From the July 30, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
Seventy years ago.
JULY 25, 1943: Three men were in jail for selling marijuana cigarettes to soldiers and civilians in the vicinity of Camp Butner near Durham.
Undercover agents bought 32 "Reefers" at 35 cents apiece.
JULY 30, 1943: The Air Medal was presented by FDR to Lt. (jg) Lloyd D. Hollingsworth for meritorious achievement as a seaplane pilot during the invasion of North Africa in November 1942. He is the son of Margaret Hollingsworth and currently listed as MIA.
JULY 31, 1943: There are Labor Relations problems at the Wilmington Shipyard and across the country. The War Labor Board denied a general wage increase to more than one million shipyard workers at 188 shipyards across the country.
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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