Be Installed At Meeting On Monday
Prominent VFW officials visit High Point Monday night for installing new local post officers led by Commander T. C. Potts. O N Brown of Greensboro and department officers will institute the slate, with A C Ingram as adjutant and E A Whidden as chaplain among others. auxiliary officers also to be installed. refreshments to follow.
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High Point
O. N. Brown
Greensboro
B. F. Ledford
R. C. Cook
Winston-Salem
C. J. Lovett
Asheboro
T. C. Potts
R. G. Weant
C.F. Suttenfield
A. C. Ingram
E. A. Whidden
L. L. Davis
A. B. Frost
A. F. Edwards
C. E. Stuart
Amended order boosts mine supply shipments to South America
Copper mines in South America will receive more operating and maintenance materials under a revised priorities order. The total goods allowed to be acquired is now three times the amount shipped during the base period ending April 11 and September 30, 1941.
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South America
British Air Attacks Deepen German Bombardment Efforts
British raids across France and Germany target Hamburg Le Havre and diesel works believed key to U boats and tanks. Lancaster missions mark the deepest daylight penetration while 16 British bombers fall to German defenses as 12 secret models engage early defenses. American Boston bombers join the assault with heavy fire and fires ignite in the 89th raid on Hamburg.
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Asf
Hamburg
le Havre
Prostrate
France
Boston
Canada
Germany
Miles
Archibald Sinclair
McNutt Named Head of New Agency Amid Labor Study
President and advisers spent weeks shaping a new agency with McNutt as lead. The Labor Department, War Labor Board, and Selective Service System were among groups considered to run the agency, with the CIO and AFL weighing in.
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McNutt
Labor Department
War Labor Board
Selective Service System
CIO
AFL
Establishment of Agency Under Labor Department Noted
A report notes the establishment of an agency under the Labor Department and records satisfaction with the President's order. The item highlights government reorganization and the administration's stance on the directive, signaling ongoing oversight and implementation plans.
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Labor Department
ALLIES Report Deepened Axis Threat and Possible Reprisals
The article discusses uncertain sources of enemy raids, noting Japan’s forces in Asia are overextended while Germany could strike U.S. cities. It highlights Vichy leadership under Laval and Petain, and mentions Admiral Darlan amid the evolving alliance dynamics and wartime tensions.
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U. S
Aleutian Islands
Philippines
Chungking
China
Japan
Burma
Netherlands East Indies
Malaya
United States
France
Freedom World
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Laval
United Nations
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Consult
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British Leadership Maintains Control Over French Forces
British influence kept Laval's administration in check as he remained heir to the wartime head of state. Only with both Laval and the head of state's approvals could France commit to actions against former allies.
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Does Laval
Qeet
U S Troops Arrive in Ulster and Discipline Praised
The first U S troops arrived in Ulster in mid January, a second contingent followed about a month later. General Marshall told unit commanders he was impressed with discipline and training. Hopkins warned that production alone would not win the war and that land forces would bear the fight against Japan and Germany.
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U. S
Ulster
Marshall
Hopkins
Final Rites Monday for Mrs Whitney
New York April 18 funeral services for Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 63 famed sculptor and heiress will be held Monday at St Bartholemew s Church. Widow of Harry Payne Whitney she died at 2 50 am after a 10 day heart disease illness Interment in Whitney family plot Woodlawn Cemetery.
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New York
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
St. Bartholomesy's Church
Harry Payne
Whitney
New York Hospital
Woodlawn Cemetery
Red Cross War Fund Donations Reach 23358 in City Drive
Donations to the Red Cross War Fund total $23,358.80, with $2,642.40 still needed to reach the $26,000 goal. Reported contributions include $375 from the Marlowe Van Loan interests and $500 from Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills, with pending industrial gifts anticipated.
