National Whirliat and wartime road dispute roils North
In a nation torn by war the debate over Arctic highway routes intensifies. Roosevelt and Mackenzie King face pressures from Canada and the United States as inland and coastal lines are weighed for wartime value and enemy threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
Reacky Mountains
Prince George
B. C
Dawson
Fairbanks
Arctic Region
Pacific
Juneau
Dominion
Northwest Territory
Ottawa
International Joint Commission
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Washington
Frank Knox
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Maritime Commission
Australia Faces Invasion Threat as Tojo Advances
Reports describe Australia’s defense concerns as Japanese forces threaten island outposts. General Sir Iven Mackay leads troops with Air Marshal Burnett overseeing RAAF Darwin operations. A new AA pilot training method uses silhouettes and a light beam in a dark room to train observers. Sugar shortages loom as wartime rationing tightens supplies while Caribbean imports and domestic beet cropping affect availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rays
Australia
Tojo
Sam
Bardia
Iven Mackay
Africa
Burnett
Darwin
Minute Men of
Lexington Green
Hogs Versus Snakes in Rural Pest Control
In rural sections hogs are observed killing and eating snakes, including rattlesnakes. A small number of hogs can clear snakes from an area quickly, illustrating a surprising pest control dynamic reported in local notes.
Radio Programs Schedule for Tuesday January Twenty Seventh
A dense listing of radio programs across the day from 2 PM to after midnight. It notes various shows, serials, news segments, dances, quizzes, and musical programs with networks and time blocks, highlighting Captain Midnight, Lum and Abner, and Bob Hope among others. The page captures era broadcasting lineup and program variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ughrorks
Escorts & Betty
Werne van Drne
Bits Scathergood Baines
Captain Midnight
East
The
Rhythmaires
Ore —Abe
Cba
Porathy Kiigalen
Cbs
Patti Chapin
Abner
Bob Edge
Jack Armstrong
Miles-Weat
Three Suns
Abe
Lowell Thomas
Waring
Amos Aid Andr
Begic Fulton Lear
Europe
Abe-Red
Mr. Keen
Pine Tanny Ross
Ebs Paric
That Morgan
Ntbe
G. Burns
Gracie Wen
Lopen
Orches
Bine
Helen Menken
Ebs
Arthur Hale
Jack Stevens
Johnny Presents
Orch
Mbs
Homce Heidt
Bob Burns
Chs
Tordan
Imer Davis
Gabriel Weatter
News of London
NBC Synmhour Orchess Ae
Morton Gould
Bob Hope
Warren—abe
Red Gienn
Miler
Ebr
Raymond Gram
Cor Enatiight
Red Skelton and Co
Ted Steele
Juan Arvizu
Ted Straeter
Cbs Grand Rapids
Schubert Club
Nbe
Fred Waring
Nhe
Tombs
Cranium Grackers Open Wide See Your Dentist Twice a Year
The brief asks about dental basics including primary and adult teeth counts, tooth tissues, whether teeth are part of the skeleton, and the names and counts of canines incisors and bicuspids. It also references eye teeth and wisdom teeth and notes a Want Ad page with a world radio broadcasting investment figure of 1,730,000,000.
On Touch and Audit Edges in North Carolina Government
Governor Broughton stays in close touch with the Revenue Department audit and the embezzlement trial of deputies. The piece notes potential talks with CPA chief P Grice and the solicitor, mentions check kiting in a pool room tied to a former department employee, and cites June 30 tax payment anomalies. It also covers an audit outlook, a merit exam curiosity involving Nathan Yelton, and staffing changes at the women's prison with Mrs Olive Strickland. It ends with wartime employment shifts and wage trends in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broughton
Department of Revenue
P. Grice
State New Office
Clarence Snead
Andit
Raleigh
Department of
Nameplates Yanked From Cleveland Apartments Amid War Shortages
Thieves stripped brass nameplates from four buildings near Shaker Square in Cleveland over the weekend. Owners report metal markers are scarce due to wartime priorities, leaving residents with anonymous entrances and damaged curb appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Swanky
Shaker Square
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Heidden
Leon Henderson
Congress
Messrs. Henderson
Wickard
Warem
Treasury
Morgenthau
Billy Rose
Henry
Ling
New York
Albert N. Leman
U. S
John Bull
England
Petersburg
Virginia
Louisville
Kentucky
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Mid-Pacific
West Indies
Philippine
Hawaii
Caribbean
Stockholm
Kaiser
Adolf
Nippon
Hitler
Neville Henderson
France
Britain
Japan
Wilhelmstrasse
Shanghai
Tientsin
Hirohito
Berlin
Asia
Yokohama
Reich
Teutons
Nippon Seishin
Lebel
Dacwin Ae
Saipen Taarianas
Rew
iPalow
Caroline
IEA
Iolom
New
Caledon
Marshall
Meuru Et
S A Jellice
Toh
Hawaiian Islands
Fae
Fiji
Palmyra
Phoenix
A Samoa
Besiitien
New Britain
Marshall Islands
Free French
Meurba
Avier Yeugar
Deicke
Uncle Sam
United Sites
Uncle Sami
Engineering Department
Virginia- Carolina Clays, Inc
Statesville
N.C
Capitol Square
Bob Thompson
Enterprise News Bureau
Sir Waller Hotel
Nathan Yelton
State School Commission
Public Assistance
Yelton
Ald
School Commission
Suror
Federal Housing Administration
Olive Strickland
Oscar Pitts
Woman's Prison
Pitts
Strickland
Central Prison
North Carolina
War Production Board
Forrest Shuford
Lhee
Gapudine
Ae Woodbury
Luckiex
Chester
Raleigh - Kool Piedmont Carton
Vitalis
Alophen
Ann's
Nee TE
Caldwell
Aron
Johnson
Soc
Musterole
Carter
Vick
B. C. Or
Stanback
Magnesia
Gillette
Aspleen Bayer’s
Fletchers
Foster's
Tanic
Rinso
Toy
Hind
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