World War Horror Tales About German Use of Dead Bodies
Accounts from American Belgian and British papers recount German schemes to collect dead soldiers bodies from the Western Front and render them into oils fats and fertilizers. A Belgian paper L independence Belge describes a factory near Liege with a chromic setup including a cauldron and chain system to process corpses into usable by products. The report notes a dedicated laboratory a chief chemist and guards, with the works guarded as a prison.
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London
Paris
L’indendence Belge
Thendon Times
England
The
Times
Berlin
Lokal Anzeler
Rome
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Gernan
al- A
Newark Sun
Germany
L'Independence Belge
New York Sun
Liege
Brussels
Gerolstein
D. A
Deutche Abfalls Verwertungs‘gesellschaft
St. Vith
Geralstein
Eifel
Coblentz
Six Man Jury Is Awaiting Jeffress Case
GREENSBORO November 17 A jury of six Guilford County farmers is expected to hear the case of E B Jeffress president of the Greens boro News Publishing Company petitioning for dissolution of a guardianship held over him by his wife Testimony was completed yesterday and arguments of lawyers began Sidney J Stern Sr of counsel for Jeffress was heard yesterday Four others remained to be heard today The hearing is before Superior Court Clerk Joseph P Shore Jeffress seeks dissolution of the guardianship begun in 1934 after his illness He says his health has improved and he can manage his own affairs Mrs Jeffress asks continuance of the trusteeship.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro News Publishing Company
Sidney J. Stern
Jeffress
Superior Court
Joseph P. Shore
Yucca as substitute for hemp and jute explored
The yucca plant native to the southwest is being studied as a potential substitute for imported hemp and jute. American desert troops may gain from air conditioned socks made with a self ventilating weave. Lake Ladoga on the Russo Finnish border is Europe’s largest and nearly as big as Lake Ontario.
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Lake Ladoga
Europe
Lake
Ontario
Kellogg's All Bran Aids Wartime Diet
An wartime reader explains how disrupted routines impair meals and cause constipation. Regular All-Bran intake, with sufficient water, targets the root issue rather than temporary relief from laxatives. Kellogg's All Bran is produced in Battle Creek.
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Meade
Kellogg's
Battle Crees
New Auto Tabs To Cause More Trouble For N. C. Motorists
North Carolina motorists will replace two large tags with a single small metal tab in December. The tab attaches to the rear plate and requires surrender of the old pocket card. A new card will be issued, with ownership records cross checked in different ink. The change will increase clerical work and hoopla as applications surge.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Motor Vehicles Department
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Japanese Broadcast Claims U S Navy Defeat Kept Secret
New York November 17. The Office of War Information recorded a Tokyo broadcast reporting that the Japanese public was told the American Navy suffered a miserable defeat and that Washington concealed details. The same broadcast praised Japanese communiques as honest under English law.
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U.S. Navy
New York
Office of War Information
Tokyo
Washington
United States
MAIDIE VIAN LEADS U S FORCES IN ICELAND PUZZLE
In Iceland a United States forces leader is identified as Maj. Gen. Charles H. The puzzle fills a grid with clues across and down, naming military figures and geographic terms. Answers span Fur types to rivers, metals, and body parts, reflecting a wide range of general knowledge categories in a single themed page.
Housewife role key to wartime manpower challenge
In a discussion of U.S. labor supply for 1943, James Marlow and George Zielke explore whether housewives can join the workforce in sufficient numbers. They cite Brookings figures narrowing available nonfarm women to about 5.6 million, with training, geography, and economic incentives shaping feasibility, and outline four possible responses if targets fail.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Navy
United States
Paul V. McNutt
Social Security Board
Brookings Institutions
Brookings
T. C. Capt
Censor Bureau
Senate
Brookings Report
Silent Naval Campaign Claims in Solomons Broadcasts
A news note reports gauge broadcasts avoiding U S Navy communique details while repeatedly exaggerating the imperial high command's claims of near total destruction of American naval power in the Solomons. The text references film listings for center, Broadhurst, Paramount, and Rialto theaters with showtimes noted.
