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- c THE DILLON EXAMINER \ 'VVc^V'\ : J&ÿv. s s.î> ^ ^ ; <<•'* k *sr. ; • * — VM •'\. j S¡¿, * “ « — w * # f * * ' ' * ™iï DURING WORLD WAR II women, like the one above using: a turning: tool, proved highly efficient workmen in plants where women had never before been employed. WOMANPOWER Womanpower Is Great Unused U. S. Resource in Event of W a r Former women defense workers of World War II, stirred by news headlines of bigger armament appropriations, are beginning to apply to their old employers for factory jobs, but the jobs generally won’t be available for many months yet, reports the family economics bureau of Northwestern National Life Insurance company. From industrial plants in such former war industry centers as Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, and Minneapolis, personnel departments report scattering “early bird” calls from women who dropped out of war production work after V-J day. It will be well into 1951, however, before current armament legisla tion in congress can turn into any sizeable number of factory jobs. But when the need comes, we will ’have an estimated reserve pool of 1% million women, some already trained but most yet to be trained. Normal population growth is in creasing this pool at the rate of 200,000 per year, the bureau re ports. Fine World War II Record Women have proven their value to defense, and therein lies a story in which America overcame prej udice and tradition. At the beginning of World War II industry found it necessary to recruit women, but they were met with apathy or outright resistance. Many employers and men workers beleved that women had no mechanical aptitude, were not ac customed to regular working hours and close supervision and would not work side by side with men without disrupting plant morale. But as the number of women on production lines continued to increase in World War II, employers and foremen were effusive in their praise of the quality and quantity of the work done by women under their supervision, and were even willing to admit its equal ity to that of men. In 1900, one American woman out Of five was gainfully employed. In 1940, one out of every four wom en held a paying job. From the Pearl Harbor attack in Decem ber, 1941, to the peak of 1944, 6% million women joined the working force, bringing the total number of employed women to approximately 20 million. Many in Heavy Industry There were 478,000 women in the aircraft industry; they made up 36.5 per cent of the production force, as against a mere fraction of 1 per cent in 1940. In the making of electrical machinery and equip ment, a light industry which had employed women on almost a third of its production jobs before the war, the number of women rose to 370,000 or 48 per cent. The shipbuilding Industry, in which a number of jobs are physically difficult, disagree able, or dangerous, was under standably slow to admit wom en, yet in October, 1943, there were 164,700 women (9.6 per cent) in the shipyards. Many of them worked outdoors in all kinds of weather or tackled jobs such as cleaning bilges and sandblasting. In other heavy industries, such as steel, re luctant to employ women, the number in the plants continued to increase until 381,600 women were employed by autumn of 1944. In the event of war and total mobilization, women would play an ever greater part in armed forces than during World War II. During the last conflict 275,000 women were members of the armed forces, about one-third the number that the army estimated it could have used. A new emergency would undoubtedly require a( greater number of women in the services. Draft a Possibility If there was a new emergency the United States would probably try first to recruit women on a voluntary basis. If that failed to produce the numbers needed, the only recourse open would be some form of compulsory service, per haps similar to that used by Great Britain during World War II. After V-J day, less than two million women dropped from the employment rolls, so that of the total female population aged 14 or over, one out of every three, or over 18 million, are still gainfully employed. Due to the high marriage rate of recent years, the number of single women in the popula tion is almost 3 million less than in 1940, and of our nearly 33 million housewives, a larg er proportion have small chil dren. Therefore, our reserves of potential women workers, like our reserves of male work ers, are far smaller than be fore World War II. Nevertheless, a reserve pool of from 13A million to two million ad ditional women workers can make a huge difference in the power of a new defense effort. Women workers had a proud record in World War II. They quickly learned the necessary skills. Their absenteeism was lower. They gave high quality performance on the job. Women not only filled defense plant jobs, but equally important, they filled vacancies in civilian occupations left by men entering military service, and thereby kepi the home front economy from being disrupted. The need for women in industry will increase during the next year as the armed forces are expanded to 3,000,000 men. At present there are about 1,500,000 men in the armed services. Farm Role Important Women during World War II in creased their activities on the farms of the nations and at the end of the conflict were working in the fields beside men in jobs they had never done before. That they were suc cessful is evident by the fact that agricultural production reached an all-time high during the conflict. Employment in United States in dustry, trade, and other nonfarm lines has reached an all-time high of 45,500,000, the bureau of labor statistics reported recently. The bureau reported this rise In employment reflected expan- si o n of industrial activity to meet the national mobilization drive. To maintain this drive, more