Allied briefing on European war prospects and defenses
The report outlines potential Allied strategies against Nazi defenses including fortified coastlines in Holland Denmark and Belgium. It notes strongholds and barriers along Jutland and coastal fortifications with heavy weaponry and mined beaches. It warns of supply routes, by-passed fortifications, and concerns over bread and grain shortages impacting civilian rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutland
Denmark
Berlin
Axis
Goebbels
Truman committee flags underutilized Pullman space and travel waste
The Truman committee reports Pullman space is not fully used with occupancy at about 4 percent of capacity. Government blocks are reserved for agencies like War and Navy, and unnecessary travel and gratuities are highlighted. It urges travel conservation and reforms to curb the “gravy train” while preserving essential trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Marlow
G. Zielke
Truman’ Committee
Pullman
Pullman Company
Compan
Truman Committee
Thns
Ba Sele
War and Navy Ments
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
War Department
Service Division Finds Entertainment Keeps Soldiers Happy
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Byron reports the army special services division keeps servicemen in war zones engaged with movies ice cream cold drinks and music. In remote camps entertainment centers on radio Tokyo swing music and improvised PXs while actors adapt to tough conditions and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Division
Soldier Entertainment
Chicago
INS
Special Services Division
Army Service Forces
Special Service Division
Joseph W. Byron
Williamsport
Bryon
iHe
South America
Africa
Ascension Islands
Egypt
India
China
Tunisia
England
Iceland
Pacific Zone
Gen. Bryan
Pacific
Radio Tokyo
Byron
Army
San Francisco
Roemegge
Tures
Yron
Bougainville
Army Pacenee
Munda
Four Students Die in Railroad Crash at Bridgeport
Four Ben Davis high school students, Harley Alsman 16 Robert Kershaw 19 Nancy Sering 17 and Hughey Hughes 17, were killed when their car collided with a train on the Pennsylvania tracks in Bridgeport Indiana. A soldier Pvt Clarence Alsman 18 and Mildred Schutte 17 were injured. The wreck left bodies strewn along the right of way for about 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Ind
Ben Davis High School
Harley F. Alsman
Robert Kershaw
Nancy Sering
Hughey Hughes
Clarence M. Alsman
Harley
Mildred Schutte
RED Cross
Ration updates outline stamps and validity through key dates
The notice details ration book validity: Meats fats etc. book three brown stamps Y and Z through March 20, book four red stamps A8 B8 C8 through May 20, blue stamps through May 20, sugar stamps through February 28 1945, shoe stamp 18 through April 30, air plane stamp 1 indefinite. Gasoline coupons vary by region with 9 A and 10 A through May 8 or March 21 and B B-1 C C-1 good for two gallons, three in certain regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Armstong to Speak at Masonic Mortgage Burning
Dr C W Armstrong of Salisbury will be principal speaker at the mortgage burning ceremony by High Point Masons on Tuesday night at 7 30 to celebrate paying off the Masonic Temple debt. James W Payne of Salisbury is grand master and will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Payne
Salisbury
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
High Point Masons
Masonic Temple
North Main Street
C. W. Armstrong
Rowan County
Armstrong
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis Club
Carolinas
Rev
R. R. Jackson
A. B. Ize
Rainbow Girls
T. Bennison
L. W. Flythe
Acacia Lodge
J. E. Millis
Fleet Lewis
Numa F. Reid Lodge
G. C. Howard
J. H. Kalte
Payne
Bulgaria Denies War Exit Talks Amid Stockholm Dispatch
Still in war Stockholm reports quote Bulgarian officials denying foreign claims that Bulgaria seeks exit from the war. Red Cross call for increased aid in 1944 continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Coupons issued for five gallons fuel oil by period
Period three coupons valid through March 13 in all areas except the South. Period four coupons valid through September 30 in all areas. Period five coupons good in the Middle West and South through September 30. Each coupon worth 10 gallons per unit with many coupons covering several units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Middle West
AEF Vets Return Home From Internment in Germany
Swedish liner Gripsholm ferries 711 North and South Americans back to the U S and Latin America after years in German and enemy camps. Many veterans express sorrow at leaving France and families, some pleading not to go as they glimpse wives and children from train windows.
