War era labor rhetoric and wage debate echoed in committee testimony
Says Boake Carter testifies before the Naval Committee that no labor curbs should be enacted while Chief Hill Greenhead reports production surges and soldiers of produce on the home front. Reports from Detroit Seattle and Oakland highlight labor disputes, pay disputes, and the push for women in war-related roles amid shipping shortages and wage debates.
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Himuse Naval Committee
A. F. Uty
Hill Greenhead
Wes
Green
Congress
Netroit
Genevieve Stamp
Seattle
Britain
Union
Oakland
Wood Caulkers
Navy
House Navy Committee
War era critics bitterly attack political fundraisers
The Amherst union service at First Evangelical church featured Rev Maxwell and Rev Burris with Rev Schmidt speaking on Christ from Calvary. The sermon condemned prewar and wartime fundraisers and political committees, likening them to scavenging birds and urging resistance to partisan pressure in war policy debates.
Easter church services and community events noted
The notice lists a Sunday service at St Peter Evangelical and Reformed with Rev Sanderson, a vocal duet by Walter Fritsch and George Behroeder, and a program on The Word of Agony. It also cites upcoming events including Eastern Stars, American Legion, Woman's Missionary and Ladies Aid socities, Hickory Tree Grange, Pomona Grange, Past Chiefs club, Amherst Business Men's Association, an Easter dance by Eagle Auxiliary, and the Hoffman funeral rites for Roberta Hoffman.
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Jesus
Speelad
Walter Fritsch
George Behroeder
St. Peter Evangelical
BE. J. Sanderson
Congregational Church
William Barker
Cleveland City
Stone City
Eastern Stars
Elmer Johnson
American Legion
Woman's Missionary and
Ladies’ Aid
First Evangelical Church
Carl Springer
Franklin Avenue
Jacob Mueller
Hickory Tree Grange
Grange Hall
Pomona Grange
Avon Five Hundred Meets Avon and Neighboring News
Community notes from Avon include Five Hundred Club games with prizes won by Mee Ed State Mrs Joseph Forthofer Roy Cahoon and Carl Schafer, refreshments served. Local dining for Clarence Riltz’s sendoff, N T J C needlework gathering, and various short notes on visits moves and enlistments.
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Five Hundred
Avon
Miarold Smith
Five Hundred Club
Mee
Ed State
Joseph Forthofer
Roy Cahoon
Carl Schafer
Trey
Funeral rites set for late Ztlch Fuse home officiant
Services will be held at 1 pm Thursday from Ztlch Funeral Home with Rev GC Schild of Bt. Meter Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating Burial will be in Crownhill Cemetery Attending openha The Junior high students plan to witness The Magic Flute the only opera sung in English this year The Metropolitan Opera Company offered the performance to the children when it comes to Cleveland on Friday April 10 Miss Marvella Blargel daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Starsel Quarry Street married Robert McCrary son of Mr and Mrs TOM McCrary in a ceremony by Rev M A Burris at the local Methodist parsonage RETURN HOME Mrs Jatin Fleming and sons Neil and James have returned home to Marshfield Wis after spending three weeks with relatives in Amherst and Florence Hospital News Discharges Mrs George Washburn East Street Attends Party Mrs Henry Kane attended a welcome home party and shower at the home of Mrs Margaret Lange 1210 W Erie Avenue Lorain in compliment to her daughter Mrs Albert Dingos who prior to her California In August was Miss Ruth Lange Brazil has closed the offices of all Axis news agencies.
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Union Services Amierst
Amherst Ministerial Association
First Evangelical Church
Hoous Maxwell
M. A. Burris
Methodist Church
Her. E. Sanderson
Congregational Church
Maxwell
E. Schmidt
St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church
Christ
Calvary
Jesus
Hemt
Ztlch Fuseneral
Gc, & Schild
Bt. Meter Evangelical
Crownhill Cemetery
Opeha
Metropolitan Opera Company
Cleveland
Marvella Blargel
Airs
W. C. Starsel
Quarry Street
Robert McCrary
Tom. McCrary
Fev
M.A. Burris
Tts
Methodist
Jatin Fleming
Neil
James
Marshfield
Wis
Amherst
Florence
Henry Kane
Margaret Lange
Erie Avenue
Lorain
Albert Dingos
California
Ruth Lange
Interest in New Officers Training Program Grows
Men with dependents show interest in a new officers training program announced earlier this month. Local draft board reports several applications issued, though none returned yet. Applicants pass physicals at the draft board, travel to Camp Perry for Army doctor exams, and must cover transport meals and lodging. A 110 aptitude grade is required for admission to the three month course to demonstrate potential.
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Beveral Elyria Amen
Mulsitary Service
Nave
Ufe
Draft Board
Camp Perry
1600 Fartiers To Receive Checks
Checks for Lorain County farmers in the war agricultural conservation program are arriving at the Lorain County Agricultural Conservation Association office on Second Street and will continue arriving over the next month. County chairman E W Fullmer says about 1,600 farmers in the county will receive or are receiving these checks. Some have already received them while others await distribution as training programs proceed. Officers candidates in the program seek commissions to provide support for dependents on officer pay, with the War Department offering the opportunity.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Agriculural Conservation Association
Second
E.W. Fullmer
War Department
Fatal Auto Crash Reported in Small City Study
A terse, OCR-scraped excerpt notes a fatal automobile incident in a small city. The fragment references population figures around 1,000 to 25,000 and a Bureau finding, but details are incomplete. The core fact is a fatal vehicle crash in a locale sized by these population figures.
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Raig
Te & Wus
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