Firestone Adapts To War Time Shopping Shift
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores in High Point reorganizes to weather gasoline and tire rationing by expanding from auto accessories to a department store style lineup. Manager W L Rousseau notes offerings now include fishing tackle work clothes electrical appliances vacuum cleaners stoves washing machines farm and garden supplies hardware camping and sporting goods phonograph records and a new paint department as part of a broader postwar merchandising plan.
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Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
Ars
Alto
Firestone
Firestone Company
W.L. Rousseau
High Point
War Board Restricts Fertilizer Grades in North Carolina
Raleigh August 15 The United States War Board ordered North Carolina to sell only 18 grades of fertilizer during the war emergency Assistant Agriculture Commissioner D S Coltrane announced a formal limit will be issued soon Previously the state approved 36 grades and up to 200 could be produced Coltrane released the authorized list including 0-10-10 basic 0-14-7 2-8-10 basic 2-10-6 2-12-6 3-8-3 3-9-6 4-12-8 3-9-9 3-12-6 4-8-4 1-8-6 4-8-8 4-9-3 4-12-4 10-0-10 40-6-4 and 3-5-20.
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Raleigh
United States War Board
North Carolina
Agriculture
D. S. Coltrane
Coltrane
Oz Quick Chapter Plans Lake Meeting At City Lake
The Oz Quick Chapter of the Royal Ambassadors of Hilliard Memorial Church will meet at City Lake on August 17. Gather at the church at 1:30 PM, bring lunches and baseball equipment, and ride to the lake for the excursion. The item also notes glider test activity at Wright Field linked to aviation uses.
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City Lake
Oz Quick
The
Royal Ambassadors of the Hilliard Memorial Church
Wake Forest Part of Army Finance School Move
The War Department announced the transfer of the enlisted section of the Army Finance School from Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana to Wake Forest College North Carolina effective Monday. College facilities will be used and the arrangement follows previous moves that freed space at Fort Benjamin Harrison for the finance department training center and an officer candidate school.
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Washington
Army
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Wake Forest College
North Carolina
War Department
Duke University
Finance Department
Five Continues From Page One European War Updates
The report covers wartime diplomacy and resistance in occupied Europe. Netherlands gov announces a public, speedy trial with RAF mediation. Soviet and Polish sources discuss deportations, resistance, and the death of Warsaw ghetto mayor Czerniakow. Hungarian talks on Slovakia and Norwegian church conflicts are noted, with a Dutch ironmonger signaling defiance by displaying axes.
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RAF
Gerbrandy
Europe
Warsaw
London
L. M. Czerniakov
Paris
Vichy
France
Czerniakov
Slovakia
Nicolas Kallay
Foreign Affairs Committee
Hitler
Hungary
Reich
Norway
Utrecht
Indian Strife Escalates as Gandhi Faces Crisis
The article notes Gandhi's negotiations with the government amid renewed civil unrest across India. It reports clashes between rioters and British forces, mass arrests, and the death of Mahadev Desai. Violence flares in Calcutta, Gorakhpur, and Dacca as authorities fire on crowds while possible nonviolent campaigns loom.
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Gandhi
London
Congress
Mahadev Desai
Desai
Aga Khan
Poona
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Gorakhpur
Dacca
British fleet blasts Rhodes in dramatic Mediterranean raid
British and American forces pounded Rhodes as big guns roared and flaming onions lit the sky. The bombardment, part of a wider eastern Mediterranean phase, saw E-boats near misses and heavy anti aircraft fire as ships closed in and then withdrew after delivering a sharp blow to Axis harbors and airfields.
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Tripoli
Rhodes
Vian
Malta
Mediterranean
DUCE
Benito Mussolini
Alexandria
Rome
Italy
Portaicle
St Edwards Guild To Hold Summer Festival Wednesday
St Edwards Guild and Men's Club will hold a summer festival Wednesday night starting at 6 at the Catholic rectory on Barbee Street. Prizes include a $25 war bond 35 in war stamps and $2.50 in war stamps. Refreshments will be served and all members are urged to attend.
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St. Edwards
Seek Auxiliary Firemen From High Schools Plan
Local fire department officials are planning to recruit auxiliary firemen from high schools starting September 1 with approval of the school superintendent. Seventeen year old students would receive regular auxiliary training in firefighting and first aid as draft pressures threaten the current auxiliary ranks.
