Wartime leadership chatter and political maneuverings amid war fears
The piece surveys Roosevelt era politics with mentions of Wil M. Jeffers as a potential rubber star, and notes debates over cabinet posts and wartime leadership. It covers Truman Committee investigations into Washington lobbyists, quotes on Justice Murphy, and reflections on industry leaders and international affairs, including China’s wartime banking growth.
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Wil M. Jeffers
Union Pacific
Frank
Jeffers
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Ogg
Kellogg's
Rubber fuels and desert alliances shift wartime strategy
Article examines rubber being repurposed as fuel by Tokyo using a German chemical method, hindering Allied oil supplies as Japanese operations expand. It also reports Arabs in French Africa aiding German efforts with Niger/Senegalese loyalties wavering toward the Nazis, while Moslem tribes greet with a slogan praising Allah and Hitler.
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Malaya
Sumatra
New York
A.B.C.D. Oi
Tokyo
United States
Allah
Spanish Morocco
Dakar
Vichy
Petain
Berlin
Hitler
Annual Session of YDCs Is Still Uncertain
Raleigh dispatch reports North Carolina Young Democrat Clubs undecided on a state convention this year. County clubs have not voted, most counties oppose a convention, Wake County may favor one. Some clubs invest funds in war bonds, others delay dues. Leaders expect a decision within a week to ten days.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Young Democrat
North Carolina
Wake County Club
A. D. Hux
Halifax
British planes down German fighter near Alamein front
British fighter planes shot down a German fighter over the El Alamein desert front as land actions were limited to occasional artillery exchanges. The communiqué noted very light activity on both ground and air fronts yesterday.
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Cairo
Fl Alamein Desert Front
Randolph Republicans to Meet Wednesday at Asheboro
Randolph County Republicans led by Asheboro chairman Lacy S. Lewis will hold their first major rally of the current campaign next Wednesday at 8 o'clock in the new Tabernacle schoolhouse. State Chairman Sim A. DeLapp of Lexington will speak, with all county Republican candidates present for brief talks and two local string bands providing music. Illinois produced 146,000,000 barrels of oil during 1940.
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Randolph
Asheboro
Randolph County
Lacy S. Lewis
New Tabernacle
Sim A. DeLapp
Lexington
Illinois
Four Year Term Given Phelps On Tire Charge
Thomasville reports Jack Luther Phelps received four years for larceny of automobile tires from the Thomasville Motors lot on East Guilford Street. He noted an appeal to the November Superior Court term with $300 bond. A forgery hearing was held with probable cause found and $300 bond set. James William Klass was found not guilty along with Paul Hunt. Dallas Tuttle was sentenced to 30 days for violation of prohibition laws with a $100 bond posted.
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Thomasville
Jack Luther Phelps
Phelps
Thomasville Motors
James William Klass
Paul Hunt
Dallas Tuttle
Jordan bound over for slaying nephew in family quarrel
Asheboro NC Sept 22 Allen J Jordan near Asheboro waived a preliminary hearing on manslaughter charges in the slaying of his nephew John Jordan 26. He was bound over to Superior Court in December on a 5000 dollar bond. The knifing occurred after an argument over the Jordan family birthplace and a scuffle during which the nephew allegedly struck the uncle.
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Asheboro
Allen J. Jordan
John Jordan
Jordan
Nine Flying Fortresses Leave Gibraltar for East
Vichy radio says nine B 17s left Gibraltar this morning bound east. Reuters reports about 250 planes had breached Britain's Rock by sea and air in the past four days and moved into the Mediterranean war area.
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London
Vichy
Gibraltar
Reuters
Britain
Mediterranean War
Randolph Women Seek WAAC Entry at Fort Bragg
Asheboro Sept 22 Two Randolph County women Lena Swing and Thelma Huggins traveled to Fort Bragg for a three day WAAC entrance examination after having their applications accepted at the camp. Lena and Thelma aim for messenger or ambulance and hostess or receptionist roles respectively, potentially becoming the fourth and fifth Randolph women in the army.
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Asheboro
Lena Swing
Thelma Huggins
Fort Bragg
Waacs
Lena
Red Cross
Thelma
Randolph
Army
Franklinville
Shirley McCorquodale
Australia
Lena Liles
Fort Jackson
S. C
Mary Elizabeth Bunch
Duke Hospital
War bond auction parade to feature Fort Bragg troops
In Asheboro a gala war bond sale is planned for Saturday with about 200 Fort Bragg soldiers including a military band and field artillery. The parade begins at 10 o'clock led by the Asheboro high school band with civilian defense groups civic clubs and Boy Scouts.
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Asheboro
Fort Bragg
Bragg
Army
Joe H. Lansinger
Asheboro Merchants Association
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