Weather update for the Carolinas and Georgia
Official weather bureau records show little temperature change tonight across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia. Readings at key stations including Asheville Atlanta Birmingham Charlotte Chicago Columbia Fort Worth Jacksonville Louisville Memphis Miami Mobile New Orleans New York Norfolk Richmond indicate varied but minor shifts with no major anomalies reported.
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Drive To Get Typewriters Is Opened In N C
North Carolina joins Uncle Sam's drive to acquire typewriters as the Sir Walter Hotel of Raleigh donates a machine to the War Production Board. The government will pay cash for standard models and will requisition thousands of used units to equip army and navy offices and field operations.
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War Production Board
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Bombay and Delhi Inch by Inch Rally for Control
Reports from Bombay show mills reopening as violence subsides, while New Delhi remains tense with armed security forces patrolling. In Dacca a jail raid left one dead and several injured as police protected court records. Lucknow saw partial closures and property damage, Poona hosts Gandhi under tight guard as mass civil disobedience unfolds.
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India
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Second Front Debate in World War II Strategy
The article argues the war requires flexible second front openings. It highlights the Solomons offensive as a potential diversion to Russia and China, cautioning the public against pressuring Allied leadership to fix a second front in Western Europe.
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Russia
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Nazi Saboteurs Seized After Attempt To Hijack Radio Station
A Reuters report from Stockholm says four people were arrested in an effort to take over a Nazi controlled radio station. General Friedrich Christiansen, cited as the Nazi commander in The Netherlands, claimed the explosives were foreign in origin and threatened reprisals against Dutch hostages. No casualty figures were given for a Netherlands train wreck a week earlier, though undisclosed German troop losses were noted.
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Stockholm
Friedrich Chvistiansen
Netherlands
Ife
Strikers Halt Cable Production Over WLB Wage Row
About a thousand workers walked out Monday halting cable production for the armed forces after the War Labor Board refused a 10 cent an hour raise and double pay for vocations. The White House acted after the WLB letter noting unanimous concern and urging action. Strikers spurned pleas from the AFL IBEW and local union to return under private management for national service. Company spokesmen were unavailable for comment.
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AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Solomon Islands
Price controls debated as government purchases eyed
A discussion on government price limits and wage trends includes statements that items bought by the government must have controlled prices. A speaker asserts resolve to handle the matter satisfactorily and questions whether the nation will stagnate. The public mood is described as not willing to drastic self-harm.
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Henderson
Manchester cruiser sinks as radar reports clash with Axis
The British admiralty says many of the Manchester crew were rescued and some may have reached French Tunisia after the cruiser went down. A force of Axis cruisers attempting to intercept the convoy was attacked by British aircraft and driven off. At least one Axis submarine is sunk in the action, adding to the previously announced loss near the Eagle. The Manchester, a 9,100 ton cruiser completed in 1935, typically carried 700 men.
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Russians force German retreat near Moscow as air attacks rise
Dispatches from the front report Russian forces striking with tanks and infantry, driving Germans from 36 firing points and forcing a retreat under a smoke screen. Soviet aircraft reportedly attacked a German transport fleet of 20 planes escorted by three fighters, shooting down six.
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Allied air campaign report and Pacific naval movements
Allied pilots reported a flight of Flying Fortresses engaged two enemy aircraft with seven Zeroes in a second attack, one fighter destroyed. A third Allied assault proceeded without interference. All Allied planes returned, some damaged. Japanese ships in New Guinea waters were likely bound toward the Solomons from Salamaua or from Rabaul or Gasmata. Tulagi area lies about 100 miles northwest. Marines landed on three islands in the southeastern Solomons, with Salamaua roughly 850 miles west.
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New Castle class cruiser details and Malta reinforcement
The passage notes a New Castle class cruiser carrying twelve 6 inch guns and three aircraft, part of a six-ship series. Naval operations in the Western and Central Mediterranean under Acting Vice Admiral M. W. Syfret described efforts to deliver supplies and reinforcements to Malta amid heavy enemy concentrations, including fighter aircraft among the reinforcements.
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Italians claim new convoy attack successes in Med
Rome reports in further Mediterranean operations against a British convoy that Italian naval and air forces sunk a cruiser, a destroyer, three merchant ships and four other vessels. German forces also sank four British merchants. An Italian carrier returned to Gibraltar after a hit on the battleship Furious. Many enemy survivors were picked up.
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Wolf Pack Raids Convoy Returning From Russia
Allied seamen arriving at a British port report a submarine wolf pack repeatedly attacked a large convoy returning from a Russian port. The survivors, rescued by escorting vessels after their ship was sunk, say three attacks occurred with constant dogging of the convoy. The first strike was by daylight and depth charges and guns repelled further assaults. Nine Greek sailors were among the casualties.
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Russia
Al Burdette Joins Ad Staff of Salisbury Post
Art Burdette, longtime Enterprise advertising staffer, leaves High Point with his wife and son Walker to settle in Salisbury. He joins the Salisbury Post advertising department after a 10 day trip to Philadelphia Keswick Grove New Jersey and Richmond.
