Curlylocks Toy Lamb and War Goods Shortages
In a wartime piece by Robert R. Mullen the Curlylocks Easter toy lamb is described amid shifting War Production Board controls. The article notes civilian textile and shoe supply pressures, manufacturing bottlenecks, and Army demands shaping availability while observing a bright wartime variety in ads and goods.
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Robert R. Mullen
Christian Science Monitor
War Production Board
Washington
Mr. Love
Love
Australia
Renovation at St. Jude's Church in New Lenox
St Jude s Catholic church in New Lenox shows a brown shingle exterior and interior plywood walls. Rev Roman Hasenstab was replaced by Rev Reynold Klaes who has renovated the interior including a liturgical altar. Mass times move from 8 and 10 to 7 and 9 starting May 1.
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St. Jude’s Catholic
New Lenox
Roman Hasenstab
Reynold Klaes
Commissioned Pilots From Army Air Forces Training Command
Hundreds of young men received commissions as fighter and bomber pilots at 11 Army Air Forces Training Command schools in Texas and Oklahoma last week. Among the new pilots is 2nd Lieutenant Edward P. Herrick of Joliet route, who graduated from Blackland Field.
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Army Air Forces Training Command
Texas
Qaklhoma
Edward P. Herrick
Route v. Joliet
Blacklend
Parliament Sours On A Female Crooner Rumor
In Winterton Parliament a debate erupts over a female crooner whose singing provokes sharp comparisons. One member likens her voice to a caterwaul of an inebriated cockatoo.
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Far ‘Winterton
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New York
Joliet Dock Company
Joliet Dock Co
S. Desplaines St
Dial
ST. Jude’s Church
Scott St
Hickory & Ruby
Plainfield Road
Sayin
Roosevelt
Wendel
Hershey
Dustry
Perry
Macy Optometrist
W. van Buren Street
Montgomery Wards
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