September Tire Quota Reduced Over Twenty Percent
War Price and Rationing Board officials said September’s passenger car tire quota is cut by more than 20 percent. Only the top eligibles will receive tires, with priority to doctors nurses police and war workers. Many B and C ration holders misread eligible as available, causing a surge of applications. Local boards will still deny tires to many technically eligible motorists until the overall supply improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Septmber
Speight
North Carolina
Car Board
OPA
Rationing At A Glance
Sugar stamps and coupons outline current allotments for canning sugar fuel oil gasoline meats fats and processed foods. Rent control notes urge unit registration and allow complaints via local boards. Airplane shoe stamps remain valid and sugar stamps Nos 30 31 32 33 stay good for five pounds each indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Roanoke Rapids Woman Completes Navy WAVES Training
Miss Edna Murray Garny of Roanoke Rapids has finished basic training at Hunter College New York and is assigned to active duty at Jacksonville Naval Air Station Florida. Rear Admiral William H. Allen announced her ranking as seaman second class. She is the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Murray of Concord North Carolina and a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Murray Garny
Roanoke Rapids
Hunter College
N. Y
Jacksonville
Fla. Naval Air Station
William H. Allen
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Garner
Elizabeth Murray
Concord
N. C
Roanoke Rapids High School
New York
Halifax County Fair Association Stockholders Meeting Notice
The Halifax County Fair Association calls a special meeting of stockholders at 8:00 PM on September 25, 1944, in Weldon North Carolina. The board proposes selling 46 6/10 acres with improvements at public auction for cash and dissolving the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon
N. C
Halifax County Fair Association
Chas. R. Daniel
Board of Directors
Marines Plant Victory Gardens On Island
Marines on the island cultivate victory gardens with lettuces radishes and watermelons despite barren sand. A warrant officer with 23 years service tends one of the best plots after never having gardened before. Gardeners mix flowers with vegetables and anticipate sweetpeas blossoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalls
Island Battered By Aerial Naval Assaults
The text notes coconut trees, the island’s sole vegetation, were nearly wiped out by aerial and naval attacks against the Japs, leaving little else growing on the island.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren County Livestock Market
Warrenton, N. 0
Tech
Mason Brunson
Roanoke Hardware Co
Standard Grocery
C. H. Ranhorn
Grocer Rosemary Cafe
N. Neddar
Grocer
Terminal Inn
Margarettesville
Bolling Road
Roanoke Chicken Ranch
Seiberling
Ted
Esso Station
Roanoke Ave
G. C. Perkinson
Mgi
Wescote
Barman’s
Western A. A. Store
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