Defense troubles minorities issue from Peter Edson
Dr Will W Alexander directs minority groups in the Labor Division of the Office of Production Management. He notes defense needs require four million new workers with skilled trades, and efforts target erasing race and color barriers to place them. Migration and local labor markets complicate shortages across California, Detroit, and New Jersey with millions unemployed awaiting skilled employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Will W. Alexander
Office of Production Management
Dr. Alexander
United States
Italy
Los Angeles
Plaina States
Hitler
Defense
Camp Lee
Petersburg
New Jersey
Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Connecticut
California
Detroit Motors
Fort Worth-Dallas
United States Employment Service
USES
OPM
War at Sea Narrows Rights and Risks for the United States
The Robin Moor sinking heightens questions of neutrality and freedom of the seas. The piece weighs US rights to sail unarmed through distant lanes, Germany’s claim to target contraband, and whether a future clash is avoidable or inevitable. The author notes measured US responses and historic precedent, urging clarity over law and force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
United States
South Atlantic
William P. Frye
Robin Moor
U. S
South Africa
Germany
Wartime Europe faceoff eyed by U S experts
The piece contrasts Nazi and Soviet military might, citing German organizational edge and multi-front strike plans toward Leningrad, Moscow, and Ukrainian routes. It notes U S experts expect a rapid Nazi push, as well as commentary on the Bridges deportation case and defense auto production debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snr
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Russia
Hitler
Stalin
Germany
U. S
Finland
Leningrad
Heim
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Polish Russia
Rumania
Ukraine
Kiev
Odessa
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Moscow
Switzerland
Sweden
In One Lifetime Wright Sees Transformation in Industry
Orville Wright visits Cincinnati’s vast new motor plant that could host eight baseball games at once, a monument to rapid change from the bicycle shop in 1908 to engines of 1700 horsepower. The article notes a shift from a 25 to 80 horsepower prototype to a production scale of 1000 motors monthly, reflecting how quickly life evolves and the dual use of technology for good or evil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Cincinnati
Wilbur
Wright
Kitty Hawk
1 300 000 More Jobs In Major Defense Industries
M J Kane of the Office of Production Management warns that 1.8 million more workers are needed in defense industries by year end. Targets include 285,000 for shipbuilding, 260,000 for tank production, 100,000 for munitions, and 400,000 for aircraft. Skilled labor shortages may slow progress, but apprentices and trainees will be mobilized as the year advances. Every minute counts as the industrial mobilization begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chav
Gabriel
Vivian Gabriel
War Department
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Bay
Washington
Patterson
QPM
OPM
Knudsen
General Motors
Unlens
Leonard Replogle
World War Industries Board
Republican National
Florida
Britain
Replogle
Defense
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Germany
North American Aviation
Frank Grillo
CIO Rubber Workers
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
M. J. Kane
Office of Production Management
Hemisphere resource push links trade and self sufficiency
The United States signs a three year tungsten ore buy in Bolivia and plans large scale purchases of bauxite in Dutch Guiana. Brazil doubles manganese output while Cuba increases. Bolivian tin awaits shipping facilities as hemisphere antimony comes largely from Mexico. Rubber and quinine production is fostered in native countries, building a mutual trading foundation for a more self sufficient western hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
North
South America
United States
Bolivn
Dutch Guiana
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
Barbs on age and harmony in changing times
A garbled set of quips notes women pondering age and harmony amid lower prices. A coast man seeks divorce citing a palmist. A palm reader joke surfaces as marriage law lampshades matrimony limits.
Molten lava destroys village at Mount Ztrta foot
June 18 1923 report notes lava destroying a village at the volcano slope with rising activity and fears of a catastrophe. Vesuvius follows suit as coverage warns of potential disaster and broader volcanic danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ztrta
Vesuvius
Kearns
Eddie Kane
Tom Gibbons
New York
Sing Sing
Edward M. Fuller
W. Frank McGee
F. 8. S. Leviathan
Boston
Southern Ocean Way
Inglenook
Atlantic
Courage and faith in war effort highlighted by leaders
The piece quotes Sidney Hillman and Toyohiko Kagawa urging support for courageous servicemen with worthy equipment. It praises naval glory while noting risks, then mentions Indiana teachers taking advanced study at the University of Pittsburgh. A woman, Mrs F M Mack, saves life by tossing burning debris from an explosion into the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Aron
Helen Hersperger
Mary FE
Mel Gragor
Joseph Shane
Pearl McGregor
Indiana Public School
Anniversity of
Pittsburgh
Ufe
F. M. Mack
North Eleventh Street
Local residents and visitors share idle Sunday visits
March and Frank Peffer of New Kensington spent vacation with his parents the Peffers. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Huey visited J. C. Work near Covode. Harry Ruhl returned to Wilkinsburg after a week with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zener. Harriet Mottern visits Howard Knaut. Helen Bartholomew of Long Island and Genevive Bartholemew visit in Pittsburg with Carl Bartholomew's family. Lena Dilts and Leone Mitchell of near Mahaffey visit Bila Dilts and sister Mrs. Walter Wineberg. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings Lowry and Indiana-based family visit Maude Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peffer
New Kensington
Myz
H. C. Peffer
W. M. Huey
J. C. Work
Covode
Harry Ruhl
Wilkinsburg
W. H. Zener
Harriet Motterns
Howard Knaut
Helen Bartholomew
Long Island
Genevive Bartholomew
Pittsburgh
Carl Bartholomew
Lena Dilts
Leone Mitchell
Mahaffey
Bila Dilts
Walter Wineberg
Hasting Lowry
Indiana
Maude Pierce
Thought on righteousness and faith by Milton
A brief media card notes Milton's idea that justification before God and peace of conscience come through faith imputed righteousness. It presents a religious reflection drawn from historic prose.
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God
Milton
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Davee Ray
Nev
Biigtt Nay
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Ite
Agreas
Washington Merry Gene
Drew Pearella
Robert & Allen
Frankensisen
Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Richard Frankensteen
CIO Auto
Frankensteen
Lemuel Schofield
FAI
Connelley
Bridges
Schofield
Justice Department
Pete Sutes
Vandergrift
Reno
They
Say
Toyohiko Kagawa
Howard Scott
Technocracy, Inc
Clens
Stoldam
Royal Navy
Benito Mussolini
Grefner
Greiner
Groeer
Greiner Baking CO
Indiana, Pa
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