Postwar Job Plan Solves Return to Civilian Work
Gray proposes a national central employment agency to reassign returning servicemen and war workers. The plan uses screening, retraining, and occupational counseling, backed by a national research unit coordinating with state and local offices, industry, and unions to prevent unemployment and discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gray
Gray
Grenby Manufacturing Company
Plainville
Connecticut
War Production Board
Baldwin
Commission On
Connecticut War Council
United States Employment Service
Weather Outlook for North and South Carolina
Slightly cooler conditions across North Carolina today with cooler evenings. South Carolina remains not quite as warm but central and northern portions see the same trend. Widely scattered afternoon thundershowers are possible in central areas and southern portions of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
South Carolina
Danish crisis as German troops seize key cities
German occupation under Werner Best escalates in Denmark. Troops occupy Aarhus, Frederikshavn, Aalborg and Helsingor while police control shifts. Denmark and Sweden disconnect telephone links as ultimatums prompt talks on German military law to quell sabotage and revolt amid riots and evacuations.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Esbjerg
Christian
Erik de Scavenius
Werner Best
Czechoslovakia
Stockholm
Germany
Best
Berlin
Sweden
Federal Communications Commission
Aarhus
Frederikshavn
Aalborg
Jutland
Helsingor
Norway
Russians push on in major Kharkov sector as Germans retreat
Russian forces broke through defenses along the Psel river advancing toward Lebedin and Trostianetz while German forces withdrew to the west bank. Red Star reported heavy fighting near Kharkov with Soviet tanks outflanking German ambushes and sealing off Lebedin. Allied Polish, Czech, and Fighting French units were aiding the Red Army in the Bryansk and Kharkov front advances.
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Kharkov
Psel
Zenkov
Poltava
Red Star
Lebedin
Orel
Trostianetz
Red Army
Sevsk
Bryansk
Karachev
Bryansk Forest
Stalin
Zigmund Berling
Berlin
Red Air Force
Drunks From 18 to 87 Arrested on Alcohol Charges
Police arrested a wide age range from 18 to 87 in a drunken arrests sweep last night. James Williams, who said he would be 87 in December, claimed war veteran status and urged release as Captain Teague ordered sobriety. Darrell Grubb, 18, of High Point route four, was jailed on DUI with a $500 bond.
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James Williams
Archdale
City Hall
James Teague
Teague
Williams
Darrell Grubb
High Point Route Four
Allied bomb blitz targets Italian rail hubs
Allied air offensive on inland rail lines across Italy has intensified since August 15, aiming at major junctions. Northwest Africa tactical air force missions reported heavy strikes on Catanzaro and Sibari rail yards, with Bostons and A-36 invaders destroying rail connections and targeting coast ports Paola and Cetraro amid Sicily operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Sicily
Northwest Africa
Catanzaro
Reggio Calabria
Sibari
Paola
Cetraro
White man jailed on lottery charge and drunken disorderly
Charles C. Deadman, 43, white, held on $250 bond for operating a lottery and being drunk and disorderly. Police said the lottery involved baseball tickets. A separate note states that tanker deliveries supply about 95 percent of oil in the 17 eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Deadman
Cardinals May Pitch Gumbert In Third Game
The St. Louis Cardinals may use veteran Harry Gumbert as the third pitcher in the World Series. Dr. Robert Hyland said Gumbert is being treated for a spasmodic circulation impairment in his pitching arm and will rest without throwing for two weeks. If the Cardinals reach the series, Gumbert could be ready to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Harry Gumbert
Mort Cooper
Max Lanier
Robert Hyland
Gumbert
Hyland
Harry
Murray Strike Is Settled Temporarily
Detroit August 28 A lunch hour quarrel involving Murray Corporation of America and 9000 workers ended in a temporary settlement. Plant to reopen Monday under conciliator Robert Lomasney. Union chief Lloyd T. Jones said docked pay for lateness sparked the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Murray Corporation of America
Robert F. Lomasney
Lloyd T. Jones
Murray
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Jones
Army
National War Labor Board
Butter Stocks To Civilian Use Amid War Policy
WFA officials align butter storage with summer military and lend-lease needs. About 210 million pounds of government stock were in storage August 1, with civilians limited as heavy production shifts. Chicago dairy head Owen Richard calls it a butter crisis despite a large stockpile, noting only about 12 million pounds available for civilian use.
