Navy warns West Coast shipyards face grave manpower shortage
Navy Secretary James Forrestal cites severe ship repair strain on the Pacific Coast. Wounded carrier Franklin sent to Brooklyn for repairs due to labor shortages, as victory in Europe lures workers away. Urges workers to stay in war jobs or shift to needed industries, including more highway freight drivers, to keep war supplies moving. Stay on the job, work harder, and avoid quitting.
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Navy
James Forrestal
Pacific
Franklin
Brooklyn
Europe
West
Don’t Travel This War Season Urges Local Vacation Caution
Wartime guidance from the Office of Defense Transportation urges staying closer to home for vacation plans. With gasoline shortages and heavy wartime movement to the Pacific, locals are directed to avoid long trips and consider nearby relaxations such as Seal Beach to ease transportation strain and speed military readiness.
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Japan
Office of Defense Transportation
Seal Beach
Pacific
Lord Haw Haw Returns to England in Jail Time
The English people finally get the last laugh on William Joyce, the traitor known as Lord Haw Haw who broadcast from Berlin. His remarks during the early war years mocked Britain's resolve as it faced air raids and submarine threats. Now Joyce is back in England awaiting prolonged imprisonment.
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William Joyce
Berlin
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
England
Hitler
Merry England
World This Week Fares And British Vote Details
Truman backs 25 a week unemployment aid for up to 26 weeks during the war to peace transition. Debates persist over benefits and incentives. British election rules and dates outlined with high serviceman participation. Hoover returns to White House on European food crisis, invited by Truman along with Dewey and Landon. Japanese balloon fatalities near Lakeview Oregon noted as cautionary.
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Truman
California
Washington
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
White House
Europe
Mr. Truman
Mr. Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Alfred Landon
Lakeview
Oregon
America
Women’s Club Convention Heads to Costa Mesa
The Orange County Federation of Women's Clubs holds a convention in Costa Mesa today with attendees from Seal Beach led by Mrs. Jessie Reed and including Grace Haskell Mrs. Louis Wagner Ollie Padrick Bert Higgenbotham L. M. Jones Bud Eastburn Fred Smith Hubert Tyler and H. B. Robinson.
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Orange County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Costa Mesa
Seal Beach
Jessie Reed
Grace Haskell
Louis Wagner
Ollie Padrick
Bert Higgenbotham
L. M. Jones
Bud Eastburn
Fred Smith
Hubert Tyler
H. B. Robinson
Shipyard Repair Help Needed in L E L A Harbor
George Toll, head of the War Manpower Commission for Long Beach, warns of wartime shortages as more than 8,000 local workers must enter shipyard repair and conversion jobs in the Long Beach Los Angeles harbor district within weeks. He notes postwar demand will keep repair work busy and urges applicants to visit USES offices, with Long Beach headquarters at 416 Pine Avenue.
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Japan
George Toll
Wiar Manpower Commission
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Toll
Harbor Area
War Manpower Commission
Pine Avenue
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