The Courtship of Pat Friday and Jimmy Carr
Pat Friday, a secretary in train to Elmira, meets Jimmy Carr and notices Loraine Stuart’s perfect appeal as she rides separately. Pat reflects on her own looks, diet, and status as she travels behind Carr and observes Loraine’s poised presence and Pat’s uncertain place in this world of women.
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Pat Friday
Xeckier
Carr
Abe
Wntil
Loraine Stuart
Jimmy
Tatan
Lancers
Pat
Loraine
Miss Stuart
Elmira
Jimmy Carr
Friday
Patsy Redden
Lorain Stuart
Silent Sparks on the Train to Elmira
Pat, a stenographer trainee, travels with Jimmy Carr and Loraine Stuart. He promotes Pat into pilot training while teasing her and promising rapid progress. Loraine, engaged to Jimmy, challenges Pat and notes the formal act fails with her. The scene ends with a tease for continuation.
Sweet tooth prompts warning of health harms
A reader comments on enjoying sweets and warns of a coming need to curb indulgence. The note mentions a sweet toothache, a coat and vest, and hints at lifestyle changes ahead.
Cafes Rationed To Limit Eating Place Supplies
Rationing of restaurant food will be enforced not by requiring caterers to carry ration books but by restricting the supplies available to operators of eating places. The common and garden variety of people will soon become more popular.
Churchill defends son over North Africa comment
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill faced questions about his son Randolph’s letter praising Marcel Peyrouton, Governor General of Algeria. Churchill said the letter did not violate royal army comment rules and reflected a view shared by many Allied leaders in the theater.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Randolph
North Africa
Evening Standard
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Aneurin Bevan
French Labor Status Crisis at the Swiss Frontier
French youths defy Nazi labor draft near Haute Savoie as motorized police with SS troops hunt them around Lake Geneva. Insurgents, led by former officers, reportedly number at least 5,000. Some surrender after food shortages. reports say French resistance may influence future invasion responses. Tass cites German civil evacuation inland under armed escort on the French coast.
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Switzerland
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
London
France
Algiers
Tass
Moscow
Germany
State vice squad proposed to curb venereal disease
Harrisburg March 17 Creation of a state vice squad and court power to confine prostitutes during the war was advanced in the Pennsylvania House. Representative Joseph A. Longo urged organizing a vice squad to shut down houses of ill repute and illegal camps. He asked for $600,000 to establish hospitals to treat venereal diseases and advocated confinement of prostitutes to medical care facilities. He claimed draft exams show about 173,000 syphilis and 50,000 gonorrhea carriers in the state, most untreated.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Joseph A. Longo
Northampton
Longo
Jones and Laughlin Steel profits rise in 1942
Pittsburgh report shows net profit fell from 15,499,000 in 1941 to 10,141,000 in 1942, with total earnings rising from 258,169,000 to a higher figure. Proposals include suspending vehicle registrations aiding prostitution and easing evidence rules. Acknowledgment of Governor Martin’s plan to open three homes for venereal disease patients.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Revenue Department
Martin
War bonds buoy 1942 earnings and wartime enlistments
The report shows $209,405,000 end of 1942 and 6,783 workers entered the armed forces. Over 96 percent of workers buy war bonds, contributing an average of more than ten percent of earnings. Dividends on preferred stock and new common stock were paid. 1943 production is expected to rise but not as strong due to rising costs, fixed prices, and higher taxes, per H Edgar Lewis.
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H. Edgar Lewis
Otis Steel Acquisition Drives Steep Tax Jump
The firm reports a tax increase from 22.142 million to 31.9 million after boosting assets with the Otis Steel Company purchase of Cleveland completed on February 28. The deal expands holdings and strengthens the balance sheet amid industry consolidation.
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Otis Steel Company of
Cleveland
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