North Carolina Urged to Cut Unnecessary Travel and Ration Rules
Citizens are urged to avoid non essential trips by train or bus to ease crowding on public transport. Government actions detail victory tax withholds, ration sticker rules for shoes, barbed wire for farms, used car gas rationing, and lumber allocations. The State Food Distribution agency requests saving wooden packing containers to address a wood shortage.
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North Carolina
ODT
OPA
State Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Rationing Deadlines and Stamp Updates
Wartime rationing reminders list coupon endings for letters K through N with June 30 and July 7 cutoffs and stamp validity dates. It covers shoe stamps through June, sugar stamps 15 and 16 for home canning through October 31, and tire inspection deadlines for cards A B and C with respective dates.
FDA Subcommittees Launch Statewide Educational Campaigns
Subcommittees across the state organize campaigns to explain the need for conserving land and promoting container turn‑in programs. Officials urge residents to participate in recycling efforts and support land preservation.
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FDA
No More Electrical Refrigerators Available
The WPB offices report heavy demand for mechanical refrigerators but no civilian supply remains. North Carolinians may still access ice boxes without purchase certificates, as a few thousand mechanical units were released from military stock and quickly exhausted.
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WPB
Tools for Farmers Amendment E-6 Broadens Tool Access
War Production Board amends Order E-6 to improve access to hand service tools for North Carolina farmers and home mechanics. The change shifts monthly production from 40 percent to 25 percent for commercial distribution, aiming for better tool distribution nationwide.
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North Carolina
War Production Board
Price Control For Everybody Meeting In Roanoke Rapids
A Tuesday meeting on June 29 at Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium targets citizens of Roanoke Rapids Weldon and Littleton townships. Richard Kostka senior Price Officer at the Office of Price Administration will discuss the price program and inflation risks.
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Roanoke Rapids
Vital meeting on price and inflation control urged attendance
The message urges attendance at a meeting about price and inflation control. It emphasizes family involvement and learning about the subject, insisting nothing should interfere with the date.
Special notice to filling station operators
A wartime notice urges filling station operators to verify a customer's gasoline ration book cover against the license number and car description before dispensing gas. Do not accept loose stamps. The message calls all operators to stamp out the black market and warns against aiding enemy forces through careless behavior.
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Hitler
Hirohito
Local greetings greet Saunders and Kennemur families
Miss Mary Lelia Saunders of Danville Virginia visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs W S Saunders. Mr and Mrs Ray Kennemur of Marion are spending the week with Mrs J H Kennemur.
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Mary Lelia Saunders
Danville, Va
W. S. Saunders
Ray Kennemur
Marion
J. H. Kennemur
Town Talk Socials Note Afield and Visits
Cpl Woodrow Aycock returned to Camp Edwards Massachusetts after a five day furlough with his wife Mrs Mary Aycock Rev and Mrs F W Haynie Miss Jean Haynie left Tuesday for South Carolina to visit relatives and friends Mrs L S Neal returned from Leakesville Mrs Floyd Wood of Washington DC and Miss Sara Belle Smith of Richmond are guests this week of Mrs W A China Milton Moore of Norfolk visited Monday Mr and Mrs C C Shell spend the week in New York Tommie Merritt of Norfolk visited the weekend D F Cagle left for Norfolk to join the Y M C A Boys Camp at Lynnhaven Miss Constance Jones returned to King's Daughters Hospital Portsmouth after vacation here Gene Lewis visited Myrtle Beach SC Mr and Mrs Mayo Colburn of Newport News were here this weekend
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F. W. Haynie
Jean Haynie
South Carolina
L. S. Neal
Leakesville
Floyd Wood
Washington, D. C
Sara Belle Smith
Richmond
Virginia
W. A. China
Milton Moore
Norfolk
C. C. Shell
New York
N.Y
Tommie Merritt
D. F. Cagle
S. C
Mayo Colburn
Newport News
Jackson High School Graduate Enlists in WAVES
Miss Marie Caroline Archer, 24, of Jackson, leaves June 14 for Hunter College New York for basic WAVES training. She is a Jackson High School graduate and the first local girl to join the WAVES since Northampton County was assigned to the North Carolina Recruiting Office, moving from the Virginia station.
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Jackson
The
WAVES
Marie Caroline Archer
Hunter College
New York
Miss Archer
Jackson High School
Northampton County
North Carolina
Virginia
Birth Announcement for Ed Hyman Jr in Halifax
Sgt. and Mrs. Ed Hyman announce the birth of a son Ed Jr. on Sunday June 13 at Park View Hospital Rocky Mount. Mrs. Hyman is Miss Callie Mae Dickens of Halifax. Sgt. Hyman, stationed in Missouri, is expected to arrive in Halifax this week. Both mother and son are doing nicely.
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Ed Hyman
Halifax
Ed Jr
Park View Hospital
Rocky Mount
Hyman
Callie Mae Dickens
Sgt
Missouri
Warren announce birth of son Henry Mason Jr
Mr and Mrs H M Warren of Dunn North Carolina announce the birth of a son Henry Mason Jr on June 16 Before marriage Mrs Warren was Miss Lou Ellen Coburn of Roanoke Rapids and Dunn
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H. M. Warren
Dunn, N. C
Henry Mason, Jr
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Coco
Rationing Board News
Office of Civilian Requirements
Kostka
Cpl
Woodrow Aycock
Camp Edwards
Mass
Mary Aycock
Levon
Victory Garden
Eng
Vireumia Electric and Power Company
Enadles
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