Red Cross Bright Spot in North Africa Oasis Club
The Red Cross at Port Lyautey French Morocco runs a large morale center dubbed Operations Oasis, a beacon for American forces in North Africa. W. Ron Ferguson describes its wide reach across Africa, the role of volunteers, dogs like Jeep, and the need for ongoing creativity and variety in programs to sustain morale amid the distant war.
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Oasis
North Africa
Hitler
Europe
Redross Club
Naval Air Station
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
W. Ron Ferguson
ARC
Gold Coast
Liberia
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Taylor M. Simpson
Red Cross
Fergy
Jeep
Africa
Ferguson
ABC
Sam
Morocco
North Carolina Legislature Debates Gag Rule and Prohibition Moves
Lawmakers debate the gag rule and revenue measures as a joint finance panel advances a plan to ban wine in 14 counties. Proposals would empower counties to regulate beer sales and include provisions affecting Cleveland, Clay, Jackson, and other counties while senators hear criticism from labor leaders in Charlotte.
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Gass
North Carolina
House
Bethania
House Finance Committee
Forsyth County
Rep
Mull
Cleveland
Pearsall
Pearsail
Senate
Fisher and Taylor
Buncombe
Joint Finance Committee
General Assembly
Clay
Jackson
Sampson
Transylvania
Scotland
Harnett
Macon
Allegheny
Bladen
Lee
Randolph
Anson
Cherokee
Frank Sims, Jr
Mecklenburg
Avery
Northampton
Madison
Lawrence Wallace
Johnston
Clarence P. Hathaway
Gates
Leroy Scott
Beaufort
C. B. Martin
Wall
Charlotte
R. R. Lawrence
Southern Regiona
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Soap Firm Buys Quarters It Occupies in City Deal
Phil A. Warner and Franklin H. Stellargo owners of Soaps Inc purchase the trucking terminal at Probar Street and old Thomasville Road. The new industry had occupied the premises since its organization about six months ago. Donald W. Conrad acted as local realtor in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probar Street
Thomasville Road
Phil A. Warner
Franklin H. Stellargo
Them Soaps, Inc
Donald W. Conrad
Senators forecast Truman aid plan fate in Congress
Vandenberg said many opinions exist in Congress on aid to allies. He cited Senator Aiken who has not decided on direct financial and limited military aid to counter communist pressure in the Mediterranean. Aiken told a reporter Congress may largely go along with the president. Connally predicted Truman’s plan will pass by a large majority.
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Egrams
Operu
Newark
Aiken
R-Vi
Mediterranean
Congress
Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Bank incident report mentions suspect description
Pembroke State Bank of Maxton described a man who entered the bank yesterday but officers declined to release the description publicly. The report notes investigators provided a description to officials yet chose not to publicize it.
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State Bank of
Maxton
Lawmakers debate ports, budgets, and taxi regulation
Measures seek 1 million dollars for state ports authority port and warehouse needs tied to a repeal effort against the anti closed shop law. The house passed the 1947 budget bill on its third reading with no dissent and sent it to the senate.
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House
Senate
State Ports Authority
R. M. Kerman
New Bern
Alton Lennon
New Hanover
F. E. Wallace
Lenoir
G. Grady Rankin
John McLaughlin
Iredell
Erskine Smith
Stanly
State Utilities Commission
The
Utilities Commission
Senate Committee On Federal and Interstate Relations
Roanoke River
Buges Island
Army
Loyalty Day Envelopes Requested for Bible Teachers
The United Council of Church Women urged donors to return envelopes by Sunday to fund Bible teachers for city schools. The goal is 10 000 dollars for four teachers but current collections are short. a 500 dollar gift from the junior service league boosted totals. Envelopes were distributed in city churches on Loyalty Day. many remain outstanding. Negro churches will observe Loyalty Day this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Council of Church Women
Jess Washburn
Junior Service League
Market dip widens on selling by investors
New York March 14 AP shares faced broad declines as owners remained net sellers in a foreign affairs climate. Major leaders dropped to new annual or longer lows with fractions to two or more points. Downticks hit U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors AT&T Santa Fe Southern Railway Pennsylvania Chesapeake and Ohio Montgomery Ward Douglas U S Gypsum Eastman Kodak Du Pont Union Carbide Amoco American Can ACM Conda and IHC among others. Rail bonds fell and commodities eased.
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New York
U. &. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
American Telephone
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
U. S. Gypsum
Eastman Kodak
du Pont
Union Carbide
American Can
Anaconda
American Smelting
International Harvester
Cotton futures open lower amid mixed early trading
Cotton futures in New York opened down 15 cents a bale with some grades at 40 cents up from prior close. Noon prices showed declines of 50 cents to $1 per bale from yesterday, while dry goods markets in New York reported scattered print cloths and sheetings selling for third and fourth quarter delivery and a quiet mood in wool goods as buyers eyed cotton developments.
