WAACs Prove Value as War Effort Grows at Fort Oglethorpe
NEA reporter recounts training week with WAACs who replace soldiers on domestic tasks. Widows like Betty Brook and Sgt Belle Kalman describe motives, discipline, and family tolls, while recruits emphasize duty over adventure. The Army plans to expand WAACs to 500,000, aided by diverse stories of sacrifice and resolve.
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Fort Oglethorpe
Waacs
Rosellen Callahan
WAAC
Corps
Betty Sharer Brook
Flying Tiger
Robert Brook
Hollywood
Chicago
Florida
Virginia Brook
Kalman
Army
Belle Kalman
Emily
Sam
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim Bile Flow
An old advertisement promises bile flow stimulation with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims daily bile output improves digestion, relieves gas and constipation, and restores energy. Packages priced 10 and 25 cents are advertised.
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Radio Schedule Highlights War Time Programs
Radio listings show a July 7 wartime schedule with shifts for daylight saving adjustments and late corrections. Programs include Jack Armstrong serials, Dancing Music Orchestra sets, news, war commentary, and various dramas and variety acts across CBS and NBC networks.
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Chicago
Farrell
Johie Andrews
Cbe
Basic
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Henry Taylor
Blu Uilney Howe
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Duncan
Cbs-Basic
Louise Wildher
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Lulu
Phil Lavalle
Biu
Dancing Music Orchestra
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Jeri Sullavan
Cbs War Overseas
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Biu-Basic World News
Fred Waring
Nbe-Basic
Anne'd
Cis Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry James
Johnson
Conc
Cbhe Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
California
Mbs
Kaltenborn
Keen
Disle
Mrs. North
Kurt Godwin
Sammy Kaye
Red Barber
Che Cal Tinney
Lum
Abner
Leo Cherne
Hie
Tommy Dorsey
Manhattan
Jim Ameche
Jean Hersholt
Christian—che
Judy
John Freedom
Lionel Barrymore
Gabriel Heatter
Jack Carson
Soldiers With Wings
Harry Wismer
Kay Kyser
Raymond Gram Gots
Blu
John B. Hughes
Gracie Fields
Bblu
Morton Gould
Dbhs
Alec Templeton
Radio Forum
Paul Schubert
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Word's largest seller at 10c Demand St Joseph Aspirin
An advertising line promoting St Joseph Aspirin as the best value at 10 cents, claiming it is the word's largest seller and urging readers to choose the brand over higher priced options. The copy emphasizes affordability and popularity.
WPB May Output Rises in Planes and Ships
War Production Board reports May production highs for aircraft and naval vessels, while overall munitions output is flat from April. Nelson cites declines in ground ordnance and merchant vessels though May deliveries show record ship tonnage. 1943 goals vary by program. He urges unified effort and steady readiness for looming operations.
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Washington
War _ Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Uncle Sam
Men and Women in Service: Basic Training and North Africa Duty
Pvt. Herbert Luquer Jr son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Luquer Sr of Jamestown is in basic training at Camp Campbell Ky Cpl Garland E Allred son of Mr and Mrs W F Allred of Sofia has arrived safely in North Africa Cpl Allred has a brother in the U S Marines overseas both brothers are siblings of Mrs Rufus R Davis of High Point
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Herbert Luquer, Jr
Herbert Luquer, Sr
Jamestown
Camp Campbell, Ky
Allred
North Africa
Cpl
Garland E. Allred
W. F. Allred
Sophia
U. S
Rufus R. Davis
High Point
Bentley Brothers Receive Furlough News
Pvt. Luther M. Bentley arrived Monday night for a 15 day furlough with his parents at 800 King Street. He serves with the 310 Coast Artillery Battery Bar rage Balloon Battalion at Hawthorne California. His brother Pvt. Hugh J. Bentley is stationed at Aruba, where he has been for 17 months.
Miss Burge Joins WAC at Bainbridge Army Air Field
Ruth V. Burge daughter of John Burge of 1506 Long Street has reported for duty at Bainbridge Army Air Field Georgia with the Women Army Corps She entered service December 12 1942.
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Georgia
Ruth V. Burge
John ©. Burge
Long Street
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Bainbridge, Ga
WAC
Laws Graduates From Aviation Machinist School
Paul H. Laws son of Mr and Mrs Jesse C Laws of 610 Lake Street recently completed training at the aviation machinist school in Jacksonville Florida after finishing the course and earning his certificate.
