Hawaii Girl Shortage Sparks Rationing Like War Times
In Honolulu amid wartime population shifts, the USO lists about 500 eligible girls, but marriages surge as licenses run. Vital statistics show a 117 percent jump in December marriage applications, while sailors joke about a rag doll matchmaker and evening wear sells cheap as blackout lights end dancing outdoors.
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Belty MacDonald
Nea-‘Service
Honolulu
Hawaii
USO
Honolulu Bureau
Honolulu nightlife and shows amid blackout rules
town. Where floor shows run from 1a m until blackout time in the evening. Hostesses plan on overnight stays as only official business visitors may go out after dark. Private liquor stocks dwindle and a lightening of prohibition under military law is unlikely. Spin-the-flashlight replaces spin-the-bottle in faux games. Legal amateur theaters tour from Pearl Harbor to Schofield with Ten Nights in a Barroom and Wishful Thinking in Hawaii. Hula troupes pack venues, entertainers complain of crowding.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Schofield
Hawaii
Bishop Shaw to Speak Here at St Mark Church
Bishop A P Shaw resident bishop of the Baltimore area of the Methodist Church will lead a cabinet meeting with North Carolina conference district superintendents at St Mark Methodist Church Friday at 10 30 am A mass meeting will follow with Bishop Shaw as speaker All are invited Rev W S McLeod is pastor of St Mark and Dr H L Ashe is district superintendent
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Bishop Shaw
A. P. Shaw
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Central Jurisdiction
Notthy Carolina Conference
St. Mark Methodist Church
H. L. Ashe
Winston
G. M. Pheeps
Western
R. A. McRae
Laurinburg
R. W. Winchester
Greensboro
St. Mark
Oelack
W.S. McLeod
St Mark
Fairview School
M.G. Williams
E. A. Townes
Nat Turner
W. S. McLeod
Mt. Mark Methodist Church
Pendulum aid eyed for blind flying by feel
Airplane pilots may soon have a blind flying aid a pendulum device interpreted by touch rather than sight. The instrument promises safer navigation by providing physical feedback about attitude and motion, reducing reliance on visual cues in poor visibility.
Wartime Economy Measures Tighten Civilian Goods Supply
Washington reports tighter civilian production as War Production Board directs hosiery firms to repackage high and medium priced stockings and to remove boxing for low priced items. Rayon output will shift toward hosiery for parachutes, while typewriter plants must convert to ordnance. Office of Price Administration freezes petroleum prices at October levels. Tin per base box of tinplate is reduced to 1.25 pounds.
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War Production Board
An Gee
WPE
Rayon
Typewriter Industry
Office of Price Administration
Tin War Items Reduced in Emergency Measures
In an emergency response, tin rationing was cut from 1.5 pounds per unit to 1.35 pounds. The adjustment reflects ongoing efforts to balance supply with wartime needs, affecting manufacturers and consumers.
Truitt acquitted of manslaughter in Guilford case
Sam Truitt a 29 year old High Point mechanic was acquitted by a Guilford Superior Court jury of manslaughter in the December death of 13 year old James Sykes. Sykes was struck by Truitt s car near Prospect Road and later died after a second crash near Wrenn and High Streets. Frank B Moore and James E Mitchell who pleaded guilty to forgery received two year road sentences suspended and placed on probation.
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Greensboro
Sam Truitt
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
James Sykes
Truitt
Sykes
Prospect Road
Sherman Coche
Rane
Wrenn and
High Streets
John E. Ferree
Frank B. Moore
James E. Mitchell
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