Washington hears of limited change in wartime price policy
Washington observers expect little shift in OPA policies as Pren tiss M Brown signals public justification for price controls and rationing. The draft of women may be delayed then used to mobilize industry and armed forces. Small business gains new attention as many advocates press for relief.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Congress
Henderson
Congressional
Paul V. McNutt
United States
South America
North Africa
Pacific
U. S
Radio Programs Broadcast Schedule for February 18
Eastern War Time program list outlines two hours of adjusted shows with serials and music from 6:30 pm to 11:15 pm, including The Jack Armstrong Serial, Captain Midnight repeats, Amos and Andy, Bing Crosby’s Music Hall, Abbott and Costello, and Fred Waring’s programs, plus news, comedy, and dance orchestras.
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Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Cbs
Farrell
Captain Midnight
Blu-East
Ben Bernie
Mbs
Shrednik News
Nbe
Blu Frazier Hunt
Dhs
Basie
Indiana Indigo
Kern Kobblers
Dack Armstrong
Bobby Tucker
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Midnight
Red Waring
Stoopnagie
Blu Amos
Andy
Basie Fulton Lewis, Jr
Nbee
Starry James & His Orchestra
QO Rea
U.S. A
Arthur Hale
Mr. Keen
Blu
Corliss Archer
Ebs
Sam
Sam and
Abner
Fleary Aldrich
Bing Crosby
Nthe
Major Bowes
Dhe
Gabriel Heatter
Dancing Music Orchestra
Ridy Vallee
Alfredo Antonini Orch
Songe
Dale Carnegie
People
Raymond G. Swing
Blu Fleet Line
U. S. Navy
Raymond Clapper
Gracie Vielde
Blu Dance Orchestra
March of Time
Sen Coo. Andrews
Paul Schubert
Sinatra
Nhe-East
Fred Waring
Nbe-West
Blo
Wilmington seeks power to purchase Tidewater Power assets
Mayor Edgar L. Yow announced that attorneys finished a bill allowing Wilmington to buy and operate all or part of Tidewater Power Company properties if the General Assembly approves. The discussion ties to March 15 1942 tax deadlines and potential pay as you go tax changes affecting filings.
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OWN
Wilmington
Edgar L. Yow
General Assembly
City of
Tidewater Power Company
War echoes and political maneuvering shape a perilous era
Military and diplomatic experts warn against rosy Nazi collapse predictions while noting Britain, the United States, and allies prepare for a prolonged conflict. The piece details potential postwar power shifts, corporate patronage plans, aviation race dynamics, occupation terror tactics, and U.S. industrial pivot toward self sufficiency in oils and materials.
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Goering-Goebbels
Kaiser
Hitler
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Poland
Balkan States
Wilson
Roosevelt
Churchill
der Fuehrer
Herrenvolk
Books and Hate Contrast in Wartime Reflections
W A Bivins urges book donations to bolster soldiers and contrasts fiction with real life dangers. He cites Elsie Dinsmore as weak, warns hate harms progress, and recalls Glyde Maupassant’s A Piece of String about guilt and suspicion.
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Gly de Maupassant
Paris
Funeral set for Carl Vance Hunt of Greensboro
Funeral services for Carl Vance Hunt 32 who died of pneumonia at Piedmont Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness will be held at 4 pm at Lee's Methodist Chapel five miles north of Greensboro with Rev. J J Powell officiating. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Hunt a Randolph County native lived in Greensboro then Hampton Va. and is survived by his widow Mary Hall and two children, his parents, four brothers and five sisters.
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Carl Vance Hunt
Greensboro
Piedmont Memorial Hospital
Lee's Methodist Chapel
J. J. Powell
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Mr. Hunt
Randolph County
Hampton
B. EB. Hunt
Brown Summit
Mary Hall
Carl Hunt, Jr
Mary Sue
C. C. Hunt
Newport News
Grady
Paul
J. W. Hunt
Route One
C. G
Revenue estimates disputed by North Carolina senator
Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill predicted state revenue would exceed the advisory budget forecast by 3 090 767 for 1943 and the 1943 45 biennium. Senate Finance Chairman Sen Thomas O Berry challenged the figures as too high and disputed the estimate in Raleigh on February 18.
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Raleigh
Edwin Gill
Advisory Budget Commission
Thomas O'Berry
Senate Finance Committee
Gill
H. C. Clifford Takes Post at Statesville Furniture Firm
H. C. Clifford, ex representative for General Motors Acceptance Corp, resigns to join N. C. Furniture Corporation in Statesville as purchasing agent. He has spent seven years in the county, six in High Point, and will begin his new role Monday.
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United States
Louis Johnson
New Delhi
General Dyestuff Corporation
General Aniline and Film Corporation
J. G. Farbenindustrie
German Chemical Trust
H. C. Clifford
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
N. C. Furniture Corporation
Statesville
Clifford
High Point
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Henry Fonda and
Maureen O'Hara
Broadhurst
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Harry Sherman
Priscilla All
Bruce Cabot
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Eugene. Pallette
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Empire
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W. A. Bivins
Mooresville
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Joseph Fort Newton
West End
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Rock River
Renegades
Newport
Hiho
Swan Soap
Paes
OF Pollock
Florida
Doz
F. L. Conrad
Howell Street
Oakview Schol
Chapel
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Raymond Paige
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Ollie and
Charlotte Hunt
Statesville Furniture Plant
Able
Southern Dairies
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