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Ingram
Charles F. Carroll
Greensboro
Solomons fighting reports claim Marine beachheads form
Reports from Tokyo and London cite fierce fighting as U S Marines land on Solomon Islands and consolidate shore positions. Observers note Guadalcanal airfield impact and Japanese attempts to defend Tulagi Tulasi and Kukum while Axis sources acknowledge limited enemy forces on a Solomons island. Local warnings emphasize invasion risk to Australia despite tactically advancing Allied positions.
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Berlin
Australia
United States Navy
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
Batavia
Java
Solomon Island
London
United States
DNB
U. S
Francis M. Forde
U. S. Navy Department
London Naval
Yorkshire Post
Guadalcanal
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Washington
Makambu
Gavutu
Tulagi
Reuters
Solomon
Kukum
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
British ships reach base after air reports fail
Reports said enemy aircraft were near but the British bombardment fleet reached its base safely. The only casualty was the narrator who stepped into an open hatch during blackout, spraining an ankle and sustaining contusions after a five foot fall.
German pincer movement near Stalingrad and Caucasus fronts
German forces pressed a major push toward the Don River southeast of Kletskaya, 75 miles northwest of Stalingrad, with fierce attacks and heavy losses in several sectors. Russian reports noted unclear results around Stalingrad but said 400 Germans were killed in the Krasnodar area and 500 enemy troops fell as German crossings were repulsed. A break south of Kotelnikovski threatened Astrakhan, while the Kuban crossing near Krasnodar saw German footholds assaulted by Soviet counterattacks.
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Krasnodar
Kuban
Red Star
Maikop, Charkessy
Mineralnaya Vodi
Grozny
Saic
Voronezh
Vyazma-Rzhev
Moscow
Red Army
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Kretskaya
Kotelnikovski
Don
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Volga
Kletskaya
Joseph Stalin
Don River
Minecrasnye Vody
Maikop
Mineralnye Vody
Leningrad
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Baku
Russia
Vrasnodar
Martkop Oe
U S Warplanes Flowing To Great Britain
American Army warplanes move to Britain in large numbers to join RAF in the aerial campaign against Germany. Lt Gen Henry H Arnold says full participation is only a matter of getting planes over. crews receive pre-combat RAF schooling and equipment is standardized with Allies. He notes rising Allied air strength worldwide and reports Army planes averaging near two to one in victories against Japan, with the disbanded volunteer group performing well.
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Washington
Britain
Germany
Kenry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
United States
RAF
Arnold
United Nations
British RAF shoots down German fighter in daylight
In Malta on August 15 British authorities said RAF fighters shot down a German fighter in daylight. The report noted Axis bombers were active last night and Arabs do not drink during meals but quench thirst after meals.
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Valletta
Malta
Thomasville man commissioned as naval aviator
Charles Woodrow Teague of Thomasville and Raleigh has been commissioned a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Naval Aviation. He will report for active duty at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, on August 18. Teague, a Wake Forest law graduate of 1934, is married to Jessie Perry of Franklinton and has been active in the Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce and church work.
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Thomasville
Charles Woodrow Teague
Raleigh
L. E. Teague
Naval Aviation
Air Station
Quonset Point
Rhode Island
Teague
Wake Forest Law School
Chi Tau Social Fraternity
Gamma Eta Gamma Legal Fraternity
Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jessie Perry
Franklinton
Family Service Bureau Aids In Family Affair
A fictional case from the Family Service Bureau shows Emma a sixteen year old who marries a man ten years older. They live with his family on a crowded farm, struggle after a child is born, move to town, share a room, quarrel, and face financial strain as Mark drinks and loses work. Emma seeks help from the agency through a worker to solve their problems.
