Modern Way Has Lost Its Glamour For Most Soldiers
War in New Guinea era lacks marching bands and glamour as soldiers adjust to jungle front. Swing tunes dominate, with units like the 32nd division swing band drawing crowds. Marines and Army songs persist, while local morale shifts to practical notes and new communications via V-Mail blanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Spencer
New Guinea
Buna
Australia
Army
Navy
Marines
Montezuma
New Zealand
America
Capitol Square Wraps with Leaders and Farm Labor Talks
Stars visited the governor’s office as Gen. J. Van B Metts and Lt. Gen. Hugh Drum met with officials to discuss state cooperation and army maneuvers. Articles note prison labor, road maintenance, and food planning amid wartime demands, with comments on population shifts and a social goodwill tone.
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Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Waller Hotel
Hugh A. Drum
Long Siena
N. Y
First Army
William Bryden
Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
J. van B. Metts
Selective Service
North Carolina
Drum
Carolina
Streamline Gardens Ban Back Breaking Work
Victory gardeners seek easy crops with minimal effort by planting in straight, evenly spaced rows. The article argues against bed planting and promotes planning, row spacing, and tool use to keep weeding quick. It recommends an 18 inch minimum between rows for most gardens and stresses accuracy in laying out rows.
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Victory
Europe
America
For Victory Planting Vegetables In The Open
Guidance on when to plant garden crops by soil and weather conditions. Classifies vegetables into three groups by frost tolerance: hardy crops like lettuce and cabbage may sow early. half hardy like beets carrots and Swiss chard sow a week or two later. tender crops such as beans cucumbers and tomatoes after frost danger passes.
Radio Schedule Shaped by Late Network Corrections
Broadcast grid shows hourly programs from 5:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. featuring Captain Midnight, News Spot, Harry Wismer commentary, The Three Suns, Fred Waring’s Time, and other acts. The note explains corrections by networks arrived too late to update the schedule. The piece ends with a political note on long-serving state officials, contrasting tenure among department heads.
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Farrell
Nbe
Dly-east
Cba Seria
National Teachers Meeting
Nbe Children's Seria
Biu Frazier Hunt
Cbe-Bavic
Symphonete
Cbe- West
Mibs
Harry Wismer
Rhumba Ur
Bly
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs
Fred Waring
Nbc
Victor Borge
de Fulton Lewis, Jr
Nhbe
Fiva le Galierne & Readinge
Blu
Harry James & His
Johnson Family
Joe Rines
Arthur Hale
Raltenborn
Tibe
Muse Orchestra
Ginny Simms
Hollywood
Godwin
Dhs
Sam
Abner
Biu Dance Music Orchestra
Horace Heidt
Leo Cherne
Pibber McGee
Molly
Dale Carnegie
People
Booope
Rasme
G. Swing
Arches
John B. Hughes
Art Kaeselt
Red Skelton and Company
Wby
Paul Schubert
Mary Small
Cby
Nbc Eas
Blucks
Hood
W. T. Best
Public Charities and Welfare
J. van B. Metts
Farm Buyers Repaid Twice Amount Due Last Year
North Carolina FSA data show 1605 families bought farms under the Bankhead-Jones Act since 1937 with 315 602 owed and 648 932 repaid last year. The program offers 100 percent loans at 3 percent over 40 years and allows flexible payments to cushion bad years. 125 families paid more than 1000 dollars, increasing wartime crop output.
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Raleigh
Farm Security Administration
North Carolina
FSA
Onkhead-Jones
Tar Heel
Farm Security plans influence ownership pictures
The piece notes that a Farm Security Administration led effort aims to boost farm labor productivity through ownership forms. It highlights the tenant purchase plan and farm colonies as experiments, suggesting North Carolinians favor individual home ownership over communal models, reflecting regional preferences.
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Farm Security
FSA
Temperance Meeting Scheduled Thursday in Greensboro
Greensboro March 23 The organization committee of churches of North Carolina will meet here Thursday to complete a temperance structure for the state. A Raleigh meeting last month set up a temporary arrangement with It. G reer of Thomasville as chairman and Newton J. Robinson as secretary.
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Greensboro
Organization Committee of Churches of
North Carolina
Raleigh
Greer
Thomasville
Baptist State Convention
Newton J. Robinson
Judge Warlick's nomination gets a political boost
Rep Harley Shuford of Catawba county praised Judge Wilson Warlick's bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination at a Hickory luncheon. He lauded Warlick and eastern legislators while urging mid westerners to study their example. He emphasized the value of experience and leadership in the General Assembly.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Mar
Wilson Warlick
Harley Shuford
Catawba County
Shuford
General Assembly
Newton Jurist
Assembly
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Joseph L. Weiner
Office of Civilian Supply
Capitol Square
General Drum
Bryden
H. A. Brassett Organization
J. A. Yarborough
Charlotte
New York
Pennsylvania
Broughton
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
Special Selective Service Board
Gurney P. Hood
Banks
Banking Commission
Gardner
Edwards
Wood
Redwine Hdw. CO
Noro Main Street
Beeson
Hardware Company
N. Main St
S. E. Hauser & CO
Wrenn Street
Streamline Gardens
Elieve
Ripley
Reo Cros
Guilleaume -Henri Dufour
Reo Field
Guilleaume-Henri Dufour
Red Cross
High Point
The
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