War Time Politics And Military Leadership Speculations
A 1944 political overview notes possible shifts in leadership including Briga dier General Hanford MacNider as a potential presidential contender with ties to Iowa and Canada. It discusses the War Manpower Commission and Selective Service transfers, prospects of 1944 nominees, and debates over fitness standards for officers amid expanding armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Paul McNutt
Office For Emergency Management
MecNutt
Hanford MacNider
Lowan
Guadalcanal
Harrison E. Spangler
Army
Stimson
U S Senator Answer Puzzle Leads to Tunisia Campaign Analysis
The piece discusses wartime strategy amid Tunisia operations, noting rain and mud crippled equipment, Luftwaffe airfield advantages, and Allied airpower limits. It cites a New York bank dispatch on Axis transport strain and Gestapo caution as trains pass through Bulgaria.
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Tunisia
Dynammte
New York
Ankara
Axis
Bulgaria
Gestapo
Mind your P s and Q s origin in old ale-house tallies
Inquiries reveal that P and Q stood for pints and quarts in tavern accounts and the warning arose to prevent growing tab totals.
Winning the War by Albert Leman
An wartime column warns that absenteeism drains productivity and risks major war effort, citing eight percent daily absence. It notes housing, transport, and factory conditions impact attendance, and describes firm tactics from Studebaker, Glenn Martin, and California Shipbuilding to curb truancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leman
Pearl Harbor
Buna
Guadalcanal
Thei
Train Siege Ends as Rebels Guard Tracks
A tense halt aboard the locomotive as Drew revolvers kept travelers under cover until the train reached safety, with Himmier's cops cautioning against saboteurs tossing dynamite to derail the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himmier
Kermit Reynolds Completes Course at Army Air Field
Ker mit L Reynolds, son of Mrs J L Reynolds of Shelton Street, has completed his aviation mechanic training in the Army Air Forces Technical Training School. The graduation qualifies him for airplane maintenance and he will be sent to an air base to help keep America’s Flying Fortresses aloft for Allied victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Tex
Kermit L. Reynolds
J. L Reynolds
Shelton Street
Army Air Forces Technical Training School
America
Engineer Barney Grimsley Dead in Ohio Train Wreck
Funeral held in Tabor City for Barney Grimsley 48 engineer for Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad who died in a train wreck near Brewster Ohio last Friday He was a Columbus County native and had worked for the railroad two years
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Tabor City
Barney Grimsley
Wheeling and
Lake Eli
Brewester
Columbus County
Hospital Staff Meets Friday at Burrus Memorial
A special staff meeting is planned at Burrus Memorial Hospital this Friday January 8 at 8 00 PM hospital officials said C Carpenter dean of Wake Forest Medical School and other school officials will lead the program Damascus is claimed as the oldest city in the world
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Cr. C. Carpenter
Wake Forest Medical School
Damascus
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Africa
Germany
Europe
Rmany
Rube Waddell
Athletics
U. S
Royal Red Cross
Ireland
Denmark
Holland
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Luftwaffe
Sicily
Eisenhower
Goering
Egypt
United States Air Forces
R.A.F
Rhine
Italy
A.E.F
Stalingrad
Eral
Semyon Timoshenko
R. C. Bliss
Herne Bay
England
Belk-Stevens CO
Efird’s Dept. Store
Harllee’s Dept. Store
J. Gc, Penney Co., Inc
Richardson’s Dept
Studebaker
South Bend
Glenn Martin Company
Hitler
Hirohito
California Shipbuilding Corporation
der Fuehrer
Emperor
II Duce
WAACS
WAVES
Waacs and Waves
Helen Traubel
Miss Traubel
Kermit Reynolds
the Hanks
Columbia Broadcasting
Yanks
Yank
WAR Bonds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North Cary
Abbott
Blondie
Caravan
Costello
C.B
Mr. Murray
Martin H. Murray
New Bedford
Mass
Fort Bragg
Wilford C. Long
Portland
Oregon
Bob Hawk
Army Medical Corps
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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