Victory Corps Program maps needs for graduates entering war
Wartime guidance urges high schools to reshape curriculums for 1943 44. The Victory Corps plan prioritizes physical fitness mathematics science preflight aeronautics vocational training and English to prepare 18 year olds for air land sea war roles or home front work. The National Policy Committee advises principals to align courses with wartime job demands and to arrange rapid home appliance inspections to keep the war effort flowing.
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Victory Corps
Air Services
Army
Navy
Armed
Washington
National Policy Committee
U. S. Office of Education
State Departments of Education
Sten
Production for the Armed Forces by Junior Red Cross
Millions of U S schoolchildren form American Junior Red Cross units in 60 percent of schools. Since Pearl Harbor they produce slippers, tables, cribbage boards and kit bags for wounded troops and convalescents, while salvaging scraps and refurbishing rooms.
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American Junior Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Kansas
Restrictions Need Not Be Bar To Redecoration
Maxine Livingston urges home redecoration amid shortages to keep homes lively for children. Emphasizes involving kids, using imagination, repainting, and affordable updates like slip covers and ready paste wallpaper to improve rooms and family morale.
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Maxine Livingston
Jan
Peter Hunt
Pre-school Appliance Safety Before School Opens
Wartime guidance urges inspections of household electricals including the refrigerator vacuum cleaner and radio to save power and prevent strain. Parents should limit use by children and have appliances checked by expert service organizations before school starts.
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Local Electric Power Anight Company
New Guinea
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Draft Board
John Russo
New York City
Air Corps
Optician
Troy
Fourth St. Proctor
Helen A. Miller
THE
University OF the State OF New York
Fulton
Bob
Mary
the National City Bank
Third Street
Troy's Community Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
United States
Feru
A.conntanta
T. B. CG
Troy Business College Boardman Building
River & Fullen Streets
Troy, N.Y
Helen Harper
Roxy
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