Reconversion Seen Soft for Industry Says Washington Analyst
Washington predicts reconversion will be eased as 80 percent of factories shift from military to civilian goods with little overhaul. Burl E. Sherrill of Peru Indiana turns war orders into civilian potential, expanding a small shop into a large factory making magnetic compasses and lifeboat equipment.
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WNU
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Uncle Sam
John Q
Washington
Burl E. Sherrill
Peru
Ind
Sherrill
University of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Erts
Carnegie Institute
Army Engineers
The
War College
Okeh
Maritime Commission
Adolph Berle, Jr
Brazil
U.S
Japan
Bob Hannegan
LaGuardia
N. Y
Veterans Consider Alaska Homestead Opportunities
The Interior Department notes veterans may seek homesteads in Alaska and the contiguous states, with three years residence and favored processing for those who served. Alaska offers 586 400 square miles of land, fur farming potential, and rich mineral resources though tourism and transport pose challenges. Residents should plan carefully for stable development and avoid rushes driven by quick wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Army
Grant
Pershing
United States Department of the Interior
Ublic
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Department
General Land Office
Continental
United States
Alaska
Department of the Interior
Seward
State
Russia
Europe
Asia
Virginia
Arctic Circle
Aleutian Islands
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Washington, D. C
Dam Projects Promise Million Jobs Across Nation
The postwar inventory from the Bureau of Reclamation outlines more than 400 irrigation and power projects worth 5 billion dollars. If funded by Congress, these works would create up to 1.6 million peak jobs nationwide, with 450000 new hires the first year and material from 31 states fueling construction and related industries. Veterans may gain priority for settlement on some projects and homes for servicemen on irrigated farms.
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Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
Maine
California
Bureau
Bureau of
War Food fears eggs frozen as black market spreads
War Food administration weighs freezing all eggs in storage amid a deepening black market in eggs and poultry from Delaware to New England. G men probe the scheme, while officials clash over price ceilings and army releases. Dire prospects for civilian supplies spark calls from lawmakers.
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Washington
War Food Administration
J. Edgar Hoover
Delaware-Maryland
Delaware
OPA
Clifford Shedd
WEA
Army
Gordon Sprague
Shedd
Sprague
New England
New Jersey
North Carolina
Tim Stitts
The
Anderson
Food Committee
Stitts
WFA
Minnesota
New York City
Navy warns against transporting monkeys to India
An official navy bulletin states Navy personnel may not transport monkeys to or from India. The government has moved west from the Hudson, as one congressman noted the vast spread of the country. A medal awarded to a high officer recalls a 20 year old incident where he stopped a runaway horse saving a woman, illustrating speed of pursuit.
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U. S
Everett Dirksen
Minois
Dirksen
OWI
Office of War Information
Turkey
United States
Navy
India
Hudson
Mississippi
Unsurveyed West Areas Highlighted by Government Diagram
As of June 30, 1944, remaining public lands outside purchased resettlement areas totaled 2,086 acres, with 120,669,351 acres within grazing districts, making 168,236,447 acres overall. The diagram shows portions of the West remain unsurveyed, indicated by the ratio of unsurveyed areas.
Notes of an Innocent Bystander quotation roundup
A collage of witty lines and punditry from wartime columnists and figures across the United States. Items mention censorship, political satire, and public figures like Patton and Doolittle, with jabs at Jannings and Lubitsch, plus commentary on Congress and immigration issues.
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Joseph W. Go
Bon Eomance
Pacific Fleet
New York
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Washington Digest
By Baukhage
Roosevelt
Ted Gamble
Treasury
Frontier
Western Newspaper Union
Fred W. Johnson
Pfc
Richard Bean
U. S. Army
Newport, N. H
Joseph D. Joiner
U. S. Navy
Atlanta, Ga
Yeoman
L c Mildred H. Dietrich
WAVES
St. Nazianz
Interior Department
Poultry Black Market
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Stalin
Moscow
Mikolajczyk
London
Kremlin
Ed Kelly
Interior
Philippines
Bankhage
L'Affaire Syria
Boston Gazette
Josef Stalin
W. & Barrett
IL Panin
Damon Runyon
Broadway
Prima
Hitler
Anon
Paul's
Adirondacks
H. L. Mencken
Congressional
State and
Noonan
Internal Revenue
Bell
F.B
Salzburg
Germany
Emil Jannings
Goebbels
Jannings
Ernst Lubitsch
Lubitsch
United States Immigration Department
Los Angeles
Patton
Doolittle
John Mason Brown
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Langford
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