Lack Of 37 Vital Materials May Lose War For America
War picture grows grimmer after six months of fighting as Peter Edson reports from the Enterprise Washington bureau. The United States has become a have not nation lacking essentials from sugar to iron and copper. The War Production Board lists 500 emergency priorities and warns shortages threaten wartime economy and national security. Isolationists debunked.
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Enterprise-Washington
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War Production Board
Have Not Threat to War Effort Explained
A wartime column argues that the United States must escape being a have not nation to sustain war production. It explains British blockade, German self sufficiency, and the need for imported raw materials for munitions. It highlights 37 critical materials and a plan for cargo planes to avert shortage.
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State Net Tourney Opens Monday in Greensboro
The eighth annual North Carolina closed tennis tournament starts Monday in Greensboro. For the first time the field is open to Army and Navy camp residents in the state. previously only permanent North Carolina residents were eligible.
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North Carolina
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Army and Navy
Eastern Softballers Try Again to Open Tourney
Raleigh Aug 14 The twice postponed opening of the eastern Carolina sectional softball tournament has been set for tonight with finals now moved to Monday. In the opening round Fayetteville meets Henderson Roanoke Rapids vs Goldsboro and Clayton faces Rocky Mount.
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Small Business Crowded Out By Monstrous War Production
New York August 24 Wide World analysis on war production priorities. debate over military control of production and profits tests small business against big firms. House Defense Migration Committee warns small plants lose contracts while workers move to large centers. Waynick reunion note appended with Aug 23 date and Bethlehem Christian Church gathering in Allamahaw.
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National Whirligig News Behind the News
The column critiques wartime censorship and bureaucratic overreach, noting Roosevelt and aides delay actions against a prominent anti-Administration newspaper in the Midwest while praising past reformers like Alfred E. Smith ally Frederick Stuart Greene. It also surveys tobacco markets, lend-lease finance, and shifts in worker habits due to war plant bans.
Production Dictators and Political Pressure in War Effort
Albert N. Leman argues wartime bottlenecks stem from political favoritism and pressure groups. He advocates appointing a nonpolitical production head with total authority while warning that outside meddling and patronage block progress. The column cites executive resistance to patronage and the need to say No to back-seat drivers.
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Baldwin to be committed to hospital after commutation
Governor J M Broughton announced that John S Baldwin 39 year old Columbus County farmer who faced execution last morning will be committed to the insane division of the State Hospital after the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment following psychiatrists reports Baldwin claimed he shot Dr Randolph Jones a surgeon at Duke Hospital in Durham last November 18 believing the operation injured him.
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Radio Programs Schedule for War Era Broadcasts
Radio program grid lists times and shows from morning to late night. Entries include orchestras, dramatic serials, news bulletins, quiz shows, and war commentary with stations and periods noted. Multiple named performers and program titles appear alongside times throughout the day.
The Adventres of AMlarco Zolo ends with theatre collapse
In Camden New Jersey the Lyric theatre showed The Adventures of Amlarco Zolo last night when the balcony ceiling collapsed mid film injuring patrons. No fatalities reported though several spectators received hospital treatment for injuries. Authorities investigated the cause of the collapse and state inspectors will review building safety records.
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Camden, N. J
Lyric Theatre
Amlarco Zolo
Draft Board 5 Reassigns Classifications in 1940s Draft Roster
Selective Service Board 3 announces reclassification of men under Draft Board 5S. Several already in service include Sidney Hilstead Tomlinson Jr Eugene Albright Brown Joseph Alson Welborn Russell Holt James ODanford George Drakalakos Charles Brown James Edwards Charlie Ward Fulcher and others. Additional names reflect 1-A and 3-At Raleigh designations with multiple classified 4-F and 3-B statuses.
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Selective Service Board 3
Sidney Hilstead
Tomlinson, Jr
Euegene Albright Brown
Joseph Alson Welborn
Russell James Holt
James William Odanford
George Nicholas Drakalakos
Charles Henry Brown
Janmie Willam Edwards
Charlie Ede Ward Fulcher
Ray Commodore Crofts
Zack Brown
Charles Edward Enoch McCandies
Joseph Henre Hearne
Rosa Edward Younce
Leo Harrell Ozment
Paul Jefferson Bulla
Robert Lee Harris
Zemmer Coker Folsom
Jesse Coltrane Snyder
John Abbe McCain
Artind Lewie Hayden
Wiliam Luther Ingram
Phryne Phillippte Pike
Harry Handford Wiliams
Harold Dean Smith
Henry Reynolds Hall
Lawson Jerome Ingram
Blackout tests scheduled in several Western North Carolina cities
Raleigh reports the Office of Civilian Defense announced blackout practice for Maxton tonight with follow ups on Aug. 21 in Maxton Aug. 24 in Elizabeth City Aug. 25 in Tarboro Aug. 26 in Greensboro Aug. 27 in Burlington Aug. 28 in Charlotte Aug. 30 in Aurora and Sep. 4 and 18 in Star. Asheville held a drill yesterday and Gastonia a blackout last night.
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Star
Building Inspector Warns On Balcony Supports Weakening
Building Inspector John Dziekaski explains that youths applauding old-time western thrillers stamped their feet and gradually weakened balcony supports, narrowly missing an audience.
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