Labor woes cross Maine farms with shipyard cuts
Senate figure Ralph Brewster pressed Assistant Secretary Carl Moran on farm labor shortages in Aroostook county and the need to raise farm wages to lure workers back from wartime shipyard jobs. The piece also notes shifts in labor administration under Perkins and the use of outside agencies to move workers to harvests.
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War Manpower Commission
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Veteran questions answer column on benefits and care
The Washington Bureau notes expanded Red Cross relief for veterans and explains medical care eligibility for wives children and dependents. Readers ask about pensions mustering out pay GI benefits wartime bonuses and fuel for the P-80 Shooting Star with answers from the Veterans Administration and army navy guidelines.
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Peak athletic prime clusters around mid to late twenties
A brain and muscle expert argues mental prime near 40 while physical prime centers on the mid twenties to early thirties. He cites stars like Dempsey Ty Cobb Ruth Jones Tilden Thorpe Haggen Louis Hein with peak ages ranging broadly but often around 25 to 28.
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Jess Willard
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Babe Ruth
Bobby Jones
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Jim Thorpe
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Joe Louis
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Value of Experience in Sports Aging and Peak Performance
The piece argues experience matters as the physical side wanes highlighting veterans with fading limbs. It cites Jack Quinn who pitched beyond 40 after 26 years and notes youth 23 to 27 combines energy and know how. Trainers peg ideal physical age 21 or 22, with 26 or 27 best due to experience.
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Knute Rockne
John McGraw
Earth–Sun distance shift for new year and questions on history
The item asks five trivia questions: the earth is about 3 million miles closer to the sun on January 1 than on July 1. helium in tires for giant airliners to reduce weight. a king known for wearing high heels to gain height. the right of angary refers to a nation's broad right to seize merchant ships in wartime. and the number of colleges founded in America before the American Revolution.
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Answers Quiz Round: Notable Facts
Three million miles is cited as a distance. The goal is to cut weight to gain payload capacity with helium replacing air. twenty pounds of helium equals 180 pounds of air. Louis XIV is named. The concept is the right of a belligerent nation to seize neutral property. Nine is listed as an answer.
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