Proclamation on Expanding Employment for Older Workers
A government statement urges employers to review standards to avoid barring older workers. It notes a national and state efforts network aiding workers aged around 43 and above, with programs under wartime and federal collaboration. The piece emphasizes utilizing all skills in defense and industry to address unemployment among veterans and seniors.
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Maydhas
Etiaire
Délenge
Hempstead
Legion
Roosevelt Proclaims National Employment Week 1941
President Franklin D Roosevelt designates May 4 1941 as National Employment Week and National Employment Sunday urging churches civic groups chambers of commerce veterans organizations industry labor and media to promote work for the unemployed especially those over 40 to aid the war effort and national defense.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Veterans
United States
Washington
Queeerest of Animals and India Insulation Note
The text compares the giraffe as one of the queerest animals citing its spotted skin like a leopard the camel like breast and camelopard features. It then claims India is the chick American source of mina used for insulation hairposes.
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India
Mina
Rural Mail Box Improvement Week Urged by Post Office
Hope Postmaster Robert M. Wilson announces May 5 to 11, 1911 as Rural Mail Box Improvement Week to promote name labeling on boxes and proper erection. The Postal Bulletin urges neat, accessible, well-maintained boxes, grouped where possible, with shelves 3 to 4 feet high and standard designs to protect mail and ease carrier handling.
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Viston
Postoffice Department
Hope
Robert M. Wilson
Postoffica Department
Wilson
Postal
Russia Aroused From Page One War Moves Stir Turku Tempere
The Pravda report claims German transports landed about 12 400 troops with tanks and artillery at Turku Finland on April 8 and moved to Tempere two days later. Berlin cites troop movements to Norway via Finland under Helsinki. British observers fear a Russia transit ban could choke a key German supply route. Nazi warnings threaten U S ships, while Mussolini reports Axis forces pressing toward the Suez Canal and forcing British withdrawals in Egypt.
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Russia
Germany
Hitler
Balkans
Pravda
Communist Party
Turku
Finland
Moscow
Norway
Helsinki
London
Cireles
U. S
U.S
Berlin
Roosevelt
Britain
Hoosevelt
Mussolini
Egypt
Suez Canal
Salamaves
Churchill hails 45000 evacuees safe in retreat
Churchill praised the 45,000 evacuees reaching bases amid hard fighting by imperial forces around Mir Olympus Grevena and Thermopylae. He called their rear-guard credit to discipline amid German pressure and armored divisions. A Greek government source said Britain was advised to withdraw to avoid further bloodshed.
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Comitatis
Churchill
Mir Olympus
Grevena
Thermopylae
Britain
Greece
Cotton as nature's whitest fiber and its uses
Our Daily Bread continues its discussion on cotton highlighting its status as the world's finest fiber. The piece extols cotton's versatility, from soft fabrics to protective coatings, stressing laundering ease, stain resistance, and potential finishes. It notes cotton’s mechanical utility and broad consumer appeal with slogans urging America to buy cotton.
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America
London projects tiny tickets save vast paper pulp
London utilities experiment with ultra thin tickets claiming each ticket is OM inches thick. The plan reduces paper use across about 1,000 million yearly passes, potentially saving hundreds of tons of paper pulp and aiding the wet effort as cited by transport officials.
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Eens
London
Landon
Tagsonger Transport Board
Inventive Fiber With High Shock Resistance and Dye Affinity
The material shows a very low electrical conductivity making it useful for insulation. It endures repeated high shocks better than other fibers and freely absorbs dyes with strong dye-holding capacity. It can be chemically routed and transformed into different forms, offering wide usefulness and stability in storage.
Greek resistance and German cooperation in occupied Greece
The report notes a new Greek government set up under the occupation and says German forces in Greece are reinforced. Allied forces retreat to the sea as motorized units advance in the Peloponnesus. The communique claims 5 000 prisoners, including a general and several Serbs, with four more officers among those captured. Demobilized Greek soldiers to police the country.
Mind Your 4tm Arg Hat Off and Houseguest Etiquette
Fragmentary lines question polite norms for guests in a home and etiquette around shared spaces. It asks if a guest monopolizes the bathroom and whether a learner should join in games with experts. It also mentions asking permission before giving a reference and ends with a bridal presentation note.
Poorly Styled Women and a Captain’s Ego
Fragmentary chatter critiques women’s style and a blonde captain named Voutenant. The speaker complains about leadership, contemplates forming a camp to organize and “ruin up to suit ourselves,” and jokes that Uncle Sam could not keep women from civil war if confined together.
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Voutenant
Strillinus
Heborg
Sam
Miners Agree Increase Proposed by the South
Union president John L. Lewis announced a tentative wage increase for Southern miners after talks with operators spokesman Lt. Putman. He said at least two thirds of Southern mines would be producing by Thursday and that negotiations would resume in New York City on May 12 to finalize a two year contract incorporating the Sha lay increase and any further additions.
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John L. Lewis
Putman
New York City
Would You Be a Best Man and Gift Etiquette
A fragmented card game of wedding toast rites and gifts asks who to toast at a bachelor dinner and when to give presents. It ponders proper timing for gifts after returning from the wedding trip and whether the groom should give gifts on arrival.
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Talbot
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Avery
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