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Laws
Paul H. Laws
Jesse C. Laws
Lake Street
Aviation Machinist’s School
Jacksonville, Fla
Hedrick Graduates as Airplane Mechanic at Keesler Field
Pfe. Von O. Hedrick son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hedrick Route One has graduated as an airplane mechanic at Keesler Field Mississippi.
Rev Karl Koestline speaks at Thomasville Lions Club meeting
Thomasville on July 7 special report shows Rev Karl Koestline pastor of the Community Methodist church guest speaking at the weekly Lions club gathering at the Women’s club building. He preached Build For The Future But Live For Today. Corporal Paul Henry Blair on leave sang patriotic selections. Program led by Rev Walter L. Lanier with piano accompaniment by Mrs Charles F. Finch.
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Karl Koestline
Community Methodist Church
Lions Club
Womans Club
Koestline
Paul Henry Blair
Walter L. Lanier
Charles F. Finch
Auctioneer Paul A. Burton Dies at 46 in Wilson
Paul A. Burton, a renowned tobacco auctioneer and Zamzam ship survivor, died at his Wilson home of a heart attack aged 46. He had worked on major tobacco fleets and was among North Carolina tobacconists aboard the Zamzam when it sank en route to South Africa before U S entry into the war. There are 4817 miles of canals in the Netherlands.
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Paul A. Burton
Burton
North Carolina
South Africa
United States
Roosevelt Wallace Jones clash tests reelection bid
The piece argues Roosevelt faces a tough Texas stance over a Wallace Jones confrontation, with Jesse Jones and Cordell Hull in the mix, and warns how the dispute could affect his bid for a second term in the South. It also notes wartime mining policy, copper shortages, and industrial labor shifts shaping the home front.
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Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
F.D.R
Texas
Jack Garner
Uvalde Farmer's
White House
Jesse Jones
Corn Wallace
Lone Star
Secretary of Commerce
Tennessee
Cordell Hull
Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
Readying GIs for civilian life and travel perks questioned
The Armed Forces Institute expands learning for soldiers and sailors with courses from poetry to accounting. Senator Erwester attacks Office of Price Administration over gasoline allotments for vacations. Defense Director Eastman approves extra trains while furloughs are restricted. Yank features a cartoon about an American sergeant joking with Italian prisoners about spaghetti.
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Ralph O. Erwester
Maine
Office of Price Administration
Henderson-Brown
New England
Pine Tree Commonwealth
Ralph
Vermont
Alf
Claude Pepper
Florida
Palm Beach
Miami
Defense Transportation
Joe Eastman
New York
Everglade
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Isia
Winning the War by Albert Leman
One of the best informed engineers in the country surveys the Rocky Mountain states and warns that the next alarming scarcity will be of copper and zinc despite efforts to avert it.
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Shek
New York
Rocky Mountain States
Missionary conference opens at Catawba Sunday
Local reports place Guilford county high point at 949 feet with Stokesdale the county’s highest, while Greensboro sits 100 feet lower. The Reformed church annual missionary conference begins at Catawba on Sunday. Rev W R Shaffer chairs arrangements. President Frank Graham of Chapel Hill underwent an appendectomy at Watts hospital Durham and rests comfortably. Jimmy Mattern is reported safe in Siberia after a round the world attempt. Local social notes include visits among residents and travel to Savannah. McAdoo is being boosted for president. Tennessee seeks highway talks with North Carolina as Navy balloon disappears over Lake Erie.
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High Point
Greensboro
Stokesdale
Guilford County
Missionary Conference of the Reformed Church
Catawba
W. R. Shaffer
M. L. Slate
Stanton Clinic
Frank Graham
Chapel Hill
Watt's Hospital
Durham
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Jimmy Mattern
Siberia
William G. McAdoo
North Carolina
Lake Erie
Indianpolis
City to install punch clocks for night patrols
The mayor called a meeting of all city night duty policemen to verify on duty status during the Efird’s Department Store robbery and fire. Punch clocks will be placed around the city to ensure patrol boats are properly manned. W D Simmons returns from Snead’s Ferry with a 46 pound drum, his largest catch.
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W. D. Simmons
Snead
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