WFA Plans Better Food Distribution
The War Food Administration unveiled a nationwide plan to coordinate perishable foods amid empty shelves. It aims to divert abundant supplies to avoid both surplus and famine, covering harvesting through processing, storage, handling and price controls. Potatoes and later fruits and vegetables will lead, with guidance to can or dehydrate garden produce. WPA will seek seasonal labor from prison workers, students, city residents, and more deferments for agricultural workers.
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Food Distribution Administration
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Bald Mountain Clovers Hold Meeting and Roast
The Bald Mountain Clovers 4H club met Wednesday at Mrs George s Leversee Road. Members sewed skirts during the session and enjoyed a noon hot dog roast and games. The next meeting is planned for Wednesday at Mrs Frayne s home.
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Leversee Road
Frayne
Congress Needs Its Own Experts Says La Follette
Rep Charles M LaFollette argues Congress requires its own advisers to counter executive specialists He proposes annual funding to hire experts in various government areas to directly assist Congress rather than rely on administration counselors His plan aims to prevent rubber stamp legislation and reduce partisan bias.
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Charles M. LaVeoilette
Leo Follette
Indiana
Dean P. Taylor
Mr. LaFollette
Executive Dept
Executive Department
LaFollett
Legislative Department
Women in War Work and Postwar Roles Foreseen by Bureau Chief
Mary Anderson of the U S Department of Labor Women’s Bureau predicts most women will return home after the war but many will stay in industry to replace lost male workers. She notes gains in safety, equal pay progress, and altered views of “men’s work” and “women’s work” with 6,000,000 women in war jobs by year end.
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Washington
Mary Anderson
U. S. Department of Labor
Women’s Bureau
Anderson
Bureau
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Oldest Ensign Serves Navy Forty-Two Years in Charleston
William Taylor McMahon, aged 61 to 63, is among the oldest ensigns in the U S Navy. Attached to the Charleston Inshore Patrol Base, he enlisted 42 years ago at 19 after a retrial at the Atlanta recruiting office. He rose to ensign in 1942 after WWI service, with a lengthy career including submarines and ships like the Plunger. He owns land on Route 1 in Arden, North Carolina, where his wife stays while he is on duty.
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United States Navy
William Taylor McMahon
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Navy
Kentucky
Fleet Naval Reserve
Chester E. Nimitz
Route 1
Arden
N.C
Mothers Must Rely on Own Knowledge
In 1943 America expects three million births but faces a shortage of doctors. Mothers are urged to rely on personal knowhow, emphasize cleanliness and infant care, including tepid baths, mild soap, careful drying, and fresh clothing. Also notes War Food Administration easing tuna pack restrictions, increasing civilian availability of canned fish.
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America
War Food Administration
Silent Solon Sets Record In Congress
Sen. Eugene Donald Millikin of Colorado hints at a congressional silence record after 18 months without a formal speech. Known as the Irvin Cobb of the Senate, he says he speaks only briefly when he must, while colleagues recall his veteran military service from World War I era. Appointed in 1941 to fill a vacancy, he later won election to finish the term.
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Washington
Eugene Donald Millikin
D. Col
Millikin
Irvin Cobb
Senate
Colorado
National Guard
General Pershing
Alva Adams
Adams
Boy mob stones man in Schenectady injuring him
Fifty seven year old Sing Lee, a laundry worker, was stoned by boys in Schenectady on Wednesday while walking along a street. He suffered a possible fracture to his left arm after running into a car while fleeing his tormentors. He was taken to Ellis Hospital by Wayne Crandell, who later reported the incident to police.
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Schenectady
Ellis Hospital
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