War Notes From Batavia on Tjideng Camp
In Batavia Oct 11 a Dutch physician Dr C A Dercede and others recount life in the Tjideng internment camp where about 10 000 women and children were held by Japanese captors. He estimates 1 000 died from malnutrition and beatings while conditions included crowding 283 houses and forced labor.
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Batavia
Castawa
C. A. Dercede
Tjideng
Dercede
Anna Maria Roorda van
Miss van Eysings
Java
van Eysings
Cone Textile Interests announce gigantic merger
Greensboro article outlines plan to consolidate 14 textile weaving and finishing plants with a nationwide selling network into Proximity Manufacturing Company. Home offices in North Carolina, with stock exchanges and mergers involving Cliffside mills, Florence mills, Mineola Manufacturing, Salisbury Cotton, and Tabardrey Company pending.
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Greensboro
North and
South Carolina
Proximity Manufacturing Company
North Carolina
Herman Cone
Proximity Company
Cliffside Mills
Cliffside
Florence Mills
Forest City
Mineola Manufacturing Company
Gibsonville
Salisbury Cotton
Tabardrey
Consolidation of Mills Adds Greensboro Plants to Group
The Revolution mills of Greensboro, currently owned by Cone Export and Jon Company and Proximity, will join a consolidated organization. St Demetrius is cited as patron saint of Salonika.
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Revolution Mills of
Greensboro
Cone Export and Jon Company and
Proximity
St. Demetrius
Salonika
Mine Detector Used By Lumber Company
RANKIN Lumber company in Cumberland County uses a mine detector to check logs before sawing. A GI Joe suggested it, preventing damage from shrapnel in logs at Fort Bragg reserves. A sergeant monitors logs with the detector to prevent costly tool losses.
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Lumber Company
Raleigh
Rankin Lumber Company
Cumberland County
R. E. Reed
State College Extension Service
G. I. Joe
Rankin Company
Reed
Police Chief James J. Farmer dies in Elm City
James J. Farmer 71 longtime police chief of Elm City for 41 years died at home Tuesday. He retired from active duty a few years ago and his funeral was held today.
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Elm City
James J. Farmer
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Mel Boyte
Cone Textile Interests
New Jersey
Ximity
Cone
Asheville
Tussy
D.D.T
Radcliff
Squtbb
HALO
Saachlin
Cologne
Dunhill
Plywood Overseas
Camels
Lucky Strike
Old Gold
Chesterfield
Carton
Gillette Tech
Hoenshel
Mennen
Woodbury
Yardley
Seaforth
High Point
the Enterprise
Europe
Russia
South Pacific
Fort Bragg
Chinchilla
Todas
Nix
Eckerd
South Main
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