Japs Bottle Up British Vessels Near Foochow
Hongkong report says two British destroyers the Daring and the Duchess were bottled up by Japanese forces in Foochow Harbor. Japanese booms and mine fields block the Min Kiang delta as plans to capture Foochow unfold with foreign ships advised to leave. Chinese authorities declare martial law and bar movement in Foochow harbor area.
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Hongkong
INS
Daring
Foochow
Min Kiang
Fukien
Wenchow
Community Party Honors Velva Britton At East Nitro Home
Seegee McDonald hosts a Saturday night survey party at her East Nitro home to honor sister Velva Britton. Guests include numerous local residents and couples such as William and Mrs Legg, Park and Mrs Mack, Melvin and Mrs Gillis, Emery and Mrs Burgess, Okey and Mrs Smith, William and Mrs Walker, Ralph and Mrs Runion, Joseph and Mrs Roberts, Hansford and Mrs Bailey, Howard and Mrs Hudson, Paul and Mrs Alexander, Dewey and Mrs Fririe, Samantha Lovejoy, Edith and Thelma Lovejoy, Birdie McDonald, Hilda Landus, Opal McDonald, Ella Duncan, Violet Walker, Emogene and Phyllis Fririe, James and Burton Hedrick, William Steele, Arch Whittington, Adrian Baitman, James Skibury, Cecil Snodgrass, A Lovejoy, Robert Walker, Harold Sears, Herbert Landers and Robert McDonald. Algeria to build first hydroelectric plant at Oued Fodda dam near Algiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seegee McDonald
East Nitro
Velva Britton
William Legg
Park Mack
Melvin Gillis
Emery Burgess
Okey Smith
William Walker
Ralph Runion
Joseph Roberts
Hansford Bailey
Howard Hudson
Paul Alexander
Dewey Fririe
Samantha Lovejoy
Edith
Thelma Lovejoy
Birdie McDonald
Hilda Landus
Opal McDonald
Ella Duncan
Violet Walker
Emogene
Phyllis Fririe
John Burgess
James and
Burton Hedrick
William Steele
Arch Whittington
Adrian Baitman
James Skibury
Cecil Snodgrass
A. Lovejoy
Robert Walker
Harold Sears
Herbert Landers
Robert McDonald
Long Celebration Opens With The Lost Colony Drama
The Lost Colony opens on Roanoke Island marking the 352nd anniversary of the first English colony and Virginia Dare. Paul Green directs a 200 plus cast drawn mainly from Roanoke Island with Westminster Choir performing the score. the Waterside theater at Fort Raleigh hosts the summer event.
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Mantec
N. C
New World
Virginia Dare
Paul Green
Roanoke Island
New York
Westminster Choir
Princeton
N. J
England
Fort Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
Roanoke Island Historical Association
Charitable social rounds and club notices in Charleston
Mrs. Lyle Snodgrass hosted a bridge party at Third Avenue with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Higginbotham and others. Armor Park Garden Club announced a summer recess due to residents moving away. A theater party honored house guests Miss Margaret McClung, Miss Betty Lou Thomas, and Roy Jones, followed by a Rock Lake swimming gathering. Commencement programs and Baptist church activities noted, plus multiple personal moves and visits.
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Lyle Snodgrass
Third Avenue
Frank Higginbotham
R. H. Samples
K. M. Ficher
Mr. Snodgrass
H. L. Burns
Armor Park
Margaret McClung
Betty Lou Thomas
Russell, Ky
Roy Jones
Marmet
Misses Thomas
Geraldine Derrick
Josephine McClung
Virginia Edwards
Madaline Perry
Thomas McClung
Bill Brown
Rock Lake
Thomas
Mr. Jones
Local residents travel and family visits across states
Street in Charleston hostels residents have returned from Pittsburgh where they spent a week with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Z F Craft and Mrs S N Hines of Armor Park are spending a week at Babcock and Watoga state parks. Mrs John Sinclair of Armor Park will leave today for Detroit to visit sister Miss Alice Taylor. Mr and Mrs Arthur K Doolittle returned from trips to Cleveland New York and Boston. Their daughters Elizabeth and Betty have returned from a month with grandmother Mrs George Bailey.
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Thomas Roper, Jr
Patsy
Los Angeles
C. E. McNulty
Armor Street
Vine Street
A. Mally
Montrose Drive
Loretta Mally
Brooks
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Z. F. Craft
S. N. Hines
Armor Park
Babcock and Watoga State Parks
John Sinclair
Detroit
Alice Taylor
Arthur K. Doolittle
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Elizabeth
Betty
George Bailey
New Housing Project Is Named Washington Court
The Estill Street low cost housing project for white and colored families will be named Washington Court. S. Clyde Jarrett, housing authority secretary, reported yesterday. The project calls for about 300 dwellings and aims to complete in about a year. Brazil hosted more tourists this winter season than in any prior season.
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Washington Court
Estill Street
S. Clyde Jarrett
Brazil
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Nitro News
Algeria
Oued Fodda
Algiers
Fort Knox
West Virginia University
Organized Reserve Officers
5Th Corps
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
H. N. Johnston
Clarksburg
B. N. Zappin
Williamson
W. C. Moore
F. H. Lippucci
Morgantown
F. L. McKeel
E. L. Lancaster
Weston
M. L. Previll
Malden
N. E. Shott
Bluefield
J. D. Kisel
Holden
H. A. Dickerson
W. A. Moreland
T. E. Graham
Parkersburg
J. R. Dickerhoff
Galperin
Victor & Bluebird
Capitol Street
S. Charleston News
Workers Fellowship of the
First Baptist Church
Alaska
Edison Mother Singers
Annie Laurie Leonard
First Presbyterian Church
Alfred Tomei
W. E. Green
Lake Chaweva
FLOOR
Lastex
Mads
Morrison’s
Dimity
Sheers
Morrison
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