Army of School Children In Step With War Effort
Willard E. Givens argues 30,000,000 U S schoolchildren join a wartime education effort amid teacher shortages. Many educators enlist in war jobs and pay gaps push qualified teachers toward government posts, threatening quality as physics, chemistry, math, and biology lessons decline.
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Willard E. Givens
National Education Association of the
United States
Australia
Ulster
South Carolina
Dutch Harbor
Colorado
Midway
Brooklyn
N. Y
War shaped schooling shifts for 1942 43 era
Wartime policy favors accelerated progress for students able to speed up education without harm, mainly for those entering defense jobs or armed forces. Colleges will pursue feasible acceleration. Courses shift toward geography, mathematics, and applied subjects to fit war needs while preserving core studies.
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Commission of the
United States Office of Education
Commission
Sumatra
Malay Peninsula
Japan
United States
Tokyo
Panama Canal
Canadian
1943 Hemp Acreage Goal for War Effort Outlined
The article notes U S farmers aim to plant about 300000 acres of hemp in 1943 to meet wartime needs as imports of hard fibers drop. It details seed, yield estimates, and potential uses from ropes to harnesses, highlighting Kentucky Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois as suitable growing areas and the role of hemp as a substitute for imported fibers.
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U. S
U.S
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Navy
Direct War Work Enlists Student Aid
The school army will adjust studies to direct war work including selling war stamps and bonds salvaging metal rubber paper and fats sewing for the Red Cross aiding hospital nursing staff and supporting morale and civic duties as part of wartime democracy efforts.
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Red Cross
Farm Marketings Hit 1942 High in June
Rural briefs report cash income from American farm marketings at 1.059 billion dollars in June, up from 993 million in May and 773 million in June 1941. Fresh vegetables remain plentiful with harvests expected to rise about 9 percent versus 1941.
Mechanical Chess Automaton and Tobacco Gift Tips
A Curiosities column notes Kempelen’s Mechanical Man fooled crowds with hidden gears as a tiny automaton chess player. The piece also mentions Prince Albert tobacco as a preferred gift for armed forces members who smoke, and advertises sewing patterns with yardage for a girls’ blouse and skirt.
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Kempelen
Europe
Collier's
Uncle Sam
Prince Albert
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