Fuel Oil Scarcity Warned By Officials This Winter
Officials warn kerosene and fuel oil supplies will be tight this winter due to Allied offensives. Theodore S. Johnson of the Office of Price Administration says this season’s stock will be the lowest since the war began. Local boards will tighten rationing and urge civilians to conserve while filling storage tanks to capacity within current allowances.
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Theodore S. Johnson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Johnson
Fuel Shortages Prompt Call for Greater Conservation
The district director cites a shift to kerosene and fuel oil in military craft and land vehicles, noting more kerosene use in small Navy vessels and landing craft. He warns civilian coal and wood scarcities rise with war and urges strict conservation to cope with shortages.
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Johnson
Cotton Improvement Association Formed in York County
York County South Carolina completes organization of all gin communities into a cotton improvement association. County Agent L W Johnson announces one cotton variety chosen as initial step to use association services for members. A silver trophy from the Atlantic Cotton Association was awarded at a recent banquet for meritorious 1943 cotton improvement work.
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York County
S. C
L. W. Johnson
Atlantic Cotton Association
Mrs. Maude Coppel Visits Roanoke Rapids on Friday
Mrs. Maude Coppel of Raleigh was a visitor in Roanoke Rapids Friday, stopping briefly while traveling.
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Maude Coppel
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids
Social Notes Mention Dreary Trips and New Baby
Weldon residents and guests travel between Dinwiddie Franklinton and Norfolk with several visitors from Winston Salem Washington and Richmond. The birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Thomas Hall Holmes III of New York City is announced.
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C. P. Vincent
Raeford and Kinston
R. P. Morehead
Winston Salem
N. J. Shepherd
Elizabeth Harvell
Greensboro
G. C. Harrison
Franklinton
G. P. Darden
Anne
Suffolk
W. H. Anthony
Ellice Bounds
Mabel Howell
Ruth Coppege
Virginia Beach
M. S. Mountcastle
Baltimore
Sara West Davis
Jacksonville
Fla
R. A. Musgrave
Johnson-Willis Hospital
Richmond
Jean Tilghman
Washington, D. C
John Moore
F. S Moore
Thomas Hall Holmes, III
New York City
New York
Electric utility network eyed for wartime and postwar expansion
The company serves over 350,000 customers with electric light and power across ton Alexandria Charlottesville and Bremo Virginia and at Ronceverte WV with 14 hydro stations in Virginia and Roanoke Rapids NC. Geographic advantages and reliable power supply are seen as crucial for wartime use and future industrial growth.
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U. S. Marine Corps Phot
Saipan
Evans I. Carson
U. i
Julian Carm
T. J. Alford
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Weldon
D. P. Moore
Dinwiddie, Va
Eleanor Crouch
Washington
R. B. Faucette
Norfolk
Rochelle Realty Coo
P.O. Box
Chesterfield
James River
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Hamp
Virgina Electric
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