Scrap and the electric furnace in steelmaking
The article explains how electric furnaces refine rather than produce steel from iron, uses scrap as the main material, and highlights alloy preservation, home scrap sources at Timken, the role of low phos scrap, and wartime implications. It notes three reasons for scrap scarcity: non-defense production slowdowns, accelerated overall production, and scrap sold abroad, with Washington seeking a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Japan
Italy
Washington
Knudsen Joins Army as War Production Chief
Donald M. Nelson plans to streamline war production handling. William S. Knudsen is moved to army duty supervising conversion of auto plants into quick producers of airplanes guns and tanks. He becomes lieutenant general with Marshall and MacArthur outranking him. The maritime commission targets 8 000 000 dead weight tons of ships this year, with labor and materials on site. OPM says progress toward 20 000 anti aircraft guns this year includes subletting parts and auto plants manufacturing only a fraction of their bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
Army
Knudsen
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Maritime Commission
Germany
Japan
Emory S. Land
Howard L. Vickery
OPM
Do Your Part Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps Now
United States urges citizens to support the war effort by purchasing Defense Bonds and Defense Stamps. Every person should contribute to national strength, funding guns planes and ships, with purchases through post offices banks savings and loan associations or local retailers and carriers. Buy now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
America
Freedom
Savings and Loan
Capital offense for cherry tree cutting in 18th century England
A historical note explains that cutting down a cherry tree in an orchard could be prosecuted as a capital crime under English law of the 18th century. The piece references capital punishment as the extreme penalty and places the act within early modern legal harshness.
North Canton to form six squad medical emergency unit
A civilian defense plan organizes six medical squads with 120 personnel to serve Canton and surrounding towns. Each squad includes physicians nurses orderlies and aides with ambulances and first aid gear, split between Mercy hospital and Aultman. Adjutants will operate in eight hour shifts to manage casualties and hospital counts, while a blood bank and decontamination stations are developed with hospital and Red Cross support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Civilian Defense
Emerson Gillespie
Scott Hill
J. R. Brandon
Defense Office
Num
Mercy Hospital
Aultman
J. Edwin Purdy
Mercy Division
Winfred M. Dowlin
G. S. Hackett
I. H. Fuchs
Raymond R. Rosedale
Pathologists of Mercy
Aultman Hospitals
Max Emil Barr
H. N. Bowman
L. D. Bachellor
A. W. Warren
Paul Belden
Edgar W. Jones
F. M
Erma Smith
Merdine Dutton
Frances Mehen
Hazel Pagano
Julia Schissler
F. M. Krichbaum
J. A. Mack
H. H. McConkey
L. H. Werley
John M. van Dyke
Harry Lilley
Una Mack
Loretta McIntyre
Eleanor Bednarz
Walter Kobbe
H. H. Bowman
J. E. King
R. E. Tschantz
H. W. Beck
William Lightbody
Jeanne Seiple
Shirley Morrow Scott
Neva Puncheon
Betty Lyons
OPM Eases Tire Purchases for Ministers During War
The Office of Price Administration announced that tire rationing will be relaxed to allow ministers of all denominations to buy new tires and inner tubes. Clergymen, especially in scattered communities, rely on their cars to reach sick and dying parishioners and to conduct essential services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Free 122-page hemorrhoids book from McCleary Clinic
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a free post card request for a 122 page book on piles fistula and colon disorders. No charge. It promises potential relief and savings and invites readers to write today for a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Price Administrator Henderson Speaks On Public Welfare
Price Administrator Leon Henderson explained the government stance on the spiritual welfare of the public, emphasizing policy considerations and societal impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Leon Henderson
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A. A. Lichtblau
C. F. Schmitt
O G. Wilson
J. J. Pagano
L. L. Weiss
Dorothy Hardman
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Rose Piero
Beatrice Seiser
Carolyn Reigle
I. B. Hamilton
R. E. Hall
J. E. Aten
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G. W. Zeiders
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Virginia Reno
Leola Schumacher
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A. E. Boyles
W. H. Montgomery
D. D. Hamlin
C. D. Miller
K. J. Simon
Twila Ake
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Hilda Maloney
Lucy Smith
Irene Moran
Medical Advisory Council
C. A. Lamont
Purdy
Sayre
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