Britain builds shadow larder for possible invasion
Food Minister Lord Woolton announced Britain's shadow larder of five million cans is ready. He said Churchill ordered emergency plans to be in place by September 1, the zero hour for a possible German invasion. Preparations cover sea or air invasion, severe blitz scenarios, and include independent water tight food areas, external cooking depots, gas protection for food, and twenty two convoys of mobile canteens by the Queen's Messenger service as first defense against raids.
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Lord Woolton
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Churchill
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Wildcats to Meet Koolmotor Tonight in Millville
The Panama City Wildcats, a top Bay Athletic association softball team, face Pensacola Koolmotor on the BAA field at Millville this evening. Koolmotor recently beat Panama City 5 to 4, promising a strong game under the lights.
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Panama City
Bay Athletic Association
Pensacola
BAA
Millville
Credit Rules Prepared In Conference
Washington Aug 15 The final conference before issuing installment credit rules for autos refrigerators and many consumer items drew near today The Federal Reserve Board planned to tighten terms and not ban credit sales The rules framed with regional banks aim to curb inflation and conserve materials under Roosevelt order.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
Clara's Grill To Open Tomorrow In Greyhound Depot
Clara Cox a Panama City girl launches Clara's Grill at the Greyhound Bus Depot on Fifth street. The new eatery will offer plate lunches fountain service and sliced cold cuts with seafoods. Delivery and curb service will be stressed.
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Clara
Glue Spill Slows Traffic at Fourteenth and Mills
Police faced a sticky jam in Richmond as a barrel of glue toppled from a truck, coating the intersection of Fourteenth and Mills. Public works crews arrived with a landing truck to clean up and restore flow.
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Richmond Va
Fourteenth
Mills Streets
Public Works
Rev. Dr. C A Dinsmore Dies at 80 in New Haven
The Rev. Dr. Charles Allen Dinsmore, 80, professor emeritus of spiritual literature at Yale Divinity School and authority on Dante, died last night in New Haven Connecticut.
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C. A. Dinsmore
New Haven, Conn
Charles Allen Dinsmore
Yale Divinity School
Quiz Kids to Film Short and Guest Mayor LaGuardia
The Chicago Quiz Kids plan a New York visit for a movie short and two-network broadcasts next week on NBC Blue and CBS. They will be joined by Mayor LaGuardia in a prior visit, with participants Gerard Darrow Claude Brenner Richard Williams Betty Swanson and Jack Lucas. Also noted: War Department program on NBC Blue and MBS, Eddie Cantor return date, Eleanor Roosevelt forum, and a dense dial schedule across NBC CBS and MBS stations.
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New York
Special News Service
Chicago
NBC Blue
CBS
Treasury Hour
F. H. LaGuardia
Gerard Darrow
Claude Brenner
Richard Williams
Betty Swanson
Jack Lucas
Henry L. Stimson
MBS
Eddie Cantor
NBC- Blue
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Bananas Sold in Tinfoil at Centennial Fair 1876
A novelty at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 featured bananas wrapped in tinfoil sold for 10 cents each, drawing curiosity and amusement from visitors while showcasing inventive displays.
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Philadelphia
WDLP Radio Schedule Friday and Saturday Highlights
A readable listing of WDLP on Friday August 15 and Saturday August 16 with time blocks for music programs, news, weather, devotional segments, kiddie matinee, and serials. Notable acts include Frankie Masters Orchestra Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra Freddie Monroe and his Orchestra Jerry Sears and his Rhythmic Strings Ray Bloch and his Swing Ben Armstrong and his Orchestra and more.
