USO to Continue Through 1947 Demobilization Planned
The USO will operate through 1947 with demobilization set for December 31 1947 as President Kimball reports a continued need for services to veterans and troops. Messages from Eisenhower and Nimitz praise volunteers and urge ongoing support. The fall campaign aims to fund USO through 1947 with postwar plans to run clubs lounges and overseas programs, including in Alaska Panama Hawaii and the Philippines.
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USO
Uffel
Asdebey F Kumiull
USC New
Dal
Crete
Raneahon
Saya
Kimball
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pot“ Fleet
Chester W Nimitz
Thief of
Naval Operations
National War Fund
USC
United States
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Pulippines
Panther
Europe
Japan
Hope of Tomorrow F H A Membership Tops Two Hundred Thousand
Pupil delegates write the creed and organize the Future Homemakers of America in Chicago during a national executive council meeting. The group now numbers over 200000 members in 45 states along with Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia, with a national structure and regional districts.
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Future Homemakers of America
the Nations Executive Council of the Future Homemakers of America
Chicago
MHS
Hawaii
Puerts
American Home Economics Association
Home Economics Service
U.S. Office of Education
State Departments of Education and Vocational Education
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Future Homemakers
Myrtle Hilton
Tiptonville
Tent
Anita Lehman
Baton Rouge
Emma Jo Lewis
de Land
Fla
Joh ‘du Plessis
Swampscott
Mass
Barbara Ann Buses
Sutton
W. Va
Marie Bresnan
East Haven
Barbara Parker
Carson City
Nev
Margaret Worlten
Lehi
Utah
Phyllis Marshall
Vermont
Deanna Burnworth
Independence
Kans
Lois K. Mueller
Seymour
Wis
Edna Amidon
U. S. Office of Education
Dora S. Lewis
American Homemakers Association
Emily Haydock
National Education Asshcnation
Hazel Weust
Frost
Oklahoma
Personal Mail Influences Congress and Public Opinion Time
A Washington column analyzes how personal mail to Congress, NORC polls, and lobbying shape policy on price controls and labor measures. It notes paradoxes in support for the OPA, declines in direct power, and the enduring voter voice amid varied pressures from unions, manufacturers, and politicians.
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Washington
Congress
Con Breas
Office
Price Administration
NORC
National Opinion Research Center of Denver University
House
OPA
Paul Porter
Bowles
National Manufacturers’ Association
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Corse
Memhershin
Duupegard
Public's Spendable Income Soars Since 1939
A graphic based on Commerce Department figures shows the public's spendable income rising from 66 billion dollars in 1939 to an estimated 189 billion in 1946. The rise benefits higher meat consumption and overall spending, but leaves less for those who already spent freely in the past.
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Department of Commerce
America
Connec
Acre
USO Five Year Record Highlights and Scale of Service
Summary of USO achievements from February 1941 to February 1945. Peak daily service reached one million personnel, with 1.1 billion served overall and 30 035 USO operations. Overseas units numbered 175, and volunteers peaked at 739 000 in June 1943. Total hours worked reached 165 million, with 200 million dollars donated to support 14 million service members.
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USO
United States
Parody of rationing and odd observations from Baukhage
The excerpt playfully notes price hints for butter raising dairy output, a man falling freely after 149 miles per hour, and a parachute coming town at 14 p per hour. It mocks Gromyko, rationing complaints, and a mother bird calling for crusts while predicting diet shifts and worms turning.
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Cou
Spool Shelves Pattern No. 255 For Victorian Style Shelves
A sewing pattern feature describes curved spool shelves inspired by Victorian times. Notes the need for strong cord, varied shelf widths, and complete directions for cutting and assembling these decorative storage units. Pattern No. 255 is offered with full instructions for building and finishing the shelves.
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Spears Nat
Ehelve
Kellogg All-Bran offers natural laxative aid
An advertisement promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily, bulk-rich laxative food. It claims regular use supports lasting bowel regularity, boosts iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, and protein, and is not a medicine. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and Omaha.
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America
Fortune Magazine
You
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Omaha
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CHOW
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John Kieran
Clifton Fadiman
State Departments of Education
National Advis Homemakers of
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The
Baukhage News
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Departments of Commerce
Lucille Massa
Battle Creek, Mich
Percy Jones Army General Hospital
Baukhage
Gromnyka
Hese Grocery
Ruth Wyeth Sree
Ames
Bedford Hills
Scott
Scotts
Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Mary Martin
Hollywood
Mckesson & Robbins Inc
Bridgeport
Conn
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