Government eases controls as nylon stockings and radios return
The August report notes relaxed wartime rationing with nylon stockings and radios set to reappear in stores by year end. Tires may fall under new rules within 90 days with production near peacetime levels. The plan shifts CMP and priority ratings to MM and Cc while meat and steel controls wind down.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ood
OPA
WPB
Agriculture
Anderson
Man claims brick lodged in stomach for a decade
A man reports a ten year sensation of a lump in his stomach. After taking INNER-AID he says the feeling vanished by the second day with regular bowels, reduced gas and headaches, and renewed vitality. The product claims to cleanse bowels and aid digestion, sold at local drug stores in High Point.
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High Point
Three Southern Girls Stage Shows On Guam For Soldiers
Three amateur Red Cross performers from the south entertain soldiers and sailors on Guam. Catherine Allen, Madge Caperton, and Lorene Wharton organize shows for isolated units, batteries, and ships, boosting morale with community singing and improvised skits.
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Guam
Red Cross
Catherine Allen
Columbus, Ga
University of Tennessee
Miss Allen
Miss Alien
Hasty High Opens Wednesday August 29
Hasty High School will open Wednesday August 29 as announced by Principal B L West. Students from first grade through senior high are expected to report on the opening day.
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Hasty High School
B. L. West
West
Richest Tobacco Crop In History For Eastern Belt
Eastern North Carolina’s 1945 flue cured tobacco crop, estimated at 388.3 million pounds, was expected to be the richest in history as markets opened. Prices mostly held near opening day levels, with some grades rising up to $7 per hundred, and about 14 million pounds offered across 15 markets though only 7 to 9 million may sell. End-of-day warehouse stock suggested heavy selling would continue through the week. Major totals included Greenville at 1,500,000 pounds, Washin ton 300,000, Rocky Mount 900,000, Wallace 329,224, Kinston 1,000,000, and Wilson 1,300,000.
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North Carolina
Greenville
Washin
Rocky Mount
Wallace
Kinston
Wilson
Florence
S. C
Carolinas
Border Belt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Cor
Tepata
Phillips and Kearns Address A B Club Meeting
Mayor Earl N. Phillips and Councilman Amos R. Kearns spoke to the American Business club at the Sheraton hotel on citizen stake in city government. They outlined council policy, city manager role, and plans to replace equipment, build bridges, and retire bonds.
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Earl N. Phillips
Amos R. Kearns
Erican Business Club
Sheraton Hote
Phillips
Igh Point
Kearns
Willowbrook Street
James Lovelace
USL
High Point Victory
Walker
Col Davidson's Will Contested By Heirs
The will of Col E L Baxter Davidson Charlotte business figure and city founder family member is challenged in Mecklenberg Superior Court by relatives who claim he lacked mental capacity when the will was made. The estate includes several large real estate holdings with Davidson College named as a major beneficiary.
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Charlotte
Col. E. L. Baxter Davidson
Prayer Service at First Baptist Led by Lloyd Thayer
In pastor absence the mid week prayer service at First Baptist will be led at 7 30 by Lloyd Thayer principal of the junior high. Trains unions meet at this hour and Ridgecrest at Home week plans will be announced. Week Aug 27 31 offers amateur night musical program worship swim play picnic vesper service and watermelon feast.
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First Baptist Church
Lloyd Thayer
City Lake
Airplane makers eye peacetime output surge margins
New York August 22. Despite the steepest dollar contraction in U S aviation, seven firms report about 1.0 billion dollars in wartime orders with potential peacetime production of 1.5 billion over the coming year. Firms like Douglas Consolidated Vultee Boeing Lockheed Republic and Beech outline postwar plans.
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New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Partia
SEC
Douglas Aircraft Company
Consolidated Vultee
Pan American Airways
San Diego
Nashville, Tenn
Glenn Martin Company
Baltimore
Boeing Airplane Co
Lockheed Aircraft
Reblic Aviation
Republic
Beech Aircraft
Death of Rev Walter S Cain Asheville
Funeral services were held for the 66 year old Rev Walter Stephen Cain former rector of Grace Episcopal Chapel Asheville who died Monday. A Philadelphia native he served in Presbyterian ministry before leading Episcopal parishes in Paris Kentucky Hinton West Virginia Richmond Virginia and Perry Florida. Survived by his widow and two sons Walter S Jr in the Pacific and Herbert L with the state department in Washington.
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Cain
Asheville
Walter Stephen Cain
Grace Episcopal
Union Theological Seminary
Survi
Walter S. Jr
Army
Pacific
Herbert L
State Department
Washington
Meadows Case May Reach Jury Thursday Noon
Albion Dunn defense counsel and solicitor D. M. Clark prepared closing arguments in the Dr Leone Meadows embezzlement and false pretense case. Judge J. Paul Frizzle planned a special night session to finish charges so the 12 jurors can deliberate by noon tomorrow.
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Greenville
Albion Dunn
D. M. Clark
Leoneadows
East Carolina Teachers College
J. Paul Frizzle
John O. Dawson
Kinston
Defense Staff
J. H. Irell
Solicitor Clark
Australia leads in wool share despite smaller flock size
Despite holding under one sixth of global sheep, Australia supplies over a quarter of the world’s wool. The nation’s shearing industry and export markets sustain this outsized contribution to global wool supply.
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Australia
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White Plains
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Erie
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Hopkinton
Mass
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Rochester
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Unionport
Ohio
Hasty High
Women’s & Children’s
N. C
South Main St
Phillips and Kearns
A. B. Club
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First Baptist
Thayer
United States
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G. W. Vaughn
United Aircraft
North American Aviation
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Grumman Aircraft
Pius
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