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H. N. Williard
Marlowe-Van Loan
Willard
J.C. Moore
Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills, Inc
Tomlinson of
High Point
Walgreen’s
Cloverdale School
Eentiaely
Duke Power Co
Norwood Court
L. L. Duggins
City Fuel Co
J. W. van Loan
Thomas Arthur Marlowe
Marlowe-Van Loan Corp
Kelland denounces appeasement moves amid war speech
Greeley Colorado April 18 Clarence Budington Kelland executive director of the National Committee said any Democrat or Republican who advocates appeasement or negotiated peace will be denounced. He urged national unity for military victory but warned against political unity arguing the war is a national effort not a party one.
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Greeley
Colo
Clarence Budington Kelland
Republican Party
Kelland
National Committee
Young Republican League of Colorado
Navy Pilot Dies When Plane Falls in North Carolina Flight
Ensign Louis Crawford Clarke, 23, of New York City, Navy Reserve, was killed when his land plane crashed two and a half miles south of Moyock, North Carolina, during a routine flight. Funeral services are planned in New York City and memorials at Norfolk Naval Air Station.
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Fifth Naval District
Louis Crawford Clarke
U.S.N R
New York City
Moyock
N. C
Pledge Fult Effort Detroit Tanks Planes Munitions
Walter P. Reuther, UAW executive board member, said labor in the American automobile industry will do all in its power to produce tanks planes suns and munitions in overpowering numbers.
First Aid Course Opens for Negro Defense Registrants
Registrants in the colored division of the municipal defense program are to meet Monday at 8 PM at William Penn High School for the basic first aid course. Dr. J. C. Morgan announced the ten hour program, a prerequisite for all other Civilian Defense activities for Negroes, with a large attendance expected.
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William Penn High School
J. C. Morgan
State College students donate blood for plasma bank
Raleigh April 18. Dudley Robbins student body president and ROTC cadet colonel announced that every physically fit student at North Carolina State College would donate blood to the emergency plasma bank. The school has about 1500 ROTC cadets who have passed physical exams. One of every 20 Americans is on the federal payroll.
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North Carolina State College
Dudley Robbins
Burgaw
State College
A A U W Adopts New War Support Resolutions at NC Session
At the North Carolina Division annual meeting in High Point the A A U W unanimously approves resolutions calling for full support of wartime efforts including war bonds, Victory Gardens, civilian defense projects, and education protections. The group thanks High Point branch and host committee for planning and hospitality.
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American Association of University Women
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
R. A. Herring
America
A.A.U.W
Board of Education
A.a.ul.w
N. C
High Point College
Aose G. Skard
Justin Stewart
D. H. Hall, Jr
Oxford
Admiral Colline t takes command of French West Africa navy
The Paris radio announced that Admiral Colllinet, previously in charge of the Strasbourg during the 1940 Oran and Mers-El-Kebir clash, has assumed command of the navy in French West Africa and will serve as delegate of the Vichy admiralty at Dakar. It notes a past U S Marine enlistment period of one year.
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Paris
Collinet
Strasbourg
Oran
Mers-El-Kebir
French West Africa
Dakar
Guilford Will Have Test Blackout Friday
A test blackout is ordered for Friday April 24 in the Raleigh district stretching from Raleigh to the Tennessee line. The affected area includes Wake Franklin northern Harnett Lee Chatham Durham Orange Alamance southwest Granville Person southwest Caswell most of Rockingham Guilford Randolph western Stokes Forsyth northeastern Davidson northern Davie Yadkin Surry Wilkes Alleghany and Ashe counties.
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Tennessee Line
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Harnett, Lee
Chatham
Durham
Orange Alamance
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Rockingham
Guilford
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Stokes
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Yadkin
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Wilkes
Alleghany
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Weather North Carolina Cooler Sunday
Washington April 18 AP Weather bureau reports temperatures for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere. Cooler conditions expected in North Carolina on Sunday.
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Washington
AP — Weather Bureau
Gas Saving Test Attracts Wisconsin Inventor's Device
Motorists are invited to test the Vacu-matic, a gas-saving device claimed to cut consumption by up to 30 percent while boosting power and acceleration. Auto owners nationwide already report savings as trials occur. The Vacu-matic Carburetor Co. of Wauwatosa Wisconsin offers free units to those who test it and spread the word.
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Wisconsin
Wauwatosa
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