incident leaves the man guessing what comes next.
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Baltimore
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Kroger
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