Weather report from Charlotte and surrounding areas
Official weather bureau records show temperatures and rainfall across major cotton regions. Readings include Charlotte 40, Asheville 37, Atlanta 4, Birmingham 43, Columbia 61, Jacksonville 70, Memphis 36, Miami 74, New Orleans 56, New York 33, Norfolk 52, Richmond 40, Savannah 52, Tampa 73, Washington 42, Wilmington 46. Warming trend expected by Wednesday after a period of cool.
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Arlotte
Max
Fall Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Charlotte
Chicago
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin ad
A vintage medical ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin. It claims to relieve constipation and stomach upset by waking lazy bowels and soothing the digestive tract, with appeal to children and daily use.
War nations brace as 300000 dead reported
The report notes 300000 dead and claims Hitler assigns allies to front rows of brutal actions. It cites peace graffiti in Bucharest while Croatia’s puppet regime struggles to control a restless population. Hungary defends its wartime posture amid growing weariness, warning that advances continue despite danger.
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Hitler
Bucharest
Croatia
Hungary
Soviet Red Army Gains In Major Stalingrad Sector
German tanks and 200 trucks were dispersed as a mortar crew sacrificed itself to unleash explosives that wrecked tanks and killed over 30 Germans. A large street battle near Stalingrad changed hands four times as Soviet dive bombers pounded Nazi forces, with Pravda claiming initial Soviet initiative on the steppes northwest of Stalingrad. Red Star reported Germans fortifying north of Voronezh with pill boxes as Nazi reserves moved up. The siege of Stalingrad entered its sixth week with Soviet forces slashing defenses northwest of Rzhev and killing around 2,000 Germans.
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Asphast
Communist Party
Pravda
Steppes
Stalingrad
Don
Mozdok
Central Caucasus
Grozny
Red Star
Voronezh
Rzhev
Cane Creek Friends Church Plans Homecoming Dedication
Cane Creek Friends Church at Snow Camp NC, founded in 1751, will dedicate its building Sunday October 4 with a homecoming. Events include Bible school at 9:50, a 11:00 worship service led by Lilbert Russell of Duke University, a dedication sermon, and a 2:00 reminiscence period with special music.
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Friends Church
Cane Creek
Enterprise
Cane Creek Friends Church
Piedmont
North Carolina
Can Creek
Guilford College
Tyson
Dunn’s Creek
Moore County
Ridge
Siler City
Sandy Creek
Liberty
Trotter's Creek
Pee Dee
South Carolina
Sylvan Academy
Friends
Cane Creek Friends Meeting House
Elbert D. Newlin
Jim Henley
Jesse Thompson
Walter Thomas
Ruth Moon
Loraine Griffin
Claude F. Coble
Bible School
Mary McVey Durham
Athe’ Lindley
Western Quarterly Meeting of Friends
German Raider Kills English Schoolboys
A German raider bombed a boys school near the south coast killing at least ten boys and two teachers. About 100 pupils were present. debris search continued for more victims as walls collapsed. A second raider hit a West England town with casualties and wreckage while two more attacked a southeast coast village causing further injuries.
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London
England
Soviet Counteroffensive Gains in Upper Volga Basin
Soviet dispatches report 25 inhabited points recaptured in two days as upper Volga counterattacks claim 1,200 German and Romanian deaths and regain ground along the Western Caucasus. A 150-tank Nazi detachment pressed a factory settlement but fighting continues as Russians claim air and ground gains including wrecked German armor and captured equipment.
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Upper Volga
Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Volga
Dozdok
Trio Is Tried And Sentenced For Affray
Three men appeared in Municipal Court with charges of affray and property damage. Judge D C MacRae imposed varied penalties including a four month suspended term for C E Hill Jr conditional on good conduct and avoiding Green Top Tavern premises for a year. M D Hill had the affray charge dismissed. Oscar Ellington faced affray charges with prayer for judgment continued if the tavern phonograph is not used on Sundays.
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D. C. MacRae
C. E. Hill
High Point
Route One
Green Top
M. D. Hill
Oscar Ellington
East Green Street
Asheboro Road
2000 Miles From Ocean Ship Launched For War
In Kansas City Kansas a heavy armored ocean going ship bound for foreign service slid into the Kaw River miles from salt water. The navy authorized publicity for this first launch. A river pilot steered the vessel as its Diesel engines roared for a trial down the Kaw into the Missouri. It remained moored overnight with a sister ship at Kaw Point. Further departures under secret orders to foreign ports are planned.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kaw
Missouri
Kaw Point
Emergency Call Sparks War Production Unit in Phoenix
An Arizona Morning Republic notice proclaims a temporary shutdown of a radiator and auto repair shop run by Buster Smith and Clarence Storr to unite workers for war production. The owners thank customers and friends as they join the effort, hoping to reassemble after Axis gains.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Morning Republic
Buster Smith
Clarence Storr
Hollywood gossip notes and movie music items
NEA columnist Erskine Johnson reports on film world tidbits from Hollywood. Highlights include Jimmy Wakely's Texas song tied to a Fort Worth friend, Hung Mo Kuo at Twentieth Century Fox, Mae Clark’s screen comeback, Ian Wolfe’s English persona, and a lynching scene maneuver in The Ox Bow Incident.
