- Cape Girardeau christens its namesake (3/19/24)
- The humanist philosophy of Lester Mondale (3/12/24)1
- Cape Osteopathic Hospital opens its doors (3/5/24)
- 8 killed and a million dollars damage done in 1924 tornado (2/27/24)1
- Jackson's militant priest, county recorder at odds over marriage licenses (2/20/24)
- Streaking fad comes to Cape (2/13/24)2
- Recalling the start of MEW (2/6/24)
Host of new regulations, programs followed Pearl Harbor attack
In the weeks that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans were faced with a plethora of new regulations and programs designed to aid the war effort.
Some I had heard about or read of before, but others were completely new to me. I've gathered up a few of them in this blog.
Published in the Southeast Missourian Feb. 9, 1942:
When daylight saving went into effect today, shoe factory workers in Cape Girardeau went to work one hour before daylight. The above photo, looking south towards the shoe factory, shows the big building lit up throughout probably the first time in its history. The two-block-long building resembled a giant river excursion steamer with its various decks all brilliantly illuminated. Shoe workers are Cape's early risers; they go to work at 7 a.m. (G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast MIssourian archive)
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