Labor Not Feared By Roger Babson
Babson argues labor will be a diminishing force as pensions expand and labor becomes a scarce commodity. He predicts veterans of World War II may become conservative, wary of postwar labor demands, warning unions could face political and economic pushback. He cites historical cycles and warns of rising union power now but fading influence later.
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Babson Park
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U. S
England
Sidney Hillman
Wall Street
Café operator points way to pointless meals
Granville Moore of the Fair Park ration board reports a Dallas restaurant run by a woman who cans all produce and avoids rationed meats, serving poultry and fish instead. Sugar remains the only rationed item used.
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Dallas
Fair Park Ration Board
Granville Moore
Moore
Small Apple Maggots Lay Eggs in Fruit
The article explains apple maggots are small black and white flies seen mid July on leaves and fruit. They lay eggs by piercing green apples with a needle like ovipositor, maggots develop slowly then rapidly as fruit ripens, and overwinter in soil before mid July fly emergence.
Tiny Match Shaped Lamp Powers Strong Searchlight
A new high intensity searchlight using a 12 inch mercury lamp with 900 watts and over 7.5 million candlepower employs air cooling from a compressor. The unit is mountable for shipboard or land use and can operate in all weather conditions with a pale bluish green beam.
Pyrethrum’s Global Spread Through Centuries
The article traces pyrethrum from its ancient beginnings in Persia to widespread cultivation in Kenya Belgian Congo and Brazil. It notes Japan’s past monopoly on production and the modern shift to East Africa Brazil and other regions to meet rising world demand.
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Persia
Europe
Dalmatia
Montenegro
Japan
Kenya
Belgian Congo
Brazil
Russian Caucasus
India
Ceylon
Egypt
Australia
Jamaica
Fun to Make Cupcake Snow Men Art
A playful cupcake craft builds a snow man with two cupcakes linked by toothpicks as the body, seven minute frosting as an overcoat, a marshmallow muffler, a marshmallow head with cloves eyes, a halved red hot candy mouth and nose, a toothpick neck, a candied pineapple hat with a cherry, cinnamon candy buttons, finished with ice cream and coffee for serving.
Population of U S Increases Shaping 1943 Births and Deaths
Washington reports 1943 natural population increase of 1 475 173 the largest since 1933 births totaled 2 935 171 and deaths 1 459 998 rate 21 9 per 1000 and 10 9 per 1000 New Mexico led in births with 29 4 per 1000 while New Jersey had the lowest 19 1. Death rates were highest in New Hampshire 14 6 and Arkansas lowest 8 2 with several states above 12 per 1000.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
New Mexico
New Jersey
Utah
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
New York
Rhode Island
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Bureau
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Vermont
Maine
Massachussetts
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wyoming
Texas
Easy Divorce and Hasty Marriages in South Carolina
A historical opinion piece warns against easy divorce and hastily formed marriages in South Carolina, arguing that matrimony should be a lasting, spiritual bond. It condemns quick separations while emphasizing the vow to stay together until death.
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South Carolina
Palmetto State
Garden weeds grow from neglected offspring quotes
A fragment from the Houston Post cites a proverb about offspring flowers from the garden heaven and warns neglect by parents leads to rank weeds, noting South Carolina may have some thing.
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South Carolina
Houston Post
History Repeats Itself in School Exclusion Tale
A father recalls his expulsion from school as a son quips that history repeats itself. The exchange underscores cycles of discipline and memory in a family narrative.
False Armistice rumors and the real 1918 Armistice
A premature news flash on November 7 1918 claimed a truce, sparking nationwide celebrations. The real Armistice was signed November 11 1918 at 5 am Paris time with ceasefire six hours later and a state department confirmation at 2 15 pm EST.
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State Department
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