DDT hailed as powerful insecticide with limits
The article notes DDT saved lives in combat and civilian use but cautions it is not a cure-all. It discusses discovery by Zeidler and rediscovery by Muller and Langer, safety, and air and surface applications in homes, farms, and public spaces, plus potential ecological impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeidler
Paul Muller
Paul Langer
United States
Paul A. Neal
Division of Industrial Hygiene
U. S. Public Health Service
A. L. Ahnfeldt
U. S
Lister
California
Walnut
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Reorganize Farm Marketing Agency Merger Announced
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson announces consolidation of more than a dozen offices and agencies of the Department of Agriculture into a new Production and Marketing Administration PMA. The PMA is led by Under Secretary John B. Hutson and comprises 10 commodity branches 9 other branches plus the Commodity Credit and Federal Crop Insurance Corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
John B. Hutson
Commodity Credit
Federal Crop Insurance Corporations
Average Citizen Has Answer to National Welfare
The article weighs civilian attitudes toward postwar economic recovery. It contrasts free-spending versus cautious behavior and cites the impact of discharged war workers on industry. It outlines a three phase postwar market: reconversion through 1946, deferred orders into 1947, then self-sustaining growth. Meat demand and rationing outlook are also discussed amid favorable range conditions and cattle herd persistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Committee For Economic Deata
Anderson
Chater
Cadet Nurse Corps trains 112000 in wartime programs
The 112000 cadet nurses from the Public Health Service, 66 100 from small towns, are trained for armed forces hospital and civilian health work. Enrollment ends after hostilities. Some will remain civilian nurses while others join the army or navy. graduation rules allow finishing courses started before end of hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Army Medical Corps
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Walter A. Shead
WNU
United States Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
Cadet Nurses Training Corps
Army
Navy
Public Health Service
Congress
Cadet Nurses” Corps
Cadet Nurses’ Corps
Armed Forces Lkely
Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Mra
Jean Henderson Mulcahy
Jacksonville
Fla
Washington
Florida State Board of Health
Cadet Nurse Corps
Thomas Parran
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Providence
Providence Hospital
Washington, D. C
Johns Hopking
Baltimore
Catholic University of America
Rita
Washington Signals Tax Cuts and Social Security Hearings
Washington foresees early congressional focus on extending social security. A 1946 tax cut of about 20 percent for all income groups is forecast. End of rationing is hoped by year’s end, with continued controls on scarce goods to prevent black markets. Surplus property and general government machinery are slated for overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
OPA
Farm Indebtedness Falls 25 Percent in Five Years
Farmers reduced mortgage debt by at least a quarter over the past five years. Many have paid off mortgages or cut obligations faster than required. The drop helps stability as postwar adjustments approach, with banks seeing deposits rise and merchants noting stronger demand. Unemployment exists due to demobilization but prospects remain hopeful.
Reconversion Outlook Mixed as Nation Faces Peace-Time Shift
The article notes optimism in industry about reconversion from war to peace, but warns government unpreparedness may worsen unemployment. It cites a projected drop in national income from 162 billion to 112 billion by January 1, 1946, and questions private industry’s ability to manage reconversion without stronger government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
Krug
War Production Board
Washington
Ernie Pyle and GI Joe Film Preview by Lait
Memoir notes a private screening of The Story of GI Joe about Ernie Pyle. George Lait recounts their wartime journeys from Lisbon to El Alamein, Africa, Sicily, Italy, New Guinea, Leyte, and MacArthur’s orders. The piece praises Pyle’s courage and influence, pairing it with Burgess Meredith’s portrayal and Lester Cowan’s film courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lait
GI Joe
New York
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Washington
George
Lisbon
London
Birtz
Africa
el Alamein
Desert
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
New Guinea
Saipan
Leyte
Eleventh Airborne
Luzon
MacArthur
Albuquerque
N. M
Beverly Hills
San Francisco
Pacific
Gr Joe
Rome
Burgess Meredith
Pyle
Lester Cowan
Letter praising Faultless Starch from Mrs Beulah Hankins
In Indianapolis Indiana Mrs Beulah Hankins writes admiring faultless Starch praising its time saving ironing. She notes cooking not needed to make starch and claims it suits busy mothers with many clothes to iron. The ad extols easy ironing smooth smell and a promise of relief on washday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Beulah Hankins
S. Collier
Faultless Starch Company
Pazo
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Nerafeu
Jack Lait
Walter Winchell
Manhattan
Paul Armstrong
Mrs. Beulah Hanking
Florida
U. 58
England
Pearl Harbor
Bfgoodrich
Lil
Mr Rubber
Pazo S
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