Surprises in Washington stir political tempers ahead of elections
The column argues two major moves by the President push labor policy and national service under scrutiny. It frames railroad seizure and a proposed labor draft as election-year tests, notes reactions from observers, and calls for objective judgment on home-front conscription versus wartime needs.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
Phillip Murray
C. IL. O
Murray
Anitt
United States
Berlin
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Postwar employment study guides Albert Lea plan
A 1940 prewar labor base and 1943 peak show 600 expected postwar job losses in Albert Lea Minnesota. The local economic development committee surveys business fear and farm income to map postwar hiring, aiming for sustainable production and new plants like soy processing.
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Europe
America
Committee For Economic Development
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
University of Chicago
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve District
Albert Lea
Minn
Freeborn County
Minnesota
Iowa
Electric Power Company
Freeborn
Government mobilizes volunteers for wartime harvest
From May through September 1943, government agencies placed 2,706,000 volunteer farm laborers to help harvest the nation s crops. In 1943 Massachusetts homemakers canned fruits and vegetables worth an estimated 900,000,000 ration points. Each ton of scrap iron and steel used saves two tons of our reserve of high grade iron ore.
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Massachusetts
Bribes and language aids aid troops in war effort
A broadcast from Radio France at Algiers urges saving Parisian children from famine by adoption. The U S armed forces received about 53 million pounds of coffee from Brazil, freshly roasted for worldwide troops. Mexico plans to supply 75 thousand workers to the United States in 1944.
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France
Radio -France
Algiers
United States
Braz
Mexico
Postwar Economic Survey Hints at Jobs and Sales Growth
Community economic development survey findings suggest a potential boost for postwar business and trade. It notes opportunities for sales and employment, with figures indicating market size, while stressing results depend on cooperation from employers and groups nationwide.
Quotation Marksmanship and Radio Gags in a Swing Era Scroll
A collage of anecdotes and backstage chatter from early radio and vaudeville circles. Jests about FDR memos, Dempsey tales, nickname lore for entertainers, and snippets from Scribner’s rare book dept plus New York radio scene notes.
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Scribner’s
Sat. Review of Literature
Nick Wredin
Nick
Ow head-pieced quilt patchwork display
Patchwork exhibit features color and white arrowhead motifs held by diamond bouquets forming an Ow head design. The piece blends traditional quilting with bold geometric elements, showcasing craft and color coordination.
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