Reconversion Costs Rise as War Ends and Policy Shifts
The article outlines reconversion challenges and policy moves as wartime output declines. It notes a 9 percent drop from peak and a projected 23 percent cut in 1945, with 2,500 plants affected. It details OPA price rules to ease civilian production and SEC data showing corporations' growing working capital, plus proposed unemployment measures to cushion workers through the transition. It also cites savings growth in early 1945 and expectations for postwar traffic gains from new routes.
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Germany
Senate
OPA
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
SEC
Kilgore
Rain Breaks Up A Tied Saline Ypsilanti Baseball Game
Rain halted the Saline Ypsilanti contest at six six in the sixth inning amid a wet crowd. Ypsilanti showed pep, fielding, and power as Hoeft led Saline with four hits including a triple. Armbruster saved a run with a long throw to catcher Hamilton. Miller scheduled another game for August 19 and Tecumseh next Sunday at home.
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Saline-Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti
Hoeft
Saline
Elvin Armbruster
Barnyard Golf Tournament at the Park
A barnyard golf event is set for next Sunday at the park with an undetermined number of players competing for two sets of regulation quoits as prizes. Eighteen have signed up so far, with late entrants accepted until play begins. call William Jakad to enter.
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William Jakad
Four Minute Mile Hinted By Haag And Era Of Faster Runs
Gunder Haag has run 4:01.4 and says he can go faster, suggesting the four minute mile may soon be common. The piece traces milestones from 1865 to Nurmi in 1923 and notes other sports and racing headlines from the era, including minor leaguers tipped for majors and boxing notes.
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Elliott Pine
Gunder Haag
Sweden
Paavo Nurmi
Finn
Senators
Dinges
Fritzie Zivic
Ossie
Bulldog
Harris
Pittsburgh
London
Eric Ohlson
Dante
Jack Dempsey
Gunboat Smith
Harvard
California
Highway joins two great cities and farming regions
Harfst says the new highway will connect two industrial centers and pass through fertile agricultural land. It will serve 7,500,000 people in the two cities and surrounding counties and form a key military link per the War Department. The road promises ultra modern design and high construction standards across its entire length. A notable feature of the highway is its advanced specifications aligned with traffic demands.
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Harfst
U. S. War Department
Joliet Steel Center Supports War Bond Payments
In early U S steel industry a Joliet Ti mills produced rods rails and wire vital to the agricultural West. Proximity to soft coal fields enabled efficient output, and though Chicago plants now overshadow Joliet, the city remains a key asset in guaranteeing full payment of War Bonds. U S Treasury Department.
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Joliet, Ti
Chicago
Joliet
America
Softball scores and rosters from August 3
Railroaders defeated Hoefts 5 to 1 with Wagner Alberand Bowen M Weidmayer as battery. Methodist edged Federated 15 to 14, with Armbrustex Larson Martin and Wiedman credited.
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Railroaders
Hoeft’s
Wagner - Alber
Bowen-M. Weidmayer
Methodist
Federated
Armbrustex - Larson
Martin, Wiedman
Il Pet. Hoefts Ween
Federated Empaea
Eig
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Shanghai
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