"Countless thousands of workers are pouring into Washington by train and plane, by bus and jalopy. They are herded into old rooming houses, temporary shacks, basements and attics. More than a third of the Nation's capital is 'ill-housed, ill-clothed, and ill-fed' - but boys are meeting girls all over the place - and almost twice as many marriage licenses were issued in December of 1941 as in December 1940."
Another article about wartime Washington can be read here...
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