Swedes Struggle With Shortages Amid Buying Spree Abroad
Report from Stockholm notes a sharp shortage of goods as foreign buyers flood Sweden during and after wartime, stripping shelves of Swiss watches, cameras, shirts, and undergarments. Hotels face crowding as tourism surges and locals laments dwindling supplies.
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Stockholm
INS
Sweden
Gus
Europe
Belgium
Holland
France
Denmark
Norway
Great Britain
Greece
Russia
Finland
United States
Culbertson Addresses Thomasville Rotary Club
Ely Culbertson, famed for bridge expertise and proponent of the Quota Force, spoke to the Thomasville Rotary Club at the Woman's Club building after a previous appearance. Guests included Paul Casey, Char Carroll, Howard Blair, Rev H Paul Hardin, Bob Bruner, Tom Gunn, Rev Roy Clifford, and Kermit Cloninger.
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Thomasville
Ely Culbertson
Uni
R. L. Pope
Huncheon
Rotary Club
Woman's Club
Pope
Harry Brown Finch
High Point
Lexington
Culbertson
Paul Casey
Char Carroll
Howard Blair
H. Paul Hardin
Bob Bruner
Sacramento
Calif
Tom Gunn
Sanford
Roy Clifford
Oil field worker reports crash near Tanbury
A witness heard the crash and alerted authorities after a chartered vessel killed Jack W. Trogdon of Stanbury South Carolina and Robert A. Gregory, whose address was not available. Cotton yarn twisted into a coil spring creates a new elastic fabric without rubber.
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Jack W. Trogdon
Stanbury
S. C
Robert A. Gregory
Laymen's Day Observed Across Nation and Churches
Laymen's Day on Sunday promotes world peace through daily prayer. The Laymen's Movement Joins Federal Council of Churches and others in encouraging individuals to seek divine help for peace. Dr Frank C Laubach tours major U S cities to urge leaders and followers to renew commitment to prayer and responsibility for global harmony.
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High Point
Laymen's Movement
Federal Council of Churches
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
United Council of Church Women
Wallace C. Spears
Frank C. Laubach
Phili
India
Asia
South America
Speers
Goering Notes Secreted in Cell Kept From Public
The DOLLS stated it has translations of three notes Goering left in his cell but would not disclose their contents. One note addressed to the prison commandant sparked speculation about how he obtained poison and concealed it. The board blocked access to details of its actions and findings.
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Stockholm
Oney
Ghaapting
Amsterdam
Europe
Goering
Effigy of Hermann Goering Found Hanging at Caxton Gibbet
In Cambridge England an effigy of Hermann Goering wearing riding boots and imitation medals was found hanging this morning from the Caxton gibbet a landmark on the old north road. The display references his wartime leadership and is likely a political statement amid wartime tensions.
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Cambridge
Eng
Hermann Goering
Caxton
North Road
Goering death stirs mixed verdicts at Nurnberg
Col Andrus defends prison staff against blame for Goering’s death while Major Teich contends the marshal concealed a poison vial. News ripples to the defendants awaiting transfer to Spandau as Germans offer varied theories from a guard barter to bar of soap conjectures about the poison’s source.
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B. C. Andrus
Goering
Fred Teich
Teich
Spandau
Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Nuernberg
Antazis
Oak View Baseball Club Enters Beauty Contest
The Oak View baseball team will compete in a beauty contest at Oak View school tomorrow night. Judges are chosen and players prepare attire. The event is part of a Friday night comedy titled In Dixon's Kitchen, sponsored by the ball team.
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Oak View Baseball Club
Oak View
Oak View School
Ball Club
Dixon
55 Criminal Cases to Be Heard In Superior Court
Fifty five criminal cases set for trial in superior court next week led by manslaughter charges against Lewis Carr and the Colonial Motor Line collision that killed three. Civil actions total 151400 against the motor line and Carr as defendants, with various plaintiffs seeking damages. Judge J Will Press Jr of Marion presides as dozens of cases, including theft, larceny, assault with deadly weapons and other offenses, proceed or await earlier delays.