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Guage
U. S. Navy
Imperial High Command
Solomons
Women dominate in tournament bridge history and success
Women’s participation in bridge has grown since the American Bridge League’s founding. Mrs. H. G. Elder of Chicago recently won the All-American nonmaster event, defeating a four heart contract after West’s double. The hand illustrated a pivotal trump and diamond play ending with West failing to establish a diamond trick.
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H. G. Elder
Chicago
West
Elder
North
Rest-seeking star Barbara Bennett found safe at home
Beverly Hills reports Barbara Bennett, former wife of Morton Downey, disappeared Friday night prompting a police manhunt. She says she entered a rest home under an assumed name for a quiet break and knew nothing of the alert. Husband Addison Randall filed a missing person report after she left their apartment reportedly in a somewhat intoxicated state.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Barbara Bennett
California
Miss Bennett
Addison Randall
Morton Down
Guilford County Transfers Highlight Township Real Estate
Amherst November 17 news notes Amherst football players celebrated a 12-6 upset of Williams and drenched coach Lloyd Jordan in a postgame shower. The long list of transfers shows Guilford County parcels changing hands across townships including High Point, Gilmer, Morehead, Fentress, Jefferson, and Amherst. Numerous lot and tract trades involve Snow Park Arling ton Park Gillespie and Oak Grove subdivisions, with transfers to individuals and church trustees.
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High Point Township
Lillie Bean
M. D. Blair
Snow Park
Colbert T. Robbins
Church of God
E. W. Faucette
Mabel Hilton
Fairfield Road
Morehead Township
Amherst
Williams
Lloyd Jordan
Scout Banquet Tonight in Wm Penn Cafeteria
The Annual Scout Leaders Banquet will be held tonight in Wm Penn Cafeteria with reports for the year. Rev J E Brower of Greensboro will speak, and visitors from Thomasville Lexington and Salisbury will attend as Uwharrie Council hosts. Ladies Night featured as each guest may bring a lady guard.
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Wm. Penn
iRev
J. E. Brower
Greensboro
Thomasville
Lexington
Salisbury
Uwharrie Council
Alpha Art Club to Meet at Haizlip Home
The Alpha Art Club will gather Thursday evening at Mrs. L. B. Haizlip's residence 212 Vail Street. Members are invited to discuss upcoming exhibits and project plans in a brief meeting at the hostess's home.
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Igirls
Laurine Moore
Daniel Brooks
Rebecca Moore
Catherine Randle
Alpha Art
Alpha Art Club
Marvin Ritch Eyes Election Reform Action in General Assembly
Marvin Ritch plans to push changes in voter registration in Raleigh. He opposes the three-book system that separates primary and general registration and seeks to ease or alter absentee voting rules. The debate ties to Mecklenburg and Charlotte politics and echoes larger state wide reforms sparked by 1939 changes.
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Marvin Rich
General Assembly
Ritch
Charlotte
Queen City
South
Watauga
Boys Chorus Recital to Close Bond Drive
The Boys Chorus of William Penn under Prof. S. E. Burford performs Friday night in the school auditorium. Tickets sold with pledges to buy stamps or bonds, as the final report on the 310,000 funding goal is announced.
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Wm, Penn
S. E. Burford
Dr Humphreys Leaves for Atlanta School Meeting
Dr G T Humphreys president of High Point College heads to Atlanta Monday night for a Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools meeting and will stay through Thursday. N M Harrison, college vice-president, also travels to Atlanta for Methodist Church college PR officials meeting. Army engineers locate sunken river wrecks in the Midwest to salvage scrap for the war effort.
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G. T. Humphreys
High Point College
Atlanta
Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Dr. Humphreys
N. M. Harrison
The
Methodist Church
Army
Rommell Reported In Ruddle With Nazi Leaders
London Nov 17 Reuters dispatch datelined at the German frontier says Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has been holding conferences with Adolf Hitler Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler and other high Nazis at Munich. The talks aim to affect the Axis general staff as the German public still views Rommel as a hero, though a crisis from his North Africa disaster has intensified.
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London
Reuters
Erwin Rommell
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Munich
Române
North Africa
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