Tokyo Road progress on Assam Burma front in war supply
Army engineers expand the Ledo or Tokyo Road from Assam across northern Burma toward China. Maj. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler leads supply, with Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell directing theater operations. Brig. John C. Arrowsmith heads the road build, Robert E. York oversees engineering. Thousands of Indian laborers support the effort as water, rail, and transhipment routes feed material to the front.
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Assam
Burma
Ledo
Tokyo Road
Raymond A. Wheelice
Joseph Stilthe
John C. Arrowsmith
Kan City
Missouri
Robert E. York
Atlanta
India
United Fes
Frontier
Scott’s Scrap Book describes Burma road work and cliff trails
The piece portrays India Burma link roads with sandstone rock grinding under traffic. It highlights Indian labor carrying rocks, women with baskets, rock crushers, and improvised equipment, then shifts to advance survey parties widening narrow 18 inch trails and vine bridged ravines, noting dangerous footing and improvised safety gaps along the rugged route.
The Brighter Side on Women and War Duty in 1945
Damon Runyon reflects on American women during World War II. He criticizes wavering enlistment and wartime labor participation while urging decisive patriotism. He argues conscription could follow if women do not join the service or wartime work in meaningful numbers. He notes voting rights and social behavior as context, urging leadership in uniform or factory roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bowling league stalls as pinboys vanish in Twin Falls
In Twin Falls Idaho non league players filled in as pinboys after the local bowling league could not locate any. They rolled over 100 games while substituting for absent staff, keeping matches moving.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
American Cotton Mills Pin Prosperity Hope On Production
New York October 22 The cotton textile institute reports mills pin their postwar prosperity on cotton and new blends with synthetics. Officers note wind resistant and mildew proof fabrics aiding civilian wear and durable outer items while long lasting dyes and natural styles expand cotton's postwar market.
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New York
Cotton-Textile Institute
Frank M. Steadman
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot
Steadman
Leonard
Little
du Pont Company
Grady Baxley Passes Away In Raleigh
Grady Baxley 42 died in a Raleigh hospital Friday morning after months of illness. Born March 10, 1901 in Scotland County, he was a son of C. C. and Annie Mae Baxley. Survived by his father 210 Lindsay and four brothers Horrell Paul Allen Baxley all of Raleigh and Morgan Baxley of Fort Lauderdale Fla two sisters Lillie Haley and Ruth Randall. Funeral plans pending arrival of a brother with service details to be announced.
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Grady Baxley
Raleigh
Mr. Baxley
Scotland County
C. C
Annie Mae Boyer Baxley
Baptist Church
Red Springs
Lindsay
Horrell N. Baxley
Paul Baxley
Allen Baxley
Morgan Baxley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lillie Haley
Ruth Randall
Fairfield Road
Fifth Army Wins Victory On Supplies
Fifth Army under Lt Gen Mark W Clark forged a steady logistics success in Italy despite harsh conditions and enemy fire. They rerouted to Naples, with amphibious ducks delivering food water gasoline and guns. Transport experts improvised rail wheels on trucks and repaired a locomotive to move freight.
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Don Whitehead
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Gulf of Salerno
Naples
Mahlon Fisk
Little Rock
Ark
Floyd L. Browning
Houston
Tex
Sea Horse
Paestum
Salerno
G. I
R. H. Clarkson
Sante Fe
N. H
Fifth Army Transportation Chief
Fishbein doubts pills replace food and vitamins
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, told the American Dietetic Association conference that subsisting on food concentrate pills will not be possible for any living person. He warned that vitamins are valuable yet overhyped and that large promotional amounts exceed proven merit.
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Pittsburgh
Morris Fishbein
Journal
The
American Medical Association
American Dietetic Association
Fishbein
Normal Citrus Crop Headed For Market
Florida begins a wartime citrus crop with 66 million boxes of oranges grapefruit and tangerines headed to market. First shipments roll north as price ceilings and Uncle Sam allocations shape consumer limits. OPA action pending may cut prices and ceilings by mid November. Hospitals report about 500,000 mental disease patients in the U.S.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Gam
OPA
Dewey speaks in High Point on Republican prospects
Governor Thomas E Dewey, then NYC prosecutor, spoke to about 25 people from a Sheraton Hotel crowd in 1939 or 1940. He urged cooperation between England and America and discussed Republican beliefs while eyeing a national bid, signaling a future presidential run. The column notes Dewey’s reform record and suggests a postwar focus on world peace and economic restraint.
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Thomas Dewey
New York City
New York State
High Point
Sheraton Hotel
Dewey
New York
Willkie
England
Russia
China
America
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Penicillin advances in wartime medical use and history
The article explains penicillin as a mold derived germicide with growing wartime promise. It notes Fleming's 1929 discovery, broad potential uses from bone infections to burns, and cautions about vein delivery and limited availability. It also includes a reader question on hernia treatment comparing injection versus operation, highlighting uncertainties.
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Utah Army
A. Fleming
Glasgow Inf
Refusal to cooperate saves motorist from mugging
Clifford Overley of Glencoe Minnesota resisted three bandits in a street robbery. He was attacked and kicked but fought off as one thief grabbed his wrist watch. The thieves plundered his wallet containing $120, but Overley kept the wallet untaken.
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Winnah! Chicago
Clifford Overley
Overley
Glencoe, Minn
Fireman Fourth Class Job Notice Dated 1943
Announce a November 3 1943 council chamber civil service exam for Fireman Fourth Class. Applications due by 5:00 PM November 1 1943 with the Civil Service Commission. Details at 808 Security Bank Building and telephone 2128. James B Lovelace secretary notes city benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chamber
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Office
James B. Lovelace
High Point Civil Service Commission
Executrix Notice for E M Knox Estate Guilford NC
Lucretia Knox announces herself as Executrix of E M Knox deceased of Guilford County North Carolina. Claims must be proven and presented at 512 Sunset Drive High Point NC by September 17 1944 or risk loss of recovery. Debts should be settled promptly. Dated September 17 1943.
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E. M. Knox
Guilford County
North Carolina
Sunset Drive
High Point
Lucretia Knox
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Point Hope
Alaska
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Borneo
King Features Syndicate
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King Feeruree
Women's Service Corps
WAVES
WACS
Army
Navy
Moskins Clothing Company
North Main St
Bacon
Fryers
Seward's Market
Commerce Street
By Garpth Muchmore
Arthur Fluegelman
N. Fluegelman & Co
U.S
Republic
William C. Johnson
Worcester
Mass
Ben McNab
Greensboro
William C, Johnson
By E. Simm. Campbell
Logan Clendening, M
Clendening
Civil Service Examination
Bly
Lexington
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