Reconversion of Motor Industry To Be Hard Job
Sherrod Skinner of Oldsmobile warns reconversion to peacetime production will be tougher than war shift. Oldsmobile plans to roughly double prewar output to about 450000 cars yearly and keep hydramatic transmissions as a key feature. He calls for advanced planning to secure tools and materials and favors a program of combined civilian and war production with arms cuts delaying a full car restart by 30 to 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Sherrod E. Skinner
Oldsmobile
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Group
Skinner
Long
Hitler's downfall marked by new Russian offensive
The article argues Hitler faces inevitable defeat as a fresh Russian drive tightens pressure on Germany. It recalls the 1941 two front gamble and notes German forces are weakened by disgruntled soldiers and desertions, predicting a sweep through France and Poland like 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
der Feuhrer
France
English Channel
Europe
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Sta
Germany
Poland
Virginia Game Commission Sets Uniform Hunting Seasons
The State Game Commission voted to adopt uniform seasons for ring necked pheasants and ruffed grouse across Virginia with regional dates. East of the Blue Ridge pheasant runs Nov 20 to Jan 20 and west Nov 20 to Jan 5. Bear season uniform Nov 20 to Jan 5 except in Nansemond Norfolk and Princess Anne counties.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Game Commission
Pulaski County
Blue Ridge
Augusta County
Nansemond
Norfolk
Princess Anne
Appomattox
Louisa
Amherst
Nelson
Southern
Clarke County
South Beset By Ice Shortages
Heatwave grips the South with ice shortages and rising temps. New Orleans records a heat death as eleven day heat wave continues. Tallahassee Augusta Columbus Macon hit 103 102 101 degrees with rationing in Little Rock Tampa and Tallahassee.
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Atlanta
South
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Fla
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Little Rock
Ark
Tampa
Civilians Flee as Japanese Advance Threatens Hengyang
Reported mass exodus of Chinese civilians from Hengyang as Japanese forces push toward Changsha. Hengyang, a key rail junction, sits on the route toward Canton and raises alarm among residents and foreign agencies relocating from Kukong to Kweilin amid fears of a deeper Japanese breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hengyang
Changsha
China
Canton
Kukong
Kwangtung
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Tieta
War Bond Drive Urges Immediate Public Support
Citizens are urged to keep the invasion rolling by buying war bonds today. Officials emphasize patriotism and national defense through the bond program as a key wartime financing measure.
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Capitol Theatre
O’sullivan Rubber Co
Ied
Tak Galt Aee Creations Pe * Monpay Capitol
Qelodra
Dame May Whitty
Lansbury
Barbara Everest
Deuten
Waites Resch
John L Balderston
George Cukot
Arthur Hornbrow
Richard Arlen
Mary Beth Hughes
Timber Queen
Army, Navy and
Air Corp
Jantzen
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray and Sheetz
J. A. Hotinger
N. Loudoun
Dial
America
Lexington
Kentucky
Norway
Farmers & Merchants
Winchester, Virginia
DE. L. M Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M. Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Favid J. Wilkie
Food Center
Toodonur St
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Winchester
China War Zone
Lace
Aga
Bob
Smiley
Bob Livingston
Hartforrd and Indemnity Company
Earl L. Mason
General Insurance
Smiley Burnette
Snake River
Vodvil “Novak
Captain America
George W. Kurtz
Loor
Ture
A Rees
Leesburg
Charles Town
West Virginia
Jockey Club Inc
Charles Town, W. Va
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Gray & Eddy
Paul Lukas
Reader’s Digest
Columbia
Carl Esmond
Peter van Eyck
Mady Christians
Morris Carnovsk
Kresemann Teylor
Rome
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Young Men’s Sport Shop
Otis S. Sargent Home Telephone
George Washington Hotel
Hansbrough & Carter
Loudoun Street
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