Seasonal Labor Supply in WPA Montana Report
WPA Administrator Joseph E. Parker explains that during the year ended March 31 1941 over half of Montana WPA workers voluntarily left for private or uncertain jobs with seasonal demand. The report notes many returned at season end and new assignments totaled 2 499 while layoffs were under 12 percent of average load with women comprising a larger share of layoffs.
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WPA
Joseph E. Parker
Montana
Parker
Working Girls of Britain Take Jobs of Soldiers
London reports that women in the auxiliary territorial service near completing training will man antiaircraft range finders and height finders to aid defense. The article notes their youth, volunteer status, and disciplined response during drills while highlighting their prior occupations and adaptability. It closes with a local bird sanctuary note for Henderson, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATS
Pamela
United States Navy Leads In Strength And Readiness
The article outlines the United States Navy as the largest and most capable fleet, with 690 combatant vessels planned, hundreds of ships under construction, and a target of 532000 enlisted personnel by 1946. It notes 400 warships now, 690 after expansion, and thousands of pilots and planes in the pipeline under President Roosevelt’s emergency program.
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D. G. Sandra Washington
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Seven Seas
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Herr Hitler
Raeder
Perry, Dewey, Farragut and Mahan
United States
Bismarck
Knox
Navy
Iowa
New Jersey
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
South Dakota
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Washington
Camden
N. J
Quincy
Mass
Cleveland
Columbia
San Juan
San Diego
Juneau
Atlanta
Maine
New Hampshire
Missouri
Great Strides Made in National Defense Production Year
Detroit report notes Ford Chrysler GM and Packard expanded defense output in a year of massive mobilization. Rolls-Royce engine contracts moved to Packard, Ford began Pratt & Whitney engines, Chrysler built tanks, GM produced guns shells and motors. Industry foresees far greater future volumes and defense-vehicle production expanding beyond current contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Special News Service
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Rolls-Royce
Packard Motor Car Company
Ford
Pratt & Whitney
Packard
Hudson
Studebaker
Willys
Red Lodge Prepares Montana Legion Conclave July 9 12
Red Lodge readies for the Montana department American Legion convention from July 9 to 12. Mayor J J Gerondale pledges a Western welcome and Beartooth mountain vacation untroubled by mosquitos and heat. Activities include memorial services, receptions, mixers, a parade, and talks by National Commander Milo J Warner and Auxiliary President Mrs. Louis J Lemstra.
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Red Lodge
American Legion
Beartooth Mountains
Montana Department
J. J. Gerondale
Legionnaires
Elks
Elks Club
Sons of American Legion
Legion ‘and Auxiliary
Natali
Milo J. Warner
Louis J. Lemstra
Roman Theater
Warner
Billings
KGHL
Legion and Auxiliary
Virgin
Wilds
The
Beartooth
G. L. Throop
Beartooth Lake
One-Man Conclave Tops Utah G A R Encampment
Salt Lake City Utah U P report details the Utah department Grand Army of the Republic encampment led by 95 year old Commander Ira Stormes. Secretary Mary H Schnell read minutes as bills were approved then Stormes gave a brief address before adjourning. Stormes was noted as the last Union veteran in Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
Utah Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
Ira Stormes
Mary H. Schnell
Stormes
New Textile Makes Its Bow in Paris Fashion
Vichy reports a new fabric named Fibrane debuting on the fashion stage alongside silk cotton wool rayon and other cloths. Paris experts say it is not ersatz but a full fledged textile that can compete with any textile product. If Fibrane is cellulose based it may not require ration cards for purchase.
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Vichy
Paris
Blacksmith Training At Fort Riley Trains Enlisted Soldiers
At Fort Riley Kansas a shoeing horses course for soldiers was started after no blacksmith was present among thousands of new recruits. Over 75 enlisted men completed a three month program learning the craft of horseshoeing to support Army needs.
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Fort Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Riley
Turn of a Head Costs Fortune
Navy officers must buy new insignia as eagle badges on uniforms switch to facing right a practice rooted in heraldry. The cost runs about 20 dollars per badge, totaling roughly 400000 across ranks from ensign to admiral. The article notes the change stems from medieval heraldic precedent and questions its modern necessity.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Navy
Guineveres
Sir Launfal
Deweys
Farraguts
Mahans
Navy heraldry mix up forces badge update stumbles
Inter-department memos force Navy to fix uniform insignia after a long error. About 21 000 officers will pay around $20 per item for new buttons cap devices sword buckles and epaulets. Chevrons on enlisted ratings point down, described as inferior and poor form.
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Navy
Lancelot
Gloomy Cavern Has History in Letchworth Park
An unnamed cave in Letchworth Park marks a former $250000 engineering error. Canal builders planned a long tunnel to extend a waterway from Onda to Olean, but the project failed. The cave later hid fugitive slaves during the Civil War as railroad engineers abandoned a tunnel idea in 1882.
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Letchworth Park
N. Y
U.P
Uunda
Olean
Genesse Valley Railroad
Health and Your Teeth in Montana Series
The Montana State Board of Health notes that dental disease is the leading cause of rejection for military service, citing that only 12 teeth in serviceable condition are needed and highlighting long term neglect from childhood. The article announces a series to promote dental health education for better overall health and to reduce future rejections.
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Montana
Montana State Board of Health
Hulls Cousin Comfortable on WPA Job
Denver report says Cordell Hull’s first cousin George H. Hull, a WPA clerical worker, recalls their Tennessee roots and notes Hull remains unpretentious. He describes their youth on Cumberland river rafts and Hull’s rise to national figure while he stayed in Colorado as a street car motorman and WPA worker.
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Denver
Cordell Hull
George H. Hull
WPA
George
Morgan County
Cordell
Clay County
Cumberland River
Nashville
Colorado
Hull
Hawaii military housing boom strains public schools
In Hawaii the defense build up has led the Army and Navy to plan 3,717 family dwellings across three areas. An estimated 3,000 children will require schooling, and about 500,000 dollars for school facilities remains unfunded.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Women Train for Civil Defense On the West Coast
Dr John William Colbert 61 leads the Women Ambulance and Defense Corps of America training 3000 volunteers in California communities. Infantry drills, first aid, motor mechanics, ambulance and wireless work are taught as a community service and disaster readiness effort. Commander Dorothy Hewes Bell 43 heads the corps subunit and the group operates on a volunteer budget with uniforms supplied at cost.
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Los Angeles
Special News Service
America
Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps of America
John William Colbert
California
Colbert
United States
Dr. Colbert
Orient
Yokohama
Dorothy Hewes Bell
Women's International Association of Aeronautics
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David J. Wilkie
G. A. R. Veteran
Wild Horse Island
Flathead Lake
Tim Holt
Rio Grande
Ray Whitley
Cartoon News
John Grover
Wallace Beery
Leo Carrillo
Marjorie Rambeau
Beery
Snakin
Luggin
Death Valley
Pai E
Flame OF
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Companion Hi
the Bride
Lynn Roberts
Ted North
Edgar Kennedy
Lionel Stander
Heads
FOX Theatre
Robert Taylor
Billy the Kid
Rialto
Don Ameche
Betty Grable
Robert Cummings
Charlotte Greenwood
Jack Haley
Carole Landis
Cobino Wright, Jr
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