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WFA
Chicago
Owen Richard
American Dairy Association
Richards
Patterson On Tour Visits Fiji and Hospitals in South Pacific
Washington reported Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson continued his South Pacific tour stopping in Suva Fiji where he posed for photos with natives and visited two hospitals. He spoke with wounded soldiers as Lieut Gen William S Knudsen and other officials accompanied him. Maryland staffers serve at both hospitals including Col G G Finney of Baltimore and Lieut Col Murray Copeland, with Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland personnel.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Fiji Islands
Australia
South Pacific
Suva
Patterson
William S. Knudsen
Paterson
War Department
Maryland
Col
G. G. Finney
Baltimore
John Hopkins’ University
Murray Copeland
University of Maryland
Patton Wins 16th as Roanoke Beats Durham 5 2
Ray Patton earned his 16th victory for the Roanoke Red Sox who scored four runs in the first inning on two errors two singles and a pair of walks to defeat Durham 5 to 2 Bennett homered in the seventh adding the final run Jenkins drew a walk and Chipple hit a two base hit for Durham scoring in the fifth. Table tennis origins noted circa 1880.
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Roanoke
Ray Patton
Roanoke Red Sox
Durham
Bennett
Jenkins
Chipple
Further Newsprint Cuts Loom If Steps Aren't Taken
A survey shows possible further reductions in newspaper shipments unless recommended steps are adopted soon. Save pulpwood use by cutting weights of book and wrapping papers, lowering chemical pulp content, and increasing waste paper use. Seven month shipments totaled 2,024,500 tons with consumption at 2,159,000 tons. U S mills shipped 479,000 tons, Canada 1,487,000, Newfoundland 92,000.
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New York
United States
Canada
U. S
Newfoundland
U.S. Mills
Canadian
Newsprint Association of Canada
Mills
Battle-scarred German cities hit as RAF raids continue
RAF strikes blasted Nuernberg Muelheim Remscheid and other targets in Germany, with fires raging over large areas and considerable damage to industrial sites. British Typhoons attacked canals and rail links in Belgium and France, sinking a barge on the Lys and damaging others, while two Focke Wulf 190s were downed and several targets in Cambrai were hit.
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Robert Ley
Nuernberg
Hamburg
Air Ministry
Remscheid
Maelheim
Ruhr
RAF
Germany
Mulheim
Muelheim
Bergische Stahlindustrie
Alexander Ag
Lys Canal
Ghent-Bruges
Cambrai
France
Five fighting brothers in Pacific service are noted
Staff Sergeant George Sisneros, one of the American infantrymen who landed at Nassau Bay, is part of a team of five fighting brothers. All are stationed in the Pacific. two are in the Solomons, a third fought at Samananda, and the other is a Marine Paratrooper. Sisneroes lives in Salt Lake City, while his brothers hail from Brighton and Colorado.
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New Guinea
INS
George Sisneros
Nassau Bay
Pacific
Solomons
Samananda
Sisneroes
Salt Lake City
Brighton
Col
Blight Hits Tomatoes In Ithaca Report Warns Growers
Late blight, the disease that devastates potatoes and tomatoes, is described as spreading in almost epidemic form on tomatoes in West Virginia, with warning issued to New York tomato growers to protect crops. The note cites Prof. Charles Chu of the State College of Agriculture. Also mentions the international air transport system marking over 200 million miles in international flights.
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Ithaca
N. Y
West Virginia
Charles Chu
State College of Agriculture
New York
Tom Harmon Knocks Jap Zero Out Of Skies Near Hongkong
Lt. Tom Harmon credited with downing one Japanese Zero in an aerial battle near Hongkong as U S forces claim five enemy fighters shot down in the raid on the dock area and shipping. The former Michigan All American football star survived a jungle crash in South America and later fought in North Africa before joining the China theatre. His coach Fritz Crisler lauded him as the greatest competitor he knew.
