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Volume Three
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MARSHALL'FIELD & COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carolina
Monday, August 14, 1944
Number 3
Mr. Hodges With O.P.A.
Luther H. Hodges, Vice President of
Marshall Field & Co. and General Man
ager of the Manufacturing Division, has
gone to Washington, D. C., as a dollar-
a-year man with the O. P. A.
Mr. Hodges reported to the Office
of Price Administration on Tuesday,
August 8, as Price Executive in the
Primary Products Branch (Textiles).
For some months, several of the agen
cies including W. P. B. and O. C. R.,
have asked him to take an executive
post in connection with the war effort
and the O. P. A. job seemed to be the
most pressing.
It is understood that Mr. Hodges
will spend Mondays in his office and
will commute to and from Washington
by plane. He will still pay a short
visit to the mills every few weeks.
Industry Faces New
Production Challenge
Workers in the already under-man
ned textile industry in this country
now face an even greater production
challenge with . the Army’s announce
ment that the amount of cotton duck
in the various Quartermaster depots
had been reduced to the lowest levels
since Pearl Harbor, as a result of re
quirements of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Maritime Commission dur
ing the last six months. In addition,
the Army plans to procure 28,000,000
square yards of nylon fabrics, almost
double the amount now under contract.
The War Department announced that
much of the duck, which has been
You Fieldale fellows will recognize
this familiar face as that of Mrs. Luther
Compton, better known to her hosts of
friends as “Jennie”. After 15 years
as head re-inspector in the Sewing
Room Jennie is being transferred to
the Main Office at Fieldale. Jennie
will be greatly missed and the “old
gang” wishes her every success in her
new work.
Sgt. Frank E. Cherry, killed in ac
tion while on a bombing mission, was
the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Cherry, Draper. Bill, as he was famil
iarly known, was for several years a
timekeeper in Shfeeting Mill and was.
one of the first Tri-City men to learn
to fly when the Tri-City Airport was'
inaugurated several years ago. Three
of his brothers are in the service, Joe,'
Russell and Clifford.
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A nest egg for the future—U. S. WAR
BONDS AND STAMPS.
stored in Quartermaster depots was
used for items needed by all services
in the stepped-up offensive operations
by our task forces. These items includ
ed tarpaulins, tents, truck covers, bunk
bottoms.
Pointing out that it is necessary to
hold a small amount of duck at the
grey mills in order to direct it to the
finishing plants and fabricators to
meet overseas requirements, the War
Department disclosed that the stocks
on hand in this category represent less
than a week’s requirements of the over
all military program.
Virtually all American military
strength in the Pacific is quartered
under canvas. Throughout that area
the life of canvas is much shorter than
in temperate climates despite treatment;
for mildew resistance. The Armys’ re
cent announcement that it intended to
purchase additional nylon fabrics re
vealed that these would be used lor
jungle clothing, insect nets and sleep
ing bags, vitally needed items in the
pacific. The nylon products will an
swer the need for fabrics of greater
resistance than those formerly used for
jungle warfare.
Textiles required include a twill to
be used in light weight ponchos; a
woven netting lor insect bars, head
nets and jungle hammocks; and a taf
feta to be used in special items as sleep
ing bags.