Bus Shortage Grows As Army Camp Demands Rise
Raleigh Feb 5 There is a growing bus shortage in North Carolina as private car use declines and demand increases for routes to the new Creedmoor Army camp planned for 37 000 soldiers The State Utilities Commission is weighing franchise awards for routes from Durham to Creedmoor Raleigh to the camp via Creedmoor and Oxford to the camp with a fourth Creedmoor to camp line under consideration Camp Trailways and D C Hunt are named as likely operators but delays persist as crews are needed to meet the wartime transport surge and workmen prepare to swarm the camp
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Bob Tompson
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North Carolina
State Utilities Commission
Army
Creedmoor
Durham
Oxford
Camp
D. C. Hunt
Trailways Company
Hunt
Virginia
Lrollan Dinner To Serve Eota
A luncheon menu features Wilson's Certified Pure Pork Sausages with sauer kraut and caraway seeds, alongside potato dumplings, carrot and garlic salad, and Apple Brown Betty. The sausages are recommended to be simmered briefly in water to stay plump.
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Lrollan
Eota
Wilson's
Wilson
Over There scene on Yan kee Doodle Dandy set in 1917
Hollywood reports on the making of Yan kee Doodle Dandy with George M. Cohan’s song Over There. Frances Langford sings with Jimmy Cagney leading a soldier chorus as a blackout is solved by army truck spotlights. Nora Bayes autographs doughboy extras while Langford reflects on wartime entertainment.
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Hollywood
Camp Merrill
Long Insland
George M. Cohan
Nora Bayes
Frances Langford
Jimmy Cagney
Acton
Vrances Relanes
Lakeland
Fla
Atlantic
Look and Learn By A Gordo
Answers list states North America is third largest after Asia and Africa. A somnambulist is one who walks in his sleep. The dog star’s real name is Sirius. An insect has three pairs of legs. France first recognized the United States as an independent republic in 1778.
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North America
Continents
United States
Asia
Africa
Sirius
France
Lessons In English By W. L. Gordon
English lessons outline common word usage and pronunciation errors. It covers preferred phrases like rest of the men, notes on mispronunciations and misspellings, and a word study urging readers to master one word daily with today's entry INDUE meaning to put on garments as clothes and to draw on a garment.
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Sir W. Ceaott
Animals on the Loose Burn City in Indiana
Twenty five head of livestock roam the Naval Ammunition Depot acreage in Indiana. Maj. Paul C L Marmion says the animals were abandoned by farmers who had to leave. The Marine commander expressed uncertainty over how to handle the situation.
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City
Ind
Naval Ammunition Depot
Paul CL Marmion
Land surrender for depot triggers property claims
Maj Marmion warns rightful owners to claim land or face disposal of assets. Sheep to be clipped for wool, two hogs for pork, two horses join marines, one mule may be kept. Odd notes include oats used for stucco and wall boards and a remark on the origin of the term Yankee as an American from Dutch.
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Marmion
Cranium Crackers Winter Brides
Cupid’s winter weddings bring stage screen and society unions. Questions quiz four marriages: a fan dancer with a cowboy and an oomph girl with a leading man. a young society girl tied to the broccoli king’s son. an Irish film star weds a Hollywood dialogue director. a member of Four Daughters becomes Mrs Bud Westmore plus two stage screen comedians wed Broadway girls. Louis J Taber notes on a record thirteen eighteen 12 minute addresses in a day.
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Cupid's
Ireland
Bud Westmore
Screwy News In The Carolinas
Cartoonish scraps from Charlotte dated February five mix local oddities. J C Carr’s rabbit hunting ends when a hare is stopped by a whistle and triggers a ban on whistling among rabbit hunters. A Carolina circuit court delays due to juror shortages and later due to witnesses. A new dental clinic note reports Mrs Carrie Owens at sixty five getting teeth. a newborn in Six Mile weighs sixteen pounds with two teeth. A draft clerk shivers over a cold room. jurors John Breeze and H B Blizzard attend. Moonshiners allegedly flee to hills after troop maneuvers end. authorities say running moonshine continues. In Charleston a federal court comments on a possession case as circumstances shield the wife in liquor business and three gallons are salvaged. Three Wisconsin grooms training at Camp Croft share a Spartanburg home with their brides. A Concord teen finds a dynamite stick and loses three fingers.
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Platville
Wis
Camp Croft
Spartanburg
Thomas A. Skattum
Herman A. Nedroft
Elmer H. Kettler
Marvin Efird
Concord
Marvin
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