Motor Car Executives Urging Dealers To Increase Activities
Detroit Sept 15 Motor car industry executives predict a possible shortage of up to 1,000,000 new passenger cars before the end of the new model year while urging dealers to boost merchandising and customer service. They warn of a highly competitive postwar era and stress maintaining dealer organizations amid tightened supply.
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David J. Welkie
Associated Press
Detroit
Erleval Motors
Ford
Hudson
Nash
Towl Price
Nuary 1
Ico
Young Asheboro man Howard Auman leads local lumber and tennis life
Howard Frank Auman of Asheboro, heir to the Frank Auman Lumber balance, runs the Seagrove plant with about 60 workers and serves as VP of Auman Vestal Motor Co. He balances business with tennis, hunting, and family. Separately, Raleigh reports 1940 North Carolina bank loans show banks answered Yes 233,227 times for a total of 186,138,399 dollars, with 796,930 loans totaling 634,931,148.21 dollars across commercial and industrial banks.
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Howard
Frank
Howard Frank Auman
Frank Auman
Mattie Luck Auman
Seagrove
University of North Carolina
Young, Howard
Auman
Asheboro
Auman-Vestal Motor Company
Floward
Iaw
Howard Sprague
Teal
Lucille Crispoft Candler
Asheville
Aoman
Raleigh
Nhat
North Carolina
Gurney P. Hood
Hood
Amazing results boosting vitality and appetite with S.S.S. Tonic
An old advertisement touts S.S.S. Tonic as a remedy for fatigue, poor digestion, and weak appetite. It claims to restore stomach function, energize red blood cells, and improve skin color through a mineral-rich liquid formula, promising quicker relief and renewed health via a regular dietary supplement.
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S.S.S. Dulles
S.S.S. Co
Reader quiz on history and arts from a 1930s edition
The questions cover U S population growth from 1930 to 1940 seven percent and Broadway debut 1933 with Tobacco Road setting a record. The national flag is Union Jack. The line after Mudville is Mighty Casey has struck out from Casey at the Bat. The musician rebuking the Czar is Franz Liszt.
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United States
Great Britain
Mudville
Russia
Ingt
Tobacco Road
Casey
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Franz Liszt
Never Touches Land The Emperor Penguin Life at Sea
The emperor penguin of the Antarctic spends its life without touching land. It remains on solid ice and swims in open water, avoiding shore contact. Household hints suggest washing brass kettles with warm water, vinegar, and salt before reuse.
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The
Antarctic
Ousehold
State's Highways Again Take Toll
State highways death toll over the weekend reached at least five with hospital injuries. Louise Somers a 19 year old senior was killed near Statesville from a crash causing a severed jugular. James Shumate 13 was fatally injured near Sparta after being struck by a car. Woodrow Wilson Lowe 25 of Alexis died in a Charlotte area wreck. Ruth Debarivera killed at Reidsville and her husband G. J. Debarivera injured. Louis Evett 24 near Durham died in a Greensboro area truck collision ten miles east.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Louise Somers
Statesville
Sparta
James Shumate
Woodrow Wilson Lowe
Alexis
Reidsville
Ruth Debarivera
G. J. Debarivera
Debariveras
Arlington
Louis S. Evett
Durham
Greensboro
Gulley to file charges against Robertson this week
Raleigh Sept 15 Herbert Gulley late of the states U S Internal Revenue division aims to oust his former boss Collector Charles Robertson of Greensboro by filing formal charges this week The papers likely go to Guy T Helvering head of the Washington internal revenue department Delays possible The charges cover many items including criticism of Mrs Henrietta Mann head of the Social Security division and allege a split in the collector office workforce with pro and anti Robertson factions.
