Nurses Asked to Teach Red Cross Home Nursing
The American Red Cross calls registered nurses to volunteer as Home Nursing instructors in Chicago. An Instructor's Course starts August 3 at Red Cross Headquarters, Room 404, 529 South Wabash Avenue, to prepare nurses to teach one household member each. Call Wabash 7850 to be notified of future classes.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Chicago
Estelle W. Blatt
R. N
South
Wabash Avenue
Wabash
Gift Payments Not Counted as Wages for Service Members
State Director of Labor Francis B. Murphy said gift payments to ex employees now in the armed forces are not wages under the Witness Unemployment Compensation Act. The rule covers soldiers sailors marines coast guard and women in WACs WAVES SPARS Army Nurse Corps and Navy Nurse Corps. If payments are part of a bonus or earned premium for pre service work they must be reported and contributions paid. Special incentive payments for merit may be subject to regular contributions. Illinois also provides $20 weekly military benefits for dischargees unable to find work after service if they served 90 days since April 1940 and earned at least $225 in insured work before entry.
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Innto
Francis B. Murphy
Coast Guard
WACS
WAVES
SPARS
Army Nurse Corps
Navy Nurse Corps
Murphy
Blood donors keep coming back in wartime drive
Records show 56 percent of donors at the Red Cross Blood Donor Center have given more than one pint. Many are two or three time donors and some have eight or nine donations. The drive urges continued participation as war needs plasma and blood rise.
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Red Cross Blood Donor Center
North
Wabash Avenue
Ralph Baier
Ask Curb on Illegitimate Use of Baby Foods
The notice condemns improper adult use of baby foods due to a looming shortage. It cites a rising birth rate and the WPB container order limiting tin and glass baby food cans to 100 and 125 percent of 1942 production, along with ration books issued to about three thousand residents.
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WPB
Harvey Road inductees choose service branches
Among recent Harvey draft board inductees, 43 chose to serve. Army selections include Alfred H. Schumaker, Paul E. Blodgett Jr., Joseph M. Maslanka, Carl W. Koelling, Lindell L. Sawyers, and others. Navy volunteers include William Morris Jr., Henry Y. Rateree, James A. Williams, Emmett King, and John H. Guetschow. New Marines are Earl Ganser, John Johnson, and John Lamakci.
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Harvey Draft Board
Army
Alfred Harold Schumaker
Paul Edward Blodgett, Jr
Joseph Michael Maslanka
Carl William Koelling
Lindell Linton Sawyers
William Tuinenga
William Ernest Barbour
John B. Bowen
Charles Todd, Jr
Claude Ernest Abbott
Cecil Augustus Watson
Verlon Wesley Braselton
Willard Clifton Carpenter
Karl Treen, Jr
John Mendoza
Andrew Kornafel
Howard Thompson
John Henry Guetschow
Francis Joseph Gasik
Edward Kaminski
Thomas Charles Kempf
John David Coughlin
Navy
Earl John Ganser
John Robert Johnson
John Lamacki
Busbey Announces Open Washington Office During Congress Recess
Congressman Fred E. Busbey says his Washington office at No. 309 House Office Building will be open every day during the congress recess. He emphasizes continued assistance to constituents and inquiries during the break.
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Busbey
Fred E. Busbey
Washington
House
Congress
Congressman Busbey Extends Session Through September 14
The extension runs until September 14 unless Congress is recalled by an emergency. Government matters will receive prompt attention via his Washington office for all 8th District residents. Busbey plans to spend the next weeks in the District to gauge public views on issues before Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Busbey
Chicago Chemical Warfare District Seeks Inspectors
The Chicago Chemical Warfare District invites applicants for inspector roles in munitions mechanical chemical and rubber fields. Jobs pay from 2420 to 3146 dollars yearly for a 48 hour week, with no prior inspection experience required. Inquire at the U S Civil Service Commission New Post Office Building Chicago. Do not apply if already employed in war work at highest skill.
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Chicago
Flowers and Vegetables Sought for South Side Guild
Fresh flowers and vegetables are collected each Thursday for distribution to children’s hospitals and other institutions on the South Side. The Fruit, Flower, and Plant Guild sponsors the drive with the Ivanhoe Garden club. Dal ton and Riverdale residents may contribute from their gardens by calling Mrs. Lewis D. Myles. Discarded toys in repairable condition, playing cards, puzzles, and games are requested for convalescent children and servicemen.
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Fruit
Ivanhoe Garden Club
Dalton
Riverdale
Lewis D. Myles
Private Kindergarten Planned at Washington School Riverdale
Announcement outlines tentative plans to run a private kindergarten at the Washington school in Riverdale for the next school year. A room will be made available for this purpose and further details will be released later.
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Washington School
Riverdale
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Cook County
Llinois
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Central Garage
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Props
Washington Ave
Deitton
Chicago Chemical Warfare District
AMCO
KIM S
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Chicago ST
Dolton, Ill
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Whiting
Illinois Central Electric
Safeway
Plant
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Interocean
Whiting Corporation
Harvey
Ill
Riverdale Inn
Indiana Avenue
Fred Keyl
Saif
Anthony Basile
Chicago Street
August C. Reich
Malloy Coal Co
Lincoln Ave
Carl Dieck
Coal and
Park Avenue
The
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Acme Coal CO
Riverdale, Illinois
Commodore
Acme
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