War Production Board shifts policy for small manufacturers
The WPB informs about 128000 small firms that non essential industries will not be kept alive without tying production to the war program. It creates a special agency to aid small businesses with war contracts and possible priority help during plant conversions to war or essential work. Firms under $100000 annual volume must prove product importance to the war effort, national welfare, unemployment impact, and plant location in high unemployment areas.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
American aviator awaits first Japan bomb drop prize
Greenport January 28 The American aviator who drops the first bomb on Japan has a $500 United States defense bond waiting. The War Department has been asked to notify Suffolk County Police Association when the first American bomb lands on Japanese soil.
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Greenport
L. L
Japan
United States Defense
War Department
Suffolk County Police Association
War jobs to require over million women
Washington reports more than 1,000,000 women needed as skilled workers in Americas arms and munitions plants this year. Sidney Hillman, labor director of the War Production Board, says airplanes can sink ships and women can build airplanes. The President urges seven day operation to speed production. Hillman estimates war industries must add about 10,000,000 workers this year beyond the 5,000,000 already employed to meet goals.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Sidney Hillman
War Production Board
Mr. Hillman
America
Makers standardize sizes of truck tires
Akron January 28. The rubber industry standardizes tire sizes to conserve rubber and meet military need. Major producers say 11 combination sizes now replace 28 former sizes. B F Goodrich claims 11 sizes can do the work of 28. Goodyear and Firestone report similar simplification. Firestone now confines to balloon tires, 700x20, for a 32.6 inch rim.
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John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Firestone Tire & Rubber Companies
Firestone
Collyer
Christmas Seal Essay Prizes Awarded To County Students
County wide contest prizes totaling ten dollars for first place and five dollars for second in the Stark County Tuberculosis and Health association drive were awarded to East Sparta High senior Richard Kinney and Canal Fulton High student Patricia Parker. Alliance winners included Richard Hartline and John Berletich with top honors for editorials and features in Red and Blue. County and Alliance judges praised student essays while all entries proceed to a state contest offering a New York trip as top prize.
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Stark County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Alliance Tuberculosis League
Delmar H. Serafy
Canton
Massillon
Alliance
Richard Kinney
East Sparta
The
Rising Sun
Repository
Patricia Parker
Canal Fulton High School
M. B. Homer
Holbell
Marion Mantho
Virginia Widiroe
William E. Elliott
E. A. Eckler
Mount Union College
Clarence Steffy
Alliance Review
Ohio Tuberculosis Association
New
Time clocks foil thief in Dallas hold up attempt
Dallas Jan 28 night watchman C M Peek Says a robber tried to pistol whip him but Peek hurled a time clock at the assailant. The alarm clock weapon startled the thief who dropped his gun and fled, leaving the attempted holdup thwarted.
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Dallas
Tex
C. M. Peek
Peek
State to issue monthly sales tax reports instead of weekly
Columbus January 28 State Treasurer Ebright announced a change to the tax reporting schedule. Sales tax receipts will be issued monthly as a war economy measure, replacing the former weekly reports.
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Columbus
Ebright
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