London Sees Massive Labor Shortage as Help Wanted Signs Pile Up
In London the labor shortage deepens with countless help wanted ads across restaurants shops and offices. Employers offer high wages shorter hours and perks like well lit canteens while still failing to find staff including cooks waitresses ushers janitors clerks and delivery workers amid scarce applicants and rising demand.
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London
INS
Britain
Tee
Oxford Street
Short Cuts to Victory Ideas Speeding Peace
Wartime bonus program rewards workers who suggest time and material saving ideas. Bertha and Edith Hogan are among notable contributors earning cash and job efficiencies from improved tape trimming, machine setup, and novel shop practices. New Jersey and Kansas City sites expand employee suggestion boxes to include city services and on site retailing to boost productivity.
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Bert H. Davis
Central Press
Bertha
New York
Harold Winrow
Winrow
New England
Edith Hogan
Lynn
Mass
George Fine Sentenced On Assault Count
George Fine a local man received a total of 13 months in jail after a hearing for assault on a female and drunkenness before Judge Carl Wilson in Thomasville. Testimony described repeated weekend disruptions and a shotgun incident at the couple’s home. Fine appealed to the Superior court. Dorothy Corpening was found not guilty of stabbing her husband and was released after insufficient evidence.
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Thomasville
George Fine
Carl Wilson
George
Wilson
Fine
Dorothy Corpening
Laval seeks more arms from Germans to fight French guerrillas
Dispatches from France report Chief of Government Pierre Laval telling the Vichy cabinet that France must obtain more arms from Germany to combat guerrilla activity. He said the state and people have confidence in police but police need adequate arms to do their duty. The piece ends noting an old saying that the wily coyote is smarter than a fox.
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Vichites
Madrid
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
Signal corps gifted land mine devices to ordnance
Captain James P. Lipp reports that discarded German loud speakers used by allied soldiers were found to be land mines when given to the ordnance department. The oval objects, sent back from Africa, narrowly failed to explode, revealing dangerous mischaracterization of captured signal equipment.
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Washington
Signal Corps
Ordnance Department
James P. Lipp
Africa
War Department
Negroes Held For Selling Marijuana
Four Negro soldiers at Fort Bragg were arrested in a narcotics sweep linked to a marijuana cigarette sale syndicate. An undercover agent, sent in uniform, traced sources to a Washington state farm registered to produce marijuana for hemp rape. The defendants include Pfc. Charles Owens 23 Washington Ky Pfc. Norman Benjamin 24 Camden S C Pvt. John A Banks 21 Akron CO and a Pvt Clark who refused to answer questions. An army health note on 1942 sickness non battle injuries closes the report.
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Greensboro
W. T. Atkinson
Fort Bragg
Atkinson
Washington
Pfc
Charles Owens
Washington, Ky
Norman Benjamin
Camden
S. C
John A. Banks
Akron, CO
Clark
Hans C. Larsen
Weed Mart Holiday Observed in Raleigh as Prices Rise
Raleigh dispatch reports the tobacco marketing holiday will proceed despite lower-grade price jumps up to seven cents per pound. Governor Broughton said selling recess Thursday and Friday remains set, and plans to reopen markets Monday if Washington confirms price support. He urged congressmen and tobacco belt presidents to confirm assurances to warehousemen.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Washington
North Carolina
Colgate W. Darden
Virginia
ODT Agent Skips Wednesday Advice Session
The ODT representative who has advised truck owners and transportation men every Wednesday will not attend the chamber of commerce meeting tomorrow. In the first year after America's entry into the war the volume of petroleum sent to U S troops was eighty times that of World War I’s first year.
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ODT
Chamber of Commerce
America
U. S
Laurel as Quisling Symbol of Japanese Pacific Drive
Wartime assessment casts Jose P Laurel as a capable but compromised figure linked to Japan. The piece traces his rise from U S backed Philippine law to leadership within a pro Axis framework. It notes internal exile leadership in Washington and a broad resistance by free Filipinos and the Philippine government in exile.
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Washington
Japan
Jose P. Laurel
Laurel
United States
Islands
Yale University
U. S
Harvard
Sotero Laurel
Laval
Manila
Sotero
Philippines
Supreme Court
New Order
Quisling
General MacArthur
Hawaii
Philippine
Quezon
Qimena
Thomasville Lions Hear Braden and Koonce
High Point city manager S Braden and Mayor Arnold Koonce spoke at the Thomasville Lions Club meeting. Clifton R Reed organized the program. The club voted to donate 75 to the local war fund drive. R L Cooksey Thomasville city manager and Bronen friend attended as a guest. Underground water estimated volume equals about one third of sea water.
