Farm Labor Shortage Hits North Carolina Farmers
North Carolina faces a record labor shortage as of April 1 1941 with farm labor supply at 68 percent of normal and demand at 94 percent. Wages rise with board $19.25 monthly and $27.25 without board. daily rates $1.05 with board and $1.30 without. Induction and defense efforts pull workers to industry, reducing farm labor availability since January.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
State Department of Agriculture
Queerest of Animals Described in Humorous Essay
The giraffe is praised as one of the queer est of animals noting its spotted skin like a leopard the tough hide of a camel a horse like head and a stag's hoof in a playful historical novelty.
Giraffes Shot in Africa to Halt Telegraph Damage
In British and German East Africa during World War I giraffes were shot after they tore down field telephone and telegraph lines used by armies. The practice aimed to protect communications and hinder enemy operations in the region.
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German East Africa
National Whinrtias and war talk in era of defense
A wartime column discusses President Roosevelt using defense as leverage, U S power abroad, and the cost of living. It reviews Latin American economic history, warns of diplomatic strains, and notes shifts in oil reserves, shipping risks, and strategic openings through the Red Sea Suez route amid global tension. It cites Bullitt on Stalin, Mussolini versus Hitler, and a Texas draft official anecdote.
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Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Americas
United States
Panama Canal
South America
British
Dutch East Indies
Washington
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Roosevelt
Hull
Stalin
Democratic Lodge
Mr. Bullitt
White House
State Department
Joe Stalin
Kremlin
Russia
Great Britain
Poland
Finland
Baltic Nations
Bessarabia
Strutter
Henry Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Schacht
Funk
Rhineland
Franco
Mussolini
Paul Wakefield
Selective Service
Texas
Wakefield
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
U. S
Suez Canal
Somaliland
Eritrea
Suez
Alexandria
British Isles
Greece
Africa
Egypt
Iraq
Bulgaria
Syria
Turkey
Aden-Suez
Costly throne and war logistics bluntly summarized
A fragment from a 1940s era column discusses the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan’s famed peacock throne valued at over 30 million dollars, and shifts to wartime material supply routes via Egypt Aden Arabia Libya and others amid Lease-Lend complex logistics. It also reports an 86-year-old New Yorker applying for unemployment benefits after a layoff, with prior hires of workers aged 73 60 and 79 noted by the Labor Department.
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Delhi
Shah Jehan
Mediterranean
Egypt
Great Britain
Aden
Arabia
Libya
Somalilands
Eritrea
Alexandria
Palestine
Syria
Greece
Turkey
Port Suez
Labor Department
Hollywood Fashion Plates and Language Notes
A compact item notes Hollywood fashion plates, mentions Lake of the Woods in Minnesota as the northern U S point, and states German is the most spoken language in Switzerland with a brief reference to language usage.
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United States
Lake of the Woods, Minn
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New York
S. Burton Heath
U. S. Army
House Military Affairs Committee
Central Ice Delivery Co
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Hollywood
Switzland
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