Herald to Publish Babson Outlook for 1945
The Herald will feature Roger W. Babson's Business and Financial Outlook for 1945 on December 28. He will forecast war and peace, inventories and reconversion, jets and payrolls, commodity prices, farming and industry, securities and real estate, politics and taxes, and foreign trade and our allies. Babson, a renowned commentator and adviser, emphasizes religion in business and has built a career advancing business statistics and education with Babson Institute and Webber College.
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The
Herald
Roger W. Babson
Gloucester
Babson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Babson Institute For Men
Square milk bottles to replace round design in wartime Illinois
In Chicago officials announce square milk bottles to save refrigerator space as war time demands push changes in packaging. Illinois dairy leaders at the Illi oi Dairy Products Association conference note no immediate rise in domestic dairy supplies while Allied and European needs require higher government purchases. President H. E. Strong cites efforts to expand a domestic market for a nine and a half billion pound wartime increase in dairy products.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illioi Dairy Products Association
H. E. Strong
du Quoin
Strong
Predicted Postwar Auto Boom For Missouri Dealers
Joseph W. Frazer of Graham-Paige predicts Missouri will sell about 166,340 new cars in the first year of unrestricted production postwar. The state market could total $199,617,000 that year with four-year volume over $658,738,080. He cites nationwide estimates for 6,000,000 cars in the first year and a national ad spend near 160 million dollars, with newspapers set to receive about half of 80 million.
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Missouri
Joseph W. Frazer
Graham-Paige Motors
Auto Executive
U S Army Casualties Jump 9059 For Week
Secretary of War Stimson reports a 9059 rise in U S Army casualties over the prior week as Allied offensives on the Western Front deplete German forces. He cites 152000 German losses in three weeks, and total U S Army casualties since Pearl Harbor at 562468 with 122161 dead and 306854 wounded. Navy Marine Coast Guard totals reach 78511 dead wounded missing and prisoners. Ground force casualties in Italy since Salerno total 98366 with 18898 killed and 67191 wounded.
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Washington
Stimson
Western
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
United States
Italy
Salerno
Governor faces clash of jobs in Missouri race
Jefferson City reports Governor Guy Worrest C. Donnell weighs resigning early or delaying his Senate induction. His term ends January 8 and the new Senate convenes five days earlier. If he resigns, Lt. Gov. Frank G Harris would finish the Republican governor’s term.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
United States
Guy Worrest C. Donnell
Senate
Donnell
United States Capitol
Frank G Harris
How Big Should A Town Be
A Pathfinder Magazine piece argues a town should be large enough for farmers to park, for social contact, and for beauty with trees and yards. It advocates space for play, roses, neighbors to greet each other, and enough people to celebrate births and share grief.
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America
Pathfinder Magazine
Command Chief Hails B-29 as Best Plane Yet
The Twentieth Bomber Command marks six months of B-29 operations led by Maj. Gen Curtis E Lemay who calls the Superfortress the best airplane ever built. Despite harsh weather and long supply lines across India and China bases, the B-29s have hit targets across Jap occupied China and beyond. Lemay notes faster development ahead and that the aircraft is still in early learning, roughly 18 months old.
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Twentieth Bomber Command
Curtis E Lamay
Lemay
India
China
Japan
Manchuria
Formosa
Malay States
Thailand
Indo-China
Burma
Sumatra
Missourians At Top In War Production
November employment figures from Missouri show workers and employers prioritizing military needs. State War Manpower director Frank Bristow noted only 715 of 300,000 war plant workers were approved for intraplant civilian transfers, with few requests for more transfers. He praised public response to boosting ammunition and supplies, citing low resignations and absentees, and Missouri’s continued high contribution to critical war plant staffing.
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Missouri
Frank M. Bristow
The
War Manpower Commission
Bristow
Top military leaders advanced to five star ranks in US history
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed legislation creating Admiral of the Fleet and General of the Army ranks. Dwight Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Chester Nimitz George C Marshall H H Arnold and William Leahy Ernest King were named among new five star officers. Navy successors hold supreme commands while Army leaders head theaters. The pay stays the same while allowances rise. A fire report from Everett Massachusetts closes with a humorous line from a firefighter reporter.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Senate
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
George C. Marshall
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Eisenhower
Europe
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
William F. Halsey
United States
John J. Pershing
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