20 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1942
Page
1
The article argues for labor policy reforms under the New Deal, praising the forty hour week and union protections in war contracts. It laments opposition from small-town employers and urges action to support defense production and manage overtime while stressing risks to troops abroad and looming international tensions.
A wartime article reflects on duty to protect soil and resources, quoting Clarence Ousley on soil stewardship as trustees for posterity. It notes food demands in allied nations, urges focused ground leadership, and promotes the War Production Board conference in Atlanta for Southern plants to pursue war jobs and projects.
In George Tucker’s Man About Manhattan Les Hite warns swing can be perilous with hazardous stage mishaps from instruments. The piece then narrates a Capitol New York opening anecdote about an Eskimo named Abe Broomfield mistaken for a distant Manhattan namesake.
Congress refused payment for a Treasury short featuring Donald Duck and Walt Disney. The piece would be funded by other treasury sources, while Disney continues work on a war savings stamps film. Government documentaries have grown from Pare Lorentz's early works into a steady stream of informative and propagandist shorts.
The report notes the Japanese have extended their warfare over a vast territory and fought Allied navies with apparent success. It remarks on the unlikely possibility of continued advances toward Australia and the strategic implications.
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Congress plans to tighten oversight as documentaries flood the capital. Katharine Hepburn on Women In War Work, Er Orson Welles on Tanks, and Walt Disney with Donald Duck highlight a surge in government film making. Capra Wyler Ford direct Army Navy Marine projects while Kanin and MacGowan expand OEM and Inter American campaigns.
Claude A. Jagger forecasts a postwar transition to full peacetime production and employment. He cites National Resources Planning Board studies, massive civilian demand, and manageable debt as keys. The piece surveys how the United States can shift 7 million military and 15 million civilian workers back to civilian life and sustain growth.
Experts argue wartime lessons show a physical economy, not money, should guide peacetime policy. They warn demobilization will be gradual as plants convert back and a yearned prosperity may peak then ease. Dr Hansen says financing production is feasible since every cent becomes income for society.
Irvin S. Cobb recounts a Canadian rail story where an Alabama negro seeks work inspecting stock and trains. He offers to help and promises to listen, while the yard master explains the axle tapping method for soundness. The tale blends humor with workplace realities aboard railroad expansion.
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