New Labor Shortage Areas Listed
The War Manpower Commission added nine cities and all of Hawaii to its group one list of acute labor shortage, likely triggering a 48 hour work week. Cities include Anderson Indiana, Butte Montana, Everett and Spokane Washington, Eureka and Los Angeles California, New Bedford Massachusetts, Oklahoma City, and Racine Wisconsin. Dayton Springfield area moved out, totaling 55 acute shortage areas.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Hawaii
Anderson
Ind
Butte
Mont
Everett
Spokane
Wash
Eureka
Los Angeles
Cal
New Bedford
Mass
Oklahoma City
Racine
Wis
Dayton-Springfield
WMC
Duce’s Face Blotted From GM War Posters
In Linden New Jersey a man named John J Cardomone, recently discharged from the U S Navy, roamed the General Motors Eastern aircraft plant with a bucket and brush painting over Mussolini’s image on war posters while Hitler and Hirohito’s faces remained visible.
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Linden
N. J
INS
Hitler
Hirohito
General Motors
John J. Cardomone
U. S Navy
North Atlantic
Mussolini
Six Trapped Miners Rescued
Pittsburg UP Rescue workers waded through muddy water in the Oliett mine to reach six trapped miners entombed for 38 hours. A. E. Quenon of the U S Bureau of Mines led the effort by wading 500 yards through neck deep water to reach the men. The rescued miners asked where they had been as they were brought to the surface and escorted to Red Cross headquarters for first aid.
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Pittsburg
Oliett
A. E. Quenon
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Red Cross
Renewal sites for contracts in labor-surplus regions
Group Four in Torrington Connecticut includes areas with labor surpluses. The War Manpower Commission suggests these regions to government procurement agencies as places to renew contracts, place new contracts, and locate new production facilities.
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Torrington
Conn
WMC
Coffee caches beside coffin shocks undertakers
An anonymous call led police to investigate Salerno Brothers undertakers who found 152 cases of coffee stashed beside a coffin. Authorities believe the coffee was hijacked and hidden by thieves, possibly in the brothers’ address. California leads wartime contracting with 10.87 billion dollars, mainly for ships and aircraft.
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Chicago
INS
Salerno Brothers
Frank
Tous
Coast
San Francisco
California
Anything Can Happen Anything Can Happen
Spokane reports a censor deleted most of a letter except a postscript claiming uncertainty about transmission. A Salt Lake City theft case notes a $20 loss plus a $40 register shortfall. Effingham mentions a service member postponing a dentist visit until induction and then meeting Lt. L. O. Kincaid. Richmond features a well dressed woman donor in reserve.
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Salt Lake City
Dewey Woods
Thef
Richmond, Va
Stimson Reaches North Africa in War Theater Tour
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson has arrived in North Africa to inspect American troops in the Mediterranean theater. Acting Secretary Robert Patterson announced the move after Stimson’s extensive visit to the British Isles where he met senior political and military officials.
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Washington
INS
Henry L. Stimson
North Africa
Robert P. Patterson
Stimson
British Isles
Blood donor desk confrontation during Red Cross screening
A tense moment at a Red Cross blood donation desk features a caller proposing to send several pints to the Nazis and Japanese. The attendant rejects the idea, and the speaker questions the rationale, mentioning American soldiers and undulant fever in a charged exchange.
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Red Cross
Hire older women for wartime jobs
A War Manpower Commission report shows over one third of May hires were 45 or older, yet older women lag in employment compared with men. Employed women aged 45 plus remain about 22 percent, while commissions urge equal consideration of older women for jobs alongside men.
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War Manpower Commission
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Duce
Niewaepa
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Houston
Sterm
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Galveston
Truman Jones
Sergi
Keith Walser
ARMY
Robert Zimmerman
Ft. Clonecard
Zimmerman
L. O. Kincaid
Army Dental Corps
Troy
Ing
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Albany Bottling Company, Inc
Roy
FBI
Lotta Ado
Jacob
Ness
Doeskin
Ano
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