Women and War Work and the Question of Reconversion
WNU reports on the surge of women into wartime labor and the looming reconversion. The Women's Bureau notes 18 million women employed, with 12 million servicemen returning to jobs, and discusses equal pay efforts, union contracts, and a proposed constitutional amendment for equal rights regardless of sex.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Labor Bureau
Dayton- Springfield
Ohio
Bureau of the Census
National Industrial Conference Board
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Private Persuasion on Romance Amid War Ban
In this satirical column a veteran notes the lifting of a fraternization ban with German women, mocks strict rules, and predicts GIs will marry German girls again. He jokes about glamour, hairdressers, and war crime lists while defending romance and lend lease.
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Fraulans
G.i.s
Love
Battle Cry Over Pokie and Tokio War Urges Resolve
Poetic wartime verse vows grim effort as nations brace for renewed combat. The speaker mocks enemy weakness and calls for steadfast resolve amid global conflict.
Trolley cars alive in U S transit, 118 electric firms
The American Transit association says trolley cars are far from dead with 118 electric car companies in the country carrying 60 percent of urban riders. Thirteen billion fares were collected last year, reviving memories of Sunday rides and crowded open cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Transit Association
Savin Rock
Momauguin
Lighthouse Point
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Robert Lee
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Lee
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Army
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Cpl
Lee Ritchey
Tulsa
Okla
E. M. Zacharias
U. S. Navy
U. S
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OWI
Japan
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Stimson
Truman
Old Glory
Control Council
Rome
Italy
Sake
Marine Section
Fleet Post Office
Pacific Island
Roy Donaldson
Dallas
Texas
Donaldson
Walter Shead
WNU
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Union Trust Building
Equal Rights Proposed
Philips
Africa
France
Germany
Lend Lease
Pop
New York
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Happy Chandler
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Reno
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Gray Ave
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20Th & Wyandotte
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Inter-State Trust Co
Pope Block
Pueblo
Colorado
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Hugh Chisholm
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Jay Clemons
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Merritt Bldg
Los Angeles 14
Calif
Wisconsin
Jerry Henry Farms
Madison
Embrero Papcorrn CO
Ab Wass of
St. Louis 4
Missouri
Wahlert & Guntzler
Saint Louis 2
Soretone
McKesson & Robbins
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Nature
Tryith
Lydia E.pinkhams
Teres
Wara Cediee
Dean
Doan
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