Steel Black Market Probed After Combat Reports
Two investigations were ordered into charges of a steel black market supplying bulging warehouses nationwide. Price Administrator Henderson in Washington ordered an immediate OPA probe into claims by Frank Higgins that his firm bought steel from such markets at premiums. Governor Broughton to push higher prison guard pay amid wage concerns in North Carolina. Waiting hunting licenses went on sale as Hinton James announced. New River in North Carolina is noted for flowing due north.
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New Orleans
Leon Henderson
Washington
OPA
Frank Higgins
A. J. Higgins
Henderson
Roosevelt
Rep. Peterson
Dfla
House
Maritime Commission
Peterson
Higgins
West Coast War Dim-Out Ordered from Canada to Mexico
Aug. 20 order will blanket Pacific shoreline with military dim-out to 150 miles inland, banning night lights to protect ships and coastal facilities. Publication followed reports of a U S merchant ship sinking and Japanese submarine attacks in the north Pacific, as defense officials cite longer blackout during the war. The measure ends night baseball on the Pacific Coast League and dims outdoor advertising, theaters, and other bright spots.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Navy Department
Washington
Seattle
United States
North Pacific
J. L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Pacific Coast League
Horizontal Veteran U S Senator Answer to Previous Puzzle
Puzzle fills a crossword style grid with clues for both horizontal and vertical entries. The grid references include U S senator themes and chemical symbols such as aluminum for 13 letters. The narrative centers on a veteran politician and a variety of numeric wordplay elements.
Roosevelt to present views on rubber and oil to Congress
President Roosevelt weighs rubber and petroleum issues ahead of a sent message to Congress. He may veto the grain alcohol synthetic rubber plan and outline the government’s stance on nationwide fuel rationing and east coast oil needs.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
T.eon Henderson
War Production Board
Office of
Price Administration
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Grain Alcohol Agency
Carolinians Ready For Money Haul To Border Belt Markets
Carolinians move multi million dollar tobacco crop into 16 border belt market warehouses amid reports of prices in Georgia and Florida. Auctioneering starts tomorrow as growers and warehousemen anticipate an average around 33 to 34 dollars per hundredweight. Mulins hosts over 300000 pounds with farmers traveling up to 125 miles. Laydown includes 150000 pounds at Tabor City and 500000 estimated on Pamplico floors led by primings and logs. Lake City reports 1500000 pounds on floors with top quality. other markets include Whiteville Lumberton and Fair Bluff among South and North Carolina towns.
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Florence
Georgia-Florida
Mulins
Border Belt
Lawson Jordan
Joe F. Hawkins
Trimmonsville
Tabor City
N. C
Furman J. Fowler
E. B. Lane
Whiteville
Fair Bluff
N.C
C. B. Townsend
Lumberton
Lake City
Whingstree
Loris
Dillon
Conway
Dartington
South Carolina
Fairmont
Chadbourn
Clarkton
North Carolina
School bus tire crisis looms next year in North Carolina
Raleigh August 5. School bus tires likely to wear out during the next school year, leaving state officials with a major problem. C. C. Brown, director of transportation for the state commission, said the coming year depends on obtaining a limited supply of tires and retreads. The commission runs a fleet of 4,900 buses.
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Raleigh
State School Commission
Cc. C. Brown
Commission
Coltrane Denies Big Surplus in State Agriculture Funds
Raleigh August 3. Dave S Coltrane assistant to the commissioner of agriculture argues there is no surplus in the state department of agriculture finances. News reports cited a surplus of 351 309 as of July 1, but Coltrane notes revenue comes largely from spring fertilizer and seed sales with two thirds received in the first half of the year.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Dave S. Caltrane
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Coltrane
Gallant Seamen Rescue Ill After Torpedo Attack
An East Coast port reports that a British ship was struck by three torpedoes in a Caribbean rainstorm on July 21. Captain Douglas Bathol Edgar praised his crew, describing 13 ill and injured men cared for as others fought to salvage the sinking vessel before it went down.
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Caribbean
Douglas Bathol Edgar
Bristol
Eng
Fidgar
Vichy vice consul condemned to death in Turkey for espionage
A Vichy French vice consul in the southern district of Turkey has been condemned to death for espionage. The unnamed diplomat was stationed in Antakia Antioch near the Syria border and the case awaits appellate review after a special tribunal trial conducted in Hatay. Nearby Denver repeals a 50 year old daytime window washing ordinance but is vetoed by Mayor Stapleton who cites sidewalk cleanliness concerns.
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Turkey
Istanbul
Antakia
Antioch
Hatay
Syria
Cyprus
Denver
Benjamin F. Stapleton
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Hinton James
State Game and Inland Fisheries Commissioner
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Stair
Fannie
Brice
Ieninif
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Woods
Brassie
Speen
Dash
Walter Magen
Firertona
Poplin Golf Club
Johnnie Mize
Firestone
Garance Fishing
Silex
Shannon
Delure Chrome
Tetley's
Ler
Huy
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Firestone Stores
Lynten
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Forstanes Symphony Orchestra
Fred Wellensteven
NBC
Red Netework
Castor
Jahel
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