Russia at War: a foreign observer’s stark Russia view
A veteran correspondent reports on Soviet war readiness, mobility, and morale from behind front lines near Kharkov and Smolensk. He contrasts German efficiency with Russian resilience, notes industrial relocation, training centers, and air combat limits, and assesses Soviet strategy, propaganda, and the likelihood of a prolonged, intact army a year hence.
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Russia
Kharkov
Smolensky Highway
Ukraine
Fiat
Avith
Moscow
Great Britain
Leach
Poland
Smolensk
William B. Shirer
France
Gettysburg
Immelman
Arctic
Odessa
Kiev
Leningrad
404 Labor Law Charges Made
Henry Averill reports 404 labor law violations found in September across 265 establishments. Inspectors conducted 15 compliance visits and 55 conferences, covering 5,470 workers. Violations split into time records, sanitation, drinking water, safety codes, and child labor with six complaints investigated in Durham Winston-Salem Wadeboro and Raleigh. some cases led to corrected violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Model
Raleigh
State Department of Labor
Durham
Winston-Salem
Wadesboro
Capital Shorts: Judges loosen up at ad lib session
Raleigh capsulizes a lighthearted quote filled column as three famed superior court jurists share candid, informal opinions on the Supreme Court and state counties. Notes on highway fatalities in Dare and enforcement gaps in Gaston emerge alongside a broader look at regional permits and a highway sign ban push.
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Raleigh
Ter
Supercourt
Supreme Court
Dare
Camden
Gaston
Murder at Paradise Lake unfolds with new arrests
In Paradise Lake a murder mystery deepens as Drifter reporter Mary O Conner covers the trial turmoil. Jeanie Morris faces arrest as police accuse Stash Veretti of Herbert Cord’s murder, while townsfolk gossip and past romances collide. The neighborhood watches, tension rises, and Maudie plots to pry truth from rumor.
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Paradise Lake
Mary O'Conner
Merbers Cord
Stwuk Veretti
Gord
Jeanie Mortix
Merle
Pomeue
Lisa Holmes
Ming Millie
Chris Gord
Youd Palm
Dramiec
Ted
Jesnale
Deania
Mary Gud
Morris
Jeanie
Liza
Stash Veretti
Herbert Cord
Wives Keep Vigil For Husbands
PORTLAND ME NOV 1 The women and children of about half the crew of the sunken destroyer Reuben James kept a prayerful vigil in this seaport city. From across the nation wives of 60 of the James crew had taken residence here recently as Navy officials reported the sinking off Iceland. Early hopes faded as days passed without word on individuals aboard the craft. Mrs Catherine Sims wife of Lloyd E Sims first class water tender begged for any news while Mrs Solon D Boyd recalled her husband’s warning before the voyage and spoke of cold chills at the ship’s name.
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Moscow
Chicago
Caucasus
Portland
U. S
Reuben James
James
Navy Department
Iceland
Navy
Washington
Catherine Sims
Lloyd E. Sims
Marina
Fla
Sims
Pelase
Solon D. Boyd
Birmingham
Ala
Boyds
Norfolk man identifies peat smoke from Dismal Swamp
Charles A. Stewart of KNOWS HIS SMOKE NORFOLK VA reports peat smoke drifting from the Dismal Swamp to Washington DC over 200 miles away. Norfolk County treasurer John G. Wallace says Stewart phoned from Falls Church and confirmed the smell could only come from the swamp fires.
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Charles A. Stewart
Washington, D. C
John G. Wallace
Norfolk County
Stewart
Washington
Fall’s Church
Pigeon Show Unfolds In Ahoskie Over Four Days
An unusual Tar Heel event begins Saturday and lasts four days, the Carolina Virginia pigeon show set for Ahoskie. There are indications Motor Vehicle Commissioner Rod die Ward favors moving the highway patrol lodge to Lake George rather than its current site.
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Ahoskie
Roddie Ward
Highway Patrol
Lake Gure
Textile Chemists Hold Meeting On Silk Substitutes
Textiles chemists and colonists discuss new developments in substitutes for silk and dyes to clothe women and supply military needs. Preliminary tests show domestic flax could be processed on cotton machinery, yielding a South adaptable fiber. Speakers include Dr. Carl Z. Draves and Clyde R. Hoey at tonight's banquet.
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P. N. Collier
Association
Carl Z. Draves
W. M. McLaurine
Charlotte
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Cranium Crackers Picture Puzzlers
Photography is a rising news feature with more pictures used to present stories. Read questions about tintype versus daguerreotype, hype, photo finish versus photo finisher, the function of a red filter, and what makes a flash bulb flash. Answers appear on Want Ad Pages.
Bishop Penick to Speak at St Marys Sunday
On Sunday November 2 the Rt Rev Edwin A Penick bishop of the Diocese of North Carolinas will preach and administer the rite of confirmation at the 11 oclock service at St Marys Episcopal Church The service is open to the public The bishop is noted as a gifted speaker and recently elected president of the North Carolina Council of Churches In San Jose California Louis Barff was struck and hospitalized with a dislocated hip healing after a punch at County Hospital.
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Nort Carolina
Durham
Charlie Parker
State News Bureau
Sedgefield
Guilford County
Charlotte
Davidson
North Carolina
Cain
Duke
South Carolina
Hickory
Department of Labor Statistics
Asheboro
Burlington
Forest City
Greenville
Hamlet
Henderson
Kings Mountain
Lenoir
Lexington
Lamberton
Moores Ville
Morehead City
Morganton
Mt. Airy
Reidsville
Roanoke Rapids
Sanford
Southern Pines
Spindale
Washington
Williamston
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Edwin A. Penick
Diocese of
North Carolinas
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Penick
Two WW II fliers rescued after Sierra wilderness ordeal
Lieutenant Jack West of Centerville Iowa and Lieutenant Leonard Lydon of Des Moines survived five days lost in the high Sierra after bailing from their P-40s near Barton Peak. They crawled up ridges, fished for food, and signaled rescuers by spelling names with stones before a ground party found them and brought them to Fresno for rest at the air base hospital.
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Fresno
Canf
Jack C. West
Centerville
Iowa
Barton Peak
Sugarloaf
West
High Sierra
Leonard C. Lydon
Des Moines
Sacramento
March Field
California
Sierra
Lydon
Air Base Hospital
Missing Richard Found In Kitchen Icebox Prank
Mrs Edna Bailey hosted a Hallo we'en party for five children when Richard age 3 vanished. A search followed and a kidnap alarm was raised before police discovered him in a kitchen icebox half-suffocated. He said the prank was his idea.
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New York
Edna Bailey
Richard
Lucky Partner at Philadelphia Navy Yard Golf Match
Lieu tenant Frank Hudson is the favored golfing partner of Commander and Mrs. James B. Donnelly at the Philadelphia navy yard. Last July Mrs. Donnelly scored a hole in one on the first hole. Yesterday Hudson paired with the commander, and Donnelly scored his ace on the fifth hole.
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Philadelphia
Frank Hudson
James B. Donnelly
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hudson
Donnelly
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Baku
U. S.A
Communist Party
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Schussnigg
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Asia
South China
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Petains
Lavals
Mma Sao Kine At
Dase Stalin
Capital Shorts
Marguerite Gahagan
NEA Service, Inc
Maudie
Morris House
Denny
Veretti
Cord
Miss Millie
Jeanie Morris
Ted Palmer
Tony Rammott
Sadie Robins
Shore
Antler
Miss Morris
Miss Moorris
Tony Jeanie
G Od
Tane
Bishop Penick
ST. Mary's
San Jose
Calif
Louis Barff
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