Army Learns From WAACs Women Are Good Soldiers
Day tona Beach Florida February 23 The U S Army after never hiring women for military duties learns from WAACs that women are good soldiers They find WAAC recruits healthier smarter and better educated than average soldiers and many seek officer roles Brig Gen Don C Faith says most WAACs are patriotic and many have male relatives in service
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Waacs
Paul Harrison
NEA
Daytona Beach
Fla
U. S. Army
Army
WAAC
Here
Katherine Gregory
Daytona
Don C. Faith
Bataan
Uncle Sam Needs Your Tin Salvage Drive
Wartime appeal urges citizens to collect metal for the war effort. Ninety percent of tin comes from Malaya and is used in airplane parts and military gear. Only clean metal tins like coffee cans are wanted. paint and condensed milk cans are discarded. Prepare and store cans for a community collection day announced by local authorities.
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America
Malaya
Uncle Sam
Defense Council
Techniques to Improve Detinning Efficiency and Sanitation
Washing prevents deterioration of tin coating assures sanitary conditions and prevents contamination of detinning fluid. Removing top and bottom permits the free flow of detinning fluid over all surfaces of the can. Firmly flattened cans occupy less space in collection shipment and detinning operations thereby decreasing handling costs and increasing plant capacity for detinning.
WAACs Face Morale Struggles And Uniform Rules
Report on WAACs during wartime highlights tensions over the corps status and discipline. Describes officers, psychologists, and chaplains guiding recruits as they adjust to army life, privacy issues, and the limits of civilian dress off duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Army
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Waacs
Congress
WAAC
Army Nurse Corps
War Department
Davidson Behind In February For War Bond Quota
Davidson County citizens have bought just under half the February War Savings bond quota. As of February 15 the total reached $64,706.25 against a $132,000 target. Local banks and post offices reported the bulk of the sales in Thomasville Lexington Denton Erlanger and nearby institutions.
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Davidson
Thomasville
Davidson County
Walter W. Rapp
Rapp
First National Bank
Commercial Bank of
Eea Ee
Lexington
T'ville
Carolina Bank & Trust Company
Denton
Industrial Bank of Lexington
Erlanger
Peoples Building & Loan
Sia Cuterelos Ae
Radio Programs Listing for February Twenty Third
A detailed schedule of radio programs for Tuesday February 23 listing time slots, show titles, and network notes across multiple stations. The lineup includes dramas, music acts, news segments, variety shows, commentaries, and serials with noted performers and hosts such as Captain Midnight Fred Col. Stoopr Gracie Fields Sinatra and Waring among others.
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Farrell
Nice Captain Midnight
Ben Bernie
Cbs
Shrednik
Nbe
Blu
Frazier Hunt
Dhs
Basse
Olga Coelho
Harry Wismer
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Paul Lavalle
Korn Robbiers
Jack Armstrong
John B. Kennedy
Sam
Abner
Blu Dance Music Orchestra
Mits
Horace Holdt
Ed Gardner
Duffy
al Jolson
Cba
Allen
Gabriel Heatter
Leo Cherne
Fibber Mellee
Molly
Dale Carnegie
People
Bob Hope
Raymond G. Swing
John B. Hughes
Gracie Fields
Red Skelton and Company
Bivins
Christoforiche
Paul Schubert
Frank Sinatra
Cbs Dance Music Orchestra
Nbec-Eart
Fred Waring
Nbc-West
News of Colored People First Baptist Club Anniversary
Sponsors of the Auxiliary Anniversary Service at the First Baptist Church tonight are the Pastor's Aid Club and the Crusaders. Mistress and master of ceremony are Mrs Daisy Cunningham and Luther Kimbrough. Rev F O Bass and Mt Vernon Baptist Church choir will lead the service. Wednesday night Rev A W Waddell and Cherry Street Presbyterian Church guests of the B T U and usher board. J Pemberton and L L Boyd are masters of Wednesday night ceremony.
