Wartime controls shape civilian life in Canada
A NEA report describes Canada’s wartime rules that remake civilian life under the War Measures Act and National Resources Mobilization Act. It notes price controls, manpower transfers, and penalties for noncompliance, while portraying public acceptance and signs of voluntary obedience.
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Vy Marguerite Young
NEA
AWA
Grouse
Roy
Navy
Canada
Trade Board
Justice Department
Facts From A Quiz: Magnesium Fire And Weather Kites
A quiz discusses magnesium burning on contact and magnesium oxide residue. It notes radio controlled model planes used as anti aircraft targets by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Cecile Chaminade is named as a composer. Picric acid is cited as a remedy for burns. Kites with meteorological instruments aid weather forecasting.
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U.S. Army Air Corps
Stove Rationing May Begin In August
In Raleigh on June 9 delegates of the Carolinas Hardware association heard L D Becker of Washington DC say stove rationing may start late next month or in August. He listed six rationed types including coal wood and oil and gas heating and cooking stoves. The convention ends today with officers to be elected. A separate note mentions a 1916 uprising stamp and South Africa imported motor buses and trucks in the past year.
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Raleigh
Carolinas Hardware Association
L. D. Becker
Washington, D. C
OPA
Becker
Women Called to Essential War Work in High Point Areas
The U S Employment Service says women are needed in High Point and local war production centers to replace men who have entered service. Vacancies include learners and skilled workers in hosiery mills, upholstered furniture, sewing machine operation, and sheet metal work for airplane plants.
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High Point
U. S. Employment Service
The
Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Norfolk Navy Yard
Biddle Speaks at Asheville Conference on War Conduct
Federal attorneys from nine southern states gather in Asheville for a four day conference on wartime conduct. Attorney General Francis Biddle opens the meeting with a keynote speech as judges and officials attend sessions featuring James Rowe Jr and FBI official Hugh H. Clegg. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone is expected to attend as a distinguished visitor.
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Asheville
Francis Biddle
Biddle
James Rowe
Hugh H. Clegg
FBI
T. Lamar Caudle
North Carolina
John Jomparker
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Harry McMullan
Federal Judicial Conference
Fourth Circuit
Harlan F. Stone
United States
Itchy pimples ruin romances cited in ad
An old advertisement claims many broken romances stem from skin irritations. It promotes Peterson's Ointment for quick relief from itching pimples eczema and red blotches with a money back guarantee if one application fails to delight. It also touts foot care and cracked toe relief.
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Peterson
Paying Father Time Ten Years Ago June 1938
Local items note City Manager Knox asked to estimate park development costs. The North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union to meet at High Point College. A 100 degree heat wave hits. Three large pictures of city schoolboy patrol shown by A P Samuels. Personal notices include Oscar Durham Van Nuys visiting his aunt Emma Rady and Sarah Davis of Concord visiting in town.
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Knox
North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union
High Point College
Washington
A. P. Samuels
Oscar Durham van Nuys
California
Emmarady
Dalton Street
Sarah Davis
Concord
E. H. Jarrett
W. F. Clayton
Wilson
Raymond Northcutt
McFarlen
Udge Tablets Advertised at Mann's and Drug Stores
Pumpkin pie distress and stomach pains linked to excess acid urged readers to try Udge Tablets. A money back guarantee invites skeptical customers to purchase at Mann's and other drug stores.
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Mann's and
Drug
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U. S. Bureau of Standards
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New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
BY William Ferguson
W. D. Upshaw
Tennessee
James A. Farley
Mills
Joe Kelly
Sanford
James H. Williamson
Wyatt A. Pickens
University of North Carolina
Bess Sheloff
Roanoke Rapids
Eugene Clyde Brooks
State College
William Walter Peele
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Raligh
High Point High School
Peter
Winthrop Street
Martha Dawdson
Martha
Welf
Hegelt
Susan
Betty
Mary Lou
WAAC
Army Post
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Red Cross
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Johnson
S. C. Johnson & Son
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