Cigarettes Not Likely To Be Rationed Soon Says Board
Washington records show War Production Board assurances that no cigarette manufacture or distribution restrictions are needed for now. Five facts cited include ample leaf stocks, a large 1942 crop, no labor problems, coal reliance, and adequate Turkish tobacco imports. Cigarette production meets record demand from armed forces and civilians, with exports overseas for troops.
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War Production Board
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United States
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Virginia
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Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Italy
Soviet Union
Terrible Eye innovator seeks Henry Chan ning fame
Jonah Logan pursues Henry L. Channing to interest him in The Terrible Eye while Mahoney and Hildy Channing dodge Channing’s guards on estate grounds. They plan a private base at a local Taj Mahal and dodge Meath the new secretary as they plot a safer path to progress.
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Henry L. Channing
Jonah
Hildy Channing
Cal
Heucephates
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Henry Channing
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Mahoney
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Paying Father Time February 22 1933 Noted local holiday and weekly commerce notes
Local Municipal Court takes a holiday after a tough first day of session. Rev G Ray Jordan addressed church group in Winston Salem. Merchants expect heavy business on dollar days Friday and Saturday. High Point leaders discuss city indebtedness while urging creditors to act in their own interest. Rock discoveries reported in Linville Mountains with experts downplaying novelty. Various social and civic activities noted including Womans Club luncheon and WCTU hosting. State Senate approves consolidation of prison and highway commission. House panel backs silver bullion purchases. Franklin D Roosevelt names Daniel C Roper Secretary of Commerce.
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Firs Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
Gurney H. Kearns
Crown Hosiery Mills
High Point
Linville Mountains
T. W. Albertson
Moore's Springs
State Senate
Highway Commission
U. 5 House Coinage Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Tobacco import approvals for 1943 and large 1942 supply
The WPB reported US tobacco production around 84 million pounds about two years’ supply. It also noted approvals for a large importation of tobacco during 1943.
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United States
WPB
U S Navy Puzzle Clues Span Across Atlantic Themed Grid
A cryptic style puzzle references a U S naval commander Admiral and a long flagship with clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Phrased as a crossword with entries such as 600 length flagship and various cross clues, it weaves naval themes with general vocabulary.
Virginia-Carolinas Typo Conference Postponed
The Virginia-Carolinas Typographic Conference will postpone its annual convention in Washington DC from May 22-23 due to war conditions. The executive committee met in Charlotte to set a new date to be announced later.
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Columbia
D. C
FDR Broadcast Tonight At 10 30 Across Networks
President Roosevelt will address the nation tonight at 10 30 PM on major networks. The White House says the seven minute talk targets the American people as Democrats attend Washington Day dinners nationwide. Vice President Wallace Speaker Rayburn and Maj. Gen. Vandergrift are also slated to speak.
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Guadalcanal
Girl Reporter Joins Allied Air Base Flight in North Africa
A young American reporter travels with a wartime freight flight into North Africa as part of an Allied air base assignment. The crew, paratroopers, and Navy liaison Lieut Sumner Gerard describe the mission, gear, and tense arrival with little comfort but notable camaraderie. The piece recalls Valentines Day mail, a helmet with bullet holes, and the crew’s near-miss before landing safely.
Three Killed By Violence Over Weekend
North Carolina suffered three violent deaths over the weekend. Farmer Charles Gerome Stack, 45, was found hanged at his Kernersville tobacco barn, with Dr. W W Harvey attributing it to suicide after his son Pvt Ray Stack was reported missing in action. Lugene Ritter, 23, of Hemp, died in a Moore county grist mill accident. Mrs Miley Ann Owens, 51, was shot dead at her home near Lexington during a warrants service related to desertion charges against her two sons Carl T Owens and Elis W Owens.
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North Carolina
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Kernersville
W. W. Harvey
Harvey
Stack
War Department
Pvt
Ray Stack
Lugene Ritter
Seamans
Moore County
Miley Ann Owens
Lexington
Davidson County
Raymond Bowers
Carl T. Owens
Elis W. Owens
State Legion Head Dies In Asheboro Home
Henry L. Ingram 46, American Legion commander of North Carolina, died suddenly of heart disease at his Asheboro home. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Asheboro First Methodist Church with Legion lines in charge. Ingram, a former state senator and UNC trustee, received national commendation for enrolling the state's department to a record high. He had served as post, district and department commander and was active in World War II liaison work. Survivors include his wife, two sons, his mother, and four sisters. He suffered two heart attacks starting about 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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New York
Arthur Train
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United States
Germany
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L. A. Watts
Raleigh
Randolph County
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Asheville
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Florida
University of North Carolina
Henry L. Jr
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J. T. Ingram
E. Champion Land
North Carolina Prisoners Finish Defense Welding Courses
The state penal division announced 16 prisoners completed defense welding courses at North Carolina State College and were paroled to war industry jobs. The program targets honor-grade prisoners, with 40 enrolled since December, and requires classroom success and parole approval before release.
