Women urged to join war work from home to Bendix training
The U S Department of Labor and its Women's Bureau present a study titled What Job Is Mine On The Victory Line highlighting how household skills translate to war production. It cites examples from buttonhole sewing to aircraft instrument assembly and notes women, especially housewives, comprise the nation's largest labor pool and will be drafted into manufacturing as men enter the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S. Department of Labor
Women's Bureau of the
Labor Department
United States
Women’s Bureau
Bureau
Copper and Metal Salvage Plea To County Residents
County Welfare Commissioner John J. Ahern, chairing the Rensselaer County Salvage Committee at the request of William Arnoldy of the New York State WPB, urged residents to salvage copper, brass, and bronze. Supplies are critically short, with material lying dormant in cellars, warehouses, lofts, and barns, and Ahern called for action to move it into salvage channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ahern
Rensselaer County Salvage Comnaie
William Arnoldy
New York State
WPB
Ahern
Soap Ceiling Prices Published for Albany Dealers
Posters labeled Retail Bulletin No. 28 list fixed ceiling prices for soap and powders for Albany district dealers. Separate posters cover Class One and Class Two stores, while Class Three and Class Four prices are combined on a third. Dealers must display these prices where consumers can read them, per Office of Price Administration rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Office of Price Administration
OPA
College Girls Prepare War Work at Mount Holyoke
A rejected group from Mount Holyoke College plans 48 hours weekly in a war plant this summer. They will attend morning classes and work 3 to 11 pm, starting machine work training next Monday. Their goals are aiding the war effort, funding part of their tuition, and gaining industrial know how.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Mass
UGP
Mount Holyoke College
Toy Shortage Seen Benefit To Children
Ruth Miller argues that a toy shortage may benefit children by teaching care, imagination, and sharing. A gift shop worker notes parents lament the lack of complex toys, but the shortage could curb waste and reduce spoilage, encouraging children to play with simple wooden toys and rely less on electronics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Miller
Junior
Use of Silver Saves Chromium for Army Flatware
Approximately 13 tons of chromium have been saved by substituting a silver finish on about 4,000,000 Army table pieces. Forks and spoons use mild steel bases, knives use corrosion resistant steel. silver finish replaces chromium due to ample silver stock and its non strategic nature.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
Army
Fourth Service Command
Pennsylvania Job Injuries Rise in January Report
More than 16,000 workers in Pennsylvania suffered industrial injuries in January, with 85 fatalities. The Department of Labor and Industry notes nearly 70 percent of cases came from five industries: mining, iron and steel, construction, contracting, and steam railroads.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Health Laxatives Should Suit Ailment
Diarrhea results from increased bowel movement caused by irritants infection or emotional strain. Laxatives worsen cramps and should be avoided. Replacing fluids is key with small amounts of boiled water between feedings. Paregoric may aid duration when diarrhoea is from food, but chronic diarrhea or blood requires physician investigation.
Blind Worker Sets Record For Output In War Plants
Lee Snow, a 24-year-old blind employee at Warner Electric Brake Co in South Beloit, has broken production records by assembling up to 2 000 units daily. His friend Neil Hamer helped him get hired and mentor him while Miss Maggie Bliss trained him. Army inspectors note the pace saves 151 man-days annually. Snow credits his hands and plans to inspire others to join the war effort. He also funds war bonds with 55 percent of his salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Beloit
Warner Electric Brake Co
Lee Snow
Warner Company
Snow
Warner
Neil Hamer
Janesville
Wis
Hamer
Snow Plant
Maggie Bliss
Army Engineering Corps
Wisconsin School For the Blind
OPA Explains Gas Permit for Sect Members
The sect of Jehovah's Witnesses was allowed gasoline to drive to cemeteries on Memorial Day since they have no churches and conduct most services in cemeteries. The OPA said in response to criticism that gasoline was granted only upon proof no other transportation was available.
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Sect of
Jehovah's Witnesses
OPA
Slugs in Garden Eat Plants
The cool rainy spell boosts slug damage in Victory Gardens says 8 B Dorrance. Use metaldehyde slug bait or calcium arsenate mixes to attract and kill slugs, dusts of copper sulfate lime, or tobacco dust as alternatives. Apply at dusk when slugs feed and collect them in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
B. Dorrance
Rensselaer County
City Bred Boys Train as Farm Hands at Barker Central
Twenty 16 and 17 year old city youths from Brooklyn and the Bronx completed a ten day Farm Cadet Victory Corps program at Barker Central School. Under state supervision they learned to hitch horses, plow, operate tractors, and care for livestock before working as hired hands on nearby farms to help replace aging workers in war effort. A second group from New York City arrives Tuesday with a final group set for June 20.