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Family Service Bureau
Emma
Mark
Hogan Clings To Lead For Open Tourney
Ben Hogan extended his lead in the Times-Union Open after a third-round 72 keeping him at six under par 204. Craig Wood and Harold Jug McSpaden trailed by five strokes with 209, as Jimmy Demarest and Dutch Harrison were three behind. The field will be cut to 60 pros and 10 amateurs for the final round.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Handsome Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
Harold Jug
McSpaden
Philadelphia
Wood
Jimmy Demarest
Detroit
Dutch Harrison
Camp Hill
Ted Bishop
Waltham
Mass
Jimmy Hines
Lakeville
Ky Laffoon
Miami
Okla
Mike Turnesa
Elmsford
Horton Smith
Springfield
Clayton Heather
Linville
N. C
Jimmy Thompson
Chicopee
Bees Nip Colts in Richmond as Charlotte Power Surges
Torres pitched a two hit game for Charlotte who collected 13 hits to defeat the Richmond Colts 11 to 2 in Richmond. Charlotte struck early with four runs in the first inning and chased Colt pitcher Johnson in the third with a three run burst. Frye led the attack with a triple and a single.
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Richmond
Torres
Colts
Charlotte
Johnson
Frye
Weather outlook for Carolinas and Georgia
North Carolina sees little temperature change with scattered thunder showers Sunday. South Carolina remains warm with a few scattered thundershowers Sunday afternoon. Georgia continues warm with scattered thundershowers mainly in the northern portion.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Funeral Service for Kenneth Ward Held Saturday
In Thomasville, Aug 13, the funeral for Kenneth Ray Ward seven son of Mr and Mrs Edison Ward was at Johnsontown Methodist Church at 11 am. Rev W C Lyerly and Rev T R York led the service. Pallbearers Dolan Ward Beecher Ward Hughes Ward Paul Ward. quartet provided music. Interment in Emanuel Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Kenneth Ray Ward
Edison Ward
Johnsontown Methodist Church
W. C. Lyerly
T. R. York
Dolan Ward
Beecher Ward
Hughes Ward
Paul Ward
Funeral service for Claude C. Pennington held Friday
Claude C. Pennington, a Ridgecrest Drive resident, died at home Wednesday. The Ward Street Methodist Church conducted the funeral Friday at two o'clock with Rev. J. E. McSwaim and Rev. J. R. Reece officiating. Pallbearers were Raymond Lawson Clay Bean Lewis Warner J. B. Shelton E H Hedrick and Joe Connor. The church choir provided music with Mary Jones singing and Dorothy Jones at the organ. Flowers were carried by friends and relatives. Burial followed at Pink Hill Cemetery in Durham.
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Claude C. Pennington
Ridgecrest Drive
Ward Street
J. E. McSwaim
J. R. Reece
Raymond Lawson
Clay Bean
Lewis Warner
J. B. Shelton
E- H. Hedrick
Joe Connor
Mary Jones
Dorothy Jones
Pink Hill
Durham
Funeral for Oscar Lee Holden Held in Thomasville
Oscar Lee Holden a West Guilford Street resident died at home Wednesday. Funeral conducted at his home Thursday at 3 pm by Rev T R York and R D Covington. Music by a quartet and Miss Elvida Black. Pallbearers listed. Interment at Calvary Reformed Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Oscar Lee Holden
West Guilford Street
T. R. York
R. D. Covington
Mills
Harvey Clodfelter
Clara Bryant
Paul Black
Rev. York
Elvida Black
Woodrow Stevenson
John K. Stevenson
Ernest Stevenson
James W Newman
Elmer Hodgin
Calvary Reformed Church
Funeral services for Meredith Baud Bulla held at Marlboro Friends Church
Meredith Baud Bulla a well known city resident died yesterday at his parents home in Sophia. Services were conducted by Rev Ed Harris with assistance from Dr A B Conrad and Rev Clifton Pearson at Marlboro Friends Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Meredith Baud Bulla
Sophia
Marlboro
Doris Duke Cromwell Loans Estate to Military
Honolulu Aug 15 The Star Bulletin reports tobacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell will lend facilities on her Kaalawai Shangri La estate to the Army and Navy. Officials say she would have allowed use of her main Hawaiian house but the services did not want to bear maintenance costs. North America is about a million square miles larger than South America.
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Honolulu
T. H
Star-Bulletin
Doris Duke Cromwell
Kaalawai Shangri-la
Navy
North America
South America
Census figures estimate U S adults number about 84 million
Census figures indicate there are roughly 84,178,000 persons aged 21 years or older in the United States. The data point highlights the size of the adult population based on the latest census estimates.
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United States
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