OPA Probes Nationwide Radio Racket Linked to Black Market
The Office of Price Administration investigates a nationwide radio price cheating racket. Assemblers bypass WPB authorization, sell assembled radios outside control, and misrepresent OPA rules. Major hubs cited include New York Chicago San Francisco and Los Angeles with several stores under scrutiny.
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James Marlow
George Zielke Ashington
Wartion Board
WPB
Det
OPA
New York
Chicago
Francisco
Los Angeles
OPA &F
Wartime Radio Scandal Reveals Price Ceiling Rules
The article explains how wartime radio makers skirt price controls through complex part costs and dealer schemes. It details OPA’s method to set ceilings, WPB approvals, and how some assemblers hide cheaper models beyond watchdogs.
Quakes Strain Downtown Los Angeles and Suburbs
Downtown Los Angeles and nearby cities felt two strong earthquakes on Sunday with buildings swaying and alarms sounding. A lighter tremor was reported in communities south of the city, recalling March 10, 1933 catastrophes with 121 deaths and about 75 million dollars in damage in nearby areas.
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Los Angeles
Here
Compton
Long Beach
Bread Basket Reflections From a Mocksville Sunday Journey
A Mocksville writer fondly recalls a Sunday trip via Lexington to Mocksville praising Davie County’s agriculture and farms. He sieht Wheat fields, cover crops, dairying and a pastor father’s thrifty life, plus memories of family homes, old mule rides, and kin in Mocksville, with a nod to progress such as paved streets and electric lights.
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T. W. Sprinkle
Lexington
Mocksville
Davidson County
Lower Davie
North Carolina
Stanly County
Stanly
France
London
England
Philadelphia
Middle West
Mr. Sprinkle
Davie
Tom
H. C. Sprinkle
Dad
Mother
Salisbury
Rowan Capital
Mose
Father
Rowan
Bert
Hettie Brown
Kate Brown
Lillie Meroney
William Sprinkle
Atlantic
Understanding Dyspepsia Causes by Dr. Logan Clendening
The piece explains dyspepsia as a symptom group not a diagnosis and outlines common causes and the role of reflexes. It argues many cases are functional and stresses psychotherapy and simple explanations to calm symptoms like heartburn and bloating. It also lists ankle swelling causes: varicose veins, phlebitis, obesity, and heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
M.D
Guin
Native heart woods home described with colonial exterior
Panels of native heart woods reveal a century old living room. Old boxwoods and a colonial exterior create an ideal home, while Rev. Mr. Sprinkle contemplates retirement but remains active in Mocksville.
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Mr. Sprinkle
Mocksville
Librarian MacLeish to Speak at U N C Conference
Archibald MacLeish renowned librarian and poet to open Inter American Affairs conference at Memorial Hall June 21. He will also headline a luncheon at the Carolina Inn on cooperation with Latin America. Additional talks include Dr. Alan Manchester on Brazil dictatorship and Dr. Janet Mackie on public health nursing abroad.
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Chapel Hill
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
University
Sesson
Memorial Hall
Fortune
The
New Republic
the Nation
Yale Review
Yale
Harvard
Tufts
MacLeish
Carolina Inn
Latin America
Inter-American Institute
Coordinator of
inter-American Affairs
Sturgis
Ram
Alan K. Manchester
Duke University
Brazil
Constantin Ianni
Bulletin of
Chamber of Commerce
Sao Paulo
School of Commerce
Janet Mackie
Division of Health and Sanitation
Joseph E. Pogue
World Authority On Oil
Chase National Bank
New York
Americas
Dr. Mackie
Wishful Thinking Bougainville Marines Aim for Civilian Life
On Bougainville Island Marines say their ambition is to become proud, fancy-free civilians. Sun darkens noncoms and lean pilots as they discuss a life beyond service.
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Bougainville
INS
P.F.C
Mooresville Soldier Receives Temporary Promotion
Washington announces temporary promotions of North Carolina service members. Warren Stockes, Major to Lieutenant Colonel, Inf, Raleigh address. Edward Howell Wilson, Captain to Major. George Dewey Lewis, to Captain. William Leonard Eason, First Lieutenant. Est L& John Ogden Lafferty listed. others promoted or ordered to active duty, with multiple addresses in Charlotte Raleigh Rocky Mount and Wilson.
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Warren Stockessat
N. Person St
Raleigh
Edward Howell Wilson
Rt. 1
Blanch
Jane Oren Holt
George Dewey Lewis
Rocky Mount
William Leonard Eason
Castle Cn
Ola Mae McSwain
ANC
V. Ave
Charlotte
Raymond Preston
Willow
Sonville
John Allison Mills
Park Drive
Ruth C. Speight
Waltonburg
Boa constrictor grows in Arizona liquor store exhibit
A boa constrictor found ten inches long ten years ago on a bunch of bananas in Prescot Arizona reached a foot and a half before dying recently. The snake had served as a local attraction at a nearby liquor store.
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Prescot
Ariz
Teeth bite on beach shocks Sydney crowds
A bizarre beach incident in Sydney left one man bitten by a stranger’s false teeth, a fragment embedding in his scalp. He received hospital treatment for injuries as crowds gathered at the busy bathing beaches.
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Sydney
Australia
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GIVE
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G.A. Foster, MD
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International Business Machines Corporation
Clendening
Evere
Piety
Gary Cooper
Albert
Cascara
Italy
Montgomery
V. S
Librarian of Congress
U.N. C
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Washington
War Department
Lara
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Tandard
Sunbeam
Merican Adiator
NewYork Corporation
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