War talk and political fallout on Capitol Hill
The article reports on friction between lawmakers and the Price Administrator over inflation policy and staffing. It notes Prentiss Brown’s deal with Congressional delegates, resignations by Whitney Leary, and a sharp defense by Albert Gore of the Roosevelt sons. It also discusses Churchill’s Turkey visit, Balkan moves, and potential postwar alignment with Turkey to gain access to warm water ports.
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Prentiss M. Brown
Leon Henderson
L. Mende
Rivers
South Carolina
Solons
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Michigan
Oscar L. Straus
Atlanta
Whitney Leary
District of Columbia
Leon
Washington
Ankara
Dardanelles
Russia
Churchill
United Nations
Sweden
Germany
Turkey
Moscow
Istanbul Littral
Kremlin
Inonu
Radio Programs Schedule With War Time Adjustments
A dense listing of radio programs across networks with war time adjustments. Entries include dramas such as Portia Faces Life Just Plain Bill and Captain Midnight, big-band music by Fred Waring and Dinah Shore, talk and news segments like Fulton Lewis Larry and World War updates, plus various serials and quiz shows.
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Portia
Life
Nice Hop Harrigan
Cbs
Plain Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Farre
Captain Midnight
Blu
Ben Bernie
Hollywood Orchestra
Kern Kobblers
Duncans
Cbs-Basic
dhs-Dizie Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Orches
Nbe
Korn Kobblers
Bin
Biu-West
Walter Casvel
Cibe-Basic
Mbs
Bill Stern
Nbc
Lowell Thomason
Basic
Midnight
Fred Waring
Stoopa'le
Scrambie
Blu Amos and
Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Rex Stout
the Johnson Family
Bia
Kate Smith
Cba
Tinney
Dinah Shore
Barry Sisters
Willard
Abbe Lyman
Biu
Playhouse
Gabriel Heatter
Brewster Boy
Dale Carnegie
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
John Gunther
Lanny Ross
John B. Hughes
Gracie Fields
Biu Dancing Music Orchestra
Blu Joe
Ethel Turp
Cbhs
Nbe-Eas
Nbe-Red
War Fact Book Questions and Answers Snapshot
A quiz style recap covers editing of a book by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, beef and veal labeling, necessity of prescription rubbing alcohol for munitions, Kaiser shipbuilding recruitment halted by Bay Area housing shortage, pepper stock optimism, 1943 aircraft production goals, a new wind tunnel laboratory, and U S aircraft superiority over Japan with notes on light observation planes’ agility.
Local bill eyed to curb weight loss at livestock auctions
A Mecklenburg County focused weight rule may spread statewide as lawmakers debate shifting weighing to sale day. The issue centers on hucksters soaking cattle before sale to gain weight, with losses up to 175 pounds per large cow. The plan would make sale day the weighing date to curb manipulation.
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Mecklenburg County
Agriculture Committee
Rev T A Sikes Dies at 73 Former Minister and Editor
Wilmington February 5 The Rev T A Sikes 73 a retired Methodist minister and former associate editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate died yesterday at Wrightsville Beach at the home of his son John Sikes The piece notes a historic view that witnesses in early English trials were jurors chosen for their presumed knowledge of the case
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Wilmington
T. A. Sikes
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Wrightsville Beach
John Sikes
Dr. O H Hester’s Father Dies in Birmingham
News reaches here that C E Hester of Birmingham Alabama died Thursday morning at 10 30 o clock. He was the father of Dr O B Hester a local dentist. Dr and Mrs Hester flew to Birmingham to attend the funeral. The item also notes automotive labs using cold rooms to develop electrical systems for military aircraft and six miles of assorted wire in the Flying Fortress construction.
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House of Representatives
House
C. E. Hester
Birmingham
Ala
O. B Hester
Automotive Research Laboratories
Creomulsion Promises Quick Relief From Coughs
An old advertisement warns a three days’ cough signals danger and may lead to chronic bronchitis if untreated. It touts Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that goes to the cough’s source, loosens phlegm, and aids healing, offering a money back guarantee if not satisfying.
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Richmond County
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