Moscow to finance postwar revival with American aid
The piece discusses Soviet requests for quick comments on a vast postwar rehabilitation program. It notes Moscow’s aim to place about 1y billion dollars of goods in the United States, and the need for a financing formula acceptable to future administrations. It highlights tensions with Mexico Puerto Rico and South America as Washington weighs industrial and trade implications.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Army
Navy
WPB
Turkey
Iran
Stalin
Congress
Cortez
U.S.A
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
New York
River Plate
Buenos Aires
Europe
Canal Zone
Panama
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
South America
Winning the War
Albert Leman notes a new era of cordiality between the United States and Latin American nations. Delegations of Latin American journalists diplomats scholars and businessmen receive warm receptions as Pan American Week speeches promote goodwill and cooperation across the hemisphere.
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Albert Leman
South
School Boy Pitches No-Hit No-Run Tilt
Len Noren aged 16 pitched a no-hit no-run game for Santa Cruz high school in a 20 to 0 victory over Monterey high school. He struck out 18 in seven innings and retired the other three batters at first base.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Len Noren
Santa Cruz High School
Monterey High School
Noren
Found explosive labeled nitro starch in alley
Bernard Arandi opened a carton found in an alley and discovered a high explosive carded as property of the Corps of Engineers. Police bomb squad officials said the amount could have wrecked the tenure block.
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Chicago
Bernard Arandi
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Marshall Pidgeon
Dr. Ivan Taylor Addresses NAACP Meeting
Dr. Ivan Taylor spoke at a public meeting sponsored by the NAACP. He urged postwar focus on education religion and economic progress for Black Americans and called for greater race pride civic participation and the formation of community organizations to sustain good race relations.
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Ivan Taylor Speaks
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
America
Youth Center Advisory to Hold Regular Meeting
The advisory committee of the youth center will meet on Wednesday at 6 30 p m. at the center on East Washington street. All members are urged to attend.
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East Washington Street
Funeral service for Mrs Lara White held in Lavonia Ga
Funeral services for Mrs Lara White of 1111 Kivett Drive will be held Wednesday in Lavonia Georgia. Elder J W Smith of Philadelphia will officiate at New Go Baptist Church. Body in state at Hoover Funeral Home until Tuesday. Survived by husband Claud White son Buno Army overseas grandson Jimmy five brothers and two sisters and a host of nieces and nephews.
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Lara White
Kivett Drive
Lavonia
J. W. Smith
Philadelphia
New “Go Baptist Church
Hoover Funeral Home
Claud White
Buno
U. S. Army
Jimmy
Mary L. Blackburn
High Point
Delia White
Greenville
S. C
Wade
James
Thomas Washpan
D. C
Hugo Washpan
Knoxville
Marriage of Emma Ray and Roscoe Hill Announced
The marriage of Miss Emma Ray to Roscoe Hill was announced by the groom’s parents. The couple, formerly of High Point, married in Washington D C and now reside there.
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Emma Ray
Roscoe Hill
H. R. Hill
High Point
Washington, D. C
W S C S St Mark Church Sets April Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the W S C S of St Mark church will be held Tuesday April 18 at 8 p m at the church. Announcement made by secretary Mrs E P Wilson.
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W.S.C
W.S.C.S. of St. Mark Church
E. P. Wilson
Reverend and Mrs Waddell Guests at Lytle Home
Rev and Mrs A W Waddell and Mrs Annie B Snipes were guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Lytle at 111 Brooks Street after being highly entertained by Mrs Lytle and Emma Jones who served a delicious dinner.
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A. W. Waddell
Annie B. Snipes
Charles Lytle
Brooks Street
Lytle
Emma Jones
Returns from Yukon In the Nick of Time
Frank Fillingham 27 arrived in Scottsbluff Nebraska after seven months in White Horse Yukon territory and rushed to the depot to join a Denver bound train for preinduction exams. He was accepted for the army after meeting his draft board clerk and returning home briefly to see his wife and two children.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Frank Fillingham
Draft Board
Denver
Fillingham
War Vet Kills Wife and Takes Own Life
Asheville report says Lloyd Joyce 35 and his bride of about a month Mrs Joyce 17 were found shot to death in their apartment. Coroner George F Baier Jr ruled Joyce a World War II veteran who killed his wife and then himself.
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Asheville
Lloyd Joyce
Specialists Must Be Able To Identify Various Types
George Tucker recalls a bomb disposal unit near a camp in Italy during World War II. Lt. Howard Johnson, a bomb disposal officer from Freehold New Jersey, demonstrates handling a hand grenade with the fuse drawn but live TNT. Johnson explains fragile safety, avoiding metal tools, and the risks faced by specialists who test and defuse dangerous devices.
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George Tucker
Fifth Army
Italy
Howard Johnson
Freehold
N. J
Britain
Johnson
Textile Mills On 48 Hour Schedule Debate At Panel
Solomon Rankin of the Textile Workers Union told a War Labor Panel that about 88 percent of Southern mills already run a 48 hour week and that such a schedule would have little effect. The hearing considers a 50 cent minimum wage demand and paid vacations for 22,000 workers across 23 mills. Industry leaders note no retroactive wage rise should apply to Henderson mills where shipments keep pace with production.