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Raleigh
Herbert Gulley
U.S. Internal Revenue Division
Charles Robertson
Greensboro
Gulley
Guy T. Helvering
Washington Internal Revenue Department
Collector's Office
Roberson
Charlotte Man Sacrifices Life To Save Son At Lake Murray
Josephy A. McGinnis, a Charlotte, North Carolina telephone lineman, waded with his four year old son Jimmie in Lake Murray. He lifted the boy to his shoulders and, after stepping into a hole, kept the child above water until rescuers arrived. McGinnis died at the surface.
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Columbia
S. C
Josephy A. McGinnis
Charlotte
N.C
Lake Murray
Jimmie
McGinnis
Principal charges in Gulley case tied to office shortages
The indictment outlines four main charges against Hel Vering involving a collector's office. It accuses using employee subscriptions to cover deficits, Mrs Mann conducting lotteries with the collector's knowledge, soliciting gifts for the collector from other staff for several years, and a department rule barring any superior from receiving gifts. The article notes a mandatory dismissal penalty for violations.
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Hel Vering
Lessons in English Word Usage and Study Highlights
A compact guide lists common misused phrases and pronunciations, such as never say I have never seen such a play instead use so interesting a play. It covers misspellings like suite and noun pairs, and promotes daily vocabulary growth with the word CHASTISE defined as to punish or discipline.
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Colton
Lindsay Purchases Holstein from Medina Breeder
R O Lindsay of High Point North Carolina purchased a registered Holstein Friesian heifer from Chair J Miller of Medina Ohio. The ownership change for Viola Rag Apple Abbe Kerk 2.246.090 was recorded by The Holstein Friesian Association of America Brattleboro Vermont. The association issued 398 registry and transfer certificates to North Carolina breeders during 1940.
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Brattleboro
R. O. Lindsay
High Point
N.C
J. Miller
Medina
Ohio
Claims of corruption and favoritism in county collector office
The document accuses Robertson of lying to applicants and pressuring co workers. It alleges unequal salaries for equal ranks, Mrs Mann’s control over promotions, and inefficiency causing taxpayers to be billed late. It notes censorship of newspapers and inconsistent handling of press coverage. The piece mentions Bailey's supposed action on an application not previously raised.
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Mann
Robertson
Behind the News on Labor and War Policy
The column discusses CIO tactics including a possible strike threat at Federal Shipbuilding in New Jersey and wage clause demands. It explains the political aim to bolster Phil Murray against John L. Lewis, plus Hollywood glamour and Wendell Willkie’s publicity spin. It also surveys RAF bombing, civilian and industrial damage in Germany, and a Nazi- blamed retaliation in Holland.
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Navy
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. J
Richard Frankensteen
Ryan and
Val
Kearney
Mr. Frankensteen
Sidney Hillman
John L. Lewis
Phil Murray
Lewis
Phil
John L
White House
Hollywood
Wendell Willkie
Senate
Willkie
Wendell
Rhineland
Reich
Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands
Tod
Britain
UNSCATHED HITLER AIDES AT COLOGNE HOUSE FIASCO
A US official recounts a near miss for Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop during a Cologne bombing. Der Fuhrer and von Ribbentrop were at Baron von Stein's residence when a heavy RAF air raid hit the neighborhood. More than six hundred civilians died as nearby buildings were wrecked while von Stein's party survived unscathed. Germany protests the raid as air strategy shifts raise concerns.
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New York
S&s
Burton Heath
Germany
England
U. S
Reich
Adolf Hitler
der Fuchrer
von Ribbentrop
Cologne
Baron von Stein
Hitler Anto Herr von Papen
von Stein
How can I drill a hole in a heavy china vase
A reader asks how to drill a hole in a heavy china vase to convert it into a stamp. The answer recommends using a sharp twist drill and keeping the china wet with turpentine to ease drilling and prevent cracking.
Wise Dogs Medford Discover Birds on Point in House
Robert Wright believed his bird dogs were lost but grew impatient until he found them on point in the living room. An owl, likely blown down the chimney, blinked angrily from a windowsill.
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Medford
Gre
Robert Wright
Wright
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