Conservation Board is Hit Hard By War
War reshapes North Carolina Conservation and Development priorities as divisions face cuts. Forestry loses top personnel while park operations shrink. Efforts for Hatteras Seashore National Park slow but must resume after peace. Fisheries face submarine and blackout challenges yet rising seafood demand persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Highway Commission
State Department of Conservation and Development
Morehead City
Forestry
Hatteras Seashore National Park
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
Doan's Pills Promised Relief for Kidney Ailments
Backache and leg pains are warned signs of tired kidneys. The message explains kidney function in filtering poisons and acids from blood and lists symptoms like puffiness, headaches, and insomnia. It urges asking a druggist for Doan's Pills, claimed as a long trusted remedy for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Doza
Doan
Panorama Puzzle: Former Ruler and War Time Mining
A fragment reflects a crossword style listing with clues and several pulled phrases about mining growth in wartime. It notes ilmenite mining in North Carolina and potential magnesium plants, urging continued funding for industrial development and postwar planning despite wartime curtailment. It highlights the Division of Commerce and Industry seeking war contracts and groundwork for postwar activity, stressing the need to maintain conservation, highway maintenance, and state progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Resources Division
North Carolina
Division of Commerce and Industry
Atlantic
Lems
Morehead
Budget Commission
Scuitie
Salvation Army Band Dedicates New Kinston Citadel
The Salvation Army band led by Bandmaster George Barnes earned the top rating among Carolinas units and was chosen to play at the dedication of the new Kinston Citadel. An open air city concert followed as officials closed off part of a block for the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Band
Kinston Citadel
Salvation Army
George Barnes
Carolinas
Vernon Carter
Theocal Unit
Catiel J
Kinston
Carter
Thomasville Negro Scout Committee Discusses Finance Campaign
Thomasville Negro district Scout committee met at Church Street School to review three proposed plans for a $115 fundraising drive and to plan Negro scout participation in the council summer campaign. A July 12 meeting for all Negro citizens was set for 3 o'clock, with emphasis on Negro scout attendance at a summer camp and a July 4 parade. Members included Prof. E. L. Petterson Rev. F. T. Caldwell Rev. C. C. Childs E. P. Thomas McKindrey Steele J. H. Thipig Prof. J. H. Broker Ben McCauley Rev. E. L. Kirby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Negro District Scouting Committee
Church Street School
Church Street
E. L. Petterson
F. T. Caldwell
C. C. Childs
E. P. Thomas
McKindrey Steele
J. H. Thipig
J. H. Broker
Ben McCauley
E. L. Kirby
Father’s Day Gift in Tacoma Forces Hidden News
Mrs Ever Ett Holstrom wife of an army air force lieutenant who helped Gen Janus Doolittle bomb Tokyo gave birth to a daughter. Father is on undisclosed active duty possibly in Shangri la again. Consistent Pittsburg F C Weissert Mellon Institute staff not missing angers in trying to solve rubber problem. He commutes 15 miles daily from McKeesport to the institute on a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Everett Holstrom
Army Air Force
Janus Doolittle
Tokyo
Shangri-la
Pittsburgh
F. CC
Weissert
Mellon Institute
Mmckeesport
Summer lingerie and a restored Ney sword tale
A Fifth Avenue shop showcases dainty summer lingerie in three flower color sets with white options. In Minsk a Ney sword turns up, linked to Napoleon’s aide and a Kuban Cossack collector, with a gilded bronze sheath and mother of pearl hilt. Lightning is cited as a frequent forest fire cause.
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Fifth Avenue
Batiste
Miarshal Ney
Minsk
Russia
Napoleon
Gol
Ovin
Paris
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Conservation Board
Bob Thompson
Qd Enterprise Bureau
Sir Valter Hotel
Lel Ra
Mecca
Great Lake
Kafiristan
Fane
Edward
Lina
Mone
Batten
Peo
Aio
Blowing Rock, N.C
Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock
Lorvon
Avery
Milton M. Chapman
Thomasville Negro Scout Committee
Dar
Ilehs
South Main ST
Antamins
Woodbury 2
Srunette
Rachel
Castile
Trols
Wsia
Gulf Spray
Phillips Milk
TY Va
Magnesia
PTE
Rinson
SAE
Mennens
Dandruff
Clorox
Movistar
Luau
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