Nation and Industry Postwar Prosperity Challenge
Analysts warn that postwar recovery hinges on aggressive distribution and consumer demand. Backlogs in electronics and plastics meet a fragile market as executives fear misread postwar spending and potential government control. The piece notes savings behavior, advertising power, and the need to rebuild distribution networks to sustain payrolls and absorb veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leman
Erity
Seemane
Hitler
Roosevelt
New York
Rail routes in Soviet advance threaten Warsaw rail hub
The piece notes German lines at risk as Soviet advances push toward Luck and Royne, threatening the Lemberg to north rail corridor and potential Polish retreat routes. It contrasts open prairie terrain with Italian sabotage risks and mentions American locomotives shipping to the Soviet Union and Soviet steel mills, plus anecdotes about past uses of pepper and Appalachian volcano history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luck
Royne
Pripet
Carpathian Range
Warsaw
Lemberg
von Mainstein
Dnieper
Poland
Rumania
Kansas Prairie
Italy
Soviet Union
Plastic Eyes Solve Tricks Of Camouflage For Fighters
Synthetic eyes and optical gear from Polaroid aid camouflage detection for pilots. Eyeglasses and goggles filter light to reveal hidden features, render distant ships as transparent targets, and train gunners with tracer-accurate projections. Color filters enhance detail, while new plastic films supply durable lenses for continued use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakesleer
Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Polaroid Corporation
Air Force
Polaroad Corporation
Byrd Brothers Guest Delivers Weather Complaint in Washington
Senator Byrd of Virginia heard a visitor complain about sleet and cold in the capital city. The guest was Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, famed Antarctic explorer, visiting the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Richard Evelyn Byrd
OPA Forecasts Civilian Gas Ration Cut By April 1
Washington report outlines expected civilian gas ration reductions by April 1 as war needs draw resources away from private use. West coast faces sharpest cut while East uses most petrol for war production and military transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
East
Midwest
Rockies
Japan
Bataan
OWI
Petroleum Administration For War
Office For Defense Transportation
Office of Rubber
High Point Negro History Week Programs and Notices
Readings from the public library on William Penn campus feature titles such as Angel Mo Marian Anderson George Washington Carver Native Son 12 Million Black Voices and The Black Man in White America. Negro History Week events include school programs at Fairview Street Leonard Street and William Penn, NAACP speaker Miss Ella Baker, and a community pageant Sharing America to support War Savings. Awards and announcements cover scouts church services birthdays marriages and club meetings with local officials and schools invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Penn
Angel Mo
Roland Hayes
Marian Anderson”y Veheman
George Washington Carver
Rackham Holt
Richard Wright
America
van Drisen
Benjamin Ae
Work
James Weldon Johnson
Sadie Daniels
Florence C. Means
Fairview Street
Comiaien
Charles Dered
Dunbar-Harrison
J. Elementary School
Greensboro
A. H. Peeler
Leonard Street
Negro Avy Board
J. C. Morgan
Negro Advisory Board
Wm. Penn High School
E. Burford
St. Stephens A.mle. Zion
C. W. Lawrence
J. W. Ballinger
William
Bobby
Billy McNeil
Robert Miller
Robert
Thomas Baldwin
Betty Lou McCallum
Peggie
Evelyn Tilliman
Bernard Phipher
Bertha ‘Smith
Beatrice Smith
Georgia Mae Armstrong
Emergene Lightjner
Eva McLean
Community Gospel Singers
Oak Grove Christian Church
Langston High School
Danville
Madison
Pearson Memorial
Grade Mothers Council
Fairview Street School
Elks
Elks Club
E. M. Hill
Poe
Dorothy
Pfc
Thomas C. Foster
Fort Jackson
S. C
Foster
Carl Foster
Route 2
Mrs Foster
High Point
Dorcas
Daughters
Dorcas Club
Gertrude Saulter
East Wash Street
Annie Smith
Mead
Stephens A.M.E. Zion Church
Thomas
Daniel Brooks
Annaton
East Broad Street
Aiden
Service Guild
Wesleyan Service Guild
Gladys Beatty
Leroy Williams
Pennsylvania
David Williams
Williams
Fort Leonardworth
Prince Strickland
Youths Held For Rape Of Woman In Birmingham
Two Washington, D. C., youths, George Butt and Joe Hockenberry, were booked on rape kidnapping and robbery charges in Birmingham after abducting and assaulting a 37 year old matron, Mrs. J L Brasher, near a cafe. She was beaten, left for dead in a field, and later hospitalized in serious condition. Police said Hockenberry confessed and named Butt as his partner. The case was followed by a hospital report confirming a criminal assault. The suspects were arrested in Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
D. H. McKinney
Washington, D. C
J. L. Brasher
McKinney
George Butt
Daniel Reedy
Joe Hockenberry
Washington
Brasher
Husband
Ot Cer
Eenrenee
Fairfield
Raleigh Pilot Capt. Dernard Blake Harper Killed
Raleigh soldier Capt. Dernard Blake Harper of the Army Air Corps was killed in action in the Asiatic theater on January 26. His mother, Mrs. J. M. Harper of Raleigh, received notification from the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Dernard Blake Harper
Army Air Corps
Asiatic Theater
J. M. Harper
War Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmy Bulla
Brandis Leonard
Betty Lou Nance
Dick Wright
Hamilton Street
John White
Doris Horne
Dot Turner
Betsy Wrenn
Sara Wrenn
Charlies White
Henry Overcash
Bobby Martin
Charlie Harris
Lowersett
John Die
Elizabeth Blakley
Wanda Booey
Gloria Hayworth
Gerry Hedric
Lawrence Miller
Dot Pegram
Edna Cranson
Bill Guyer
Richard Harris
Melvin Walker
Iriel
Ita
Pele Sam
Hunt
Isaac Singer
Alexander Graham Bell
Theodore N. Vail
Ees
Dutch East Indies
Appalachian Mountains
James D. White
Europe
England
Marshall Island
Pacific
Army
Says + Commie
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Annie Laynum
R. N
Chapel Hill Chapel Hil
Pinehurst
Robert W. Madry
Chapel Hill
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