Wallace outlines 60 Million Jobs plan for postwar prosperity
Secretary Wallace unveils a new book advocating a 60 million jobs goal by 1950 with a national income target of 200 billion dollars. He proposes financing methods, overseas work, industrializing backward countries, housing expansion, health programs, and rural electrification, urging prompt action and careful budget discipline. The work, published by Simon and Schuster, runs two newspaper pages in a paper bound edition.
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James Marlow Washington
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Chicago
United States
Simon and Schuster
Oil group meets in El Dorado to set White Oak field rules
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission will convene in El Dorado on September 12 to promulgate spacing rules and operation standards for the White Oak field in Franklin County following the Harold Wolsey well No 1 by Arkansas Western Gas. An ophthalmic dispenser is defined as a trained professional who interprets prescriptions and fashions, fits and adjusts eyeglasses.
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OIL Group
el Dorado
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
White Oak
Franklin County
Harold Woolsey
Arkansas Western Gas Company
Mississippi and New York politics clash over Bilbo and Rankin
Westbrook Pegler argues New York demagogues misuse Mississippi figures like Theodore Bilbo and John Rankin to attack. He recalls Ku Klux Klan history, carpetbagger rule, and urban bosses while defending Mississippi heritage and urging readers to weigh New York leaders against southern resilience.
Air travel reshapes postwar sports travel and Europe plans
New York dispatch surveys Howard Hobson on air travel for college basketball and how European coaching ties and service-team exposure could reshape postwar sport. He cites trips to New York with three week itineraries, Italy coaching stops, and British ideas, plus Albion Hillsdale football status and a Pro Al Truci anniversary party at Fresh Meadow Golf Club.
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New York
G. IL
Howard Hobson
Oregon
Europe
League of Nations
Italy
Hobson
Bennevento
Guido Grasiani
Geoffrey Dyson
Loughborough College
Britain
Hobby
Kurland
Picadilly
Army
Academy
Albion
Hillsdale
Michigan
Fresh Meadow Golf Club
al ‘Truci
Coast Guard Aligns Release Points With Navy Rates
Washington reports the Coast Guard reduced critical point scores for male personnel to 40 points for enlisted and 42 for male officers to match Navy release rates. Women reserves unchanged at 29 for enlisted and 35 for officers. explanation cites younger Coast Guard ages andNeed to keep pace with Navy releases.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Navy
U S boot shoe makers output 207 million pairs in five months
U S boot shoe and slipper manufacturers produced one and a half pairs per person in the first five months of 1945 totaling 207,663,606 pairs. The writing also compares New York politicians using bigotry for votes to Bilbo and Rankin.
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U. S
New York
Bilbo
Rankin
Britain Seeks U S Aid for Postwar Reconversion Talks
Anglo American economic talks open Monday with Britain seeking a cost free reconversion aid via a postwar lend lease style arrangement. Lord Keynes and Lord Halifax join the British delegation while U S officials push for liberalized global trade and substantial financial support to Britain as the talks begin.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Lord Keynes
Lord Halifax
No-Hitter By Dick Fowler Brightens A Year’s Baseball
Dick Fowler, a 21-year-old Canadian army dischargee, pitched the season’s first no-hitter in the Athletics 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns, in the second game of a doubleheader. Philadelphia also won the opener 6-2. The milestone came as Detroit and Washington pressed in the AL pennant race, while Chicago and St Louis led the NL chase after twin bills.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Dick Fowler
Philadelphia Athletics
Mackmen
St. Louis Browns
A’s
Clyde Shoun
Cincinnati
Boston
Bobby Feller
Cleveland
Bengals
Mickey Haefner
Washington
White Sox
Santiago Ullrich
Alex Carrasquel
Ossie Bluege
Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Paul Richards
Douvies
Rudy York
Detroit
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Bruins
Cubs
Braves
Ray Prim
Claude Passeau
Prim
Passeau
Redbirds
New York Giants
Red Barrett
al Jurisich
Ken Burkhardt
Bob Feller
Spud Chandler
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Jeffi Heath
Mickey Rocco
Les Fleming
Rocco
Tribe
Bills
Brooklyn
al Lakeman
Phils
Pirates
Walter
Boom Boom
Beck
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Bue
International views on war and economy quoted
A collection of quotes on national interests, economic markets, Japan and empire, labor and pay, UNRRA information access, and international perspectives from figures in academia media and government. The excerpt shows diverse opinions from O Frederick Nolde John T Madden and Clarence J Brown among others.