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J. O. Gallman
Fourth Street
Sheraton
Wrenn Street
New York
Mgpor Pakckidccs
Seay Ob Eccekscice
PUY i Cikiicenescs
Cmomre
Tax policy sparks committee clash over rates and incentives
Magill argues 50 percent plus taxation on incomes above 18000 drains incentives for risk capital and job growth. Hanes faults the ability to pay theory as warped by 1936 and 1938 acts. Nixon accuses process of steering to a tax hike. Knutson seeks 20 percent across the board retroactive to January 1 despite Truman aid to Greece and Turkey.
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Magill
Hanes
Russ Nixon
CIO Legislative Committee
Knutson
R- Minn
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Truman Beach Visit With Planned Water Time At Fort Taylor
Mr. Truman rested on Fort Taylor beach yesterday in green trunks still on shore. He may go into the water today and is scheduled to return to Washington Sunday afternoon or Monday. A bushel of shelled corn weighs 56 pounds and contains about 33 pounds of corn starch.
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Mr. Truman
Navy
Fort Taylor Club
Washington
Postwar Talks Favor China Participation in Moscow Pact
Soviet statements signal possible Chinese involvement in the December 19, 1945 Moscow agreement talks. Bevin and Molotov exchanged notes and a Chinese representative invitation was anticipated but not confirmed, with uncertainty remaining over China’s role and the invitation's fate.
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Moscow
China
Bevin
Molotov
Marshall
Former Communist Leader Budenz Testifies Before Committee
Budenz, a former Communist party national committee member and Fordham University economics professor, says some Communists suffer lapses of memory during hearings.
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Communist Party
Budenz
Communist Party National Committee
Fordham University
Debut of the American flag and U S population note
The Stars and Stripes was first authorized as the American flag by act of Congress on June 14 1777. The U S population includes about 65 000 000 males of all ages.
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U. S
Cary Grant Rise From Pree-Lancing to Hollywood Star
The article traces Cary Grant from his 1904 Bristol birth and early runaway years to UK stage work and Broadway discovery. It notes his pree lending fortunes shaping a top tier salary, his Broadway start in Golden Dawn, Hollywood debut in This Is the Night, and his two marriages ending in divorce.
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Hollywood
Cary Grant
Grant
Alexander Archibald Leach
Bristol
England
Somerset
Leach
New York
Fred Stone
Archie
Arthur Hammerstein
Cary
Virginia Cherrill
Barbara Hutton
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Gallman
Salem Street
Thomasville
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
the Crimson Ghost
Warpath
Haley IO
Anne Jeffreys
Wally Brownet
Morgan Conway
Vera Vague
SON OF Zorro
Gietesman
Billy
Feldom
Tom and
Jeray
PLUTO
Pdgar Kennedy
London
Coward
Rex Morrison
Vandenberg
Pembroke
Robert Walker
Judy Garland
Frontiersman
Jack Haley Ann Jeffreys
Reno
Rialto
Billy the Kid
Bob Steele
Emarkets
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Judith Allen
Carolina
Gene
Roy
Trigger Ruth Terry Guinn
Big Boy” Williams
Bod Nolan and
Sons of the Pioneers
Mrs. Math Lies
Andale
Kansas
National Catholic Conference On Family Life
Chicago
Mar
Alaska
At & T
Arm
At & Sf
Allan
Aviat Corp
Baldwin
Bendix
Case J
Champ P & F
Ches & O
Coca Cola
Colum G& FE
Consol
Pac Gas O
Penney J CO
Curt Wright
Penn-Dix
del Lack & W
Penn Rr
I Cola
Dow
Pullman
Firestone
Radio B
Elec Radio K
Reeves Bros
Rem Rand
Reud Sti
Gillette
Reynolds B
Glidden
Sears Goodrich
Socony
Goodyear
Sou Pac Graham Paige
Gt Nor Ry
Nick Can
Stewart Warner
Tel & Tel
Studebaker Tis
Kennecott
Swift
Libby O F Gil
Lockheed Tex Co
Tex Gulf Prod
Tex Gulf
Louis & Nash
TransAmerica
Mack Truck
Trans & West Air
Mont Ward
St's
Union Pac
Murray Corp
United Airs
Nash
United Aire
United Corp
Nat Cash
United Drug
United Fruit
Steel North American
Nor Pac Vanadium
Va Caro Chem
Ohio Oil
Vick Chem
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