San Antonio Employers Back Noncritical Labor Rating
In a survey of South Texas manpower, 20 leading San Antonio manufacturers favor retaining the War Manpower Commission’s noncritical labor rating. They argue shortages of skilled labor persist, unions influence in critical areas, and 48 hour weeks apply in shortage zones. Some firms ship workers to the West Coast. others report skilled deficits in aviation, auto mechanics, and drafting.
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South
Texas
War Mane Power Commission
Katherine Dillard
San Antonio
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Beaumont- Orange
Tom
Sasthoff
Civil Service
Snathoff
Kelly Field
Brathoff
Learher
Saathoff
Sam
Second Woman Doctor in Army Corps in North Africa
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports First Lieut. Margaret Janeway was discharged from the WAACs yesterday and promoted to major in the army medical corps. She becomes the first woman army doctor in the North African theater and the second in the entire army, after extensive service at Lenox Hill and St Luke's hospitals in New York.
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Allied
North Africa
Margaret Janeway
WAACS
Army Medical Corps
New York
Lenox Hill
St. Luke's Hospitals
Urgent Call for Workers at Corpus Christi Naval Station
Urgent war job call issued Friday by U S Civil Service rep Wrene Smith for machinists electroplaters aircraft instrument mechanics sheetmetal workers electricians and ratio mechanics at Corpus Christi naval station. Immediate applications urged to 210 West Nueva Street recruiting by agreement with the war manpower commission.
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U.S
Corpus Christi
Wrene &, Smith
U.S. Civil Service
Smith
West Nueva Street
Line War Manpower Commission
Di Cicco at Harrisburg Station Amid Army School Stay
Gloria Di Cicco, heiress to an old American fortune, stays in Harrisburg while husband Pasquale Di Cicco attends an eight week course at the army air forces school. Soldiers earn extra pay by working in motion picture theaters operated by the war department.
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Harrisburg
INS
Glorie, Vanderblit di Cicco
Weiress
America
Gent
Pasquale di Cicco
Army: Air Forces School
War Department
Light wants ad plea in San Antonio homes
The Light promotes its want ad medium as selling access in thousands of San Antonio households. The message urges readers to phone their want ad to place notices, reflecting a classic classified ad approach.
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San Antonio
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