Local Man Critically Injured In Crash Near Thomasville
Roscoe Cavin a 27 year old container company employee was critically injured in a head on collision with a heavily laden cotton transport about four miles from Thomasville on the Thomasville highway. Woodrow Wilson Walker of Gainesville Ga was jailed on a reckless driving charge after the crash which scattered cotton bales. Cavin was taken to City Memorial Hospital and not expected to live.
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Roscoe Cavin
Employe
Thomasville
Cavin
City Memorial Hospital
Woodrow Wilson Walker
Gainesville
R. I. Barr
Fire claims two lives in Smithfield home blaze
A nighttime fire gutted the Irvin Lee residence in Smithfield killing two occupants. Arthur Lee, a blind man, and his 18 month old grandson Lawrence Lee perished trapped in a bedroom believed to have been the fire origin. The victims were members of the Lee family, described as Negro. Firefighters recovered the bodies after extinguishing the flames.
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Smithfield
Irvin Lee
Arthur Lee
Lawrence Lee
Bombing Raids Hit Cities Across Britain and Europe
The report notes Southeast Scotland attacked, Liverpool sustaining raids on Northwest England, London enduring its first bombing in 18 days near a hospital for the aged with one dead and two hurt. An East Coast town saw fire bombs, many buildings destroyed, and a high explosive hit a West Scottish hall with multiple casualties. In Berlin, British raids struck a residential outskirts area, killing civilians.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Liverpool
England
London
Axis Captures Port of Derna
Rome reports Italian and German troops have occupied the Libyan port of Derna, about 175 miles east of Benghazi, strategic for its fresh water supplies. The Derna area forms part of a drive to reclaim Eastern Libya, following British withdrawals and the fall of Benghazi.
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Axis
Derna
Rome
Bengasi
Libya
el Aghelia
Turkish radio reports heavy German losses in first attacks
Ankara radio said Germans suffered heavy losses in initial assaults on Greek and Yugoslav lines. If Yugoslav and Greek forces contact in Albania, Italy would be unable to save 10 percent of its troops there. An official Yugoslav report in Bern claimed Yugoslav forces captured Scutari Albania from Italians and pushed southward.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Albania
Italy
Bern
Scutari
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Greece
Royal Air Force
Britain
Thrace
Aegean
Struma River
Salonika
Struma
Belgrade
Sofia
Budapest
German night raiders strike English targets injuring others
The Germans reported today that several hundred night raiders attacked war essential objectives across England. Fires started by the raids were put out quickly and no military damage was claimed. The assaults aimed at ports and industrial plants caused heavy damage in multiple areas.
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England
Yugoslav Front and North Africa Skirmishes Reported
German sources say Axis forces clash with British planes in air battles on the western front and in Africa. A German spokesman says Britain must formally invite the Germans to fight in the southeast, while German reports claim Axis forces press a swift North African advance and have forced the British back in repeated skirmishes. An official note claims Derna in Libya was recaptured.
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Germany
Africa
Derna
Forrestal Heads to Britain for Liaison Visit
Secretary Knox announced that James Forrestal under secretary of the navy will visit England for about two weeks to establish close liaison with the British admiralty on lend lease matters. He will oversee material purchases, repairs to British war vessels, and push for uniform naval equipment. Forrestal joins a rising group of officials undertaking England missions.
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Washington
Knox
James Forrestal
Forrestal
England
Greek British fight slows Nazi advance in Balkans
German mechanized forces pushed from Romania Bulgaria and Hungary into Yugoslavia and Greece while Allied troops including Australian veterans joined aerial and ground combat. Greek and Yugoslav forces fought stubbornly along Struma River lines as Vienna and Belgrade reported air raids and casualties.
CIO denounces Cleveland walkout over wage demands at Ferro
William F. Donovan of the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee calls the Cleveland walkout illegal amid 1700 workers at Ferro Machine and Foundry. Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee resumes vital defense work while U S Steel plants operate after CIO withdraws an order. About 400,000 soft coal miners idle due to contract talks. Allis-Chalmers shifts to 24-hour production to meet 345 million defense orders.
