War Jobs urged for entertainers by General Somervell
Gen. Somervell told 1,000 executives that entertainers laid off by a new tax can find work in war industries or on railroads and ships. He urged closing night clubs, poolrooms, and bowling alleys if needed, and said manpower shortages persist across railroads and other industries. He stressed putting men home first to aid victory.
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Chicago
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Gen. Somervell
Burma
Southwest Pacific
Italy
Germany
Somervell
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
England
Retail Trade Holds Its Own With Last Year
Retail activity faced adverse weather but kept a favorable comparison to last year, with apparel, textiles, and leather lines tight. Summer deliveries were good while some buyers set fall delivery limits, and women's and children's wear remained active. regional gains ranged from 5 to 17 percent with notable strength in footwear, furniture, and groceries.
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New York
Dun & Dradstreet
Cin
New England
East
Middle West
Northwest
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Enterprising Yankee Fur Trader Sells Chisel for Fur
A west coast fur trader buys a rusty iron chisel for eight dollars in goods. He later trades furs worth more, showing resourcefulness in frontier commerce.
Yank Prisoners Make New Slang
American POWs in German camps create a slang dictionary described by Lt. Joe Klaas. Terms include circuit and bash used by Kriegies, capturing life in a Nazi prison camp and the humor helping morale amid confinement.
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Hal Boyle
London
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Joe Klaas
Tunisia
Klaas
Seattle
Uncle Sam's
Fallen Angels
Kriegies
Italians Greet Yanks On Way To Beachhead
On the Appian Way from Terracina to the beachhead Italian civilians lined the route, cheering with flowers and wine as American forces Rolled past in tanks and jeeps. Ed Morgan of the Chicago News and I crossed to document the scene and met Capt. Orville Munson.
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James E. Roper
Fifth Army
Italy
Appian Way
Terracina
Ed Morgan
The
Chicago News
George Reed
Quincy
Cisterna
U. S
Orville Munson
Munson
Pontine
Bernard Burns
Holy Name Cathedral
Chicago
United States Synthetic Rubber Output Forecast for 1943
U S production of synthetic rubber is expected to reach 850000 tons by year end 1943 as part of wartime supply efforts. The projection highlights accelerated synthetic material output to support military needs and domestic industries.
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U. S
Johnson urges five new postwar jobs to avert mass unemployment
Salt Lake City dispatch reports P. G. Johnson of Boeing urging western leaders to aim for five new postwar jobs for every four prewar, expanding markets in farming, mining, and industry. He says war tech improves production and distribution and calls for opening new fields in fertilizers clay and glass, farm products in industry, and richer utilization of raw materials. Western reports anticipate postwar employment 20 to 30 percent above 1940 levels.
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Salt Lake City
P. G. Johnson
Committee For Economic Development
Johnson
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
National Park System Acres Reach Over Twenty-One Million
The National Park system of the United States including recreational areas monuments and cemeteries as well as parks now totals 21 613 543 acres across the nation reflecting expanded protected lands and sites.
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The
United States
Doezy Doats and Lammsies Ivy Eating Questioned
Chicago May 27 A veterinarian editor Dr L T Merillat questioned the lyric claim that lambs eat ivy noting no established scientific fact supports it. He stated mares and does would eat oats and that the line is fictional.
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Philip Weck
Chicago
Mairzy Doats
Doezy Doats
L. T. Merillat
Merillat
Journal
The
American Veterinary Medical Association
Yanks Amazed At Jap Way Of Fighting
Lt Cmdr Robert G Dose says he cannot understand how the Japanese fight a war as American airmen report little resistance during the dawn strike on Soerabaja. Cmdr Joseph Clifton and pilots describe accurate hits and minimal ack-ack.
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U. S
Cmdr
Robert G. Dose
Coronado
Calif
Soerabaja
Dutch East Indies
Joseph E. Clifton
Paducah
Soerabaja Harbor
John D. Gavan
Milwaukee
Admiral Scoot
Karl H. Baker
Deming
N. M
Francis A. Smith
Long Beach
Texas Leads Nation in Petroleum Output
Texas produces more petroleum than any other state, maintaining the top position in national production figures.
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Texas
State
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