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Texas
Lone Star Trail
Jimmy Wakely
Fort Worth
Texal
Australia
Frank Reveau
Wakely
Reveau
Twentieth Century-Fox
Gene Tierney
Hung Mo Kuo
Barton MacLane
Alaska
Hayes Office
Ox Bow
George Brent
Air Force
Hollywood
Ian Wolfe
Wolfe
Ilinois
Missouri
England
Lyle Talbot
Fox
Cairo
George
Warner
Col. Warner
Col
Darryl Zanuck
Aircraft propeller safety inspection noted
Precautionary measure describes periodic inspection and maintenance of both aluminum alloy and steel propellers on airplanes. It emphasizes routine checks to ensure structural integrity and safe operation during flight.
Relief Rushed To Greeks Starving Under Axis
Sweden guided neutral relief ships under UN and Axis guarantees move food and medical aid to Greece. A Greek War Relief Association effort with Red Cross shipping flour, medicine, and vitamins reached Piraeus. Turkish and Swedish aid flows, including salt fish and sugar, bolster battered Greek populations amid ration cuts and severe hunger in Athens-Piraeus.
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Mark Barron
New York
Wide World
United Nations
Atlantic
Greece
Piraeus
Greek War Relief Association
United States
International Red Cross
England
Switzerland
Turkey
Sweden
Great Britain
Sicilia
Chios
Mytilene
Samos
Nicaria
Sappho
Answers On Scraps Drive The War Effort Needs Every Bit
Answers to common questions about the scrap metal drive explain why even small items matter, how scrap is processed before shipping, and why winter increases collection urgency. The nation aims for 1,700,000 tons by January 1, with proceeds aiding the Army Emergency Relief Fund via the American Legion.
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Associated Press
United Metal Scrap Drive
Anwers
American Legion
High Point
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Washington
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Conservation Commission
War Production Board
American Planes Hit Japanese Bases in Yunnan
United States Army air force bombers with fighter escort attacked Japanese installations in Wanting and Tengueh in southwest Yunnan yesterday. There were no American losses. The Chinese army spokesman said the raids likely thwarted any Salween River thrust but no serious Japanese threat was seen in Yunnan at present.
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Chungking
China
United States Army Air Force
Wanting
Tengueh
Yunnan Province
Joseph W. Stilwell
Salween
Yunnan
Nutrition guidance on daily calorie needs
The statement notes that a person requires more than the minimum 3,000 calories daily to maintain good health, emphasizing higher energy needs for certain individuals or activities.
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Giat
America
Europe
Iseness
Romania
Jessa
Sevastopol
Stalin
Eagle Squadron
Diana Barrymore
Robert Stack
Broadhurst
Danger
Chester Morris
Jean Parker
Paramount
Yorki
Gary Cooper
York
Walter
Joan Brennan Leslie
Rial
Apne
Robert Young
Eleanor Powell
Shaw Field
S. C
C. B. Clark
Albemarle
Jack L. DuBoes
Sumter
Charles Lindsay, Jr
Winston-Salem
Charles Bickett Ellington
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Ale
Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Bruce Ellison
Ceuta
Trio
Puram
Phillips
Firestone
Pitt
Gen Foods
At&t
Sears
Shell
Secony
Harvest
Arm
Nick Can
At& S&f
Tel & Tel
Sperry
Statu Cal
Aviat Corp
Johns Man Ls
Oil Ind Ltd Oil
J Baldwin
Kennecott
Stewart Warner
B&o
Kroger Grace
Studebaker
Barnsdall
Swift
Bendix Aviat
Libby O
Beth Si
Ligg
Myers B
Tex Corp
Boeing Airplus
Cannon Mills
Corp Caterpi
Trac
Nash Kely
Ches & O
Nat Cash Rez
Chrysler
Ind Alco
Colum G & E
Nat Pow & le
U S Smelt & Ref
Curtiss Wright
Western Union
Otis Bley
Elec & Mtg
Davison Chem Wilson
del Lack
Pac G & E
Woolworth
Doug Aire
Packard
T&c
du Poot
Harrison
BY Paul Harrison
NEA Service Starf
Erskine Johnson
NEA
Paul Harrison
Overcash
Randolph Field
Sgt
C. E. Ashford
Malvern
Ark
R. K. Rhodarmer
Canton
C. O. Overcash
High
A. N. Warner
Asheville
Guilford Cleaners
English Street
College ST
South Main Street
Mack’s Fish and Oyster Market
Mack's Market
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