Ford built rubber plantation to yield 1000 tons in 1946
Bel Terra Brazil. Ford’s Amazonia plantation plans 1000 tons of high grade rubber for 1946 with potential sevenfold output in four years. Director Archibald Johnston notes progress against leaf blight through hybridization and tissue methods. Research aims to restore Western industry rubber supplies after wartime shortages.
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Bel-Terra
Brazil
Ford Company
Amazonia
Archibald Johnston
America
United States
Indies
Amazon
Anglo American Food Board Rearranged
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill announce a rearrangement of the Anglo American combined food ban with Secretary Wickard as neutral chairman and Canada gaining membership. Marvin Jones will serve on the board, allowing a clear American point of view and reducing conflicts in food allocation matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Agriculture Wickard
Canada
Marvin Jones
Combined Food Board
White House
Jones
Mystery Solved In Greensboro Amnesia Case
City police solved where Rev. N. O. Daniels a 62 year old preacher with amnesia lived after Gladys Kivett of welfare referred the case. He carried a paper showing a Greensboro address as relatives arrived with help from Greensboro High Point and state police coordinating efforts.
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N. O. Daniels
Gladys Kivett
Welfare Department
Greensboro
High Point
State Police
Leader Seeks Clarity on Food Costs and Subsidies
The speaker promised to address subsidies and inflation in a forthcoming message. He asserted that actual food costs in the last three months rose not at all or only minimally, and noted some items decreased slightly.
Negro Dies In Gas Chamber In North Carolina
Willie Smith a 37 year old Warren County Negro died in the gas chamber after denying he killed Vernon Powell a Warrenton merchant on December 31. Smith claimed he was framed and that they told lies about him. Powell was killed with an axe at his shop. robbery was alleged motive. Smith had a long prison record and said he felt troubled yet believed Christ forgave his sins. Powell had given Smith odd jobs and owed him over 200 dollars the night of the slaying.
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Willie Smith
Warren County
Vernon Powell
Warrenton
Smith
L. A. Watts
Christ
Powell
Allied gains amid heavy German defenses near Minturno and Sant'Angelo
Allied forces pressed along the Minturno front aided by heavy artillery while weather limited air support. British and American units attacked along the Adriatic’s Sant’Angela plain as German defenses including guns and armor frustrated the advance. A separate raid on Ebenfurt near Wiener Neustadt damaged rail yards and rolling stock, with four engine bombers targeting central yard sections.
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Massico Ridge
Gulf of Gaeta
Formia
Gaeta
Garigliano
Adriatic
Montgomery
Sant'Angela
Salerno
Austria
Ebenfurt
Wiener Neustadt
Global conflict and postwar political upheaval forecast
The passage surveys Europe and nearby regions, noting Tito and Mihailovic in Yugoslavia, Greek guerrillas amid famine, Bulgaria's upheaval and monarchist leanings, Romania under Antonescu as a Hitler puppet, and looming shifts in France Spain and Germany as the war ends. It predicts widespread political storms and self rule.
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Boris
Red Army advances in southern Russia and upper White Russia
Soviet forces swept toward Perekop to pressure the peninsula’s northeast gate while nearby Akimovka yielded 65 German guns and war matériel. Red planes dominated the southern front destroying hundreds of German trucks as transport faltered. A new White Russia offensive liberated over 80 towns including Surazh near Vitebsk, widening the push on Smolensk’s line.
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Perekop
Moscow
Akimovka
Russia
Bug River
Nogaisk Steppes
Red Army
Madrid
White Russia
Surazh
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Fifth Engine May Be Added To Planes
London report states a fifth engine to power four engine bombers may be added to RAF plans. The extra unit aims to ease load on the main engines and lessen crash risk, developed at the air ministry’s request for safer long range bombing capabilities.
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London
RAF
Air Ministry
London Daily Mail
Air
Bert
Britain
Yugoslav clash near Bistrica cited with German aided rebels
Tito's communique says followers clashed near Bistrica with Mihailovic's army units aided by Italian blackshirts and Quislings led by Milan Nedic. It claims 27th division stormed Rogatica, capturing war material, with 100 Germans killed and 120 wounded, and reports destruction of a German amphibious force at Brac.
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Bistrica
Mihailovic
Milan Nedic
Rogatica
Sarajevo
Brac
Split
Weather Report for Carolinas Warmer This Afternoon
North and South Carolina see warmer temperatures this afternoon with cooler tonight. Saturday forenoon remains mild with a gradual drop after midday and a gentle breeze through the region.
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North
South Carolina
Ration changes cut juice value and adjust fruit costs
The Office of Price Administration updates ration points for canned fruit juice and tomato products. Pumpkins, squash and certain perishables see 15 to 21 points changes. grapefruit juice drops to 3 points a 46 ounce can while pineapple juice rises to 12 points per No. 2 can. Some dried soups and lentils drop from zero value. New green stamps A B C start November 1 with blue stamps X Y Z valid to November 20, 194?
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OPA
Tobacco price assurances amid reopening promise
The governor stated that tobacco day and resumed schedules aim to stabilize prices and secure better payments for farmers in the two states. He warned that if costs drop again, authorities will act to protect farmers from unjust declines and keep prices from falling after reopening on Monday.
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Yernor
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