Federal Civilian Employees Still on the Increase in 1944
The July 1944 payroll shows 3,112,965 civilian employees, excluding 252,978 War Department staff outside the continental U S. The seven month net rise reaches 134,736 with major gains in War and Navy Departments and the Post Office. Reductions cited in Selective Service and TVA do not offset overall growth.
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War Department
Continental
United States
Afty-seven Department
Navy Department
Post Office
Interior Department
Veterans’ Administration
Selective Service
Army Service Forces
Army Air Corps
Post Office Department
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Harry B. Mitchell
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Teal solution claims powerful foot fungus relief
An advertisement promotes Teal solution for athletes foot noting 90 percent alcohol content and full strength for sweaty feet, odor, insects and poison ivy. It markets a 35 cent price at Boyd's Drug Store and urges quick application to reach the germ.
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Boyd's Drug Store
Ration Calendar Details 1945 Food and Fuel Stamp Rules
The notice lists indefinitely valid stamps for meats fats and other foods, blue fuel tokens to be discontinued Oct 1, sugar stamps for home canning through Feb 28 1945, shoes airplane stamps, gasoline ration by region with multiple coupon values through various dates, and fuel oil period coupons valid for the heating year.
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Associated Press
Worry of False Teeth Slipping Promoted in Ad
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH a alkaline non acidic powder to hold false teeth more firmly. It claims improved comfort and security without gummy taste and suggests buying at any drug store.
Unclear Historical Items and Names in Fragments
The fragment lists Nina Pinta and Santa Maria items, refers to a German Gestapo chief allegedly assassinated in Prague in 1942, mentions a full house and True, and ends with War Savings Stamps and a trailing item.
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Nina
Santa Maria
Gestapo
Prague
Red the farmer sails to Aleutian base for barnyard debut
Navy mess officers report a real barn yard forming at the Aleutian Island base with Red, a former Ohio farmer turned sailor, in charge. A small Ayrshire dairy cow, two dozen chickens, and a sow with a litter arrive as Red jokes he excels at farming more than deck swabbing.
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Aleutian Island
Red
Ohio
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B. F. Goodrich Tires
Weaipe
Mooperold CO
Baltimore, MD
Katchen
K-P
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Pdea Napolis
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Harry Albert Harkness
Loudoun Street
Winchester, Virginia
Julia Lee Wright
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Phillips
Crean
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Hunt
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van Camp
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