War Production Board scrapbook. 1943 March-July.

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War Production Board scrapbook. 1943 March-July.

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Disassembled scrapbook of a Minneapolis metal dealer and junk yard operator who, during World War II, served as a special assistant in the Minneapolis regional office of the War Production Board.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646589

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Olson, Norman S.

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United States. War Production Board

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The War Resources Board was established August 9, 1939, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a civilian advisory group to collaborate with the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board in formulating economic mobilization policies. It was abolished November 24, 1939. The Advisory Commission to the World War I Council of National Defense was revived, May 29, 1940. Three of its functional divisions (Industrial Production, Industrial Materials, and Labor), responsible for the stockpiling and delivery o...

Blumenthal, Harry E., 1906-.

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Harry E. Blumenthal was for many years involved in the metal and scrap business in Minneapolis and its suburbs. During World War II he was associated with the Minneapolis regional office of the United States War Production Board, where he worked as a "special assistant" in the Salvage Division. In the late 1940s he was a district representative for Minneapolis metal dealers R. Lavin & Sons, Inc. In the late 1950s he was executive vice president of American Iron & Supply Co. ...

Volpahl, Linus E.

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Heffelfinger, F. Peavey, 1897-

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