WPB faces two plans to ease lumber controls after Germany surrender
Washington plans to end most wartime lumber controls or retain price and supply limits. Proposals hinge on whether to lift all controls except war priorities or keep some to prevent shortages. Military demand and truck tire shortages strain lumber supply, with a 1943 spike attributed to war needs. After victory in Europe, lumber demand may ease as industries and civilians resume regular activity.
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James Marlow Washington
Germany
Cece
Waste War Production Board
WPB
Sim
Iear
Japan
WPRB
OPA
Europe
Indus
Lumb
War housing rules endure amid maintenance and new builds
A private residential area is described with lighter yet rigid lumber controls for home maintenance and building upkeep. New war housing is noted as permitted and expected to continue.
Caffery Leaves Brazil for Washington Consultation
U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery departed by plane for a consultation in Washington. A government spokesman denied reports of a Brazilian political crisis in Buenos Aires papers. Caffery stressed Brazil’s important wartime role as he boarded a naval plane.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.S
Jefferson Caffery
Washington
Caffery
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Mihailovic’s Son Taken by Yugoslav Forces
A Yugoslav broadcast said Tito’s partisan forces captured Draja Mihailovic the Yugoslav royalist leader. The report claimed Mihailovic was seized with his wagon in New York after being accused of collaborating with the Germans.
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Mihailovic
New York
Tito
Draja Mihailovic
State Supreme Court To Rule On Legality Of Women Jurors
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Supreme Court will decide if women may serve on superior court juries, a Polk county appeal challenging a whiskey conviction where two jurors were disqualified for sex. The case cites the meaning of men versus males and the impact of the 19th amendment on jury service.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Polk County
John
Bill Emery
Leroy Turner
J. F. Shipman
England
George Patton
Commonwealths
Words of Wisdom Quiz Prompt on Second Sight and Sailors
This one minute test asks three questions: the meaning of second sight the difference between a sailor and a sailor the origin of the term red letter day. The quote by Lavater adds a note that those who make quick use of the moment are geniuses of prudence.
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Lavater
Hints on Etiquette and Horoscope for September 19
Horoscope notes ambition energy and hard work with devotion to loved ones. It predicts a successful spouse supportive elders during minor disputes and a talented child with manual dexterity. Careers in architecture sculpture design dance or music are favored.
Telepathy and clairvoyance as a popular term
The item defines a popular term for telepathy precognition and clairvoyance. It notes a sailor both as a person who sails a boat and as a boat propelled by sails. It explains red letter days as important church feasts marked in red on the Roman Catholic calendar.
Actress Gertrude Lawrence Rescued From Sinking Raft
Gertrude Lawrence and her group of entertainers were rescued from a sinking motor raft crossing the Seine in France by amphibious trucks escorting them. All aboard were saved according to the department of national service entertainment report.
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Gertrude Lawrence
London
Seine River
France
Department of National Service Entertainment
Miss Lawrence
UNRRA in Washington faces clash with War Food and others
The UNRRA program in Washington triggers tensions with War Food Administration, State Department, and Army as it contends for relief policy. Critics warn UNRRA seeks to nationalize aid and push expansive spending, while officials argue for larger surpluses and selective, practical relief.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Harry Hopins
Roy F. Hendrickson
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Marvin Jones
State Department
Army
Mr. Hendrickson
Herbert Hoover
WINNERS AND WAR GUIDES FOR TRADE GROUPS IN NEW YEAR
New Yorks great national trade associations open the season with yearlong programs. Directors report seven-league strides by individual companies and groups toward prosperity. Despite Congress delays, business advances with sales campaigns and blueprints for X day while leaders condemn partisan vacillation.
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Albert Leman
New York
Congress
America
Bricker To Travel 9,250 Miles In West
Gov. John W. Bricker the Republican vice presidential nominee plans a 9,250 mile western campaign tour starting October 1. He will address audiences in 20 states with kickoff October 2 in Bowling Green Kentucky after earlier stops in Pennsylvania Maryland and the New England region.
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Chicago
John W. Bricker
Bowling Green
Bricker
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New England
Civil Service Exams Held for Laborers and Helpers
The High Point Civil Service Commission announces oral examinations for laborers truck helpers truck drivers janitors messengers elev ator operators and mechanic helpers. Exams run the week of October 2 1944 to October 7 1944 from 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 at 808 Security Bank Building. Applications must be filed prior to testing. experience and character considered but not required. James B Lovelace secretary.
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Civil Service
Security Bank
Civil Service Commission
James B. Lovelace
High Point Civil Service Commission
Causes of Neuritis Explained by Dr. Logan Clendening
Dr. Logan Clendening explains neuritis as inflammation or degeneration of peripheral nerves, noting sensory and motor fibers and distinguishing facial nerves. He cites diabetes and vitamin B deficiency as nutritional causes, stresses no single treatment, and suggests general approaches like nerve massage, heat and cold therapy, and anti neuralgics.
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Logan Clendening
M.D
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