Industries Rush to Convert to War Production
A March 23 AP report from Washington notes major peacetime industries with over $5 billion in sales and 750000 workers moving to war production. By 11 lines converted, WPB orders push firms to quit civilian output or face disappearance for wartime. The broader war effort employs about 8.25 million, mainly in shipyards, aircraft, munitions, and defense work. progress varies with incomplete data, radio industry near 95 percent by June, while washing machines halt by May as firms pivot to arms production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
WPB
Frigidaire Plants Shift to Defense Production Plan
The report notes fin assemblies converting to anti aircraft gun mounts and refrigerator firms ordered to halt civilian production by April 30. It forecasts the industry may take on substantial orders for searchlights amid the wartime shift.
Ohio auto dealers seek wartime relief in rationed market
Ohio’s $250 million auto business struggles under wartime rationing. Only 8,261 new passenger cars were allotted for sale in March through May, far below 256,034 units in the previous year. Salesmen licenses are also down with a projected total near 2,000 for the year. Dealers urge relaxation of rationing to move cars held in stock.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Red Cross First Aid Course Enrollments Reported
Dalton Mayor Clarence Krause announced that 26 persons have enrolled in the Red Cross first aid course here on March 23.
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Dalton
Clarence Krause
Red Cross
CIO Yields In Accord With Two Glass Firms
The War Labor Board reports that a CIO union settled with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co and Libbey-Owens-Ford Co at Toledo after five days of hearings. The agreement, covering 8,500 workers in 13 plants, ends demands for Sunday pay and a union shop and includes a 5 cent per hour wage increase and living cost index adjustments. The federation also dropped its request for a checkoff system for union dues.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
CIO
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Libbey-Owens-Ford Co
Advertising urged for victory drive
New Brunswick New Jersey March 23 Frank B Hutchinson professor of journalism at Rutgers university urges that the federal government turn to advertising to transform a half defense minded people into a wholly victory minded nation Advertising he said is arousing guiding inspiring the British people to an all out production effort This same force is selling victory bonds in Canada at a rate to make us look like a nation fumbling to let someone else pay the check Prof Hutchinson asserted that advertising has a big job to do in our drive for victory Washington must turn drafts men loose on blueprints for some give Hitler hell psychology some crowd the line bond buying action some eyes off the clock labor minds off the profits management and real step on the gas production
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Associated Press
New Brunswick
N. J
Frank B. Hutchinson
Rutgers University
Canada
Hutchinson
Washington
MacArthur Promises Victory to Chiang Kai-shek
General Douglas MacArthur cabled Chiang Kai-shek that he had absolute confidence in their complete victory, replying to a cable congratulating Chiang on becoming supreme commander of the United Nations forces in the southwest Pacific. The message was disclosed from Melbourne on March 23 by International News Service.
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International News Service
Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Farm value stressed at Columbus meeting
Louis J. Taber told a Columbus audience that farm boys in overalls helping produce food can do as much good for the nation as soldiers. He spoke to Future Farmers of America and the Young Farmers of America urging patriotic farming efforts during wartime.
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Columbus
Louis J. Taber
The
National Orange
Future Farmers of America
Young Farmers of America
Personnel placement agency created in fifth corps area
Columbus March 23 Maj Gen Daniel Van Voorhis fifth corps area commander announces a new personnel placement agency to recruit unusually talented individuals for army commissions or civilian work. Offices in Columbus Indianapolis Louisville and Charleston will collect applications and issue a questionnaire to assess eligibility for commissions or civilian employment. Male citizens over 30 with prior service or specialized civilian training may be considered for commissions.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
van Voorhis
Indianapolis
Louisville
Charleston
W. Va
U S Begins Moving California Japanese Evacuees
A first large group of Japanese aliens and American born children left Pasadena for Manzanar under Army orders. About 1,000 evacuees gathered at the Rose Bowl for dawn departure, with trains and buses carrying many more. By nightfall 1,500 were en route to Owens valley reception center as the mass removal of Japanese on the west coast begins.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Pacific Coast
Rose Bowl
Manzanar
Owens River Valley
Owens Valley
West Coast
California
Economic shortage called peace factor
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Butler University, said economic exhaustion may end the war sooner than expected. He noted signs that mistakes of 1919 and subsequent years will be avoided and that public opinion in the United States and Latin America has moved toward principles of international cooperation to establish world peace promoted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Associated Press
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Butler University
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Butler
Foundation
United States
Carnegie Endowment
Cuba as a vacation is easy to overlook the war
The piece notes Cuba's history from independence in 1898 to a 1902 republic, its sugar, proximity to Key West, and Batista rising to power after a 1933 coup. It mentions Cuban military and police strength, wartime roles, and U S ties, with Guantanamo as a key naval base and Cuba viewed as a quick trip from Florida.
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Cuba Libre
Cuba
Maine
Strait of Florida
Key West
Fulgencio Batista
Republic
Havana
Germany
United States
Antilles
America
Florida
Guantanamo
Panama Canal
Negro Groups Open Program To Aid Youths Plan Future
The Menelik club and Canton Urban League launched the annual vocational opportunity week. George E. DeMar of Pittsburgh Urban League spoke on Negro youth guidance and led a round table for high school students on college planning. Katherine Summerville outlined the club’s 1917 origins and education aims. The program includes Girl Scouts, adult education, and high school boys sessions with daily meetings through the week.
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Menelik Club
Canton
Canton Urban League
George E. DeMar
Pittsburgh Urban League
Urban League
Katherine Summerville
6Th St
Construction Begins on Canton Plant Expansion
Co. A. Brauchler, president of Canton Drop Forging & Manufacturing Co., broke ground for a new 4.5 million dollar plant on the Canton Massillon road, under Defense Plant Corp. supervision. Brown Construction Co. of Cleveland will handle the project to expand the firm’s war production.
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A. Brauchler
Canton Drop Forging & Manufacturing Co
Canton-Massillon Rd
Defense Plant Corp
Canton
Brown Construction Co
Cleveland
Officials from here attend WPB session
Several local plant officials and labor union representatives met in Cleveland for a War Production Board conference on WPB recommended management and labor committees in war plants. The session expected about 600 Northeastern Ohio participants, with similar meetings planned for Toledo and Cincinnati this week.
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Cleveland
War Production Board
Ohio
WPB
Toledo
Cincinnati
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