Giant Army Maneuvers Between Bragg and Jackson Planned
Governor Burnet R. Maybank announced tentative Army maneuvers in the Bragg to Jackson region. Two separate drills with 120000 and 350000 troops would run Oct 6 to Nov 1 for the first two corps and Nov 3 to 30 for the first army. A sixth corps option might overlap if Virginia area not ready, impacting South Carolina.
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Columbia
S. C
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Jackson
Burnet R. Maybank
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Maybank
Sixth Army
Forts Jackson
Bragg
Virginia
South Caro
C E Banquet Friday Plans Set by City Union
The City Christian Endeavor Union executive committee completed plans for the annual spring banquet and mass meeting to be held Friday night April 4 at 6 30 o clock at Archdale Friends Church. Dr J D Williams pastor Welch Memorial Methodist Church will speak on Placing the Accent. Roscoe Briley will be toastmaster. Each society will be represented by a Miss North Carolina Christian Endeavor candidate with picks from Florence Montgomery Mary Frances Williams Willie Edwards Maxine Burge Ruby Parker Flora Mae Holm Mollie Fowler and Lois Byerly. The winner advances to the statewide June convention. An Easter sunrise service is planned for 7 am at First Methodist Church with Rev Roy L Fesperman delivering the message. The program is under Mrs Louise Armfield Miss Willie Edwards and Milford Byerly guidance. A light breakfast will follow.
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City Christian Endeavor Union
Archdale Friends Church
J. D. Williams
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Roscoe Briley
City Union
Christian Endeavor Society
North Carolina
Christian Endeavorer
Florence Montgomery
Lebanon
Mary Frances Williams
Deep River
Willie Edwards
First Methodist
Maxine Burge
Archdale
Ruby Parker
Springfield
Flora Mae Holm
Victory Chapel
Mollie Fowler
Welch Memorial
Lois Byerly
Spring Fil
Christian Endeavor Societies
First Methodist Church
Roy L. Fesperman
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Louise Armfield
Milford Byerly
Boston University Goes to War in Naval Flight Service Push
Boston University football players filed applications for U S Navy Air Corps service as part of a national defense effort. Army maneuvers in South Carolina require large land areas. officials report 27500 acres secured in Richland Kershaw and Fairfield counties with more land needed.
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Boston U
Boston
Boston University
United States Naval Air Corps
South Carolina
Richland
Kershaw
Fairfield
Poor Polish couple seek tax relief in Fairmont
In Fairmont Minnesota on April 3 a Polish immigrant couple Tony Cieslewicz and his wife Anna asked County Treasurer Quimby A. Cory to loosen tax payment rules. They earn little and offered to pay what they could, expressing belief in paying taxes in a free country. Cory contacted the Internal Revenue Service in St Paul and the couple contributed what they could. They said they would pay more if needed.
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Cory
Internal Revenue Department
St. Paul
Tony
Anna
Judge Parker Attacks Court Procedures in States
In Memphis on April 3 Judge John J. Parker urged American lawyers to restore respect for law by making court processes efficient. He called state procedures woefully complicated and inadequate, arguing democracy requires streamlined administration of justice.
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Memphis
Tenn
Federal Circuit
John J. Parker
Charlotte
N. C
Fourth Federal Circuit
American Bar Association
Jingle Bells and Seabiscuit Tales In One Crank
Grayson's Scoreboard notes spring training riffs as Sox fans hear a mock Jingle Bells chorus from Chicago writers. The page shares Seabiscuit race lore with jockey Georgie Woolf recounting the Pimlico track tale. It also covers Yale football broadcasts and Harvard whisky ads amid campus budget debates. The Nile valley hosts about 50 pyramids.
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Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Cubs
Chicago
Ribber Dykes
Six Michigan convicts put it solitary after unsuccessful break
Michigan City Ind April 3 UP I Six convicts were placed in solitary confinement today after overpowering two guards in an unsuccessful bid for freedom from the Indiana State prison. Five were serving life terms and all had prior breakout records. Kenneth Rogers, 29, sprinted to the top of the wall but fell 30 feet into the yard dodging rifle fire, escaping the bullets but breaking both wrists. The five others were Fred Adams 45 Paul Pierce 21 Theodore Hulbert 30 Alphonse Skusewich 22 and Richard Styeet 28.
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Michigan City
Ind
UPI
Indiana State Prison
Kenneth Rogers
Pris
Rogers
Fred Adams
Paul Pierce
Theodore Hulbert
Alphonse Skusewich
Richard Styeet
Luigi Galvani Invented Galvanized Wire Legacy
Italian physician and anatomist Luigi Galvani pioneered early bioelectric studies and is credited with the concept underlying galvanization. His work on animal electricity influenced later developments in physiology and electromagnetism.
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Luigi Galvani
Interstate Commerce approves Linville River line abandonment
Washington April 3. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Linville River Railway Company to abandon its entire line from Cranberry to Boone about 144 miles in Avery and Watauga Counties North Carolina. The action ends service on the route connecting Cranberry with Boone and affects the mountain county rail corridor.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lin- Ville River Railway Company
Cranberry
Boone
Avery
Jatauga
Carolna
Ensign Roosevelt Reports for Duty at Boston Navy Yard
In Boston on April 3, the scene opened with Ensign Roosevelt reporting for duty at the Boston Navy Yard, signaling the return of Franklin D. Roosevelt to active service amid wartime expectations. The moment underscored Roosevelt’s renewed role in national defense and the wartime mobilization effort.
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Boston
Ensign Roosevelt
Boston Navy Yard
Franklin D. Roose
Velt Jr Goes Into Active Service Aboard Destroyer Mayrant
A list of unrelated trivia items includes Velt Jr son of the President entering active service on the destroyer Mayrant. The text also notes a hypothetical geodesic miss by eight hundred miles, a dry ice temperature of 110 degrees below zero, onions sold in Bucharest, spiders with separate day and night eye sets.
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Velt, Jr
Mayrant
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