Demobilization in Peace Will Hit Home Front
Washington, Aug. 2. A 12 man conference appointed by President Roosevelt estimates complete demobilization may take two years. After D day, home front workers in government agencies ar senals war plants and civilian shops face shifts as contracts end and peacetime production begins. The report warns of possible unemployment peaking at 7 to 9 million with mustering out pay and extended unemployment benefits proposed to ease the transition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
National Planning Association
NPA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Yesterday's Diamond Stars Sail Past National League Rivals
Sewell held the Braves to three hits for his 17th win as Tommy Holmes sparked a 10th inning rally to defeat Pittsburgh in the opener. Etten homered thrice for the Yankees to sweep Detroit. White Sox pounded the Athletics in a double win. Scarborough and Mertz helped Senators blank the Browns, Hass and Sheun contributed for the Reds in late innings against the Giants, and Keltner with Newsome sparked a Cleveland nightcap win over Boston.
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Rip Sewell
Pirates
Tommy Holmes
Braves
Sewell
Holmes
Pittsburgh
Nick Etten
Yankees
Detroit
Buck Ross
Joe Haynes
White Sox
Sox
Athletics
Rae Scarborough
Jim Mertz
Senators
Browns
Bert Hass
Clyde Sheun
Reds
Haas
Giants
Sheun
Ken Keltner
Indians
Dick Newsome
Red Sox
Keltner
Cleveland
Newsome
Dick Barrett
al Gerheauser
Phillies
Barrett
Gerheauser
Phils
Cubs
Harry Brecheen
Max Lanier
Cardinals
Brecheen
Dodgers
Lanier
Cards
Brooklyn
Legion Meeting for State Executive Arrangements
The John McLain post 196 of the American Legion will meet tonight at Haizlip's Chapel at 8 p m in a special call session. The gathering aims to finalize business for the upcoming state executive meeting to be held tomorrow. All members are urged to attend.
Center Opens Aug 10 for Venereal Disease Treatment
The State Health Department will open a new Charlotte center for intensive venereal disease treatment around August 10. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds announced the facility will serve about 1,000 patients per year.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Charlotte
Carl V. Reynolds
War Production Surges to 4,500 Planes Monthly for Army Air Forces
The USAAF reports a monthly output exceeding 7,000 planes, with 4,500 allocated to the Army Air Forces and surpassing Axis totals. Maj. Gen. Echols notes $40 billion in air power funding and a 1944 plan targeting 95,000 planes, including 36,000 bombers and 38,000 fighters.
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Washington
U.S. Army Air Force
Europe
Africa
Pacific
USAAF
Polesti
Romania
Army Air Force
Axis
Germany
Japan
Italy
Russia
Britain
Pearl Harbor
O. P. Echols
Air
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Ration Roundup of Stamp Validity and Expirations
The notice lists ration stamp validity for meat cheese and processed fruits and vegetables with expiration dates in August and September 1943. It also covers sugar coffee gas and fuel coupons with regional variations and a note on unimposed unrationed coffee and future season periods through 1944.
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Associated Press
R. S
Robert Sees France Divided After War
Admiral Georges Robert, former high commissioner of Martinique and Guadalupe, says De Gaulle and Giraud will divide France after peace. He notes Petain supporters will not ally with those who opposed the Vichy government, in an interview conducted in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Georges Robert
Martinique
Guadalupe
Caribbean
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
Marshal Petain
Thorns Sub For Pins In Indian Paper Binding
In New Delhi a British Army solution to pin shortages uses thorns from the babul tree to bind papers. The thorns, common in India’s scrub jungle, serve as makeshift fasteners for documents.
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New Delhi
India
Canadian callous slang and a highway claim
Lieut. Col. H A Pollock of the Royal Scots recalls home advice on slang during a lecture tour. He says the only slang he safely uses is kay and that the cat's pajamas. The piece notes 12,000 men built a 1671 mile Alean highway.
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Kansas City
H. A. Pollock
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Army Service Command
State Guard
Paying Father Time Ten Years Ago Highlights August 2 1933
Local notes report Prof. L R Johnston resigning as senior high principal to take a Hawthorne New Jersey post. P McKeithan elected American Legion commander. Barber shops raise prices under code. Miss Leone Clark visits Greensboro. Georgia tobacco prices rise and 40 000 jobs added by codes in rayon and other industries. Showers ease drought in several areas. Twenty years ago 1928 false alarms, wedding plans for Andrew Lindsay and Ida Paul ette, visits and travels of locals, President Harding improving, Mussolini fearing assassination, and Asheville interracial conference ongoing.
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L. R. Johnston
New High School
Hawthorne
N. J
P. McKeithan
American Legion
Georgia
Andrew Lindsay
Farmville
Lindsay
Ida Paulette
Finns Seek Peace and US Mediation in War Weariness
John H. Colburn reports that about two thirds of Finns desire peace and expect U S mediation to end the war with Russia and sever ties with Germany. Finns hope American aid may secure supplies and uphold independence while government resists Nazi plans and German pressure. The Finnish army remains strong along the Leningrad frontier as strategic shifts unfold. Edward J. Noble buys Blue Network Co. for 88 million cash in New York.
