Salesmen Denied Extra Gasoline Rationing by OPA
The OPA refused extra gasoline for traveling salesmen due to a grave petroleum transport shortage in the East. Joel Dean said salesmen may keep only a B ration in addition to A, urging them to double up with colleagues and use bus or train to cover territories while war workers and home heating fuel needs take priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Joel Dean
Dean
Jackass Mail Comes to Center Theatre Friday
Wallace Beery and Maurjorie Main star in Jackass Mail at Center Theatre Friday. Beery’s blundering wooing of Miss Main, who runs a frontier dance hall and pilots the Jackass Mail, drives the action. Ten year old Darryl Hickman delivers a notable dramatic turn as the outlaw’s son.
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Jackass
Center Theatre
Wallace Beery
Maurjorie Main
Beery
Miss Main
Main
Darryl Hickman
the Champ
Jackie Cooper
J. Carrot Navik
O'Sullivan
Norman McLeod
Gasoline Ration Appeals From Atlantic Coast Salesmen
Gasoline rationing officials face a flood of appeals from salesmen along the Atlantic seaboard led by the United Commercial Travelers and the Travelers Protective Association. They argue current allowances fail to meet their needs and threaten livelihoods. Proposals include basing allowances on last year’s mileage minus an OPA reduction, with a suggested 65 percent figure as a fair standard.
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Atlantic Seaboard
United Commercial Travelers
Travelers Protective Association
OPA
Jum Daly
Columbus, O
Walter Winchell Abuse and Public Awakening
Walter Winchell faced heavy criticism during his career as his influence and methods drew fire from a public that slowly recognized the troubling pattern. Readers now see the full scope of the controversy and reflect that what seemed merely a nightmare might have been a real, growing danger to public discourse.
Series of Petty Thefts In High Point
A High Point spate of petty thefts includes a $32 Charles Stores cash register grab during a clerk’s absence and two pocketbooks stolen for about $30. The report lists additional thefts from residents James Brenington Sally Parrott and Wilford Gray, plus a planned tin can salvage program to process 250000 tons yearly.
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High Point
Charles Stores
Charles
James Brenington
West Green Street
Sally Parrott
East Russell
Charies
Wilford Gray
Trinity
Gray
Walter Winchell praised for patriotic service and timely warnings
The passage extols Walter Winchell for his midnight ride to rouse citizens and asserts the public now sees he was sincere and right. It laments German sympathizers hindering democracy and notes regrets that his alarm cries received a late response.
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Walter Winchell
Titler
Absorb the atmosphere Williamsburg advice by resident
Mary Louise Medley recalls Williamsburg Va. after Restoration era work funded by John D Rockefeller Jr. The article tours Duke of Gloucester Street Powell Magazine Governor's Palace Wythe House Bruton Parish and private residences. It highlights authentic 18th century gardens and colonial interiors, with notes on historic lessons and preservation.
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Mary Louise Medley
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
America
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Virginia Colony
Capitol
Governor's Palace
Duke of Gloucester Street
Queen Anne
Fancull Hall
Patrick Henry
Lord Dunmore
York River
Betsy Ross
Philadelphia
Royal Palace
Thomas Jefferson
Palace Green
Palace
Bodleian Library
Oxford
England
Ft. Eustis
Berkely
Baron de Boutetourt
North Carolina
Bacon
Virginia
Mr. Drummond
Fr. Eustis
Wythe House
George Wythe
Palace Gardens
Washington
William and Mary
John Marshall
Monroe
the Randolphs
Wythe
Richmond
Bruton Parish
Palace Green To the Right, the Next Logical Step Is Old Bruton Parish
W. A. R. Goodwin
God
Jamestown
George Nil
Ludwell-Paradise House
John D. Rockefeller
Lucy Ludwell
John Paradise
Samuel Johnson
London
Virginia Lyne Tunstall
Duke of Gloucester
Palace Gate
Williamsburg through time on the Duke of Gloucester Street
A travelogue stroll through William and Mary College in Williamsburg Virginia describes the Wren Building Capitol and old gaol. It highlights historical figures linked to the campus and nearby Yorktown Jamestown and Raleigh Tavern while noting scenic river drives and planned tunnel links.
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Florida
Wren
Duke of Gloucester Street
William and Mary College
United States
Harvard
Berkeley
Capitol
Christopher Wren
Suveyor
William and Mary
America
Seige
Yorktown
Jefferson
Franklin
Washington
St. Michael's
Charleston
Bolling
Pacahontas
John Rolfe
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Pocahontas
John Smith
the James
James
York
Monument Hill
Nelson House
Cornwallis
Swan Tavern
Cornwallis Cave
York River
Moore House
Newport News
Naval Mine
Gloucester Street
House of Burgessess
Palace
Queen Elizabeth
George Washington
Buzaglo
Lord Botetourt
House of Burgesses
Richmond
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
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Kellar
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Lizzy
Tripoli
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
Randolph Scott
Paramount Theatre
Paramount
Pete Smith
Walter
Serpent
Blondie
The
Bumsteads
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Henry Fonda
Lynn Bari
Don Ameche
Grand Central
van Heflin and
Patricia Lane
Paneer
Fdison
Pender
Raleigh Tavern
Raleigh
Sir Walker Raleigh
Apollo
Rebecca Burwell
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
House
Ecauncel
New Orleans Shipbuilding Co
Uncle Sam
A Mixa Aleey
PAYNE
Autry
Gene Autry
Serat
Rudy Hanheide
Air Corps
Chicago
DRY Cleaning Company
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