Military Cutbacks Revised Downward Unemployment After A Day
Washington reports unemployment fears easing as wartime production cutbacks are scaled back. New War Production Board signals lower postwar layoffs, with Krug citing slower tapering and ongoing defense needs. Government plans to double ammunition output and fund new plants influence the peacetime job outlook.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
Apan
Roosevelt
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Pacific
Krug
St Joseph Aspirin Dominates Market With Low Prices
Advert says St Joseph Aspirin is the world’s largest seller at 10c and offers a 100 tablet economy pack for 35c. It claims nothing can do more in the aspirin field and urges demand for the product.
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St. Joseph
Glenn Davis Wins 1944 College Football Scoring Title
Army star Glenn Davis topped the 1944 scoring charts with 120 points from 20 touchdowns, in the final tabulation released today. Depauw’s Bob Steuber led scoring last year with 129 points.
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New York
Army
Glenn Davis
Bob Steuber
Depauw
Better Economic Conditions Reflected In City Surplus
City reports a four month budget surplus of 106 913 27 with total cash revenue of 1 128 655 70 and encumbrances under projected outlay 18 538 27. Revenue gains came from current taxes street assessments and property sales amid foreclosure drive and improved overall conditions.
14 Held For Theft Of Sugar Gas Coupons
Fourteen people faced charges after the arrest of J M Jones of Smithfield and Jimmy Flowers of Clayton for illegal possession of coupons. The theft involved gasoline and sugar coupons from the OPA storage vault at Central Prison. Hearing set for December 12 after requests for counsel.
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Raleigh
J. M. Jones
Smithfield
Jimmy Flowers
Clayton
OPA
Central Prison
Jones
Flowers
Elsie Garton
U. S
Methodist Board Meets in Buck Hill Falls on Peace Attitude
H. Lester Smith announced that the Methodist board of bishops is meeting at Buck Hill Falls Pa to formulate the church stance on peace and the Dumbarton Oaks conference. The notice urges buying Christmas Seals to prevent wartime TB rise.
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Methodists
Columbus
H. Lester Smith
Methodist Board of Bishops
Buck Hill Falls
Church On Peace
Dumbarton Oaks
French Girl Ran Guns For Maquis
Colette Modiano a 20 year old Paris resident and member of the French underground ran guns secret messages and orders for the Maquis around Lyon for months. She escaped aboard a German troop train and later joined the French Feminine Volunteer group becoming an interpreter at the Ministry of Supply. She plans to drive trucks to transport liberated prisoners as the Allies advance into Germany.
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Colette Modiano
Lyon
France
Paris
Colette
French Feminine
Grand
Ministry of Supply
Germany
Rocky Mount to House Prisoner of War Camp
E H Austin of Rocky Mount was named chairman of a committee by local industrial and agricultural leaders to select a site and begin steps for a prisoner of war camp here. The camp would house about 250 prisoners and 40 soldiers to supplement dwindling labor, and start as soon as officials approve the site.
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Rocky Mount
E. H. Austin
N. S. Employment Service Office
Bulgarians who abused airmen commit death by own action
Rome December 4 Bulgarian prisoners accused of abusing captured American airmen before Bulgaria surrendered reportedly killed themselves rather than face trial, according to Lt. Gen. Ira C. Baker commander of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force.
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Rome
Bulgaria
Ira C. Baker
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
Modern Treatment of Tuberculosis by Dr Logan Clendening
Dr Clendening outlines shifts in tuberculosis care from open air and bed rest to surgical pneumothorax and limited activity. He notes early cases heal with rest and diet, while most patients are advanced and require rehabilitation over five years. The Astro Garment workshop case in New York reports 552 workers treated under supervision with 98 percent healthy after five years.
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T Ee
Astro Garment Workshop
New York
State Sees Rising School Attendance With Hard Times
Raleigh reports in State School Facts that 1942-43 enrollment rose above 1930-31 levels but fell short of 1932-33 by 34 000. High school share increased from 16.1 to 23.5 percent over a decade, with Negro enrollment rising in high school while white high school growth slowed. The ten year trend shows overall decline from 1939 to 1943, with 1943-44 likely lower still.
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Raleigh
Cherry To Outline School Health Plans
Gov elect R Gregg Cherry will outline a program for the health of North Carolina school children at the Seaboard Medical Society session in Wilson. About 300 delegates from Virginia and North Carolina are expected to attend the meeting.
Comissary Problems on Palau Islands In War Freight
False teeth and baby nursing battles were among freight ferried by grasshopper planes in the fight for these islands. They were needed for natives in the battle area.
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Palau Islands
Survey Cites Need For Tax Law Change
Cambridge study by Harvard Business School professors J Keith Butters and John Lintner argues few tax law revisions are needed to speed funds to industry during postwar reconversion. The survey warns of cash shortages for many firms during transition and notes that available funds from retained earnings will drive expansion more than new refunds. It also analyzes how control and ownership motives influence growth and financing choices.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harva Business School
J. Keith Butters
John Lintner
Butters and Lintner
Lane
Ontrols
Employment Off In State Last Month
North Carolina job firms cut payrolls and employment in October with 271,150 workers versus 272,662 in September. Average weekly and hourly earnings and hours worked also fell, per the state labor statistics division.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Hillman in London for Labor Talks with British Leaders
Sidney Hillman CIO leader and several American labor men arrived in London for a series of conferences with British labor leaders.
Bainbridge Grabs 13-3 Comeback Victory Over Maxwell Field
Bainbridge high school football edged Maxwell Field 13-3 in a tense comeback. The Marauders led 3-0 after a 73 yard drive capped by Joe Starks field goal, then Bainbridge answered with two long runs by Harry Hopp and Charlie Johnson converted for the point after.
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Bainbridge Aing Center
Seys
Kids Center
Camp Lejeune
Bainbridge
Labamans
Joe St
Harry Hopp
Charlie
Johnson
Cultural societies hold joint state sessions in Raleigh
Cultural societies of North Carolina meet in Raleigh for their annual sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Groups include the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities and the state erary historical society along with the state art and folklore organizations.
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Raleigh
Dec
State Erary
North Carolina
Archaelogical Society of
Th Carolina
The
North Society For the Preservation Antiquities
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High Point Township
Guilford County
Bd Carolina
Arnold J. Koonce
A. B. Tate
Office of Register of Deeds
Grumman Hellcats
Marianas
Erty
Sinclair H C
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
Maquis
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Clendening
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Cherry
Maxwell Field
Dobbs
H. L. Walton
Dobbs Truss Co
Birmingham
Ala
Sheraton
Greensboro
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