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John H. Colburn
Stockholm
America
Germany
Russia
Finland
West
Scandinavia
Norway
United States
Lapland
Petsamo
Risto Ryti
Rusia
Moscow
Finlad
Kotshkoma
Leningrad
Edward J. Noble
The
Blue Network Co., Inc
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
New York
Noble
Life Savers Corp
WMCA
SERVICE ACADEMY TOURS AND TRAINING NEWS
Multiple local servicemen and women are listed with training and assignments. Aux Mary A. Johnson begins WAC basic training in Daytona Beach Florida. Edward G. Watkins graduates basic training at Shaw Field South Carolina and advances to flying school. Walter G. Cline graduates gunnery at Fort Knox Kentucky. Julian D. Willoughby earns silver wings at Moore Field Texas. Clyde Wallace Briles trains at Lowry Field Colorado. John W. Slate Jr becomes adjutant of a guard squadron at Lockbourne AAB. I rdell S. Hutton returns to Camp Murphy Florida for signal corps training. Terry C. Fields promoted at Carlisle Pennsylvania. John P. Perdue trains at Camp Mackall and earned parachutist wings in March. Troxier Jr commissioned second lieutenant in US Marine Corps with training at Quantico. Wiley Chandler stationed at Torpedo Junction Trinidad. Sgt Darrell Reed and Polly Owens Reed depart for Boone Iowa. Pvt James A. Robbins begins at Keesler Field Mississippi. Pvt William L. Kivett and Pvt James M. Bones enter basic training at Keesler Field.
Food Is Short but It Furnishes More Nourishment
The U S Agriculture Department reports that while dining tables are leaner, the nutritive value of the national larder has risen for years. Civilians gained calories protein fat minerals and vitamins in 1940 41 and 1942 and per capita intake likely remains high in 1943 despite a sugar driven dip in calories. Increased fluid milk consumption raised calcium and riboflavin intake while enriched flour and bread boosted thiamine content.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Shakeup Reported In Nazi Sub Base Chiefs
Moscow radio reported a shakeup of German submarine base commanders after an attempted sinking of a U boat by one crew. Several sailors were courtmartialed while Admiral Doenitz held back reprisals due to crew shortages.
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Moscow
Stockholm
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Second Week Leaf Marts Open in Georgia and Florida
Tobacco farmers in Georgia and Florida move into week two of the 1943 marketing season with nearly 10 million dollars in first four days. Total sales at 17 centers reached 9,792,753 dollars, higher than last year’s opening week, as the War Food Administration notes strong demand and higher average prices across leaf grades.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
War Food Administration
WEA
RAF Planes Hit Japanese Transport in Burma
British communique says RAF Hurricanes and Beaufighters attacked Japanese river and rail facilities in Western Burma. Ye-U railhead near Monyowa bombed and machine gunned. Sampans sunk in the Kaladan delta near Myebon and other boats attacked off Ramree Island.
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New Delhi
Burma
Ye-U
Monyowa
Shwebo
Kaledan
Myebon
Ramree Island
Beasley Retires After 23 Years A Rural Mail Carrier
Roy Utah George L Beasley retires after 23 years as a rural mail carrier with an estimated 350000 miles traveled and about 10 automobiles used. He bought roughly 7800 dollars worth of gasoline and oil during his career. Smuts To Visit U S London Aug 2 dispatch from Johannesburg reports Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts premier of the Union of South Africa plans to visit the United States likely in September.
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Roy
Utah
George L. Beasley
Public hearing to close 43 state's deer hunting areas
Raleigh hears a September 1 hearing by the State Department of Conservation and Development on closing 43 of the state's 100 deer hunting districts this fall. Rockford citizens report Mrs. Pearl Alkire injured by a municipal fire hose on June 30 and city council approves $135 for a new pair of hose.
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Raleigh
State Department of Conservation and Development
Son City
Rockford, Hil
Pearl Alkire
McCormick Promoted to Staff Sergeant at Wendover Field
Richard F. E. McCormick has been promoted to staff sergeant at Wendover Field Utah. His wife Drucilla McCormick has moved to Frederick Oklahoma and is listed as residing there.
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McCormick
Richard FE. McCormick
Wendover Field
Utah
Drucilla McCormick
Frederick, Okla
Glider Crash At Lambert Field Kills 10
Ten killed when an army troop glider with a wing failure plunged 1500 feet at Lambert St. Louis Field during the Army's first public glider demonstration. Victims include Maj. William B. Roberson pioneer aircraft maker, Mayor William Dee Becker, three city officials, and Thomas N. Dysart of the chamber of commerce.
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Lambert-St. Louis Field
William B. Roberson
Pioneer Airplane
William Dee Becker
Thomas N. Dysart
The
Chamber of Commerce
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