Last Project WPA ends as government program folds in 1943
NEA staff correspondent reports WPA shutdown eight years after its start. By June 30 the payroll drops from peak 3,334,594 to about 5,000. no continental projects since May 1. Expenditures reach 13 billion dollars with $10.1 billion federal funds. workers totals, projects and salvaging efforts detailed alongside war-time contributions and final return of 105 million dollars.
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NEA
Washington, D. C
Works Project Administration
W.P.A
New Deal
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Washington
P.A
Continental
United States
Interior Department
Federal Works Ncy
Army
Navy
86-year-old San Diego woman claims youngest grandmother title
Mrs Dorothy J Brittain of San Diego says she is the youngest grandmother in the state with an 86 year old mother and a three month old granddaughter. A group of women contend the claim will be investigated to determine the winner.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Dorothy J. Brittain
Kruschen Salts Ad Claims Easy Bowel Movement
A drugstore advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a remedy for constipation claiming it softens stools and reduces straining. It urges hot water use and dosing guidance, offering a five day trial with money back guarantee via Hamilton Drug Co.
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Kruseshen
Hamilton Drug Co
Flood costs put highway system near 250000 dollars
Final estimates show damage to the state highway system from May floods totaling just over 200000 dollars, with materials and extra labor raising the overall cost to about a quarter of a million. S. C. Hadden, highway chairman, cites bridges and structures as needing around 100000 dollars in repairs and road surfaces and shoulders slightly more, with Crawfordsville and Vincennes districts hardest hit.
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S.C. Hadden
State Highway Commission
Crawfordsville
Vincennes
White River
Wabash River
Seymour
War Output Upp ed by the Ortho Rater
Purdue University psychologist Dr. Joseph Tiffin reports war production up 5 to 10 percent in factories using the ortho rater device. The instrument assigns workers to tasks matching their visual skills for assembly or inspection work. The note mentions the Sitka, the first steamboat to Sacramento in 1847, as a historical aside.
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Larayets
Ind
U.P
Joseph Tiffin
Purdue University Division of Applied Psychology
Tiffin
Doan's Pills for Kidney Relief Promoted in Ad
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a solution for nagging backache and kidney-related symptoms. It claims kidneys remove acids and waste, easing pain, fatigue, and passage issues. The copy urges readers to ask their druggist for Doan's Pills, noted as used by millions.
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Nature
Doan
Red Cross orders standard hair covering for dressings workers
National Red Cross guidance requires surgical dressings workers including supervisors and instructors to cover their hair completely while working. Caps are to be discarded and a uniform covering adopted to ensure a uniform, professional appearance in dressings operations nationwide. Marie T. Bissell urges chapters to cooperate so photo coverage reflects the new standard.
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American Red Cross Magazine
National
Red Cross
Marie T. Bissell
West Island social notes show visiting kin and relatives
The column records a string of visits and callers from Indianapolis Terre Haute Toledo and Florida including Mr and Mrs James Cline Donnie Lee Kayanna Barbara Hoover Ovid Heaton Katie Ann Emil Dollie Fields and others. It notes Corporal Leslie McGhee and Mrs McGhee from Orlando visiting West and nearby families.
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James Cline
Donnie Lee
Indianapolis
Nicah Goodman
Francis Tate
Terre Haute
Burl York
Dianapolis
Orval Hoover
Ben Alton
Toledo
Ohio
Kayanna
Kilmer Fields
Maurice Heaton
Katie Ann
Ovid Heaton
Linton
Floyd Stafford
Abba Stafford
Emil
Barbara
Hoover
Dollie Fields
Daniel Cline
Katie ‘Ann
Harley Stull
Sullivan R. ‘R
John West
Leslie McGhee
Navy trainees to dine in Cornell University mess hall
Ithaca New York United Press reports Cornell University is completing a mess hall expansion for 2600 Navy trainees. When finished the hall will cover about 32000 square feet with a length of 265 feet and seating for 1300. Trainees will eat three meals daily in the hall.
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Ithaca
N. Y
U.P
Cornell University
United States Navy
Foot odor remedy ad claims germ kill to stop odor
An advertisement promotes a germ based foot odor cure. It warns odor persists for others and offers a strong germicide for sale at Hamilton drug stores with a suggestion to apply and recheck after a night.
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B.c
J. Hamilton Drug Stores
Ady
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Dannie Fields
Emmett Cline
Lyons
TNT Maa
Yaa
Pyre U.S.P
Gillette
Norplex
Policen
Noxzema
Grove’s Complex
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