West Coast seeks higher postwar income of fifty dollars a week
George Gallup surveys reveal Californians Oregonians and Washingtonians favor a $50 weekly income for health and comfort for a four person family. The national average of $48 compares with $40 to $42 in some regions. Farmers and West Central states trail with $40 to $42.
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Princeton
N. J
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washa
America
West Coast
Amera
Institute
Vashon
United Tes
South
West Central States
New England
Mid Atlantic
East Central
West Central
South Mountaineer
More Members Added To Russian War Relief
Addition of a dozen new members to the board of directors of the Russian War Relief Inc was announced by James Voulkos chair of the activities committee who outlined progress of the local campaign to clothe Russian orphans. New board members include Rev R A Dawson Rev Francis T Brown Rev R H Tharp Rabbi Joseph Gumbiner Rabbi Aron Moskovits Raphael Brandes Dr Boris Zemsky Rov Robinson Miss Patricia Corelli A Brown and Mrs Pearl Nankas. J M Sakiison has replaced J C Etchells as treasurer. The Christmas gift campaign began Dec 1 and runs to Jan 1 with clothing collected for Russia’s orphaned children. Church and school leaders cooperate as five thousand gift tags are distributed for personalized gifts to Russian children at 41 South Fifth Avenue Russian War Relief headquarters.
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Russian War Relief, Inc
James Voulkos
R. A. Dawson
Tucson Ministerial Association
Francis T. Brown
R. H. Tharp
Joseph Gumbiner
Aron Moskovits
Raphael Brandes
Brandes School
South Fifth Avenue
Prisoners Of War In U S Reach 359247 Total
The War Department reports 359247 prisoners of war held in the United States as of December 1. Of these, 305648 are German, 51156 Italian, and 2443 Japanese. They are housed in 130 base camps and 295 branch camps nationwide.
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Washington
UPR
United States
War Department
Californians Face Tropical Disease Threat Yet No Epidemic Fears
California experts say wartime troop and ship movements from the South Pacific may bring malaria and Japanese encephalitis but do not justify panic. Officials outline rapid testing, containment plans within 48 hours, and use of DDT and repellents. Insect carriers for lymphatic filariasis and scrub typhus are not known to exist in California. The Pacific coast may shield other states, while labor needs for farming through 1945 remain critical.
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Sacramento
South Pacific
Stanley B. Freeborn
University of California College of Agriculture
Freeborn
Association of County Agricultural Commissioners
California
R. L. Adams
Farm Production Council
Climate Near By Left Unchanged By New Lake
Washington December testimony by William B. Warne assistant reclamation commissioner states Lake Mead, formed by Boulder Dam on the Colorado River, has had no appreciable climatic effect on the surrounding area.
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Washington
Dec
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
William B. Warne
House Irrigation and Reclamation Commission
Dale Maple Granted Life Term By FDR
President Roosevelt commuted the death sentence of Army private Dale Maple for desertion and aiding two German POWs to life with hard labor. Maple, from Middleton North Carolina, was sent to Leavenworth to serve a life term after a court martial. German prisoners fled Camp Hale Colorado and were captured near the Mexican border with Maple implicated.
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Dale Maple
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Maple
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Kansas
Middleton, R. L
Camp Hale
Colo
Ox eats bicycle parts and keys in South Africa incident
An ox slaughtered in South Africa had devoured iron bicycle parts, wire, stones and a key. In New Zealand Bluff a factory plans to can 3,000,000 pounds of Army rations including beef potatoes carrots peas and onions within six months.
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South Africa
Bluff
New Zealand
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Pacific States
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
U. S
Tucson
Rancho Vista Hermosa
E. Congress
Pacific Northwest Project
S.S
Auto Mechanics
Hou
U. S. Employment Service
WAR Manpower Commission
East Pennington
Pacific Seaboard
Mee
Stone
ROE Shoes
Congress Street
Subway
N. 4Th Ave
We Bay
Tidmarsh Engineering Company
Grunewald
Adams
Jewelers & Silversmiths
Arizona
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