West Coast War Time Fortunes and Fears After Pearl Harbor
West Coast defense hardened after Pearl Harbor as coastal cities became military fortresses. Submarines shelled Santa Barbara and multi-state air and sea patrols expanded, while UC Berkeley scientists advanced atomic research. By war’s end, shipyards boomed, housing overflowed, and postwar uncertainties loomed for many workers and farmers.
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Leslie J. Smith
San Francisco
UPI
Pactic
Pearl Harbor
Olson
Navy
Berkeley
University of California
Ernest O. Lawrence
Japan
Agrinold
Monterey
Emidio
H. M. Storey
Santa Barbara
Montebello
San Luis Obispo County
Larry Bahoney
Estero Bay
D. C
Bitte
Satheral
Patine Couey
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alasss
Vancouver
I. C
Itl
Astoria
Ore
Oregon
Pacific
Lakeview
Midway
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Notice
The readable text references a long running effort by an individual or group over decades. Mentions financial support, a gas or energy related topic, and a public or institutional context. Details remain unclear due to garbled OCR.
Women Seek to Keep War Jobs After War End
A New York State Labor Department survey of over four hundred women in 47 war plants shows most want to remain in their current jobs or similar work after the war. Respondents are predominantly married and single, with economic reasons cited as the main motive for continued employment. Most support servicemen’s right to return, though about a fifth fear job shortages.
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Japan
Wailroads
Midwest
New York
New York State
State Labor Department
United Electrical, Hedia
Machine Workers of America
CIO
Third Church Youth Attend Pilot Knob Junior Camp
East Side junior high youths from Third Presbyterian Church attend a Junior High Camp at Pilot Knob Lake George August 13 through 2. Pastor Rev. Joan M. Stuart teaches as one of the instructors. Attendees include Joyce Steiwart Agnes Strohecker Betty Taylor Jean Barlow James Gardner and Charles Kirthers. Also noted is Bronze Star recipient Kenneth J. Martin husband of Evelyn Trembly. He earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Germany between Sept 18 1944 and Apr 1 1945. He has four battle stars good conduct medal and the medical badge. He is a Troy High School graduate and formerly worked at Montgomery Ward Co before service. He is the son of Mr and Mrs G H Martin of Plum Avenue.
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Third Presbyterian Church
Pilot Knob
Lake George
Joan M. Stuart
Third Church
Joyce Steiwart
Agnes Strohecker
Betty Taylor
Jean Barlow
James Gardner
Charles Kirthers
Kenneth J. Martin
Evelyn Trembly
749
Fifth Avenue
Germany
Martin
Troy High School
Montgomery Ward Co
Mesands
GH. Martin
Plum Avenue
Westchester Parkways Tolls Upheld by Court
Westchester County tolls on parkways were ruled constitutional by Supreme Court Justice Chutes W. AL Sneed. The decision cited state authorization by Governor Thomas E. Dewey and upheld toll collection beginning February to fund parkway maintenance amid traffic costs. Plaintiffs Elmer E. Bogart and Martin Coloday of the Automobile Club of New York challenged the measure.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Chutes W. AL Sneed
Westchester County
Elmer E. Bogart
Martin Coloday
Automobile Club of New York
Gow
Thomas E. Dewey
Hutchinson
Mil River
Westchester ‘Laspayers
County Pledge Opens State Funds Amid Broad Title
The article notes a broad headline that embraced multiple subjects and enabled the county to pledge state funds. Details indicate the action involved county authorities and potential state financial backing, highlighting implications for local budgets and governance.
Expansion of Jobless Legislation Ordered by Downton
Chairman Dowzhton of the House Ways and Means Committee ordered speedy consideration of expanded unemployment relief after a White House conference and economists forecast up to 7,060,000 workers may be jobless. He urged the committee to return to Washington August 22 to first study jobless relief and then the prospect of scaling down postwar taxes.
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Washington
Dowzhton
DMO
House Ways and Areans Committee
White House
Christiaens
Doughton
North Carolina
Com Liatttee
Congress
Wartime manpower controls revoked as war ends
Washington announces immediate repeal of all wartime controls by the War Manpower Commission. A seven point reconversion program aims to speed reemployment of veterans and workers, channel labor through voluntary civilian industries, and restore USES services to employers while easing veterans readjustment. Local offices to implement measures nationwide.
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Washington
United States Service
WMC
Frank Ll. McNamee
Legal Uses
Aase
Displaced War Workers Seek Jobs in New Communities
Wartime labor migration continues as displaced workers move to civilian production centers. The agency offers counseling and personalized services to help veterans adapt their experience to peacetime work. Offices provide guidance on reconversion opportunities and preferential treatment to eligible personnel.
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AteXacnae Saat
UNRRA Hopes for Increase in Relief Funds at Conference
London delegates to the third conference of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration voiced optimism for a substantial rise in relief funds. Officials warned increasing funds could be matched by rising difficulties in securing funds and materials as new areas opened to Allied aid. The United States proposed extending UNRRA aid to Korea and Formosa.
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London 1
Sainist Union
United States
Korea
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West Coast
Sube
Long Beach
Honolulu
San
George 5S. Patton
Springfield, Mass
Tver Wade
Nature
K.P. L
Troy
Troy Retail Mechants Bureau
East Side
August Hillebrandt
Marjorie
Genevieve
Morrison Avenue
Willliamstown
Bennington
Hoosick
Westchester Park Ways
The
Automobile Club
UNRRA
Tines
Third ST
Philadelphia Wee Aie If
Philadelphia
Hiladelphis
Wingate Sales Corporation
New York, N.Y
Continental Distialum Corporation
Weisend
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