Bread and Gravy March Promotion Fights Food Shortages
March is Bread and Gravy month as ads promote a simple, economical dish by George Rector. The plan urges homemakers to stretch red points with rich brown gravy on bread, serving as a main meal with adequate daily protein. The note also mentions the quartermaster reclamation program reclaiming 85 million yards of textiles annually.
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George Rector
Jane Rector
Rhe Rector
Continental
United States
Parachuting Gunner Lands in Tall Tree
S/Sgt. Roger Bates, 19, of Whitman Mass., bailed from a damaged B-17 over enemy ground and landed in a forest after drifting 15 miles behind lines. He was found by 7th Army MPs and helped to safety in a cave amid distant fire and friendly force shooting.
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7Th Army
France
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Roger Bates
Whitman
Mass
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Bates
England
Rhine River
Europe
John Chichilla
Orphant
Charlotte
Morris Field
Chester
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Lewis and Rodman
Chester County
William Carpenter
War Bond Probe Leads to Federal Court
Mrs. Vada R. Robbins, Lenoir post office clerk, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to Statesville federal court on charges of taking 1181.75 in a war bond sale at the Lenoir post office.
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Hickory
Vada RK. Robbins
Lenoir
U. S
W. L. Clinard
Statesville
Dan
Love Feast Halted in Raleigh Schedule Change
The legislature's traditional Love Feast was postponed from Friday to 8 p.m. Monday Rep. James A. Bridger of Bladen said last night the assembly's extension into next week prompts many members to go home for the weekend.
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Raleigh
James A. Bridger
Bladen
Waynesville Woman Wins $100 War Bond Prize
Jane Wychen of Waynesville wins the North Carolina war bond prize in Greensboro on March 15, earning a $100 award.
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Greensboro
Jane Wychen
Waynesville
North Carolina
Kannapolis Man Aboard B-29 In Okinawa Aircraft Action
Lt. Archie L. Nash of Kannapolis North Carolina was aboard a B-29 during a mission from Guam to Osaka. The 21st Bomber Command Superforts delivered incendiaries on the war arsenal when explosions rocked the aircraft.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Osaka
Ja ® War Arsenal
Archie L. Nash
South Main Street
Kannapolis
N. C
Citizenship Girls Crowned in DAR Event
Lillian McCullough of Elizabethtown earned second place and Betty Jane Carr of Burlington took third in a National Daughters of the American Revolution citizenship contest.
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National Daughters of the Ameri Revolution
Lillian McCullough
Elizabethtown
Betty Jane Carr
Burlington
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