Wood-for-War motorcade to visit Roanoke Rapids
The Wood-for-War motorcade will visit Roanoke Rapids on Tuesday night July 31 as part of a 1500 mile North Carolina tour. Area Forester Roger D. Huff announces plans with officials from the War Production Board and Timber Production War Project to urge farmers and mill workers to maintain high production. The program features five veteran soldiers sharing frontline experiences and a screening of San Pietro to illustrate pulpwood and lumber’s wartime importance.
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Roanoke Rapids
U. S. Army
North Carolina
Roger D. Huff
Area Forester
Industrial Services Division
Fourth Service Command
War Eos Board
War Manpower Commission
Timber Production War Project
Huff
War Department
Forester
U. S
San Pietro
Pelciss
North Carolina Woods
Raleigh
Woods
War Production Board
The Iron Horse Finds His Voice
The Seaboard Railway seeks FCC permission to install radio telephone gear on yard engines in Hamlet North Carolina for experiments. If approved, tests may expand to other lines with two way communication between yard office and locomotives using a single radio channel.
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Seaboard Railway
Federal Communications Commission
Hamlet
N. C
Washington
Big Carolina Rail Center
Seaboard
Railroad system boosts freight flow and saves time
Engineers and the yardmaster coordinate closely to speed freight movements. The railroad improves its functions, the shipper gains better all-around service, and the arrangement saves plenty of time, a scarce commodity in those days.
Counterfeit Shoe Stamp Issue Affects Raleigh District
Steps are under way to curb the rising use of bogus shoe stamps in the Raleigh district. Official actions target counterfeit shoe coupons flooding the area as agencies tighten controls.
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Raleigh
Opa
Enforcement drive on bogus shoe stamps announced
Director Theodore S. Johnson said the agency will crack down on dealers accepting counterfeit stamps. He stressed stamps must be torn from the War Ration Book in the presence of the merchant or employee to be legal. Violators risk suspension of rationed shoe selling privileges. S/Sgt. Leon Lacoff of Brooklyn visits for a week. his wife Duene Byrd met him in New York City.
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Theodore S. Johnson
Johnson
Leon Lacoff
Brooklyn, N. Y
Duene Byrd
New York City
Raymond Wright Severs Over a Year at Sea
Raymond Wright, 19, gunner's mate third class USNR, has served more than 14 months in the Atlantic Fleet aboard a destroyer escort. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Wright of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina. He is a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate and previously worked as a clerk at R E Merritt Grocery. He wears the American Theatre and European African Middle Eastern Theatre ribbons.
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Atlantic
Raymond Brinkley Wright
USNR
Halifax Road
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Wright
D. B. Wright
Charles
Merchant Marines
Navy
R. E. Merrit Grocery
Roanoke Rapids High School
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Raymond Wright
U.s.mail
Relan
Coke
Coca-Cola Company
Eldon Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
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