Women Volunteers Back Crop War Effort In 1945
Washington dispatch notes the Women's Land Army, which mobilized 750000 volunteers in 1944, is again needed to fill farm labor gaps. Town and farm women, teachers and students worked plowing, harvesting and handling crops to prevent losses and ensure food for the nation. Camps, calls to county agents, and potential recruitment through newspapers and radio mark this season's drive.
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Central Press
Washington
Women's Land Army
America
Department of Agriculture
Ily
New York State
Woman's Land Army
State Agricultural College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement touts lemon juice with water as a remedy for rheumatic pain, promising relief within 48 hours. It claims a money-back guarantee if not improved and cites Ru-Ex Compound sold by Manns Drug Store and others.
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Manns Drug Store
Fulbright Sees Dumbarton Oaks Plan Standing
Senator James William Fulbright predicted at UNC that the Dumbarton Oaks framework will be retained at the San Francisco world security conference though amended in parts. He warned a fallback union of democracies could arise if the plan fails and noted Streit's plan originally excluded Russia.
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Chapel Hill
San Francisco
James William Fulbright
Arkansas
University of North Carolina
Fulbright
Dumbarton Oaks
Streit
Russia
Lawndale Railway Abandoned in Cleveland County
The Lawndale Railway and Industrial Co was authorized to abandon its 11 mile narrow gauge line in Cleveland County North Carolina. The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled rehabilitation and resumption would impose an undue and unnecessary burden on the company.
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Washington
Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company
Cleveland County
N. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Two American Soldiers Describe Brutal Nazi Camp News
Two American soldiers at a Rhine valley hospital recount brutal treatment in Stalag 12 near Limburg after capture in February. They describe starvation, overcrowded hospitals, chained work, and near-fatal marches, with escapes as American troops approached Limburg.
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Rhine
Limburg
Stalag 12
Rhine Valley
Local man shot to death in kitchen quarrel
Oscar Williams 44 died from a heart wound after a quarrel in a kitchen with George Culpepper 45 at 714 Leonard Street. Culpepper was arrested on murder charges claiming Williams advanced and struck him as he showed the pistol. The 32 caliber pistol lay in Culpepper's hand when police arrived. Williams died en route to the hospital.
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Oscar Williams
Neal Hoover Street
George Culpepper
Leonard Street
Williams
Liams
Culpepper
Egro
Tol
Negro
Flying Symphony Conductor Sails Atlantic Bomb Hunter
Robert Irving of Winchester formerly with the London String Players before the war now serves as a four engined Liberator crew member hunting U boats in the Atlantic. His nickname is The flying symphony conductor.
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London
Robert Irving
Winchester
London String Players
Atlantic
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United States
Francis Holley
N. Y
Hellerath
Holley
Flamrescheid
U. S. Ninth Armored Division
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Troy
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der Marche
Marna von Rundstedt
Garwood
A5th Regi
Stalag
Germany
Camden
Elizabeth City
N.C
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Army Air Forces
Chemical Warfare Service
National Defense Research Committee
Standard On
New Jersey
U.S
Standard OW Development Company
Army- Navy
Standard Oil Company
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