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Ier
Atlantic
Germany
Europe
AEF
France
Gripsholm
Portugal
Labor compliance officer named by North Carolina NRA
Forrest H. Shuford appointed state NRA labor compliance officer assisting Commissioner A. L. Fletcher in Raleigh. A large audience heard the Duke glee club and orchestra at the Junior High auditorium. Also notes on local dancing stages and post office grounds planting work. Personal items mention Moss and Haynes trip, Thelma Patrick illness, and Mrs. Lloyd Teasley in Elberton. General NRA goal of one million jobs. Sioux Falls bank raid with six kidnapped employees and a large cash haul. Southern building contracts up over 100 percent.
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Forrest H. Shuford
A. L. Fletcher
Raleigh
NRA
Duke Glee Club
High Point
W. H. Moss
P. D. Haynes
Cartersville
Durham
Thelma Patrick
Church Street
Lloyd Teasley
Arnold
Elberton
Carl Harvey
English Street
Sioux Falls
S. D
Five Violent Deaths Reported During Weekend
At least five persons died by violence in North Carolina over the weekend. Lt. William R. Palmer of Bucyrus Ohio was killed and four enlisted men injured when a jeep overturned during a training maneuver at Camp Sutton. J H Peebles a 77 year old farmer near Asheville was hit and killed by a truck. Robert Edward Hardy 23 of Snow Hill worker in a war plant was killed when his automobile overturned near Kinston. Frank Strickland of Smithfield fatally injured by a city bus in Raleigh. Co F Davis 32 of Asheville killed in a collision on Wilkinson boulevard on the outskirts of Gastonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
William R. Palmer
Bucyrus
Camp Sutton
J. H. Peebles
Asheville
Robert Edward Hardy
Snow Hill
Kinston
Frank Strickland
Smithfield
Raleigh
Co. F. Davis
Wilkinson Boulevard
Gastonia
Charlotte
Dial
Quick Conversion To New Car Production
Lt. Gen. William S Knudsen, army production chief, forecasts 12,000,000 new cars after the war with deliveries starting six months after peace. He says early postwar cars will be 1942 models and the air focus will shift to larger passenger and freight planes rather than “Qivver planes.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Knudsen
Army
General Motors Corporation
Kanapolis arrival to take position with Sechrest and Son undertakers
Kanapolis resident has arrived to accept a position with J. W. Sechrest & Son undertakers on West Washington Street. The local United Commercial Travelers of America unit will meet Saturday night to elect officers. Weather forecast predicts rain and cooler Friday morning. Personal items note Mr and Mrs W G Munyon and daughter Mary ven returning from Miami and Mrs Clyde visiting in Abor. General note reports cancellation efforts for government oil leases to Doheny and Sinclair interests to be filed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kannapolis
J. W. Sechrest & Son
West Washington Street
United Commercial Travelers of America
W. G. Munyon
Mary Ven
Miami
Fla
Doheney and Sinclair
Director of Public Safety
Butler
Philadelphia
Coolidge
Army
Navy
Frank Morton Receives Legion of Merit Award
Charleston March 6 Lt Commander Frank P Morton U S Naval Reserve has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his role in amphibious assaults and landings on Sicily and the Italian mainland. Before active duty in 1940 he ran an advertising agency in Greensboro North Carolina and was tied to the Francis Marion hotel in Charleston. Mrs Morton resides in Charleston and works in the naval director of training district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Legion of Merit
Frank P. Morton
U. S. Naval Reserve
Sicily
Navy
Morton
Greensboro
N. C
Naval Director of Training
Colm Morton
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Feria
Victory
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Sas Eee
Rialto
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HI YA
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Paramount
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John Carroll
Rutt
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Salem Street
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Pullman Space
Uncle Sam
Dubton
Mid-Ocean
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U.S
Truman Group
Gerald B. Meale
International News
Jolene
Cross of Lorraine
Richard Whorf
Gene Kelly
Pierre Amount
Sir Cedric Hardwick
Peter Lorre
Joseph Calleia
Dr. Armstrong
Masonic Meet
William H. Hancock
Rockhill
Hancock
U. S
Stilwell
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Frank Morton
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