Wartime Tips and Notices From War Information Office
News items outline wartime shortages and policy. Butter supply drops with higher demand and Russia sales. oil stockpile near minimum. gas for civilians at half prewar levels. Severe Storm Warning Service expands. spotter recruitment. canner production rising. safety rules to prevent accidents. Home front morale notes include distribution of food and a Scottish living war memorial proposal. New shoe stamp planned for November and non leather shoes freed from rationing. Cranberries to come under price control. few bicycles left for rationing. 4-H state name ships. agriculture split pulling power with tractors and horses about 50 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Security Agency
Lee Marshall
War Foods Administration
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Household Hints and Quips from a bygone era
A collection of practical tips and humorous lines from a historical page. Tips include using vinegar or lemon in poaching water to help hold eggs, walnut to hide scratches, starch for rag rugs, keeping wax paper ready, making a DIY grater from jar lids, and a rag in milk to whiten piano keys. The humorous exchange mocks outdated education prompts and contrasts with simple household ingenuity.
FDR backs farms for veterans under GI Bill plan
President Roosevelt ordered government studies to help returning servicemen gain productive land credit and training. He urged use of the GI Bill to rehabilitate farm minded veterans and to assess their readiness for farming, including special or adapted farming forms for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Wickard
Frank T. Hines
Whistle Listener Job Joke Turns on Clock Watching
A humorous exchange contrasts a prospector employee asking if the worker is a clock watcher with the reply that indoor work isn’t preferred and the person claims to be a whistle listener instead. The quip centers on timing and work style.
OPA Head Backs No Gas Ration Hike For Motorists
Washington reports that the Office of Price Administration will not liberalize B gasoline rations to ease hardship for certain essential drivers. Max McCullough, new ration chief, rejected a proposed increase for some B motorists despite weeks of consideration. The plan was dropped as the war’s status loomed and amid unrelated graft allegations against a company executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Max McCullough
Germany
Price Violation Fines Hit Record $100000 in New York
Hyman Karlin of Brooklyn and the Equitable Trading Co. of New York, a wholesale liquor firm led by Karlin, were fined $100000 and Karlin received a 30 day jail sentence after pleading guilty to a price ceiling violation in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hyman Karlin
Brooklyn
Equitable Trading Co
Karlin
How to Address a Father by Relationship and Role
A playful primer on terms for fathers depending on wealth, occupation, behavior, and affection. It contrasts Father Pop Pa Papa and Dad with nuance, noting how respect and familiarity shape the chosen title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Office OF War Information
War Food Administration
Russia
Petroleum Administration
New Storm Warning Service
Plains States
Southwest
Army Air Forces Weather Service
Government Weather Bureau
Office of Civilian Defense
ODT
Warning Service
WFA
Scotland
British Information Services
Edinburgh
France
Aneta
Netherlands
Europe
Office of Price Administration
America
Enna Jerricks
Knvolens
Department Stores
Denison
Board of Education
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
FDR
Ohio
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina
Florida
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Palace Theatre
Wayly Vers
Don “Red” Barry
Mee
Arabia
George Aeginia
Len
Robert Armstrong
H. B. Warner
Marijorie Reynolds
Whis O'Keefe
Ail
Patrick Ischaauer
Blotte Greenwood
Lee Bowman
John Hubbard
Jamet Lambert
Mallard Flight
Pathe News
F. R.churchill
Quebec
Moscow
Belgium
Jack Benny
Front
Cary Grant
Tuna
Wadia
Dane Clary
Robert Hatton
Jane Frazee
Frank Albertson
Vera Vague
Andy Hardy
Marseille
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