Job Freeze System is Ineffectual
Undersecretary of War Judge Robert M. Patterson charges that the War Manpower Commission and the U S Employment Service system for freezing workers and issuing Statements of Availability is badly abused. He says quit rates exceed 5 percent a month and total labor turnover about 8 percent, the highest since World War I, hampering war plant efficiency. The program was meant to keep workers in their jobs, but abuses have undermined its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Robert M. Patterson
Army
Patterson
Wmc-U.s
Statement of Availability Rules and Failures in Wartime Labor
Wartime policy demanded Statements of Availability to curb worker poaching. Employers issued them broadly, while non essential industries hired freely. Employment Service could bar rehiring for 30 days, and penalties existed but were rarely enforced, undermining the plan.
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U. S
Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Berlin Central School Bond Rally Friday at Berlin Central
A fourth War Loan rally will be held Friday at Berlin Central School with the school band, entertainment including skits and a dialect monologue, and a poster contest promoting War Bonds. Prizes of 3, 2, and 1 in War Savings Stamps will be awarded to top posters. Pacific coast cities lead in tested air raid warning systems.
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Berlin Central School
Pacific Coast
Kitchen Comfort Aims to Ease War Time Household Strain
Mansfield Ohio engineers plan post war kitchens focused on livability and comfort for women workers returning from war plants. Designs feature radio space, seating, larger windows, brighter colors, and accessible storage with safety features to reduce bending and awkward movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving W. Clark
Westinghouse Better Homes
Mansfield
Yesteryear
Clark
Anthony Gets 10 to 20 Year Term for Assault
Edwin H. Anthony Jr a 50 year old man from Coxsackie was convicted in Rensselaer County Court of felonious assault first degree for attacking a 14 year old Ravena girl. Judge Harry E Clinton sentenced him to 10 to 20 years in Clinton Prison at Dannemora noting first offender status. Defense moved for new trial but was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Anthony, Jr
Rensselaer County
Ravena
Clinton
Dannemora
Harry E. Clinton
Charles J. Duncan
Albany
Anthony
Earle J. Wiley
Duncans
Wiley
William E. French
Coxsackie
Servicemen Aid Bond Auction at Peerless Co
A War Bond auction at the Peerless Co. Saturday evening raised a five figure sum. Marine veterans and Navy representatives attended. Mayor John J. Ahern spoke along with Lieut. Milton V. Firey and other officials. Speakers included Sergt. Ann Boddiger and John Mitchell, with Miss Mildred Joseph as master of ceremonies and R. J. Williams of Albany as auctioneer.
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Peerless Co
Navy
John J. Ahern
Ahern
Milton V. Firey
RPLL
Frank Cramer
Federal Building
Albany
Ann Boddiger
Women’s Marine Corps Auxiliary
Rites Held for Waterford Man Accident Victim
Funeral services were held for Harry E. Shumway 76 of Waterford who died after being struck on the Waterford Mechanicville Road by a car driven by John Paul Backer. The service at Grace Episcopal Church featured Rev. James T. Kerr, organist Robert Van Steenburg, and vestry bearers. burial followed at Waterford Rural Cemetery. The Brunswick Home Bureau meets tomorrow at 1 30 p.m. at the YWCA Troy.
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Harry E. Shumway
R. D
Waterford
Waterford-Mechanicville
John Paul Backer
Fifth Avenue
Harry
van Kleeck
Third Street
James T. Kerr
Grace Episcopal Church
Mr.Kerr
Robert van Steenburg
Walter S Robinson
Harry E. van Kleeck
Mr. van Steenburg
Donalds G. McKay
Outmoded Plane Used by Flyer in Fight with Nazis
IN S: Dayton Ohio gunner Frederick II Gibson earned a Distinguished Flying Cross for action in an old crate a former scouting biplane that flew slow yet proved effective in spotting targets for Philadelphia's aircraft raid on German coastal defenses. Gibson, 23, recalled patching up the craft after repeated flak damage and flying with only a 30 caliber gun as defense. He noted German fighters often outpaced and outgunned the plane, yet neither he nor other pilots were wounded. Chungking dispatch reports Japanese in Shanghai plan internment camps for German nationals as Germany nears collapse.
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Dayton, O
INS
Frederick II Gibson
Philadelphia
Sicily
Italy
Gibson
Messerschmitts
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ADELS
Broadway
Chas. H. Gardner Agency
First St. Troy
N. Y
Troy
Troy Area
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Court House
Berlin
Europe
Sam
Americas
Kentucky
National Distiflers Products Corporation
New York
N.Y
Colonial Liquor Distributors
Troy, N. Y
Brunswick Home Bureau
W. C
America
aSrerea
Flyer
Chungking
Shanghai
Germany
Taga Book Shop
Fourth St. Troy
Tim Peter Con
Oaal Ponca Wines
Pao eEd
Peter
Ben-Gay
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