From the Feb. 7th Wilmington (NC) Star News.
The newspaper runs a great weekly column called Back Then where they look at events taking place 100 and 50 years ago. They now have expanded it to include 150 years ago (for the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War) and 70 years ago for the anniversary of World War I. They use Wilmington papers for the information.
For World War II, they are staying away from war reports and concentrating on events happening in the Wilmington area.
From Feb. 2, 1942-- The new war quotas were in effect and being felt. In January, only 44 new tires had been sold in Wilmington with half of them going to commercial interests. New Hanover County was allowed just 108 new tires and 90 tubes for its fleet of trucks and buses.
The federal government also prohibited the purchase, sale or delivery of new cars and trucks and announced that they might have to seize private vehicles for the war effort.
It's War, Baby. War!!! --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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