U S Bishop Arrives In London For Service Visit
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of the Methodist Church arrives in London representing 31 American Protestant denominations on a tour to chaplains and service men. He brings Roosevelt greetings and emphasizes religion’s growing role in morale and welfare for the armed forces. He is met by Col James L Blakeney and Major Robert H Humphrey and is accompanied by Col Frank L Miller.
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London
Adna Wright Leonard
Methodist Church
Leonard
Roosevelt
Francis J. Spellman
New York
U. S
America
James L. Blakeney
U. S. Army
Robert H Humphrey
Frank L. Miller
Chaplain’s Office
Washington
Col. Miller
Bishop Leonard
Washington, D. C
Commission
U. S. Army and Navy
Federal Council of Churches
National Council of Servicemen’s Christian League
You Don’t Feel Anything At All When You Get Hit
Marines and sailors recall numbness and shock after being wounded in the Solomons. Sgt. L E Drinkwater of Whitinsville Massachusetts reports a mosquito caused malaria and leg pain. Navy gunner Richard Shively of Marion Ohio describes being hit by a Jap Zero fire and losing memory until reaching a field hospital.
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L. E. Drinkwater
Whitinsville
Mass
Richard Shively
Marion, O
Solomons
Damages Waiver and Facts From 1940s Questions
A series of trivia style queries cover topics from sports waivers to railroad accident casualties, Victory Garden sizes, Poor Richard’s Almanac author, and the political status of King Zog of Albania. The items include waivers for Bobsledding events at Lake Placid, 1942 crossing fatalities, garden acreage guidance, and UN recognition issues for exiled monarchs.
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United States
Mt. van Hovenberg
Lake Placid
Amateur Athletic Union
New York
Elba
United Nations
Zog
Albania
London
Carolinas Junior Boys Golf Tourney Slated at Greensboro
The 17th annual Carolinas Junior Boys Golf Tournament will be held June 21 at Greensboro Country Club. Organizer Max T Payne announced plans. defending champion Harvey Ward cannot compete due to age limit as competitors must be under 17.
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Greensboro
Greensboro Country Club
Max T. Payne
Harvey Ward
Tarboro
Washington wartime push to employ physically handicapped workers
Congress considers expanding the U S Employment Service with divisions for the physically handicapped in every office. Led by Senator Davis, the plan would appoint handicapped directors, set pay, and coordinate with state and local groups, reporting to Congress quarterly.
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Washington
James J Davis
Pennsylvania
Jim
United States Employment Service
Davis
U. S
Congress
Four Die Violently In N C Over Week End
Four people died in North Carolina over the weekend in violent incidents. Gaylor Andrews 26 of Banner Elk Miss Pansy Fulton 18 of Kings Mountain and Miss Mildred Dayberry 16 of Shelby were killed when their car collided with a train at a grade crossing in Kings Mountain. A 12 year old girl Aldie Cragg near Lenoir was found with a bullet wound at Morganton hospital and died about six hours later. Sheriff R C Chapman said the shooting at John T Crump’s Caldwell County home could have been accidental.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Gaylor Andrews
Banner Elk
Pansy Fulton
Kings Mountain
Mildred Dayberry
Shelby
Aldie Cragg
Lenoir
Morganton
R. C. Chapman
John T. Crump
Caldwell County
German diplomat changes include Vatican ambassador post
London dispatch reports on Berlin radio that Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop appointed Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker as ambassador to the Vatican and announced other shifts in Germany diplomatic representation abroad. A cultural quip and a note on the U.S. Marine Band’s Philadelphia organization in 1798 accompany the item.
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London
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Vatican
Banjo Inventor and American Instrument Debate
A fragmentary line argues the banjo was invented over a century ago and remains a strictly American instrument, emphasizing an ongoing push to outfit or acquire better gear and defend its status.
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Bennett College of
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Mary Albright
Noro Street
T of
Sony
Onic
NEA
Pop
Sana
Reese
Tehakd Cape
Ped Wells
Henry Ayers
American Legion
John McClain
May Coleman
Fairview Street
Daniel Brooks Center
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Lord I Believe
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Henrietta Robinson
Bessie M. Young
Laddie Brewington
Clopas
Martha Dorsett
Thelma Jackson
Thelma Pondexter
William Luck
Thomas B. Smith
Seymour-Johnson Jr Field
Goldsboro
N. C
Wm. Penn High School
Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Tribune de Geneve
Hitler
Europe
der Fuehrer
Germany
Treasury Department
Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
France
Maurice Gamelin
Koenigstein
H. W. Hochbaum
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Committee On
Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Sam
American Federation of the Physically Handicapped, Inc
War Manpower Commission
Paul A. Strachan
Federation
N.C
AXIS
U. S. Marine Band
Philadelphia
Democrats
City Hall
N. L. Garner
Dave T. Yow
M. A. Lackey
J. E. Fink
V. L. Hunt
A. Lewis
P. Evans
J. E. Ward
Argier. Wood
F. Logan Porter
E. Leroy Briggs
J. F. Jones
D. D. Arden
Byron Haworth
J. F. Hoffman
Old Council
Harriss Jarrell
Marines
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
R. Z. Reynolds
TobarcoCa
Winston-Salem, N.C
Virginia Donnelly
Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co
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