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Lewis Carr
Colonial Motor Line
Sedgefield
Carr
J. Will Press, Jr
Marion
Hugh Childress
Ralph Starnes
Marietta Paint Company
Otis Branson
Alice Branson
Clyde Everhart
Dol. Grimes, Jr
Christine Clark
Otis
James C. Cannon
Garfield Hudson
Glenn Lee Collins
Robert Glenn Reid
Fred Walker
William Caldwell
Poete
David Greenbe Argett
Ben Lassiter
Dri B. W. Sexton
Jo Aes Everhart
Paul C. Seedy
Es Starnes
H. Mitchell
Boyd Mills
H. L. Crews
Walter Beshears
Gaston Worth Smoot
J. T. Crawford
G. A. Turner
Freddie Lee Jones
Albert H. Paquette
Julian Smith
Jacob Lattimore
McCleveland Jackson
Joseph T. Rard
Charlies Armes
Allen R. Grubb, Jr
Curtis Carlton Moore
James Fee
John Howard Hodge
Trelous R. Bray
Clifton Maxwell Matthews
Julius Hammett
Harry Pierce
Guy D. Grimes, Jr
Lewis E. Carr
Death of Red Maaske in Randolph County Lake
Funeral plans for Red Maaske 50 of Thomasville are incomplete after he drowned Tuesday afternoon when the boat overturned on a Randolph County farm lake. George Arnold, who was in the boat, says Maaske could not swim. Arnold swam to shallow water after sinking. Maaske’s body was returned to Thomasville and is held at a Negro funeral home.
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Red Maaske
Thomasville
Randolph County
Peachland
D. C
George Arnold
Arnold
Maaske
Lower Quality Tobacco Prices Decline Across Eastern Belt
Prices for lower quality tobacco fell for the second straight day in eastern North Carolina with losses of 2 to 6 dollars per hundred pounds across green and red leaf. Old and middle belts saw declines from 1 to 4 dollars while other grades eased 1 to 3 dollars amid general downward trends.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Byrnes optimistic on postwar peace despite Paris strains
The Paris talks heightened U S Russia tensions but Byrnes remained hopeful for five peace treaties when the council of foreign ministers meets in New York on November 4. Officials said the United States cut a $40 million surplus credit to Czechoslovakia and suspended a $50 million rehabilitation loan, signaling strong pushback against Czech support for alleged American imperialism.
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Russia
United States
Paris
Byrnes
Europe
Council of Foreign Ministers
New York
Vandenberg
Benjamin V. Cohen
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Cassie Connor
Dean Acheson
Donald Russell
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Henri Bonnet
Czechoslovakia
Yrnes
Poland
Prague
Rent controls endure as Congress blocks further increases
OPA says rent ceilings remain in effect in 575 control areas nationwide with many cities or metro areas covered. Some rents were frozen in 1942 and recent actions added ceilings with rollbacks of six months to a year. Local officials may approve readjustments and more areas can be added if complaints arise.
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OPA
Congress
Massive Hog and Livestock Influx At Midwest Markets
Hogs totaling 15 000 consigned directly to packing houses led a regional livestock surge from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Iowa and Minnesota. It marked the largest stream to union stockyards since last January amid a packing house workers strike near. In Omaha Nebraska trucks lined up for 20 miles awaiting discharge as 9000 hogs 12000 cattle and 8000 sheep opened the sale.
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Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
Neb
Funeral Rites for Samuel S Edmiston Held
Funeral services for Samuel S. Edmiston were held at the Main Street Methodist church with Rev. E M Jones and Rev. Milton Hadley officiating. A singing trio and Evelyn McKinney on the organ accompanied the service. Interment followed at the family plot in Field Cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named with local residents in attendance. Edmiston died Tuesday afternoon at his home on route 3.
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W. H. Grady, Sr
H. C. Elliott
N. C. McCain
C. H. Ridge
Field Cemetery
Reece Snider
Bill Hull
Gurney Melton
Herman Burrows
Ray Nance
Edmiston
Laughlin 80 Dies After Illness at Sophia
William Franklin Laughlin 80 died at noon Wednesday at his home Sophia Route 1 after months of illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs. David Davis Sophia Route 1 Mrs. Herman Davis Thomasville Route 1 Miss Bessie Laughlin of the home three sons R A Laughlin Greensboro Route 1 T Laughlin Archdale and Worth Laughlin Norfolk Virginia one brother L B Laughlin Sophia Route 1 and seven grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 11 a m Marlboro Friends Church with burial in church cemetery.
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The
Enterprise
Asheboro
William Franklin Laughlin
Sophia
David Davis
Herman Davis
Thomasville
Bessie Laughlin
R. A
Greensboro
T. Laughlin
Archdale
Worth Laughin
Norfolk
Laughlin
Marlboro Friends Church
Church
Price control shifts spark political clash across nation
La Guardia warns price decontrol risks social turmoil and dictatorship as OPA moves to lift ceilings. Wages and the wage board face accelerated dismantling while leaders urge liquidation to restore bargaining. Meat, dairy rules shift with decontrol, affecting families and industry.
