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Again the wartime pinch has made itself felt in the Law School. Because of the School's decreased enrollment, the annual Ames Competition finals have been called off, probably for the duration...
...real pinch has not yet come. A year ago there were 51,000,000 employed people...
Last week Editor & Publisher documented this pinch: U.S. journalism has contributed 21,000-odd employes to the war effort (the great bulk of these to the armed forces). Hardest-hit are mechanical departments (5,046 employes). And unlike editorial departments (almost as hard-hit, with 4,333 employes in service), skilled newspaper mechanics are not easy to replace with women...
...orders, were suddenly faced with their biggest job ever (TIME, Feb. 2). So they started hiring thousands of men. In no time at all Akron's unemployment fell to 6,000 men, of whom fewer than 1,000 had any rubber manufacturing experience at all. To ease the pinch, manufacturers put women to work on barrage balloons, life rafts, similar items; Goodyear and Firestone established training schools for tire builders...
...scars, college football begins this week what may be its last season for the duration. Among some 700 teams, the 60 absentees will scarcely be missed (most famed: New York University). But most top-notch colleges, because of their Enlisted Reserve units, will not feel the war's pinch this year. There are two scars, however, that may disfigure the 1942 season: 1) pock-marked coaching staffs; 2) shriveled transportation...