Post-Record Through the Years: 1942

War causes layoffs at Washougal woolen mill: Rationing of wool — a result of World War II efforts in the Pacific — caused the layoffs of about 40 third-shift workers at the Pendleton Woolen Mills in Washougal, according to a front-page article published in the Jan. 8, 1942 Post-Record.

“The cut in production, which is for the first quarter of 1942, actually will be more than 20 percent in Washougal, because it is based on the consumption levels of the first six months of 1941, before the third shift was added,” the article reports.