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AP Newstime
On Parade
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Club Cosmo
R.aw. Gray
Freddie Monroe
International Bunany
Weather Report
Jerry Sears
Ray Bloch
Charley Dowdy
Prairie Boys
Ben Armstrong
Sunny State Ol Company
Gwen Willams
Bob ‘Ftarnon
Jack Graham
Chavers-Fowland Furniture Company
Bert Castle
Jeff Johns
Eddie Pierce
Pied Piper, Jr
AP Newatime
Hinbilly
African Free French Get New Commander
Gen Charles de Gaulle appoints Gen Paul le Gentilhomme as commander in chief of Free French forces in Africa. He led troops that helped seize Damascus, Syria, and commanded Allied forces in French and British Somaliland until France fell. He joined the Free French movement in November and was stripped of French citizenship by Vichy in December.
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Lebanon
Charles de Gaulle
Paul le Gentilhomme
Africa
le Gentilhomme
de Gaullist
Damascus
Syria
Levant
France
Free French Movement
Vichy
Fireman Responds To Siren Heals A Musical Mix Up
Volunteer fireman Art Gibbie heard a siren then rushed to the firehouse only to learn the sound was part of a town band musical number near his Lancaster home.
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Lancaster Pa
Art Gibbie
Bonners Lead Lodge Initiation in Corsicana
Exclusive report from Corsicana Texas notes Brice Bonner Jr as the sole candidate at the lodge initiation ceremony. Father Brice Bonner Sr served as mas ae Grandfather Bonner assisted by five Uncle Bonners. Six Bonners are listed as participants in this family event.
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Corsicana
Tex
Brice Bonner, Jr
Bonner
Bonners
Six Workmen Die in Sitka Quarry Explosion
A premature explosion unleashed a 35 foot rock wall at a Sitka Sitka harbor quarry for a naval air base, killing six workers from the Slems Drake Construction Company. One man H W Hagadorn of Tacoma was rescued after five hours. three bodies were recovered and others identified as Ralph J. MacClure of Seattle, Commodore Dewey Strode, Ralph Carlson of Kingston and others. The island harbor site lies near Sitka, Alaska, amid defense activity. eight workers initially reported trapped but fled when a dynamite charge was struck.
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Alaska
U. S. Naval Air Base
Japonski Island
Sitka Harbor
H. W. Hagadorn
Tacoma
Wash
Ralph J. Mac Clure
Seattle
Commodore Dewey Strode
L. A. Strode
Camas
Ralph Carlson
E. Folk
Kingston
Idaho
E. A. Burkley
C. R. Best
E. R. Rosser
Slems-Drake Construction Company
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Baranof Island
Juneau
Noon Stocks a POULTRY MARKET in Jacksonville Florida
Eye market steady on Florida nearby whites with grade A whites selling around 27 04 per dozen and 42 24 per dozen in ranges. Brown whites and shipped whites show similar small variations. live poultry prices list fryers leghorns roosters and hens with limited weights and per pound figures.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Kenson Gee Shanghai Banker Dies After Nightfall
Kenson Gee a Chinese banker with strong ties to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s government died last night. The obituary notes his prominence in Shanghai financial and political circles and his close official connections.
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Kenson Gee
Shanghai
Generalissimi
Chiang Kai-Shen
New Roadblock Smoke Screen For Armored Cars
FORT LEWIS Wash Aug 15 A new attack method for armored forces emerged in Pacific northwest war games. An armored car uses a white smoke screen to blind machine gun nests then retreats into woods. Maj Harry W Miller proposes smoke screen and possible gas attachments for Army scout cars to disrupt pursuers and aid rapid redeployment.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Harry W. Miller
Miller
23Rd Reconnaissance Troop
Polk County Pupils To Be Fingerprinted
Polk County school children will be fingerprinted at the start of the term for national defense and identification. The school board urged the state education department to remove from Florida schools any textbooks deemed UnAmerican by the American Legion.
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Bartow
Fla
Polk County
State Department of Education
Florida
American Legion
National Americanism Committee
Gunmen rob seven women at Chicago beauty shop
Two armed men forced seven beauty salon customers into a booth and robbed their purses, escaping with sixty dollars. The incident occurred in Chicago, leaving the victims shaken but uninjured.
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Chicago
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