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Atlanta
South
Solomon Rankin
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Rankin
Asan
W Perry
Henderson
N. C
Roosevelt
Perry
National War Labor Board
Jesse Meacham
Virginia Republicans Battle Over Delegates At Large
Roanoke Va April 17 The final selection of Virginia s delegates at large to the National Republican convention remained unsettled as a challenge to the state convention vote surfaced Delegates believed they elected four delegates from the minority report but Major Henry A Wise national committeeman said an attempt would seat four delegates from the majority report after a teller error allegedly miscounted Richmond s 154 votes.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Henry A. Wise
Albemarle
Furniture for Tomorrow A multipurpose living dining unit
A futuristic compact furniture concept shows a space saving unit set behind a sofa. The molded plastic impregnated plywood back forms a sideboard with storage and beverage protection. Cushions use porous foam and removable covers for easy cleaning and seasonal changes.
Men and Women in Service Visit Parents Here
Thurman Beck baker 3/c visits his parents Mr and Mrs P K Beck of Jamestown. He is stationed at Camp Peary Virginia. Pvt Ervin L Beck spent the weekend visiting his parents. He is stationed at Fort Bragg.
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Thurman Beck
Baker
Vis
P. K
Jamestown
Sincore
Camp Peary
Ervin L. Beck
Fort Bragg
Seaman Elsie Mollette Completes Basic Training
Elsie Mae Mollette of 600 Centennial Avenue has completed basic training and indoctrination at the Naval Training School in the Bronx New York and received orders to report for further instruction at the Naval Training School at Indiana University.
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Elsie Mae Mollette
Centennial Avenue
Naval Training School
Bronx
N. Y
Indiana University
Air Forces veteran returns to Miami Beach redistribution post
S/Sgt Kermit L Reynolds recently came back from service outside the continental United States and is stationed at the Army Air Forces redistribution station in Miami Beach. He flew in 50 combat missions in the European theater and received the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters. He is married to Golda Davis Reynolds and is the son of Mr and Mrs J L Reynolds of 1204 Shelton Street.
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Kermit L. Reynolds
Continental
United States
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
Golda Davis Reynolds
J. L. Reynolds
Shelton Street
Hall Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in Army Air Corps
William Branum Hall Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hall of 901 Johnson Street, was commissioned a second lieutenant at Spence Field Moultrie Georgia. He received silver wings and the rating of pilot.
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Hall
William Branum Hall, Jr
W. B. Hall
Johnson Street
Army Air Corps
Spence Field
Moultrie
Georgia
Raper Arrives Safely in New Guinea With Medical Detachment
Cpl. Howard Raper reached New Guinea safely and is attached to a medical detachment. Relatives were notified and his wife lives at 127 Lindsay Street.
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Raper
New Guinea
Howard Raper
Cpl
Lindsay Street
Ruark Named Secretary of North Carolina Democratic Party
Samuel W. Ruark of Raleigh was chosen secretary of the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee to replace Banks Arendell who resigned to join R. Gregg Cherry’s gubernatorial campaign. Arendell’s resignation and Ruark’s selection were announced by Chairman M. L. W. Ruark serves as secretary of the Wake County Bar Association.
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Hendersonville
Samuel W. Ruark
Raleigh
North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
Banks Arendell
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Arendell
Ruark
M. Ruark
Wake County Bar Association
Death of Grover Garretson in Board of Trade fall
Grover H. Garretson 55 district manager for General Accident Fire and Life Insurance plunged to his death from his 18th floor Board of Trade Building office. Police were told by his wife that he had been upset by trouble in securing personnel and fears employees might quit for other work.
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Chicago
Grover H. Garretson
The
General Accident Fire and Life Insurance Company
Board of Trade
Florence Garretson
Production cut by rumors of cancellations in war plants
OWI cites field surveys showing cutbacks and contract cancellations lowering morale in war plants. Western NY and PA, St. Louis, NE PA, Tennessee and Virginia areas report shifts cut, workers moved, or paid less. Many women leave the labor market. some accept lower postwar wage offers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Employment Service
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Withee Tecee
OWI
Maneuvers At Bragg Show Ground War Readiness
Fort Bragg hosts the 100th Infantry Division amid the Army training tour in four states. About 15 000 soldiers demonstrate physical tests medical care battlefield tactics and an infantry attack with eight artillery battalions as 110 tons of ammunition thunders over Gaddys Mountain in a training maneuver.
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Fort Bragg
Army
100Th Infantry
100Th
Ninth Armored Division
Camp Polk
Entie
Gaddys Mountain
AEF Milk and Tomato Cans Consumption in WWI
The American Expeditionary Force consumed 200 million cans of milk and 190 million cans of tomatoes during World War I, reflecting sustained troop nourishment and supply logistics.
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