Wheat Loans Explained for 1945 North Carolina
W A Kitchin north Carolina AAA chair outlines the 1945 wheat loan program. Loans are note and mortgage based on on farm or warehouse storage with grade eligible wheat and specified North Carolina loan rates. Storage payments apply only if wheat is delivered to the CCC after April 30 1946 and loans run until December 31 1945 with potential earlier maturity on demand.
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North Carolina
W. A. Kitchin
Halifax County
Kitchin
U. S
Fulton F Turner Home On Leave From Navy Duty
Seaman First Class Fulton F Turner of Roanoke Rapids has returned on leave after serving with the Navy Fleet Air Wing 11. He aided patrol planes based offshore to watch sea lanes for Nazi subs and threats to U S war material to Europe. Turner is the son of Mr and Mrs J A Turner. He studied at Roanoke Rapids High School before joining the service.
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Suton F. 1Umer
USNR
Clinton Street
Roanoke Rapids
Navy
Fleet Air Wing 11
Atlantic
Europe
Turner
Roanoke Rapids High School
Pvt Minnie Price Completes Military Medical Training
Pvt Minnie Price of Roanoke Rapids finishes six weeks Medical and Surgical Technicians Training at Battey General Hospital Rome GA receiving diploma from Major John S Gould MAC. Twenty one WAC members also graduate. Price prior civilian worker for J O Pendleton. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs I B Les Route 1 Box 71 Roanoke Rapids.
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Minnie B. Price
Roanoke Rapids
Battey General Hospital
Rome Ga
Wac
John S. Gould
MAC
Women's Army Corps
Pvt. Price
Army Medical Department
J. O. Pendleton
I. B. Les
Route 1
Box 71
Roanoke Rap
Speaks Sunday Two Worlds Why Will It Be Final
Andrew Hauff of the Watchtower Society will deliver an open public address on Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock. The talk will be held at the corner of Fifth and Monroe streets and will address the theme of two worlds and final outcomes.
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Andrew Hauff
Watchtower Society
Fifth
Monroe Streets
New York Illustrators and Cartoonists Face Class Envy
The piece claims New York illustrators must be town born and cannot draw animals. It comments on vice-presidential hopefuls showing self control while masking bitterness. It argues envy reveals a person’s class, noting we envy equals, not inferiors or superiors.
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New York
Navy enlistment and overseas service noted in 1943
The record shows a July 1943 Navy enlistment with the subject spending 21 months overseas. This indicates active duty deployment during World War II and extended foreign service through the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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Navy
One-Day Carrier Record Shatters Tokyo Raid Achievements
Walter D. Myrick, seaman first class USNR, of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina, aboard the USS Hancock in the Western Pacific, rode a 71 enemy aircraft kill record and 19 probable downings in a February 15 raid over Tokyo. The Hancock had earlier struck Okinawa for eight days, registering 600 plane strikes that sank ten ships and destroyed 22 enemy targets. Under Captain Roger F. Hickey, the carrier supported Samar operations Leyte invasion and Iwo Jima air support, tallying nine warships and 32 merchant ships sunk, with 241 enemy planes accounted for in its service.
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Hancock
Walter D. Myrick
Seaman
USNR
W. R. Myrick
Monroe Street
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Tokyo Area
Okinawa
Roger F. Hickey
USN
la Jolla
Calif
Samar
Leyte
South China Sea
Iwo Jima
Increased Rates To Farmers For Milk Butterfat
Halifax County dairy farmers will receive higher payments for milk and butterfat in the July to September quarter. New rates are 75 cents per hundred pounds of milk and 13 cents per pound of butterfat, up from 55 cents and 10 cents in the prior quarter. The changes reflect rising production costs and aim to boost milk output.
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Halifax County
W. A. Kitchin
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Minnie Price
Beer Industry
United States Brewers
Dation
Adgar H
AAA
Alea
Lydia E. Pinkham
Edwin V. Rawley
Army Air Corps
Chevrolet
Society of Automotive Engineers
Rawley
Air Forces
Army Air Forces
American Association of Mon Vehicle Administrators
Rochelle Realty CO
Kidd i Building
Roanokeke Rapids, N.C
Walter & Gurley Auction CO
Kinston, N. C
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