and more women will be called to replace men inducted into the armed services. The total number of employed persons, including those on farms and in military services, is now more than 61,000,000. In the event of war, women, and particularly housewives, would play an important role in the warden service organized under local civil defense authorities. Experience has proved that women are particularly qualified for this type of responsi bility and are generally present in residential neighborhoods at all hours. Women Can Carry Their Share in War Another war would be a bitter struggle for survival and the great untouched strength of the United States is its womanpower. In such a struggle we must put aside the thinking: man-woman, single- married, Christian-Jew, black-white, and labor-management. None of these must be allowed to interfere with an all-out effort for vic tory. Women have proven they are capable of carrying their share of the burden and any other thinking would lead to defeat. VIRGIL By Len Klei» SUNNYSIDE by Clark S. Haas THE OLD GAFFER YOU W O U L D N Y t h i n k A GU Y T H A T O L D C O U L D By Clay Hunter MUTT AND JEFF By Bud Fisher m JITTER By Arthur Pointer WHEN THE YACHT CAME ABOUT, J I T T E R GOT* IN THE WAY OP THE BOOM AND WAS S W S P T O V E R B O A R D WYLDE AND WOOLY By Bert Thomas • SURE, I'VE THOUGHT OF IT, BUT DO YOU REALIZE h o w m u c h it c o s t s to A PONY t \ * I ' M G L A D T O S E E E L L E N G E T A P A T E ONCE IN A W H ILE ---- SO LONG AS IT 'S ONLY ONCE IN A W H ILE/ * Takes Time Henry Guy Carleton, the Journal ist and playwright, had an impedi ment in his speech. Meeting a friend one day, he asked. “C-c- can you g-g-give m-m-me f-f-fif- teen m-m-minutes?” \Certainly. What is it?” “ I w-w-want to have a f-f-five m-m-minutes’ c-c-conyersation with you.” HONESTY BEST DEFENSE The driver was up for negligent manslaughter. He had been in court seven times before. “This is your eighth offense” said the judge. “The court has been lenient before, but I hope you understand what your situation is now?” “Yes, your, honor” replied the driver, meekly. “Where’s your lawyer?\ asked the judge. “I don’t have one, your honor” replied the hapless driver. “This is so serious, I decided the best thing to do would be to tell the truth.” WORTH THE PRICE An old sailor had retired from the sea. Each morning, a young lad knocked at his door, went In and came right out again. Finally, curiosity overcame the neighbors. One stopped the boy and asked. “Why do you visit the old sailor every morning?” The boy replied, \He gives me a dime a day to come to his house and say, ‘The captain wants to see you Immediately.’ Then he roars, ‘Tell the captain to go to blazes.’ ” Good Example Math. Instructor—“What do we mean when we say the whole is greater than any of its parts?” Stude—“A restaurant doughnut.” HUNTERS, FISHERMEN: Good Hunting and Fishing. New Housekeeping Cabins and mod ern Motel. Innersprlng beds. Low rates. Good Food, Groceries. Supplies. PARADISE CAMP On Lake McGregor Marlon, Montana 2 Gas and Auto Supply Stations making substantial protits. Fine locations. No rent. Outlets major company. Price Invoice plus (100. Invoices will approximate $1,100 and $ 2 , 000 . MARK HUNT Sandpoint, Idaho Service Station for sale doing nice business. Country store about 18 miles from Pull man. Has post office that pays over hun dred dollars per month. VERNE A HENSON, Insurance and Real Estate. 403 W. Main, Pullman, Wash. Phone 2895 208-Acre Ranch, modern home, all buildings new; water under pressure. 35 acres cleared, 100 acres more good alfalfa land. Some farm equipment and chickens. Some free range adjacent. Z. E. ZICKEFOOSE Valley, Washington STOCK RANCH, Mendocino county, Cal ifornia. 1550 acres on county road 2 Mi miles from Highway 101. 2 very good houses, other buildings the best. Large orchard, land mostly grass, rainfall 30 Inches a year. Price $29 500, terms. H. E. REARDON 424 Fifth St. Eureka, California Telephone 4836-W Children learn leathereraft. Free hobby booklet with orders. Salt ship elk, deer hides and $2.60 deposit. Red tanning elk $10.50 ;deer $5.50 colors. Send elk teeth fancy wear ever braided finish button cuff links made $8 per pair. Send now I BUCKSKIN 2963(4 state Salt Lake City, Utah Stock ranch, 835 acres; 250 acres in cul tivation, 55 acres free Irrigation, alfalfa, clover and grain. Fenced. Live stream with trees, fruit, 2 houses, 2 barns, graz ing right. Rarich raises feed for 300 head. City limits 2 miles, school and college. New equipment. Price $63,000, one-half cash. Owner C. RAYMOND FOSTER Route J, Box 501 Ashland, Oregon 104 acres in upper Fraser Valley, in B.C.; 70 under cultivation; 9-room modern stucco home, electricity and water; good barn with room for 14 cows, other farm buildings; 5 cabins, all rented, bringing $56 per month, room for more; place corners on main east and west Canadian highway, close to store and schools; good orchard. This place Is a money maker and has great possibilities for a younger man. 1 am past 70 years of age and have made my stake here. I am tired and wish to retire. Too old to farm, I wish to sell out. Price $22.000, half down If possible. Write or come and see me per sonally. F. MANDEVILLE, Laidlaw, B. C. Or inquire 629 Jameson Ave., Sedro Wooley, Wash. L O C K E R P L A N T 458 Lockers C A F E Ice Cream, Soft Drinks P O O L R O O M MODERN LIVING QUARTERS New 2-Car Garage $20,000 w ill take i t This price includes all business furniture, equipment and building. WALTH'S FOOD LOCKER Riehardlon, North Dakota Ji If 1 ’ ss®¿ J É * .* * » «¿s
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(Dillon, Mont.), November 01, 1950
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), November 01, 1950
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), November 01, 1950
The Dillon Daily Tribune
(Dillon, Mont.), November 01, 1950