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J. Warren Smith
Department of Public Instruction
Edward J. Ruggles
State College
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Thomasville World War II Transfers and Enlistments
Special to The Enterprise reports Lt. Frank R. File U S N R transferring from Charleston Navy Yard to Madison Wisconsin for officers training. Pvt. David A. Morton and Pvt. Benjamin F. Lewallen Jr enroll as airplane mechanics students at Keesler Field Mississippi. Pvt. Joseph Alton Stamford assigned to ordinance replacement training center Aberdeen Maryland. Leslie H. Parrish commissioned second lieutenant in U S Army Signal Corps. Sgt. Wilson Kearns promoted at Camp Campbell Kentucky. service began July 14 1941.
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Charleston
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High Point
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
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U. S. Army
Signal Corps
Officer Candidate Department of the
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Thomasville Road
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U.S. Army
Camp Campbell, Ky
T. L. Kearns
Denton
Death of J Reitzel Lanier Follows Sudden Stroke
J Reitzel Lanier 33 died suddenly Sunday around 1 am at the Archdale home of Mr and Mrs Dewey Coggins after a week of illness though he had worked Saturday He was a bus driver for the City Transit Company born in Davidson County June 25 1909 He married Leonis Young October 1 1939 and is survived by two daughters two stepsons a stepmother three sisters and three half sisters Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from the First Pilgrim Holiness Church with interment in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Leonis Young
Mary Elizabeth Lanier
Jacqueline Lanier
Harold Young
Franklin Young
W A. Lanier
Grace Jolly
Albemarle
Nellie Tash
Asheboro
Kathleen Kennedy
Juanita Pike
Margaret Prevost
High Point
Koonce
West Green Street
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. L. Ruth
Floral Garden Cemetery
Allied Bombers Hit Buin Faisi Airdromes in Solomons
Allied bombers dropped 23 tons of bombs on Japanese airdromes in the Buin Faisi area during one raid and returned the next day with another force. The operation followed a heavy strike on Saturday and was reported by Allied headquarters in Australia on February 22.
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Allied
Australia
Buin-Faisi
North Solomons
United States Largest Submarine Reported Lost
PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 22. America's largest submarine the Argonaut 27 10 tonners has been shot in action in the South Pacific with the probable loss of 102 lives. A companion submarine sank two Japanese transports the Argonaut stalked. The transports a 10 000 ton and 7 000 ton were sunk within two hours after the Argonaut went down off the southeast coast of New Guinea. A Washington Navy communiqué said the Argonaut failed to return from patrol and must be presumed lost.
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South Pacific
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Weather outlook for southeastern states shows rain and cooling
The forecast covers North Carolina with light rain inland and near the coast tonight, South Carolina with occasional rain this afternoon and cooler interiors, and Georgia with light rain possible in the south and central areas. Regions expect cooler conditions tonight inland.
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Georgia
RAF Bombers Hit Japanese Communications Along Irrawaddy
New Delhi Feb 22 RAF bombers pressed raids in Central Burma targeting the Mandalay Myingan and Triweddy River area. The night assaults set fires as long range strikes on the Teung highway created gaps in Japanese lines per a British communique.
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Allied planes bomb Japanese raid with losses reported
An Allied communique says two Japanese aircraft were destroyed on the ground, a hangar demolished and other buildings damaged. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire, all Allied planes returned to base.
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St Joseph Aspirin Promotes Relief From Colds
Ad urges families to guard well being with moderation and exercise. It promotes St Joseph Aspirin as the world’s largest seller at ten cents to ease colds pain.
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Movie Clock Listings At Local Theaters
Immortal Sergeant at Center shows at 12 55, 3 02, 5 09, 7 16, 9 23. The Cat People at Broadhurst plays 1 08, 2 49, 4 29, 6 09, 7 49, 9 30. Thunder Birds at Paramount screens 1 56, 3 48, 5 42, 7 35, 9 28. Time To Kill at Rialto runs 10 58, 12 43, 2 31, 4 19, 6 07, 7 55, 9 43.
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