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la Guardia
Oklahoma City
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
OPA
AFL
CIO
John R. Steelman
W. Willard Wirtz
Newsmen
Steelman
Wirtz
Decontrol Board
Supreme Court
Roy L. Thompson
LaGuardia
St Louis Museum Purchases and Gift Oil Paintings
The St Louis City Art Museum has acquired two oil paintings and received one as a gift. Purchased works are Portrait of a Girl by Manuel de Franca and The Lands of Evangeline by Joseph Meeker. The Buffalo Dance by Mhearlae Wirmar was donated to the collection.
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ST. Louis
INL
City Art Museum of
Manuel de Franca
Joseph Meeker
Mhearlae Wirmar
Trorlitrer
Markets stocks slip amid broad declines in New York
In New York trading on October 17 prices edged lower with little selling pressure. Early weak performers included Woolen shares and a wide range of laggards such as U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Chrysler GM US Rubber Goodrich Eastern Air Lines Du Pont Montgomery Ward International Harvested Douglas Boeing AT&T Phelps Dodge ASI Johns Manville Eastman Kodak J C Penney Union Pacific and Great Northern.
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New York
Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
Eastern Air Lines
du Pont
Montgomery Ward
International Harvested
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
American Telephone
Phelps Dodge
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
Eastman Codah
J. C. Penney
Atlantic
Union Pacific
Great Northern
Alderman Seeks Recovery of Land and Rent
Three divorce actions filed in municipal court allege two years separation. Edward Lee Burro and Catherine Cox Burroughs. Lucy N. Welch and Bishop Welch. John W. Landrum and Jettie Shelton Landrum. E P Alderman and Fan nie L Alderman sue Lee Meredith and Mattie Meredith for possession of a land tract and rent totaling 180 dollars, claiming ownership since April 1940 and denial of possession.
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Municipal Court
Edward Lee Burro
Catherine Cox Burroughs
Lucy N. Welch
Bishop Welch
John W. Landrum
Jettie Shelton Landrum
E. P. Alderman
Fannie L. Alderman
Lee Meredith
Mattie Meredith
Frank Hooker Leads Thomasville Dance Orchestra
Thomasville based Frank Hooker will lead his 14 piece orchestra at the Women’s Club for Everybody’s Day Friday night. The group includes Betty Surrett and Dick Reed as singers, Delmar Hayes and Clayton Sink as soloists, with Hooker on drums. The band, booking statewide, plans an unlimited engagement at High Point’s Paramount Theatre in the near future. The dance runs 9:30 to midnight.
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Thomasville
Frank Hooker
Betty Surrett
Dick Reed
High Point
Reed
Army
Delmar Hayes Lexington
Jack Allen
Clayton Sink
Hooker
Paramount Theater
Woman’s Club
Giant tree frogs change color for camouflage
Giant tree frogs display mottled gray and green skin and can alter coloration to blend with their surroundings. They adjust hue to match environment for concealment and predator avoidance.
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Greensboro Rd
Canyon Parbrage” In Technicolor
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Donlevy
Susan Hayward
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Abner
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Northwest Mounted Police
Gary Cooper
Madeline Carroll
Rialto
Bee
Thomasville Rotary
State Theatre
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Sunset Carson
Smiley Burdette
Lulu
Hghty
O Es Caro
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Uy Ai
Fred LI
Rae
Lil
Buster Crabbe
Pat O'Brien
Mighty Mouse
W. F. Laughlin
Adams
Alaska
Amal Lea
Am Car Fay
At&t
Cannon Mills
Case Caterpil Trac
Champ
Ches & O
Coca Cola
Colum G & EB
Comwith & Son
Consol
Con Oil
Curt Wright
Packard
Penney J C
del Lack & W
Penn-Dix
Dow
Cal
Harvest
Nick Dan Stewart Warner
Silly Studebaker
Tel & Tel
Swift
Johns Man
Texco
Kennecott
Tex Gulf
Groe
Lockheed
TransAmerica
Loews
Trens & West Air
Lorillard Union Carbide A
Louts & Nash
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United Air
United Aire Mont Ward
United Corp
Murray Corp
United Drug
Nash Kely
United Fruit
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash
Smelt & Ref
Caro Chem
North Amer
Vick Chem Nor
West Union A
Otis Ber
West Bl & Mie
Thomasville Fete
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Ve Tayne
Ular
Prailee
Millinery Dept
Eastern Corporation
Carolina Securities Corporation
Bridg
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