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Barker
Farm Cadet Victory Corps
Barker Central School
Barker Central
Lucius A. Dickerson
Brooklyn
Bronx
Dickerson
State War Council
State Department of Education
U. S. Employment Service
New York City
Cost of living rises in April in most cities
The National Industrial Conference Board reports April cost of living rose in sixty of sixty two cities. New Orleans saw the largest gain at 24 percent while Baltimore Birmingham and Newark each rose 2 percent. Thirty two other cities showed about a 1 percent increase and the nation as a whole averaged a 1 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
New Orleans
Baltimore
Birmingham
Newark
United States
Norse Burn Hitler's Book in Oslo Fire Aims at Reich Officials
Norwegians celebrate Hitler's birthday with bock burning but this year the book and a key Wehrmacht map collection were destroyed in a large Oslo printing plant fire on April 16. The map project was a two year confidential effort by German and Norwegian Nazi experts ordered by Reichskommissar Terboven.
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London
INL
Hitler
Oslo
Patricia
Reichkommisaar Terboven
Wehrmacht
Coaches' School Opens in Utah
Logan Utah war era coaching school begins with 17th annual Utah State Agricultural College program. Instructors include Henry Frnka of Tulsa for football and Ev Shelton of Wyoming for basketball. Athletic director Dick Romney, despite war advisory, presses ahead to gauge the experiment.
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Logan
Utah
Dick Romney
Utah State Agricultural College
Utah State
Henry Frnka
Tulsa University
Ev Shelton
University of Wyoming
Frnka
Tulsa
Missouri Valley Grid
Shelton
Wyoming
Romney
Court Upholds Rent Regulations in Wartime Case
Henry M. Anderson, rent control director for the Albany Troy defense area, says the Emergency Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the basic principles of maximum rent regulations on May 28. Connecticut landlord William Charles challenged Bridgeport defense rental area rules but the court dismissed the complaint, stating the complainant is not entitled to profits during wartime to offset past losses and future anticipated losses.
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Henry M. Anderson
Rent Centrol
Albany-Troy
Emergency Court of Appeals
Connecticut
William Charles
Bridgeport
Skykomish Honors Marine With Surprise Check
Skykomish Washington greeted U S Marine Sergeant Sergi B Maley returning from the South Pacific with a surprise $50 check to aid his furlough. The town raised about $1000 through dances and scrap drives and keeps a list of men in service with funds ready for furloughs abroad. Maley was shocked and forgot to say thank you.
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Skykomish
Wash
Sergi R. B. Maley
United States Marines
South Pacific
Continental
United States
Maley
Treasury Eyes Steeper Individual Tax Increases
Treasury officials reportedly study tax options to meet President Roosevelt's demand for 16 billion dollars in added revenue. Proposals include up to 50 percent raises for lower incomes and 15 percent for higher brackets, with sales tax ideas discussed but unlikely to gain much support. Congress returns in September, with leaders noting retroactive taxes for individuals and corporations are unlikely.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
R-Mich
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Farnam Named Athletic Director at Camp Gibbons
Thomas E. Farnam was appointed athletic director for Camp Gibbons on Brant Lake announced by Rev. James G. Hart. Farnam, coach of basketball baseball and football at La Salle Institute, will direct the camp athletic program and supervise counselors. Opening date is July 1 with August closing. Farnam has taught and coached at La Salle and attended Manhattan College.
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Thomas E. Farnam
Camp Gibbons
Brant Lake
James G. Hart
la Salle Institute
Farnam
Manhattan College
Fourth Street
Ceiling Set On Price of Farm Butter
The Office of Price Administration has extended maximum price rules for creamery butter to farm butter. Amendment No 13 to Maximum Price Regulation No 289 clarifies that a branch warehouse of a creamery in the same town, selling to local retailers without delivery, is not a primary distributor and not entitled to a primary distributor's mark up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureath
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Court bans serving writs on draftees at induction
Circuit Judge Thomas J. Lynch ordered deputies not to serve writs on men at their draft boards or near them on induction day. The ruling followed deputies seizing Earl Hassett, 25, whom his estranged wife Katherine, also 25, had sued for 1315 dollars in support. Hassett was released and told to report back, while the judge warned officers to avoid draft boards altogether on induction day.
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Chicago
Tire Inspection Rules Amended by ODT
Lawrence F. McDonald of the Office of Defense Transportation reports amendments to tire inspection rules for commercial motor vehicles. The maximum interval is 5,000 miles or six months, whichever occurs first, replacing the prior 5,000 miles or sixty days rule. The change, in general order ODT No. 21, aims to ease trips for low mileage operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. McDonald
Albany
Office of Defense Transportation
McDonald
Volume Output Causes Slowdown
Washington VP William L. Batt, vice-chairman of the War Production Board, yesterday charged abandonment of some war projects jointly to the fantastic...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William L. Batt
War Production Board
War production pace boosts U S morale says Batt
In a Blue network broadcast Batt notes volume records hung up by American builders of fighting tools and stresses the need for flexibility to meet overnight revolutions in global war needs. He adds we geared the war machine to a pitch higher than Hitler feared and did better than expected. A need from six months ago may be out the window now.
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Batt
Hitler
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