Another U.S. vessel sunk in Caribbean
Loss of 388th Allied ship told as Knox discloses new convoy plan
By the United Press
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$600,000 fees to war firms’ agents cited
‘Sales engineers’ collect sum in six months, House group told
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Girl worker needs fun just as men
Relaxation as important to stenographers as to soldiers
By Ruth Millett
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Chemistry marches to war!
By Dr. C. M. A. Stine, special writer for Science Service
Chemistry may well be the one outstanding factor in victory for the U.S. in this war. Just what the chemists are doing – and what vital resources they supply, is being told in this series of articles written for Science Service by Dr. C. M. A. Stine, adviser on research and development for the E. I. du Pont and Co. The following article is the third in the series.
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How new income taxes will affect you can be determined roughly by these charts. They compare present income taxes with those wage earners may be paying next year under new schedules approved by the House Ways and Means Committee.
The Pittsburgh Press (July 16, 1942)
Board orders 44¢ raise in steel wage
CIO union’s acceptance of compromise figure is doubtful
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WPB permits sale of electric ranges
Washington (UP) –
About 45,000 electric ranges which have been frozen in dealers’ hands since May 2 were released for sale today by the War Production Board.
Coast Guard’s quick-thinking snares spies
Youth stumbles on landing, plays dumb, then spreads alarm
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Recruiting by WAAC will start on Monday
Washington (UP) –
Recruiting of enlisted members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps will begin July 20, at all Army recruiting stations, the War Department announced today,
Specialists in a wide variety of fields will eventually be needed but for the present clerks, cooks, bakers, bookkeepers, stenographers, switchboard operators, motion picture projectionists, chauffeurs, and library and restaurant experts are sought.
Plans to ease rubber crisis being mapped
Industry’s program will spike report there is no shortage
By E. A. Evans, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Mail privileges lost by three magazines
Washington (UP) –
The second-class mail permits of the magazines College Humor, Headline Detective and Front Page Detective were revoked last night by Postmaster General Frank C. Walker on grounds they published obscene material.
Representatives of the magazines had been given hearings by a three-man board. The decision was based on the record and recommendations of the board.