Y M C A War Work Uses Big Business Execs Behind Front
Army Y M C A posts and post exchanges in France run a vast nonprofit distribution network with 600 post exchanges, 12 hotels, 2,000 trucks, and factories to supply soldiers. Harold D. Sheets led recruitment of American executives to direct purchasing, construction, transport, and hospitality in a $50 to $75 million annual turnover effort.
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Y. M. CG. .A. War Work Council
American Expeditionary Forces
France
B.C. Carter
Harold D. Sheets
Spain
Switzerland
New York
Sheets
C Capo
Pals
Y. M
Paris
Coney Island
Post Exchange
Mr. Sheets
America
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Uni of Communication
Bordeaux
Aix Les Bains
MC. A
General Supply
Motor Transportation
Post Exchange Department
Motor Transportation Department
Cannions
Henry Ford Converts Plants for War Production Effort
Detroit boss Henry Ford halves passenger car output to 1600 daily as he pivots to war needs. Two new large plants will build tractors and 210 foot “Eagles” ships for submarine hunting, with a shipyard on the River Rouge starting up and a Liberty motor components surge underway. Ford aims to exceed one boat a day by midsummer and to produce thousands of Liberty motors and helmets for soldiers, while experimenting with tanks and novel helmet designs.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
D‘éputch
Wall Street Journal
Ienry Ward
Pacific
United States
Att Ford
Sam
Mr. Ord
River Rouge
Mr. Ford
Liberty Motor
Liberty
Ford Organization
Philadelphia
Weary Soldier Letters Home And Fatherly Replies
A front line soldier writes home asking for funds to replace a trench and his wife replies with a frugal message offering two candles. A second vignette shows a wealthy father testing a suitor with questions about fitness and status, including college achievement, cocktail avoidance, and a lawyer’s claim of earnings. The fragmentary text sketches social norms and humor from a past era.
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Mary
Jim
Pearson
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