Lever withdraws from senate race and seeks House renomination
South Carolina news reports A F Lever withdrawing from the senate bid and announcing re election to the House amid a war era shift. A White House letter urged him to stay in Congress as agriculture chair, and Lever replied he will run again in the House. Also noted is a 10 000 man state draft registration with 9 637 counted after missing boards.
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House
Senate
Congress
Lever
White House
Washington
South Carolina
Georgetown
Spartanburg
R. B. Carwile
Local Corporations Formed and Charter Amendments Filed
The International Truck Company of Charleston seeks a 5000 capital stock to sell trucks and farm implements with petitioners from Charleston. Johnston Motor Sales of Johnston appears with 2500 capital and named officers. The National Livery Company of Charleston plans a 1000 capital with Charleston petitioners. Lecklie & Cox of Chester seeks to rename to Lecklie & Company. State War Savings Campaign begins with county committees organized and a mass meeting planned in Irmo led by Raymond Harris addressing patriotic service.
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International Truck Company of
Charleston
W. Banks Dove
W. A. O’hagan
John C. Slattery
H. Lee Harvey
D. A. Brockington
Johnston Motor Sales Company
Johnston
S. J. Watson
E. H. Smith
Avery Bland
National Livery Company of Charleston
Lecklie & Cox
Chester
Lecklie & Company
Columbia
Lexington County
Irmo
Raymond Harris
Naval
Progress in Tick Eradication in South Carolina
Dr. W. K. Lewis of the U S Department of Agriculture, directing cattle tick eradication in South Carolina, reports great progress in 10 coastal counties under quarantine. Preliminary work last year yielded excellent results as cattle shipments run four to five months ahead of schedule amid strong farmer and stockman cooperation.
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W. K. Lewis
United States Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Manning Urges Y M C A War Service in South Carolina
Governor Richard I Manning appeals to men aged 31 to 50 in South Carolina to join 3000 war workers for the YMCA for U S Army post exchanges in France by July. He lauds the effort as patriotic and essential to winning the war.
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Manning
South Carolina
United States
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
Post Exchange
Richard I. Manning
South Carolina mills run on capacity to meet grain demand
Farmers struggle with marketing grain and often flood the market with surplus corn or wheat, forcing sales at sacrifice. A solution lies in listing food products, especially corn, with reliable mills to stabilize supplies and prices.
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South Carolina
Soldiers Barred From Two Towns Near Camp Wadsworth
Orders at Camp Wadsworth ban soldiers from Union and Pacolet due to conditions there. Civil authorities in both towns have shown leniency toward troublemakers and taken little action to curb disorders. Soldiers have long ventured into nearby towns to purchase alcohol.
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Camp Wadsworth
Union
Pacolet
McSwain Addresses South Carolina Underwriters Meeting
The 20th annual convention of the South Carolina Underwriters Association met in Columbia's chamber of commerce. It drew agents from across the state with President A. P F. Purman of Greenville and Secretary S. F. Cannon of Spartanburg presiding. Treasurer W. A. McSwain, the insurance commissioner, was introduced after his report.
Beef curtailment pork expansion urged by Hoover
A telegram from Herbert Hoover directs South Carolina to curb beef use for the army and allied populations and expand pork. Hotels and restaurants are to limit beef meals, households to limit beef purchases, and officials are urged to enforce the new rules until September 15.
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William Elliott
South Carolina
Herbert Hoover
The
Food Administration
Army
Hoover
Elliott
France
Camp Jackson Recreation Plan Offered by Col Boyden Nims
General French of the Artillery Replacement Depot at Camp Jackson is offered Col Boyden Nims pond as a summer batthe and fish recreation site for soldiers. Nims would allow a pumping plant from Gill Creek and provide pipeline right of way to the camp. He purchased the property to create a community recreation park which was halted by war plans.
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Columbia
Boyden Nims
General French
Camp Jackson
Patriotism Theme Marks Deaf and Blind School Commencement
At Cedar Springs the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind held commencement exercises with a patriotism motif. The school band opened with Over There and decorations and children's recitations reinforced the theme.
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Cedar Springs
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Officer Missing Shorts in Accounts in Spartanburg
Developments in the case of Captain J. James H. Bowen commanding Company A Fifty fourth Pioneer Infantry reveal he is short about $550 after careful audit.
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Spartanburg
J. James H. Bowen
Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry
Bowen
Veteran Sheriff Seeks War Duty Despite Age
Lancaster Sheriff John P Hunter, 62, eager to serve in France. A letter from Mr Stevenson and an adjutant general note his age prevents immediate active army service, though both officials thank him for patriotism.
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Lancaster
John P. Hunter
Lancaster County
France
Mr. Stevenson
Adjutant General
Hunter
Stevenson
Busy farming season in Lexington county reports ideal weather
Lexington reports farmers across the county are busy cultivating crops and harvesting grain in what is a peak year. Heavy rains disrupted work in some areas, but conditions have improved with ideal weather now aiding crop efforts.
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Lexington
The Capital Theatre Romance in a Panama Hat
At a capital theater a mid age man in a gray suit and Panama hat attracts two women who judge his life story from his appearance. They debate whether he is a primrose for marriage or a devoted son and brother and note the moment of truth as the stage doors loom. The scene ends with the trio reconsidering their first impressions as the play approaches.
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Bestngton H E
Panama
Simp
Mother
Washington Tenants: War Time Rent Boom in D.C.
Frank Ward O'Malley notes in Century Magazine that wartime Washington sees rental prices soar as families flood the capital. Hall bedrooms rise from 10 to 40 50 dollars monthly while luxury flats fetch 25 000 a year and furnished rooms command hundreds more. The German embassy sits vacant amid the housing surge.
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South Bend
Washington
National Capital
Pop
Mom
Charles Evans Hughes
California
Frank Ward O’malley
The
Century Magazine
Yellow Flag Sparks Student Ire At Central High
At Central High a yellow flag appeared from the 60 foot mast during a school day causing mixed reactions among students. Jay Long tried to climb the pole but was replaced by Carl Stein who lowered and tore the banner into strips. Rumors point to Tech as a possible culprit, though students insist most of Tech has no such sentiment.
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Central High School
Central High
Central
Jay Long
Carl Stein
Fifth Street
Emory Wilson
McKinley Manual Training School
Tech
Uniformed Ladies Host Red Cross Tea in Potomac Park
Dainty uniforms grace a social event in Potomac Park where Mrs. Donald Washburn Georgia Schofield and Miss Carolyn Nash run a teahouse to benefit the Red Cross. The venture runs two afternoons weekly with Marine Band concerts drawing society elites.
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ED Cross
Potomac Park
Donald Washburn
Georgia Schofield
Carolyn Nash
Red Cross
Marine Band
Nash
Washburn
National Service School
Miss Nash
Mrs. Washburn
Pile Remedy Claims Quick Relief Without Surgery
An advertisement touts Eagle Pile Remedy as a tablet treatment that cures all forms of piles and fistula without operations. The Reed Distributing Co of Paterson New Jersey offers it for one dollar with a full permanent cure guarantee. A separate note mentions free mail from congressmen totaling seven tons daily and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to combat malaria germs in blood.
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Reed Distributing Co
Godwin Street
Paterson
N. J
Grove
Price Sic
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