War Production Push Surges As Nation Rallies
As news from Dieppe, the Solomons, and Gilberts comes in, U S leaders push total war effort. Roosevelt reproaches agencies for bickering, WPB chief Nelson clears dead wood, Wickard fights farm price limits, and West critiques Boeing workers while women prove vital in war industries. Steel output climbs to record levels, July shipyards beat losses, and munitions and aircraft production rise. A 10 000 ton merchant ship is completed in 38 days and two aging factory workers earn praise for top productivity.
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Donald M. Nelson
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Congress
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Seattle
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Hershey
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A’s
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Pearl Harbor
Brigham Young
Wilmington
California
Bay City
Michigan
Jake Sparling
Percy Fogelsonger
War year bumper crops and oddities fill news from home
In Elizabeth New Jersey Singer plant endures mosquito attacks while Philip Van Reeth, an 11 year old boy, visits Chicago Air Force HQ with a life saving invention. Cotton prices rise and a new federal agency forms to handle bumper seed crops. Lettuce tops 7 a crate in Cincinnati auctions for Army Relief. Chicago corn receipts hit 4 455 000 bushels. Wheat stocks cause storage shortages nationwide. Milk containers adopt war bond slogans. California lettuce production suffers as Japanese internment shifts supply. OPA plans maximum prices for live stock. Wisconsin unveils a synthetic cattle feed from urea. Rubber Co adds 3000 miles to tire life with a cotton asphalt sandal. 15th Annual Horse Traders Convention opens Almond New York with a no ration oats and hay pledge.
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New Jersey
Philip van Reeth
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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New York
George Kane
Long johns urged to cut fuel use by Yale professor
New Haven professor Be A Winslow of Yale Medical School urged a return to long underwear and suggested fashion leaders glamorize ski suits to hide feminine woolies. The plan aims to reduce fuel consumption amid wartime shortages and cold weather, reflecting a plainspoken push for practical attire.
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Conn
C. BE. A. Winslow
Yale Medical School
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