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Doolittle Visits Memphis Man Claims War Badge
Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, famed for Tokyo raid, toured Memphis and met Malon Ellis a drug store manager. A man entered the store asked for toothpaste but lacked a used tube and then complained over wartime shortages and taxes. He claimed Eve had been away and said his name was Doolittle, then he obtained toothpaste.
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Tokyo
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Doolittle
Child Killed by Taxicab in Asheville
Six year old Sandra Watson died after being struck by a taxicab in Asheville yesterday. The incident underscores road safety concerns in a city trying to boost wartime production and community planning efforts. The Commerce Department has issued a free Small Town Manual to help communities align with war production goals.
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Asheville
Sandra Watson
Department of Commerce
Yale Professor Urges Taxes On Spendings And Exempts Savings
Yale economist Irving Fisher urged the Senate Finance Committee to tax spendings while exempting savings. He proposed a graduated spendings tax starting at 5 percent on amounts up to 5 000 for individuals and 10 000 for couples, rising to 50 percent beyond 45 000 single or 90 000 married. He warned taxing savings would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs and favored deductions for business expenses reinvestments taxes and dependents.
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Five Escapees Captured After Northhampton Breakout
RALEIGH August 14 Prison authorities pursued 12 of 17 convicts who escaped from Northampton County camp after tying guards. Five were captured. Robert Dowdy 19 Nash County. Ralph Greene 21 Caldwell County. James Whitmore 24 Shipman Virginia. Ed Kirk 21 Charlotte. Gaither Manuel 30 Proximity. A1anu el serving 15 to 20 years for rape. Guards dispatched statewide to close the manhunt.
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Verdon
Robert Dowdy
Nash County
Franksville
Ralph Greene
Caldwell County
James Whitmore
Shipman
Ed Kirk
Charlotte
Gaither Manuel
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Services Postponed at King's Chapel Church
Dedication services planned for August 16 at King's Chapel Church are postponed. The General Assembly will convene from August 20 through August 24, proceeding with the planned activities on those dates.
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Alumni Club to Meet at Winston-Satem Teachers College
The Winston Satem Teachers College Alumni Club will meet with Miss Cora Le Robinson at 102 North Street on Saturday evening August 15 at 8 30. All members are urged to attend and those unable to come should call the hostess at 38294.
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Death of Alphonso McConnell in Washington DC
Alphonso McConnell, brother of Mrs. Ophelia Corbett, died at his home in Washington DC on Wednesday August 12. Funeral will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM. The deceased resided at 1118 Columbia Road.
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First Lady Speaks at A M E Zion Conference in Salisbury
Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune addressed the A M E Zion Religious Education Conference at Livingstone College in Salisbury as a mammoth parade featuring church congregations, American Legion members, Boy Scout troops, and bands rolled through the streets with many High Point residents in attendance.
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High Point
Personal notes on visits from Mrs Johnson and Vera Jones
Mrs. Lucile Johnson and her son Robert Lee of Bear Poplar spent the week with Mr and Mrs William Payne of Daniel Brooks Home 19 B. Johnson is the sister in law of Mrs Payne. Miss Vera Jones of 211 Hay Street is visiting friends and relatives in New York City.
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Black Market Action Taken in Cleveland
James C. Grenier, regional A to O, says first suit to halt black market steel sales will be filed in Federal Court in Cleveland. The action seeks to restrainWillard Markle from buying steel from warehouses and reselling above the ceiling, citing 160000 pounds sold to Higgins Industries at about 20 dollars per ton over the limit.
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James C. Grenner
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Andrew Jackson Higgins
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Guards Attacked As Suspects Steal Truck With Firearms
A group assaulted guards, abducted a cook, seized the guards and their weapons, then fled in a stolen truck. Police seek the perpetrators and recover the weapons.
League Closes With Address By Douglas
Greensboro August 14 Addresses by Ben E. Douglas state director of Civilian Defense and James FE McDougall district manager of the War Production Board highlighted the closing sessions of the North Carolina League of Municipalities two day convention. Douglas and McDougall were principal speakers at the general session followed by a business meeting. Maury Maverick War Production Board warned that America fights for its existence and urged citizens to subordinate everything to winning the war. The keynote was by Greensboro city manager C W Smnerberg on the functions of cities in the national struggle. Other speakers included John R Lindsay James L Hales and Larry E Swinner.
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Ben E. Douglas
James FE. McDougall
Charlotte
War Production Board
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MacDougall
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Bureau of Governmental Requirements
America
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John R. Lindsay
Municipal Finance
Louisville
James L. Hales
Raleigh
Larry E. Swinner
Elizabeth City
Wilson County court clerk arrested on driving charge
Wilson Aug. 14 Chief of Police C P Hocutt said Marvin D Owens clerk of Wilson County Superior Court was arrested on a charge of drunken driving on highway 301 near the Wilson city limits. He was released on bond of 350 Owens will appear in recorder s court Tuesday morning in answer to the charges.
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C. P. Hocutt
Marvin D. Owens
Wilson County Superior
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