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Thomasville
High Point
S. Braden
Arnold Koonce
Thomasville Lions Club
Clifton R. Reed
Lions Club
R.L. Cooksey
Bronen
Third Of Tville War Fund Quota Is Raised
Thomasville war fund drive reports one third of the $10,000 quota raised on opening day. A $1,000 donation from Mrs. T. Austin Finch boosted totals along with contributions from Columbia Panel Co Wrenn Hosiery Mill and C. M. Wall and Sons Lumber. Ward No. Four chairman Miss Mamie Harris said her ward’s quota was over subscribed as the drive continues through the week toward full subscription.
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Thomasville
Walter W. Rapp
Rapp
T. Austin Finch
Columbia Panel Company
Wrenn Hosiery
C. M. Wall and Sons Lumber Company
Mamie Harris
Ward No. Four
Final Rites Held For Sink Child
The funeral for two year old Larry Franklin Sink of Thomasville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Sink, died Sunday in a High Point hospital. Services were led by Rev. Walter L. Lanier and Rev. W. L. Cockman at the home of his aunt, with pallbearers named and floral tributes carried by friends. Burial followed in the Fair Grove church cemetery.
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United War Chest Drive
Hairlips Chapel
New York
Herbert Williamson
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
General Williamson
Roberta Williamson
Edith
Pleasant Valley
N. J
Point
Edith Williamson
Ralph
Austin
High Point
Harrell
Canton
Ohio
Donald U. S. Army
Emerywood Bible
Calvary Baptist Church
Daniel Wilson
Irene Jane Cornelia
Daniel Brooks
Nannie L. Boyd
Reed Street
Philadelphia
Wilson
Adeline Fuller
Mecklenburg County
John, Terrence
Commerce Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Mann
Grady Capel
Cincinnati
Thomasville
Larry Franklin Sink
Lee Roy Sink
Randolph Street
J. L. Link
Walter L. Lanier
Fair Grove
Language Guide Sought On Peace Plan
Washington on October 26 critics of the Connally postwar policy resolution push to define language as a peace negotiation guide. Senators Hatch Ball Pepper and others seek a nonbinding framework while warning the president could act with a blank check though without Senate ratification. The group aims to clarify the resolution to guide executive decisions amid opposition and debate.
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Washington
Hatch
United States
Warker
Senate
Ball
R-Minn
Pepper
D-Fla
Ralee
Tors Connally
D-Tex
Vandeobuan
R-Mich
OPA Boosts Stove Stock to Meet Higher Demand
The Office of Price Administration authorized dealers in 28 of 32 fuel oil rationed states to raise coal or wood stove inventories by 10 percent of oil stove sales from 1941 or 1942, whichever higher. Eligible dealers must have at least 10 percent of oil stove sales and operate in emergency oil shortage areas including DC, with Georgia and parts of Oregon Washington Idaho excluded. adds to a prior 50 percent increase granted October 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
District of Columbia
Georgia
Oregon
Idaho
Harvard Doctor Lectures In Winston-Salem
Dr. William B. Castle of Harvard University will lecture for three evenings at 8 o’clock in the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem on nemias and related topics. He will also address the regional meeting of the American College of Physicians next Friday October 29 inviting all fellows and associates.
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Winston-Salem
William B. Castle
Harvard University
Bowman Gray ‘School of Medicine
Castle
American College of Physicians
Yanks Sunk Jap Submarines At Kiska Island
Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid disclosed that American destroyers sunk several Japanese submarines during the evacuation of Kiska in the Aleutians. He said the Japanese evacuation reduced expected casualties for U S forces and noted the beaches were heavily cratered during the August landings.
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Washington
Thomas C
Aleutians
Emy
Iska Island
Minkaid
Knox
Southwest Pacific
Arthur 8. Carpender
Kiska
Tojo Tells Japs War Is Truly Grave
In New York October 26 1941 Prime Minister Tojo broadcast a sobering message to Japan as Emperor Hirohito and Tojo stressed the war’s grave situation and the need to accelerate war production Amid shifting Allied pressures the Diet and public were urged to support intensified efforts while the imperial declaration aired in Tokyo with emphasis on unity and resolve.
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Tojo
New York
Jpan
E Éi Hirohito
Hirojo
Iook
Japan
Kye
Tokyo
Netisa
Amenean Audio
Roneas
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Sally
Nellie
Anna
Detroit
Emile Gravel
Gravel
WAR Chest Workers
Weed Mart
Jack Stinnett
Penans
Mani
Agenen A
Thomasville Lions
Braden, Koonce
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Tville
FOX
REAL
Rusty
Quantico
Harry W Weber
Skowhegan
Dr. Castle
W.S
Offersonsville
Ind
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