Word: serviceman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Serviceman's name withheld) Bend...
Jack & Heintz also has an eye to the future. When the war is won, any serviceman who has worked six months in the plant will get his job back, plus $50 a month which has been accumulating in his absence. Women workers have already sworn that after the war they will go home, become good wives and mothers. Just what Jack & Heintz's detailed postwar plans are, the film does not reveal: they are a secret. But this film is a pretty convincing argument in favor of Bill Jack's wartime formula: close cooperation between labor and management...
...high-collared radio men are not so sure. Ad-libbed shows give them the aerial willies. So far, the quickness of mistress of ceremonies Arlene Francis, radio & stage actress (The Doughgirls), has stood them in good stead. One losing serviceman, who won an unanticipated $15 consolation prize, gleefully grabbed the microphone and advised his favorite bartender: "Hello, Clyde, set 'em up down there!" Miss Francis recovered with: "He means Maxwell House Coffee, of course...
...know they are loafers because no business house would allow them to work in such fantastic outfits. If you are a serviceman with a few dollars in your pocket, you also know that some of them are ready to hoist you into an alley and roll...
...courses to men of all services at $2 each. Courses include English and social studies, mathematics and sciences, business, mechanical, electrical and engineering trades. In addition, Usafi splits with servicemen the higher cost of any of 700 correspondence courses given by 80 U.S. universities. Example: for about $10 a serviceman may delve into the history of pre-Civil War Dixie, Canada, Russia or ancient Israel. Successful Usafi students get certificates, and many colleges will give them credits...