A P Observes 85th Birthday During Week
A P marks eighty five years as a leader in mass food distribution with a national observance. J G Christian notes the firm aided war efforts through price controls rationing salvage drives and waste reduction while expanding from tea shipments direct from China to the nations first chain store system.
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George Huntington Hartford
New York City
J. G. Christian
Hartford
Christian
China
America
Devets
New York
Wayne University
United Air Sie
Pacific
Uncheon
United States
Canada
Canadians lead new amphibious push near Antwerp
Canadian forces launched a night landing west of Antwerp to strike at a 5,000-strong German pocket at the Leopold canal. North of the city they pressed toward the diked mainland escape road, threatening the Zuid Beveland route to Antwerp port as weather allowed heavy air attacks. German resistance remained stubborn despite the deepening First Army assault around Aachen.
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Antwerp
Hoofdplatz
Verneuzen
Leopold Canal
Zuid Beveland
Walehern Islands
Schelde
First Army
Aachen
Allied air power dominates raid weekend across Holland and France
American and British sorties exceed 1500 as Ninth Airforce fighter bombers hit 132 German guns and rail targets while RAF crews slash troops and railways in Nijmegen Tilburg area. Lancaster raid tears through the Kombs dam triggering Rhine floods. German defense launches night raids on England. one bomber falls off Scotland.
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Holland
France
Ninth Airforce
Western Front
RAF
Nijmegen
Tilburg
Kombs
Lower Rhine
Rhine
England
North Sea
Scotland
Six Held For Stealing Gas Intended For Paratroop Base
Six North Carolina men were arrested on charges of stealing and receiving gasoline meant for Camp Mackall paratroop base. The FBI reported the six: James Clifford Ensley of Gastonia Jasper Carl Norwood and Herman Noles of Charlotte Daniel Jackson Morgan of Rockingham Robert W. McManus of Charlotte and William Jennings Kelly of Wadesboro.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Camp Mackall
Edward Scheidt
FBI
James Clifford Ensley
Gastonia
Jasper Carl Norwood
Herman Noles
Daniel Jackson Morgan
Rockingham
Robert W. McManus
William Jennings Kelly
Wadesboro
Dumbarton Oaks Plan Outlines United Nations Structure
The draft charter from Dumbarton Oaks outlines a Security Council with five permanent members United States Britain Soviet Union China and France and six elected members serving two year terms. It sets up an International Court of Justice an Economic and Social Council of 18 nations and a military staff committee to direct operations. A separate international air force would be ready for emergencies and regional groups like the Pan American Union are to remain active.
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United States
Britain
China
France
Justice
International Court of Justice
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hague
Holland
E and Social Council
International Labor Office
League of Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Geneva
Special Air Force
Organization
National Air Force
Council
Pan-American Union
Germany
Europe
Need For More Pharmacists Seen In State
Raleigh reports a resolution calling for expanded pharmaceutical instruction at UNC's medical school as part of postwar medical progress. The NC Hospital and Medical Care Commission will review it, noting 900 drug stores but only 900 pharmacists to serve them. Dried blood serum stability noted.
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Raleigh
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
North Carolina Hospital and Medical Care Commission
Clarence Poe
F. O. Bowman
Chapel Hill
NCPA
Broughton
University
Ration Roundup for Week of October 9
OPA price and rationing notices update items across foods stamps and fuel. Processed foods Blue A through R5 and blue tokens now valid. Meats and fats Red A8 through R5 valid with tokens. Sugar stamps 30 31 32 33 good for five pounds. Shoes Airplane stamps 1 2 valid. new stamp coming November 1. Fuel oil Period 4 5 coupons valid. Gasoline A11 valid in four states through November 4. A13 four gallons each valid from November 9. Registration for new books in progress. All car owners must print license number and state on gasoline coupons when issued.
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OPA
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
Willkie Death Shifts 1944 Campaign Reflections
The piece notes Willkie’s passing draws wide mourning from Dewey and others. It recalls his 1940 Republican nomination, wartime travels as Roosevelt’s envoy, and his late 1940s willingness to back a candidate though he failed to secure delegates in Wisconsin.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Willkie
Willkie
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
England
United States
Russia
Wisconsin
Former Nazi era money printing scheme and gold shipment
The report notes a former figure who resisted anti Jewish decrees, helped print paper money at risk, and states 120 tons of gold were shipped to northern Italy in September by Hitler and Mussolini's decision for safety. It mentions a court president warning the white haired defendant of a back shot if guilty, likening to Pietro Caruso’s fate.
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Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Pietro Caruso
Rome
North Carolina Beer Taxes Reach 610 Thousand in Q3
Raleigh report says state taxes on beer for the three months ending September 30 total 610138.20 dollars. Figures come from the Brewing Industry Foundation North Carolina committee.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
The
Brewing Industry Foundation
Escaped POW Identified After Hudson River Find
New Jersey FBI Chief Samuel K. McKee announced the body recovered from the Hudson River near Jersey City is Helmut Hackerlein. Hackerlein was a prisoner of war who escaped from Camp Davis in Wilmington North Carolina on July 3. The report notes fingerprints confirmed his identity.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
FBI
Samuel K. McKee
Hudson River
Jersey City
Helmut Hackerlein
Camp Davis
Wilmington
N. C
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