Brazil and United States forge enduring wartime trade ties
A U S business group on a Gloria hotel terrace in Rio discusses afterwar needs for Brazil's growth. They note Brazil’s increasing demand for machinery, mining equipment, locomotives, and imports as U S goods expand across rail, textile, and industrial markets. The piece traces long running trade since 1808 and highlights Brazil’s rising manufacturing share and wartime alliance.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Gloria
Sao Paulo
Wisconsin
Senhor de Souza
Bill
George
Wes
Don Pedro Segundo
Jack
Texas
Tom
Rosin
John the Sixth
Thomas Bedwell
Botafogo
Sam
Belo Horizonte
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Louisa M. Alcott
Carson
John §S Gilimer
Baltimore
Valenca
Bahia
Sydney Smith
Sydney
Uncle Sam
Amazon
Fit versus bold bids in a club contract dilemma
In a contract bridge discussion, South rushes a spade call with a weak hand hoping for a better fit, while North savors a risky but constructive response. South later wins the second trick with the diamond king and ruffs three hearts, cruising to four overtricks. The debate centers on whether North should have raised earlier and if South should have leaped into a forcing club bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Hearts
South
West
Cigarette Shortage Blamed On Labor Shortage For Expansion
Government tobacco experts rebut claims that lend lease exports caused the smoking famine. They cite that exports have fallen as a share of domestic production since the war and that only a small portion of wartime exports go overseas as cigarettes. Factors listed include higher civilian and soldier smoking, wartime distribution, black markets, and limited production expansion due to labor and packing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia Colony
War Food Administration
Britain
Capitol Hill
House Agriculture Committee
Diamond Jim Brady Suffered Stomach Ailments Claim
A historical ad-style query suggests Diamond Jim Brady faced stomach or ulcer pains linked to indigestion gas and heartburn. The text pitches Udga Tablets as a remedy with a double money back offer, urging readers to purchase from Mann's and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Jim Brady
Mann's
Woman Given Two Years In Workhouse
Frankie Brown a 24 year old white woman appeared before Judge D C MacRae in Municipal court on immoral vagrancy and drunk charges. She was sentenced to two years in the county workhouse after an earlier term began January 24 1944 and partial confinement followed by discharge. Police noted ongoing trouble with Brown over several years. Edgar H Harris a 27 year old white resident was also in court for refusing health department treatment for tuberculosis. Judge MacRae sentenced him to six months in the state tuberculosis sanatorium with a warning that remarriage could lead to eventual return home. His mother had reported him to protect his younger children. He had previously been in sanatorium then Guilford County Sanatorium for family visits before discharge and return home.
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Frankie Brown
D. C. MacRae
Frankie
MacRae
Edgar H. Harris
Jefferson Avenue
Health Department
Guilford County
Senate panel probes cigarette shortage amid tobacco talks
The session notes that cigarette paper is not scarce and tobacco growing is discussed. The committee may summon cigarette makers and distributors. War Committee investigators are examining the shortage.
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Senate War Committee
Yanks Behind Barbed Wire
Captain Lincoln explains POW procedures through the experience of F/Sgt. Jack W. Dumond of Michigan. The piece charts Red Cross notice, Geneva protections, pay trust, and mail, detailing camp life at Stalag Luft II and other camps while noting harsher treatment in Japanese captives.
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Jack
Red Cross
Meiningen
Obermassfeld
Air Corps
Dulag Luft
Stalag Luft I
Oberwessel
Stalag Luft 17
Mom
Pop
Lincoln
Germany
Canadian Red Cross
Jack W. Dumond
Stalag Luft
Notice of trustee removal in Guilford County court
In the Superior Court of Guilford County North Carolina A 8 Parker trustee for Thomas 8 Dalton and his heirs is petitioning to resign as trustee and substitute a new trustee. Mrs R B Crane and Thomas 8 Dalton Jr must appear and answer or demur to the petition by December 26 1944 or within 10 days thereafter. The notice is dated November 24 1944 and issued by Clerk J P Shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Guilford County
Parker
Thomas
Dalton
R. F. Dalton
A. 8. Parker
Superior Court
Ford County
J. P. Shore
Heated Dispute at AFL Convention Over Negro Rights
At the AFL gathering in New Orleans on November 29, A Philip Randolph of the Sleeping Car Porters Union charged racial discrimination within the federation's Negro auxiliaries. President William Green defended the system, while Charles MacGowan denied discrimination and urged restraint. A stray line about bread in Liberia ends the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Philip Randolph
AFL Sleeping Car Porters Union
Randolph
William Green
Green
Charles J. MacGowan
Boilermakers
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Clem Jennings
Nashville, Tenn
Georgia
Wisconsn
Manaus
Trade Relations A.1
Bravil Tt
Aafe
Triumph
Newport
R. I
New York
United Nations
America
Diamond Jim
Atlantic St
Norfolk, Va
Esther V. W. Tufty
Central Press
W. J. Lincoln
Prisoner of War Information Bureau
Provost Marshal General Office
Dwight L. Dumond
University of Michigan
RCAF
International Red Cross
Geneva
Prisoner of War Office
Air Ministry
Ottawa
Canada
Eisenhower
U. S
FCC
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Indo-China
Zeak Buckner
Dallas
Tex
U. David K. Westheimer
al Alvarado
San Antonio
Larry Kennedy
Phoenix
Ariz
Sam Fairchild
Columbus
Ted Schoonmaker
Glen Ridge
N. J
Liberia
Auguste Rodin
Wheeler
WIS
Rodins
Lauguste Rodin
Paris
Rodin
Balzac
Aouste Rodins
Ns Orginal V
Museum OF Decorative Arts
Southern
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