Gun Shells Are Counted In Billions
Near ly a billion pounds of brass went into five billion rifle and machine cartridges made by St. Louis ordnance. The plant produced 46 per cent more small arms ammunition than all U S plants in World War I. 955 million pounds of t e s e were used in cartridges. The plant also used 185 million pounds of steel 147 million pounds of lead 96 million pounds of smokeless powder and million pounds of chemicals.
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Louis, Mo
INS
St. Louis
U. S
John M. Olin
Western Cartridge Co
United States Cart Co
Watts Bakery Adds New Equipment in Greensboro
Watts Bakery on Greensboro road announces new equipment funded at 20 000. Manager Broadus D. Casey states a Baker Perkins dough mixer costs 12000 and can mix 1 000 pounds of dough every five minutes. A Baker Perkins baking oven will bake 2 768 cakes per hour.
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Watts Baking Company
Greensboro Road
Broadus D. Casey
Baker- Perkins
Baker - Perkins
Edgar Hartley New President Rotary Club
Edgar Hartley was elected president of the Rotary Club at a Sheraton hotel luncheon. New officers include Rev. W son O. Weldon as vice president Myron T. Folger as treasurer and George Sutton as secretary. State Senator George Penny spoke on recent legislature and urged postwar budget reserves and support for a state hospital and medical school location advisory body.
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George Penny
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Edgar Hartley
F. Carroll
W Son O. Weldon
Myron T. Folger
George Sutton
Penny
General Assembly
Hospital and
Medical School
Chapel Hill
Major's Auto Gassed Out For Duration
Major Eric Loder a former British army officer told a gas rationing board he used his wife’s car with an A card on a Florida trip. He said stations put gasoline in the car without permission. The board ordered the car owned by Mrs Loder widow of Sir Mortimer Davis stored for the duration.
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New York
INS
Eric Loder
Florida
Naval Boys Miss Girls Left Behind
On a U S warship sailors show devotion to loved ones through letters snapshots and memories. Ensign Homer M Percifield and others describe wives sweethearts and plans for marriage while gifts like candy cigars and books brighten the Chief Petty Officers' messroom during a Christmas season aboard the ship.
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Kingsbury Smith International News Service
U. S
INS
Navy
Uncle Sam
Seven Seas
Homer M. Percifield
Columbus
Ind
Kansas City
Edna Buidegard
Boston
States
Robert E. Chancellor
Bidland
Texas
South
Nazi nicknames for enemy troops immortalize them
London dispatch notes German taunts and nicknames shaping wartime reputation. Describing "Old Contemptibles" for British troops and Rommel’s "Desert Rats" for the Australian Ninth Division, the piece highlights how German labels became lasting sergeants of courage and fear, as "Devil Dogs" defined American Marines.
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London
Light Brigade
Tennyson
Kaiser Wilhelm
British Empire
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Africa
Egypt
Tobruk
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Holland
Other Man
France
Belgad
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Hamburg
Elbe
Leipzig
Chemnitz
Nuernberg
Nagold
Berlin
Oder
Neisse
Moscow
Bruenn
High Point
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
Jor H. Smith
WLP
HH. R. Williams
Johns-Manville
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
St. Garner
Agency
Watts Bakery
Murray M. White, Inc. General Insurance
Security Bank
Murray
Wachovia Bank
DR. B. F. Thomas
Mee
Blacks
Naval
S. Main
Washington
al C
Thomasville
DEC
SEARS
Ounlap
East Washington Street
W. C. Brown
Southern Motor Company
S. Main St
Ota
Fulton
Bell
Care Sears Black Rubber Garden Hose
Se FT
Lis
Husky
N. Main
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