Barbs and Blunts in a Wisconsin Beach Tale
A beach guard at a Wisconsin resort saved the same girl three times in a curious incident. The piece also mentions a worker described as lazy and impudent, and critiques on restrain of trade. It contrasts American discussions of loans with British reluctance to incur new debts after heavy wartime burdens.
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Wisconsin
Arkansas To Adopt Grid Playoff Plan
A first draft of a proposed football playoff plan for the Arkansas High School conference will be prepared at a September 22 meeting in Little Rock. Conference officials E. F. Quigley and R. B. Branner said the plan would divide the state into districts and aims to reduce membership. details remain undisclosed. Coaches at the annual session urged allowing ex servicemen to play if eligible and under 21.
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Little Rock
Arkansas High School
E. F. Quigley
Arkansas Athletic
R. B. Branner
Association
J. H. Abraham
R. H. Moore
Brawner
Viapvoluse O
Foy Hammons
Armed Forces
World Snipe Sailing Title Won On Lake Michigan
Chicago and Balboa tw in twins Robert White and Bettey White won the World Snipe Class Sailing championship on Lake Michigan with 4496 points. The Associated Press reports multiple sports results across golf horse and greyhound events from various U S locales with notable performances by Sam Snead at Dallas and Osie Base All-Stars in Germany.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert White
Bettey
Balboa
Calif
Lake Michigan
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Colo
Barney Clark
Denver
Lincoln Park
Winona
Minn
Pirate
Golden Valley
Carl Grassle
Rochester
Minnesota
Dallas
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Jag McSpaden
Byron Nelson
New York
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Long Shot
Gallorette
Nuernberg
Germany
Osie Base
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Hawthorne
Pawtucket
R. I
Heres How
Lady Gunner
Narragansett
Inglewood
Texas
Sandman
Shuffle
Hollywood Park
Sergeant and His Italian Campaign Tank Meet Again
S Sgt Edward Enderle of Beaumont Texas said farewell to Champ the rusty tank in July 1944 after ten months in Italy with the 36th Division. He landed at Salerno and rode Champ through southern France before rotation home. Now they meet again at the Red River Ordnance Depot where Champ stands for renovations.
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Edward Enderle
Beaumont
Tex
Champ
Italy
Enderle
Salerno
United States
France
36Th
Wnucwe
Ordnance Unit
Red River
Champ” Stil Rusty and Trusty
Cities Seeking to Regain Control of Military Airports
Little Rock September 7 Special Glenn Zimmerman Arkansas Municipal League says several Arkansas cities seek return to municipal control of airports leased or acquired by armed forces during the war. Blytheville Walnut Ridge Newport El Dorado listed among those pursuing civil control. A joint Army Navy release notes military need determines timing. factors include international posture aviation development and congressional guidance for base selections.
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Little Rock
Glenn Zimmerman
Arkansas Municipal League
Blytheville
Walnut Ridge
Newport
el Dorado
Shreveport Field Gas Oil Ratio Tied to State Limit
In Shreveport La on September 7 the gas oil production ratio for the Shreveport field was set at 2000 to 1, matching the state limit. A 1939 order had raised it to 4000 to 1 but officials and producers agreed to revert to the state standard. Witnesses said no excess gas waste was evident, Arkansas gas companies using about 6 million cubic feet daily. The hearing discussed venting gas in the Rodessa field. Arkansas A M College Magnolia reported only 291 students enrolled last year, including summer, noting a hard-hit school due to the war.
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Shreveport
State Conservation Department
Arkansas
Rodessa
Arkansas A. M. College of Magnolia
Schoor
Crackers Win Pennant in Southern Association
The 1945 Southern Association ends with four teams set for the Shaughnessy playoff led by the Atlanta Crackers Mobile Chattanooga and New Orleans. The Pelicans face the Crackers in Atlanta and Mobile visits Chattanooga before a 3 game series in Mobile and New Orleans Friday. Finalists meet in a 7 game series with site decided by percentage and rounds' length. The Crackers earn 3000 for pennant and playoff winner 3000. runner up owes its finish to Nashville.
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Southern Association
Atlanta Crackers
Mobile
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Shaughnessy
Pelicans
Crackers
Atlanta
Billy Evans
Evans
Runerup
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Barons
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Gil Coan
Bert Niehoff
Little Rock
Travelers
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al Treichel
Glen Bellinger
Chicks
Memphis
Bears
Buster Chatham
Chick
U.S. household size shrank from 3.3 to 3 persons
Between 1940 and 1944 the average U S household contracted. The April 1940 median stood at 3.3 persons while October 1944 recorded 3 persons per household, indicating a gradual reduction in household size during the war years.
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U. S
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