Plan for orderly demobilization gains momentum
The piece argues for a structured postwar demobilization plan with priority on placing veterans in civil life and ensuring training and reemployment. It notes the need for three months furlough, unemployment insurance, education continuation, veterans' credits, and agricultural opportunities while avoiding abrupt layoffs. It cites the National Resources Planning Board and reflects on wartime labor shifts and policy options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Republican Party
National Resources Planning Board
Walter Reed Hospital
Planning Board
Selective Service System
Timber salvaged into war crates in Britain
About 150000 tons of salvaged timber from bombed buildings are refined into crates and boxes for important war uses. Nazis push a politeness campaign to ease nerves and improve civility. French Academy pauses new member nominations until war ends. A private citizen receives 400 dollars after a private settlement overcharging eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
French Academy of Arts and Sciences
Soldier Newspapers Keep Morale High For Fighting Men
An overview of service newspapers for U S troops. The Doughboy News in Vittoria Sicily and publications like Yank and the Stars and Stripes boost morale, provide outfit news, and reflect humorous wartime culture across overseas posts, with editions from New York to London and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Sicily
Vittoria
Doughboy News
45Th Division
United States Seventh Army
45Th
Pine Camp
Carthage
N. Y
Carthage Republican Tribune
Don Robinson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Daily Times
Navy
Yank
the Stars and Stripes
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
New York
United States
London
Puerto Rico
Trini
Dad
Australia
Hawaii
Panama
Alaska
Persian Gulf
Stars and Stripes
Soldier
The
AEF
British Isles
Africa
Algiers
Oran
Casablanca
William L. Russell
Tunis
Bizerte
Paul Reif
Chungking
Kode Weather Bureau
Iceland
Trinidad
Iran
States
Rome
Berlin
U S Market Ties Show China Profits and Rubber Struggles
The article notes hidden U S profits in China with a $10 000 fountain pen and a $5 000 lipstick priced in Chinese currency, while U S war aid floods Chinese war lords with luxuries. It discusses synthetic rubber production limits, plant space needs, and a shift from tires to rubber goods as next year nears. It also recounts Solomons Island naval use and a carrier mishap miscommunication with London. Small business loan hurdles loom for war contracts as Senate probes Smaller War Plants. Merrey-Go-Round details a request for a locomotive cab ride to New York by Frank Tinsley before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S
China
Chungking
Senate
Small Business Committee
James Murray
Montana
War Plants Corporation
Riverside
Merrey
Frank Tinsley
British Supply Council
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Reuters
New York
Canada
Tinsey
Washington
Cad
Camp Newspapers Flourished in Wars of 1846 to 1865
The Mexican and Civil War eras saw soldier printers publish camp papers. Notable titles included the American Flag from Scott's army at Matamoros and Brownsville, with North American in Mexico City. Other papers arose on Morris Island, the Des Moines steamer, and during Vicksburg siege.
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Poser
Isle of Capri
Gertie
Bizerte
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Kodiak Bear
Fort Greely
Naval Air Station
Kodiak Island
Gulf of Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific
Kodiak
Scott
Matamoros
Brownsville
Texas
William C. Toby
Philadelphia
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D’ Day
H. KR. Baukhage
Western Newspaper Union
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Victory Gardens
Bankhage
Rae
Powis
Falcas
Aripes
Harbo
Solomons Island
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Leviathan
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Navy Department
Panama Canal Locks
Solomon Islands
U. S. Naval Base
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Minna St
San Francisco
Calif
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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