Nudist Leader Knapp Promotes Sunbathing Values in America
Alois Knapp, president of the American Sunbathing Association, touts nudism as a sane lifestyle and argues clothing should be for weather and ornament, not shame. He runs Zero nature park at Roselawn Indiana, aims to fund a war dead memorial, and cites health, honesty, and civilization as Nudist ideals.
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Jean Ross
Central Press
Chicago
Alois Knapp
Africa
America
Knapp
American Sunbathing Association
Roselawn
Innsbruck
Austria
United States
Indiana
Zoro
Sunshine and Health
Armored Division Advances Near Leipzig Amid Laughter and Local Tales
Ninth Armored Division presses toward objectives near Leipzig as American troops encounter curious locals. Cpl. Kirk Dalton recalls legend of Friedrich Barbarossa sleeping beneath Kyllausen Gab Mountain while Pfc. Andrew Buggie comments on German and American tanks. Soldiers rest in the sun reading Stars and Stripes as spring training camps loom.
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Ninth Armored
Leipzig
Friedrich Barbarossa
Kyllhausen Gab Mountain
Bad Frankenhausen
Cpl
Kirk Dalton
The
Kansas City Star
Ninth Armored Division
Old Kings
Dalton
Pfc
Andrew Buggie
Chicago
Cornpa
Pers
Stars and Stripes
Nance Promoted at 12th AAF P-47 Base in Italy
Corporal John M. Nance of High Point North Carolina has been promoted within the 22nd Tactical Air Command fighter-bomber group in Italy. Overseas since July 1942, he serves as an assistant crew chief on P-47 Thunderbolts and his unit has earned three War Department unit citations for its campaigns in Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France.
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Nance
Italy
John M. Nance
Margaret
Ward Street
High Point
N. C
2Th Air Force
22Nd Tactical Air Command
War Department
Army Air Forces
Symptoms and Complications of Influenza 1946
A medical overview of influenza covering virus types A and B, transmission through droplets and contact, and potential complications such as pneumonia and infections of kidneys eyes ears joints and bones. It notes the lack of a cure, limited vaccine protection, bed rest, isolation, diet choices, and symptom control with aspirin.
Hanes Named Industry Member on War Labor Board
M T Van Hecke of the fourth regional war labor board appointed James G Hanes hosiery manufacturer of Winston-Salem NC as an industry member and Harry D Olf UNC economics professor as a public member. A new poetry collection Rhymes From The Delta by George Washington McCorkle is available at Washington Street Pharmacy for 1.00 or by mail for 1.10.
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Delta
George Washington McCorkle
Washington Street
World’s cheapest aspirin tablets offered at 10c
A seller advertises 100 tablet bottles of aspirin for 2 dollars claiming low price. The fragment mentions dosage and pricing but lacks complete product details and brand names.
Deep River Notes of Church and Community Guests
Local column lists weekend visits and family gatherings across Deep River and nearby towns. Macy Borum and son Macy Jr. at Camp Wheeler Georgia. Franklins Briggs visit Salisbury. Edith Potts recuperating in Deep River. numerous guests from High Point Greensboro Reidsville Guilford area. Ruth Wood in Wilmington. Billy Kaney underwent appendectomy at a local hospital.
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Deep River
Macy Borum
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Macy Jr
Franklin Briggs
Salisbury
Bessie Carter
Paul Jackson
Pleasant Garden
C. L. Jackson
A. D. Ridge
High Point
C. E. Thornton
Edith Potts
Norfolk
Henderson
Harriet Edwards
Nina Wilson
Beulah Skeen
Greensboro
R. T. Jordan
D. B. Thrift
Ray Call
Mary Lee
Reidsville
A. W. Yates
Raymond Yates
Lindley Nursery
J. L
Local Soldier Serves as Aircraft Mechanic in European Theatre
Cpl. R. G. Griffith, 25, of High Point North Carolina serves with a troop carrier service wing group in the European theatre. His unit, part of the First Allied Airborne Army, supplies and repairs U S troop carrier planes to support combat zone logistics.
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U.S
Cpl
R. G. Griffith
High Point
N. C
First Allied Airborne Army
U. S
Snipers and Mortars Echo as Company C Bats
A tense afternoon as Company C players fielded grounders and popped flies near the grandstand while distant mortar shells and snipers' rifles echoed, illustrating a tense wartime home front scene.
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Company C
Grandstand
Bridge deal illustrates choosing the final contract
North dealer with North-South vulnerable. The article explains expert reasoning behind selecting the final contract after deciding the level to reach.
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North Dealer
North-South Vulnerable
South chooses six notrump over six spades in endgame
In a bridge analysis, South weighs North's possible opening cards of heart king club ace or club king. South aims to protect the heart tenace and deduces six notrump is safer, as six spades could be defeated by a heart lead from East. The heart lead risks establishing clubs and discards for the defense.
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South
North
East
Number 44 shields gunner through 37 missions
S/Sgt. Paul Hicks of Derry New Hampshire recalls how his plane number 44 kept him hopeful during 37 bombing missions. He notes he flew with the 9th 12th and 15th air forces and that fighter cover was available in 1944 at the RAF redistribution station in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Paul Hicks
Derry
N. H
Ration Roundup for Stamp and Coupon Validity
Ration details for stamps Y5 ZS A2 D2 through June 30. Food stamps C2 through X2 M2 S2 T2 X2 valid through various dates. Sugar 35 five pounds through June 2. Shoes stamps 1 2 3 valid indefinitely. Gasoline 15-A four gallons in June. B6 C6 B7 C7 five gallons each. Fuel oil periods one through five valid through heating season. last year's period four and five also valid. OPA asserts no cancellation plans.
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OPA
Poschner Wounded in France Now Patient at Lawson General
Lt gt 24 Poschner of Youngstown attached to the Seventh Army is listed as a patient at Lawson General Hospital Atlanta after being wounded in France last January. He lay on the field for three days and both feet were frozen. His legs were amputated just below the knee.
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Atlanta
Gt 24
Poschner
Youngstown
Georgia
Lawson General Hospital
Seventh Army
France
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