Christmas Mail To Soldiers Delayed By Public Shortage Of Postal Space
United States Army officials report the public is mailing Christmas parcels late for overseas soldiers. The Oct. 15 deadline looms as officials say they can handle 30,000 sacks daily, containing 15 five‑pound packages each, but only about 15,000 are being sent. Public enthusiasm lags despite ships ready for dispatch, while wartime mail systems stress efficiency and secrecy to reach troops.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Col. R. E. Eggleton
New York Port of Embarkation
Eggleton
Edn J. McCluskey
APO
Chungking
Truck Load of Beer Missing in Norfolk
Warrant issued against a truck driver in Norfolk after 470 cases of beer valued at 1034 dollars vanished en route to Durham. The driver and truck have not been seen since the truck was returned to a City Hall parking lot. No trace of the beer or driver has been found.
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Green
Durham
N. C
City Hall
Tobacco prices steady in North Carolina markets
War Food Administration reports steady tobacco prices on most grades in North Carolina markets. Old belt markets traded 3,257,116 pounds at 40.13 average, middle belt 1,839,893 pounds at 40.55, one belt 5,707.1 pounds at 43.45.
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Raleigh
War Food Administration
Steps Proposed By Auditor To Tax Federal Housing Projects
Chicago October 1 auditor George Guckenberger declares federal low rent housing unfair and urges National Association of Assessing Officers to tax government housing like private apartments. He says federal rents avoid real estate taxes creating air competition and injustice, and calls for the program to be fully taxable to share community costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Guckenberger
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Guckenberger
National Association of Assessing Officers
Postwar foreign policy urged by three senators
Senators Mead Russell and Lodge called for a broad postwar foreign policy during a world tour. They said lack of clear policy creates international and domestic ambiguity and that Congress should declare aims while details can wait. They cited fears of American aid and postwar expansion in trade and aviation.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Russell
D-Ga
Lodge
R-Mass
Congress
United States
Heavy fighting in Kiangsi and Kwantung regions persists
Chinese forces continue counter offensive in the Fu river area Kiangsi province after a Japanese advance. In Kwantung province Chinese troops attacked positions east of Canton near the Canton Kowloon railway and inflicted heavy casualties on Japanese forces.
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Chungking
Fu River
Kiangsi
Kwantung Province
Canton
Canton-Kovygoon
Ten-year-old Wunderly sports Mohawk at school
A ten-year-old boy named Laurance Wunderly appears in school with a distinctive Mohawk haircut, head shaved except for a ridge from front to back. The report notes the striking hairstyle among local enthusiasts.
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Salt Lake City
Laurance Wunderly
Publisher Lyman Stoddard Acknowledged On Ration Board
In Walnut Creek on October 1, Lyman Stoddard, publisher of the weekly newspaper, appeared on the War Price and Rationing Board list for failing to endorse gasoline coupons. His son Lyman Stoddard Jr., a printer at the same paper, serves as the ration board chairman.
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Walnut Creek
Colls
Lyman Stoddard
Lyman Stoddard, Jr
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