Battle For Belgium Reverses, Germans Adopt American Tactics
In a forward dispatch from Dec 25, the debate describes the Belgium battle as a reverse of earlier Allied advances with German armor conducting mobile, raiding operations. It notes German strategy favors pinching movements, avoids head-on fights, and emphasizes movement over mass to exhaust Allied reserves.
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Bare Boyle
Bium
Belgium
von Rundstedt
Mons
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Ting
Carotid sinus and life’s threads in human physiology
A column discusses how the carotid sinus affects heart rate and blood flow, noting cases where neck pressure from collars triggered headaches and fainting. It explains that many factors influence circulation and warns against focusing on a single theory. It also mentions malaria treatment Q&A and reports Lloyd George’s retirement from Parliament.
Alligator amphibious tanks tested by Detroit firm
Graham-Paige Motors in Detroit completed a 72 by 16 by 11 foot concrete tank with steam pipes to prevent freezing for winter testing of Alligator LVYT amphibious tanks. Test drivers roll out the reef-crawler for a full motor test in water despite river ice challenges.
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Detroit
INS
Graham-Paige Motors
4604 New State Tags Sold Here
The Carolina Motor Club reports 4604 state license tags for 1945 sold so far this year covering automobile truck and trailer tags. December 31 deadline urged as lines grow longer for late buyers. Club office hours nine to four daily except Saturdays noon closing.
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Carolina Motor Club
Thelma Yan
Meat Scarcity Grows in New York City
New York City faces increasing meat shortages as retailers protest ceiling price rules on livestock. A police check found 2,142 of 6,088 shops closed for lack of meat. War Food Administration reports wholesale shortages, while officials deny bottlenecks. Local dealers urge allocation plans alongside any price ceilings.
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New York
New York City
CPA
Chicago
Kansas City
War Food Administration
Ji Cohn
New York Council of Wholesale Meat Dealers
Two Foundations Form In North Carolina Today
Two newly incorporated foundations will hold organizational meetings in Raleigh. The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation has 48 incorporators led by Governor Broughton, and the North Carolina Dairying Foundation has 28 incorporators. Both are non stock charitable educational corporations listed by the secretary of state.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation
Broughton
North Carolina Dairying Foundation
North
Juny- Varina
W. Kerr Ory Ryll
Greensboro
The
State Grange
George Watts
Price
Gexec
Tar Heels Top Nation With Yam Crop
North Carolina leads the United States in sweet potato production for 1944, surpassing Georgia. NC farmers harvested 8,970,000 bushels to Georgia’s 8,272,000, with a 10 year average yield of about 8.36 million bushels annually and 78,009 acres planted this year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Clyde Willis
Patrol Warns Motorists Of Slick Roads
North Carolina roads grew slick from sleet and freezing rain as temperatures fell below freezing in Durham area. The highway patrol urged non essential motorists to stay off affected routes and warned continued cold and more rain would keep ice dangers on roads west of Burlington and Greensboro.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Durham-leigh
Piedmont
Asheville
Highway Patrol
NLRB Certifies Election Here
The NLRB says Veneer and Panel Workers Local Union No. 2566 has been chosen by a 28 to 9 vote as the bargaining representative for Hayworth Roll and Panel Co. workers in High Point North Carolina. A separate item notes a long serving Pullman porter in New York facing retirement amid a labor shortage, while another report describes a boxcar blockage on a highway and a police inquiry.
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Washington
National Labor Relation Board Today
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
AFL
Hayworth Roll and Panel Co
High Point
N.C
New York
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S. ‘Randolph
T En Company
George
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Parke Davis
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Vick's
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Rice Command
Two Foundations
Tacoma, Wash
T. W. Witlow
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Tar Heels
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