Population shifts after war threaten urban labor markets
The Buruch-linncock post-war report questions where shipyard and aircraft workers will go as wartime centers like Portland confront a surplus. In Kaiser yards 50,000 migrated, yet 58.7 percent own Portland real estate and many plan to stay, while peacetime jobs remain uncertain. Cities with large shipyards and ordnance plants have grown, but public works alone won’t absorb surplus. private industry must hire quickly.
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Kaiser Yards
Portland
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Seattle-Tacoma
Wichita
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Norfolk-Newport News
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Porthind
Industay
Early Training Restores Wying Fortress in War Effort
A Delaware sergeant earns credit for repairing a battered fortress in Germany by patching shattered rudder cables with scraps from his flying suit. The young serviceman likely learned practical mechanics in high school, keeping a juloppy afloat on a shoestring budget with cord and gum, reflecting the resourceful spirit behind America's air strength.
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Delaware
Germany
Hia
Wartime Office Humor Spars Word War Woes
A quip-filled passage notes 40 000 key war industry workers, praising a sage in WK who fights paper shortages by banishing a superstition and a WPA conservationist who posts signs in Washington washrooms urging thrift with the message ONE towel will dey any pair of AMIRI CAN bantis.
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WPA
Washington
Night for the Morrow by Robert D Lusk Kea brenier
A reflective narrative unfolds with a judge and grandfather influencing a young narrator amid social ostracism, legal discussions, and a coming of age in a small town. The text tracks a courtcase, family tensions, and the schoolyard bullying tied to identity and ideology. Mary Hughes emerges as a sympathetic ally during the conflict.
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Dan
Clifford Morton
Hal
Lucy
Yey
Lucy Flavil
Ourerside
Judge McNamara
Mary Hughes
Mary
Clifford Marton
Tugwell and Puerto Rico food control saga unfolds
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports on Tugwell efforts to overhaul Puerto Rico’s island economy after a congressional hearing. The piece details government takeover plans for shipping, distribution, and a $15 million revolving fund, plus the emergence of new wholesalers and questionable pricing moves affecting local residents.
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Daily News
Washington
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Puerto Rico
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George L. Holliday
Chamber of Comme
Jasper C. Sell
Tugwell
Tugwell Administration
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War Shipping Administration
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Food Distribution
General Supplies Authority Act
Bugwell
Supplies Authority
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Department of the Enterior
Edward Brown
Department of Agriculture
Brown
Edward J. Bush
Cory
Mississippi
CNORE
Tapwell
Ani
Local Entertainment And Community Notices From Mt Moviah Church
Colored News details a basement entertainment by the Mt Moviah Baptist Church Senior Choir and city youth on March 30 with proceeds around 20 dollars. It lists social events, guest speakers, hospital ties, and returning soldiers as area residents share updates and upcoming regional No ALG meeting notes.
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Te. Wenderson
South 2Th Street
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le A. Bryant
Will Davis
Mesdames Welch
L.thomas
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Knoxville
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Tazewell
Tennessee
Ity
V.om. Walking
Knoxville General Hospital
Oi Her Relatives Here This Week, ‘ Howards Hamgear
Hik Rel Shore
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S Dimes Cates
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Haybrooks
J. Harshaw
A. Young
War talk and homefront notes from Lincoln School items
Fragmented quotations on the war’s progress and leadership mix with school activities at Lincoln School. References include Alvin York remarks, Fred M. Vinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Chicago depot, plus Easter Scamps fund drive and student performances scheduled for April 1 in the school auditorium. Restor Sunday church services are noted.
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Lincoln School
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My Window Part Bit My Old Mill
In a memoir fragment the narrator recalls Uncle Bill Mason’s tales by the corn hopper and meal bin at the old mill. He boasted sharp hunting feats across North Carolina mountains and strength feats with sacks and animals, mingled with family memory of Mandy and farm life.
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Iin
Bill
Inés
Leeds
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Dells
Mandy
Berden
Your Garden Plan For A Small Plot By Henry L. Pree
Garden guidance outlines scaling a plot on paper, laying out beds to minimize erosion, and choosing crops. It recommends crops like beets beans tomatoes and cabbage, cautions against growing melons squash and cucumbers on small plots, and advises row orientation to reduce shading and optimize sun. Perennial herbs should be at one end, and succession planting suggested with staggered bean and carrot sowing to extend harvest into fall.
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Henry L. Pree
NEA
Gare den
Topeka Story of Tibbetts and the Center Pony Mystery
A Topeka tale unfolds with Ted Tibbetts entering town on horseback and an unexpected incident at a local filling station. The center pony, unnamed, becomes the focus as the unusual scene attracts attention and prompts questions about Route 4 and nearby venues.
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Topeka
Kane
Trains 2 000 Pilots Graduate At Altus Army Field
In Altus Oklahoma Col J M Price announced more than 2000 pilots have been graduated from the army airfield in the past year The school provides student pilots with Hex Lite a high school phase of training and a noted wake for single aim.
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Altus
Okla
Altus Army
J. M. Price
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