United States Faces Acute Food Shortage in 1943
London dispatch reports a looming U S food shortage as 60 000 doughboys expected for weekend leave. Military Police in London short staffed facing liquor shortages and bootlegging with fears of Fifth Column activity and enemy spies among Allied troops. Devadas Gandhi arrested in New Delhi under defense rules amid independence drive.
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Paul Manning Bea
London
Sapital
U. S. Army
Olice
Army
Air Force
Yunpower
Mpos
Milary
U. S
Britain
Savoy
Officers
M. P
Washington Club
American Red Cross
Piccadilly
London Evening Star
Gandhes
New Delhi
Devadas Gandhi
Hindustan Times
Defense of India
Mahandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
War Bonds urged to fund binoculars for forces
The Navy and Army request civilians to turn in binoculars for military use. Lenses range from 39 to 80 dollars, with 6x30 to 7x W power models. Those unable to donate binoculars can buy War Bonds and stamps, aiming for at least ten percent of income each payday to support equipment needs.
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Navy
Army
Treesury Derargent
Horizontal Russian General Answer Puzzle Pieces
A fragmented crossword style clue list features Russian commander Marshal, multiple numbered hints and word fragments. The page shows a decode puzzle with entries like Triumphs, minerals, demographic words, and pronouns. It appears as a historical newspaper puzzle segment listing cross‑referenced clues and partial answers.
South Carolina Rep Sees Looming Farm Labor Shortage
Washington august 19 congressman Hampton Fulmer of South Carolina warned that the United States and the other United Nations face an acute food shortage by the end of 1942 as farm labor remains scarce. Fulmer urged wage boosts and hearings to revise the parity formula while WPB proposed meat allocation to ensure fair distribution amid wartime demand.
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United States
United Nations
Hampton Fulmer
D-Sc
House Agriculture Committee
Carolina
Falmer
War Production Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Fulmer
Civilian Defense Parley Ends at Chapel Hill
A two day conference to study Civilian Defense plans closed in Chapel Hill on August 19. It was sponsored jointly by the State Office of Civilian Defense and the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina.
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Chapel Hill
State Office of Civilian Defense
Institute of Government of
The
University of North Carolina
Mediterranean convoy losses rise as Cairo and Foresight sunk
London officials said the anti aircraft cruiser Cairo and destroyer Foresight were sunk in the recent Mediterranean convoy operation to Malta. The admiralty noted past losses include aircraft carrier Hagle and cruiser Manchester, bringing total British warship losses in the mission to at least four ships. The communique credited RAF gallantry and sailors’ seamanship for limited loss of life and aircraft, while stating over 66 Axis planes were destroyed and eight British aircraft were lost.
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London
Cairo
Foresight
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Manchester
Malta
Choir Rehearsal and Church Meetings Tonight
St Marks M E Church Senior Choir will meet tonight after prayer service. St Marks Methodist Usher Board to meet at 626 East High Street Thursday at 8 00 pm. Air Raid Wardens and Fire Watchers of Precinct 0 North East meet Thursday at 8 00 pm in the Daniel Brooks Homes office building. H M Kirkpatrick is Precinct Warden. Wardens and fire watchers urged to attend. Staff Sgt Oliver L Davis visits his parents at 270 Daniel Brooks Homes. Sgt Davis based in New York City. J C Wilson returns to Washington DC after visiting Nannie Williams. Mrs Dora Whitefield’s granddaughter Sadie Smith returned from Chester South Carolina. Mesdames Lola B Cartright and S B Davis vacationing at Camp Harriss North Wilkesboro. Beatrice Frazier returns to New York City from visit with Sallie Frazier and G F Matthews. Guatemala yields over eight million stems bananas yearly and about three million pounds chicle for gum.
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St. Marks Methodist Church
Theresa Hartman
East High Street
Oliver L. Davis
Daniel Brooks
Davis
New York City
Port
J. C. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Nannie Williams
Murry Street
Sadie Smith
Dora Whitefield
Chester
S. C
Lola B. Cartright
S. B. Davis
Harriss
North Wilkesboro
Beatrice Frazier
Sallie Frazier
G. F. Matthews
Kivett Drive
Memorial Service Opens Final Junior Order Meet in Statesville
Statesville August 19 A memorial service opened the final sessions of the 52nd annual state convention of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Erection of officers and committee reports were on the schedule. Former Gov Clyde R Hoey of Shelby was the principal speaker at a banquet the night before, introduced by Gurney P Hood Raleigh state commissioner of banks and state treasurer of the Junior order.
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Statesville
United American Mechanics
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Gurney P. Hood
Raleigh
Hoey
Chinese Recapture Port in Southern Chekiang
Chinese forces recaptured Wenchow, an important port on the southern Chekiang coast, as announced by the Chinese high command. The same communique said defenders abandoned Suichang in southwestern Chekiang under heavy Japanese pressure the prior Saturday, reflecting both a victory and a defeat on the same day.
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Chungking
Wenchow
Chekiang Province
Chinese High Command
Suichang
Chekiang
Fire alarms Coop town figures hero save
In Forest Grove Oregon Fred Benefiel woke to a blaring car horn and found a vehicle on fire. He acted quickly and saved four tires, averting a larger blaze and possible further damage to the car.
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Forest Grove
Ore
Fred Benefiel
Ile
County Insures Multiple County Buildings and Waterline Protest
In Greensboro on August 19 the board of county commissioners adjourned amid advisement of protest by the North State Improvement Company over a taxable evaluation of 830,360 for the Sedgefield waterline, claimed at 24,000 cost and operating at a loss. The panel approved insurance for county facilities totaling 1,074,000 against war damage including High Point buildings, the sanitarium, welfare and agricultural structures, the county home, dairy barn and milk house. A state highway note denied adding a dead end road near Allen Jay to the system. a welfare purge of able bodied lists was discussed as labor remains scarce.
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Greensboro
North State Improvement Company
Sedgefield
Board of County Commissioners
Cgeorge L. Stansbury
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Allen Jay
Joe 5 S. Hoffman, Jr
Welfare Department
Stansbury
War diet prompts banana substitute at Philadelphia zoo
Bananas, a favored dish in Philadelphia zoo circles, have grown scarce amid wartime. The zoo introduced boiled sweet potatoes as a substitute, and Dr. Herbert L. Ratcliffe reports that the monkeys, apes, and chimps have accepted the sacrifice in good grace.
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Philadelphia
Herbert L. Ratcliffe
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