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First Baptist Church
Pastor's Aid Club
The
Crusaders
Daisy Cunningham
Luther Kimbrough
F. O. Bass
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
A. W. Waddell
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
B. T. U. and
J. Pemberton
L. L. Boyd
Women urged to volunteer for Red Cross bandage room
Reports say armies in Tunisia and the Atlantic suffer reverses as Allied forces plan a major offensive. The Red Cross bandage room at Daniel Brooks Homes asks women to volunteer to make surgical dressings for wounded soldiers and to help reach a 7,000 bandage quota by March 15.
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Tunisia
Atlantic
Europe
Red Cross
Daniel Brooks Homes
First Negro Lieutenant Lawhorn Assigned at Fort Leonard Wood
Lieutenant Jasper Lawhorn, hailed as the first Negro from High Point to be commissioned in World War II, is now a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He recently visited his parents at 715 Wade Street.
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Jasper Lawhorn
High Point
U. S. Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
W. W. Lawhorn
Wade Street
Surprise Birthday Honor For Miss Beulah Gooden
Miss Beulah Gooden was honored at a surprise birthday party hosted Sunday at Miss Ada Jones's home. Attendees included Virginia Keey Minuet Crawford Frankie Whitney Lillie Williamson Virginia Bradley Ramon a Hines Nellie Saunders Edna Jones Alice Crawford Nor vella Franklin LeMon Smith De cluster Gill Charles Gray Charles Williamson Willex Merritt and Frank Amaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Gooden
Ada Jones
Virginia Keey
Minuet Crawford
Frankie Whitney
Lillie Williamson
Virginia Bradley
Ramona Hines
Nellie Saunders
Edna Jones
Alice Crawford
Norvella Franklin
LeMon Smith
Decluster Gill
Charles Gray
Charles Williamson
Willex Merritt
Frank Amaker
Bennett Undergoes Operation Returns Home
Roosevelt Bennett has returned home after a serious operation at Burrus Memorial Hospital and is reported doing well. His two brothers Cpl. W. M. Bennett of Camp Wheeler Ga and John Bennett of Washington DC and his father from South Carolina were all here with him during the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Bennett
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Cpl. W. M. Bennett
Camp Wheeler
John Bennett
Washington, D. C
Mr. Bennett
South Carolina
Thermocouple Used as Thermometer in Steel Blast Furnace
A thermocouple functions as a thermometer within a blast furnace in the steel industry, enabling temperature measurement critical to production.
Postwar Economy and War Department Actions
The article surveys anticipated postwar savings totaling at least seventy five billion dollars with investments in Treasury bonds and social programs. It reports a forthcoming crackdown by the War Department on trucking firms obstructing the cash and carry effort and notes industry tensions and regulatory hurdles. It also covers Social Security expansion proposals and a critique of U.S. aviation policy and international competition after the war, warning of potential upheaval in postwar air transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury
Building Loan Association
War Department
Office of Defense Transportation
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
DDT
Washington
London
Paris
Imperial Airways
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Air France
Berlin
Lufthansa
Uncle Sam
U. S. Treasury
Prison Labor on Farms Favored by North Carolina Panel
The joint roads committee approved unanimously a bill allowing prison labor on farms during wartime manpower shortages. Prisoners would be assigned with approval from the highway chairman the penal department and the governor and farm owners would post funds to guarantee maintenance of inmates and guards. Prisoners could not be removed from highway work for farm labor.
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Raleigh
Joint Roads Committee
Charles Ross
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Penal Department
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AHOY
George Murphy
Shirley
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Jack Benny
Dennis Day
Powers
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March of Time
Russia
War Production Board
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Liberty
F. H. Fahringer
State Theatre
Salem Street
Dixie
Ann Rutherford
Geo. Bancroft
Ana Tus
Noe
Biu-Basic Ht
Cbs Ng
Bdlu
Cbs Family
Nbe Rines
News OF
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Lawhorn
National
Wihire
Albert Leman
Cunard
Hapag Lloyd
Seven Seas
House Committee
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Cash & Carry
North Main
Morton Downe
Raymond Paige
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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Carnegie
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