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William F. Donovan
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Ferro Machine and Foundry Company
Cleveland
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
United States Steel Corporation
CIO
Allis- Chalmers
National Defense Mediation Board
U. S. Steel
CIO Steel
AFL
San Francisco
Max Lowe
California Metal Trades Association
Oakland
Calif
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
James F. Dewey
National Labor Relations Board
ALF
Lukens Steel Company
Coatsville
Phelps-Dodge Copper Corp
Elizabeth
WN. J
Harris-Seybold-Potter Company
Cleveland Machinery Factory
Chester
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
International Harvester Company
Illlnois
Indiana
Local North Carolina Weather Update Today and Tonight
Noon reading shows high yesterday and low last night 63. Forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Winds shift from northeast to east across regions, with overcast skies and intermittent rain in the extreme south. Hatteras to Jacksonville shows moderate to fresh winds turning westerly and squalls with showers and thunder.
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North Carolina
Cioully
Block Island
Hatteras
Jacksonville
NEWS OF COLORED PEOPLE BROTHERHOOD MEET AND EVENTS
The Brotherhood of the St. Mark Methodist Church meets at 211 Price Street tonight at 8. The Fairview P T A hosts a Governor's Convention this evening with prizes for top state reports. Rev J E Melton will preach at Women's Memorial A M E church.
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Brotherhood of the St. Mark Methodist Church
J. C. Crawford
Price Street
Fairview P. T. A
Manhattan
Melton
J. E. Melton
Calvary Baptist Church
Women’s Memorial A. M. E
New York Stocks Report Amid Market Close Notes
The afternoon stock roundup from New York shows trading activity through 2 p.m. on Wednesday. An event at Church on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock will feature a choir and congregation as announced by local organizers.
Usher Board and Willing Workers Schedule Meetings
The Junior Usher Board will meet in a called meeting Thursday evening at 7 in the church lecture room. The Willing Workers gather Thursday at 7 45 at the home of Mr and Mrs Char lie McRae 614 East High Street with Mrs Lena Black hosting.
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Charlie McRae
East High Street
Lena Black
Ministers Entertain Ministers Union At Rob bins Home
The Ministers Wives Club hosted the Ministers Union on Thursday April 3 at 738 Fairview Street. The event featured a program and egg hunt followed by a dinner for Rev. J. C. Melton Rev. R. W. Winchester Greensboro Rev. and Mrs J E Melton Rev H R Walden and others including E M Simmons A M Jones and W R Robbins.
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Minister's Wives Club
Ministerial Union
W. R. Robbins
Fairview Street
J. C. Melton
R. W. Winchester
Greensboro
J. E. Melton
H. R. Walden
E. L
YADKIN PRESBYTERY TO MEET IN HIGH POINT
The opening session of the Yadkin Presbytery Conference will convene at Cherry Street Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening, April 9 at 7 30 o clock. The program includes music, introductions, and welcomes from church leaders and city officials.
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Yadkin
Rev
W. R. Walden
Camp Friend
White First Presbyterian Church
J. Paul Ingle
City of
High Point
C. A. Kirkman
Presbytery
Weekend Guests Highlight Greensboro Social Circle
Mrs Florence Norwood secretary of State Association of Beauticians FE Williams and Mrs Bessie Rodgers teachers in Greensboro public schools and Miss Blanche Spancer of New York City were weekend guests of Mrs Marion Maston at 745 East Washington Street. Mrs Carry Holland and daughter Joan of Columbus Ohio were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs
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Florence Norwood
State Association of Beauticians
FE. Williams
Bessie Rodgers
Greensboro
Blanche Spancer
New York City
Marion Maston
East
Washington Street
Carry Holland
Joan
Columbus
Ohio
Judge Rules 15 Minute Courtship Won’t Excuse Red Light
Detroit truck driver Richard Law rence, 33, told Judge Harvey Neelen he and Dorothy Gerber, 19, met and became engaged within 15 minutes after he gave her a hitch in his truck. The judge commented on rapid courtship but fined Law rence five dollars and costs for running a red light.
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Milwaukee
Harvey L. Neelen
Richard Lawrence
Detroit
Neelen
Dorothy Gerber
Hammond
Ind
Lawrence
Car plate thief fails to switch to another car
Boise report notes an attempted plate switch tied to Gov. Chase A. Clark security incident. A man identified as George Lemons of 72534 East Washington Street is involved, with details linking a woman and her sister Ophelia Anthony of Gordy Street to the Columbus transit follow up.
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Boise
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
George Lemons
East Washington Street
Columbus
Ophelia Anthony
Gordy Street
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