National Whirligig News Behind the News
Top officials from Leon Hendersons Office of Price Administration study Englands rationing system in England. Their reports urge avoiding drastic 1943 food and clothing restrictions while war shortages threaten next year. Elmer Davis criticizes Army Navy secrecy over Japanese losses and delays in reporting sinkings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saffer
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
England
Henry Morgenthau
Washington
Dexter Keezer
White House
Lowell Mellett
Winning the War by Albert N. Leman
Dutch soldiers both white and Indonesian continue limited engagements against the Japanese in Borneo Celebes and Timor as part of broader Allied efforts in the Far East alongside U S Marines and MacArthur veterans. The piece highlights smaller organized units still waging fierce combat in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. Leman
United States
Solomons
MacArthur
New Guinea
Borneo
Celebes
Timor
Friday Oct 23 Radio Schedule with War Updates
A dense listing of radio programs for Friday October 23 in Eastern War Time, noting corrections by networks and a long sequence of shows. Key items include Portia Muces Life, The Jack Armstrong Serial, Captain Midnight repeats, and The War Overseas. The schedule spans music, drama, news, quizzes, and variety hours from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM with frequent network identifiers CBS and NBC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia Muces Life
Dramwa
Nobe
Flup Harrigan
The
Air Corps
Cbs
Just Plain BY
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Miibs
Bill Stern
Nbe
Lowell ‘Thomason
Hlu-Basile
Miduiguhe
Yodas
Fred Winring
bin Anos and
Andy
Cbs-Basic
Fulton Lewis
Dro & Ifonmment
Mary Small
Johnson Family
Mbs
Tommy Higgs
Betty
Basic
Paul Lavalle
Bin
Dbs
Kattenhorn
Nhe- West
Lusitte Stanners
Karl Godwin
Kate Smith
Variety
Bour
Dhs
Cal Vinney
Dinah Shore
Blu Panes Music Orchestra
Pat Barnes
Witis
Navy
Abbe Lyman
Cbs Basic
Gabriel Heater
Brewster Boy
Aleet
Blu Caravan Hour
Lanny Ross M.C
John B Hughes
Dancing Music Orchestra
John Gunther
Paul Schubert
U Dance Music Orchestra
Nbe-East
Fred Warin
Nbc-Red
Dutch Guerrilla Tactics in World War II Use Daring Strikes
A high Netherland East Indies official arriving in New York asserts Dutch resistance to Japan. The piece details prewar plans for sabotage, scorched earth tactics, and field engineering to cripple enemy industry while preserving essential oil and refinery access. It also highlights Allied views on Germany's vulnerabilities, focusing on railways and logistics as key targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
China
House of Orange
Netherlands East Indies
New York
Tojo
Hirohito
Spice Islands
Japan
Tokyo
East Indies
Local youth enlists for service in Marine Corps
Clyde C. Mangum Jr of High Point joined 14 other recruits in enlisting this week with the U S Marine Corps at Raleigh headquarters. Also listed is J Walter Teague 37 of Asheville, who served with the Bee in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde C. Mangum, Jr
High Point
U. S. Marine Corps
Raleigh
Marine Corps
J. Walter Teague
Asheville
The
Bee
Fond Farewell at Sackett Harbor After Train Departure
Miran Nash from Selective Service embraced his mother with affection as the train left Sackett Harbor New York. He squeezed too hard and cracked two ribs in the farewell. A night fighter requires 5000 units of Vitamin A daily to maintain night vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sackets Harbor
N. Y
Miran Nash
Selective Service
War report cites German loot hampered by worn rails
A recently returned U S Army member, after internment in Berlin, says supply lines show cars tracks switches and other equipment shot to pieces. He argues that equipment in Russia Africa slow the advance and that even if Axis harvests Ukraine iron crops, freight trains and rails are so broken that much loot cannot reach Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Africa
Axis
Ukraine
Harrison in Hollywood Harrison in Hollywood
Hollywood column by Paul Marrison notes Myrna Loy urged to retire but still set for another Spencer Tracy film A Guy Called Joe. John Miljan shifts to Bombardier as army chaplain. Jane Wyman to replace Constance Bennett in Forty Whacks. Geraldine Niesen teaches Janet Cantor singing. Betty Grable hoped for WAAC enlistment. Maj Triffy explains dead reckoning amid Air Force scenes. Deanna Durbin Forever Yours production began June 15. Lou Lusty joins Marine Corps. John Boles to sing in Private Miss Jones.
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Joe
Hollywood
John Miljan
Bombardier
RKO
Wyman
Bennett Jane Wyman
Constance Bennett
Miss Bennett
Gertrude Niesen
Eddie Cantor
Janet
Arthur Murray
Clark Gable
Betty Grable
WAACS
Sam Triffy
Army
Air Force
Dea
Durbin
Lou Lusty
Marine Corps
Boles
John Boles
M-G-M
Miss Jones
John F Jones Enrolled in Texas Army Air Training Base
John F Jones of 115 Richardson Street is enrolled at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center as a future Army Air Corps aircrew member. He is one of 20 North Carolina men training at the center in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Jones
Richardson Street
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Cadet Center
United States Army
Army Air Corps
North Carolina
Movietown Newsreel Highlights Stars and Stage Moments
Virginia Gilmore removes her shoes before a radio broadcast saying it gives her a better grip on the floor. Sheridan studies a fan magazine photo of estranged husband George Brent. Lou Costello counts heads at his Hollywood nightclub, showing a serious side. Kath ry n Grayson set for Daybreak duet alongside He’ll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Grayson
Movietown Newsreel
Virginia Gilmore
Ann
Sheridan
George Brent
Lou Costello
Hollywood
Big Five grid clash draws Raleigh crowd for N C State game
Chapel Hill Oct. 23 The North Carolina North Carolina State football classic in Raleigh at 2 30 Saturday will center the grid action in this region with a large crowd expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Raleigh
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Silver Thread
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Reich
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Belgium
Hitler
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Harrison
BY Paul Marrison
NEA Service
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John Yertz
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Ardmore Circle
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Binclair Resin CO
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East Green
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West Davis
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Prospect Road
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Scrote
Caer Ae
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