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U. S. Air Force
China
Tom Harmon
Hongkong
Harmon
Tien Ho
Canton
United States
Army
University of Michigan
French Guiana
South America
North Africa
Ann Arbor
Mich
Gary
Ind
Fritz Crisler
Crisler
Snow Lumber Picnickers Struck By Ptomaine Poisoning
More than 200 Snow Lumber Company workers attending a Reynolds Park barbe cue in Winston-Salem fell ill with ptomaine poisoning. Doctors expected as many as 75 to 80 percent ill by morning, with patients described as severely ill but not critical and ambulances busy taking people to High Point hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Lumber Company
Reynolds Park
Winston-Salem
High Point
Sweden protests sinking of two Swedish fishing boats
Sweden delivered a formal protest to Germany through the Swedish chargé d affaires in Berlin after German minesweepers sank two Swedish fishing vessels near Denmark. Twelve fishermen are believed drowned, with two boats escaping, as Stockholm recalls prior attacks and demands measures to prevent recurrence and reserve rights to claim damages.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Berlin
Denmark
Foreign Office
Tire shortage warning from OPA official in Cleveland
Sparkes E Bennett national chief of the OPA tire rationing branch warned in Cleveland that the United States would be six to seven million tires short of actual needs by year end. He called the situation critical and urged motorists to conserve tires as analysts said earlier estimates of 17 million tires for the year were misconstrued.
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Cleveland
United States
Sparkes E. Bennett
Office of Price Administration
Bennett
OPA
Jeffers
Forest revenues top 3.4 million for Oregon Washington
In fiscal year ending June 30, national forests in Oregon and Washington grossed 3 445 733 for the U S government. Timber sales yielded 3 237 111, grazing fees 153 775 and water power rights 7 500 with 47 345 in other fees. Between 1939 and 1943 over 4 302 000 pounds of express shipments and 2 683 000 pounds of international mail crossed the Atlantic.
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Portland
Ore
INS
National
Oregon
Washington
A. H. Cousins
Atlantic
OPA Tightens Anthracite Deliveries Northeast States
The Office of Price Administration imposes Sept 1 to Dec 1 restrictions on hard coal deliveries in 12 northeastern states to keep heat for those with the least supply. Dealers must prioritize holders with under 25 percent of last season’s use, then those under 50 percent, while avoiding deliveries to households with ample stock. The order, issued under WPB authority, may be extended or dropped after Dec 1 based on supply.预计 sanctions apply to Maine to DC.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
WPB
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
District Columbia
Mine Blast Traps 125 In Alabama
In Birmingham Alabama August 28 a Sayreton No 2 coal mine explosion trapped more than 125 Republic Steel Corp workers deep underground only three surfaced two with serious burns. The blast occurred on the ninth level about two miles from the opening near the Sayreton mine outside Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Sayreton No. 2
Republic Steel Corp
Sayreton
Grade Prices To Be Permanent On Controlling Eggs
Washington August 28 Confirmation that maximum wholesale grade prices for shell eggs adopted six weeks ago will become a permanent part of price controls by the Price Administration. No hike in retail prices. Week of August 30 rates set for primary basing point cities including Seattle New York Los Angeles San Diego and Phoenix and Tucson. Chicago rates listed. OPA notes the change ends the assorted ungraded category to curb abuse and retailer squeeze.
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Washington
OPA
Basing Point
Seattle
New York
Los Angeles
San Diego
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Chicago
Vatican Radio Urges Britons to Listen Tomorrow
New York dispatch reports Vatican radio asked listeners in Britain to stay tuned for a possibly important announcement after mass from St. Peter's. A German-language homily will precede any English broadcast, marking the hint of a significant declaration planned for tomorrow.
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New York
Vatican Radio
British Isles
U. S
St. Peter's
Prisoners Poisoned in Louisiana Penitentiary Incident
At Angola Louisiana authorities report that one of twelve white women died and others suffered severe nausea after a meal last night. W T Mitchiner and D D Bazer said the women became ill almost immediately after eating. Investigations point to roach powder used instead of baking powder in biscuits, with officials deeming it an accident.
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Angolo
State Penitentiary
W. T. Mitchiner
D. D. Bazer
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Johnny
Tokyo
Bill Evans
Selective Service Act
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Roosevelt
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Italy
Cardinals
Patton
C. Y. Townley
Dodge
Texas
W. T. Reno
Phelps
Axis
Mernberg
Fighting Brothers
Jap Zero
Snow Lumber
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