Survey weighs veteran outlook for 1946 jobs
Minneapolis based survey of 41 private employment agencies finds 1946 job prospects brighter for veterans though material shortages and strike uncertainties loom. Favorable factors include backlog demand, savings, new fields like plastics and electronics, plus employer willingness to hire veterans. unfavorable factors cover material shortages, strikes, high veteran salary expectations, reconversion delays, and overall postwar confusion.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Clude
Daffy Definitions and a Hat Chase Joke
A jokey glossary redefines Thanksgiving Ham Sandwich Man and other terms with comical wordplay. A near sighted man chases his hat in a brisk wind until a farm woman points out the hat at the fence corner, ending the futile pursuit.
Weather forecaster Mitch ell reads signs of cold spells
Benjamin Franklin Mitch ell, longtime Missouri farmer and weather watcher for the state supreme court, explains signs hogs carry sticks in mouths signal bitter cold. He relies on sun dogs and a simple thermoter for forecasts, learned from an old farmer in Morgan County. Local judges humor his rustic method.
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Robert Bernick
Jefferson City
Benjamin Franklin Mitchell
Missouri
State Supreme Court
Frank
Supreme Court
State of Texas
T. G. Rogers
Harry Rust
Nora Rust
F. L. Clymer
Mary Clymer
Cordelia Roberts
C. R. Roberts
Walter E. Adminston
Helen L. Edminston
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Fred W. Harvey
Belmont
Denison
Morgan County
Ozarks
Missouri River
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Magnolia
Goodrich
Gosnell
Gomer May
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Daffynitions
Paul H. Gilbert
Miami
Philco
Johnson Jewelry
P. H. Connelly
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah’s
Maytag
Flowers of
Carl May
Childress Pharmacy
Ford
Fred Cook Jr
A. W. Burchfield
J. P. Williams
Route One
Poland
China
T. B. Blanton
Ted Spinks
Sun Office
Tom Barbee
Jack
Masonic Bldg
G. W. Ford
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Memphis Tenn
Harold Thornhill
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
S. W. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Reserve District No
First National Bank OF Bells
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Grayson
P. H. Wilson
J. C. Allred
Grayson Co
J. A. Whiting
E. L. Craig
T. P. Wells
Westinghouse
Whitewright, Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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