War mood rises over Indian Ocean clash risk
The article warns of a possible major naval clash between Japan and Britain in the Indian Ocean as Japan seeks dominance of the eastern sea. It cites signs such as a potential Allied move on Madagascar and a British flotilla through the Mediterranean, plus Churchill noting Japan’s heavy fleet in the Bay of Bengal.
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Indian Ocean
Japan
Caase
Middle East
Hitler
Madagascar
Cape of Good Hope
Vichy
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Churchill
House of Commons
Bay of Bengal
James Somerville
Somerville
Two Trainmen Die as Engine Explodes Near Hamlet
HAMLET, April 24. A Seaboard Air Line freight engine exploded four miles east of Hamlet killing Fireman Travis McKaskill and head brakeman J. D. Lowell. Engineer Boob Blalock is in critical condition. five cars derailed. The victims were Hamlet residents. Fire set by sparks spread to nearby woods. boiler fragments found two blocks away.
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Hamlet
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Here
Travis McKaskill
J. D. Lowell
Boob” Blalock
Charleston
S. C
Routine health check urged for home servants
The American Academy of Pediatrics calls for routine physical examinations of household employees, including chest X rays for tuberculosis, to prevent disease transmission into homes. This advisory emphasizes early detection and safeguarding family health.
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The
American Academy of Pediatrics
RAF Bombers Hit Rostock In Baltic Port Raid
London reports say a strong RAF bomber force heavily attacked Rostock, causing fires and damage to a key German Baltic port used for war material shipments to the Russian front. Four RAF planes were missing. two German bombers were shot down over Britain.
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London
Royal Air Force
Baltic
Rostock
Air Ministry
Luebeck
Germany
Luebecki
Stettin
RAF
Soviet Russia
Warnow
Warnemuende
Denmark
Britain
Heinkel Aircraft Works
Fron
Ger Man Arms
DNB
Berlin
England
Prisoner Kills Self at Watauga County Prison Camp
Eli jah Owens a 46 year old white prisoner serving a murder term at the Watauga County prison camp died last night from self inflicted throat slashing with a razor. Prison Director Oscar Pitts announced today.
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Raleigh
Elijah Owens
Watauga County
Tazor
Oscar Pitts
Forest Fires Spread Through Four States
Four Southern states suffered a timber blaze sweep across about 32 000 acres amid air patrols and volunteer crews. In North Carolina 14 000 acres burned since last Sunday as Pisgah National Forest faced investigations for possible incendiarism. Virginia midlands saw 12 000 acres burn and Kentucky and Georgia reported multiple new fires while public forest use was restricted and power outages tapped mines and towns.
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Brevard
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
State Bureau of Investigation
Pisgah National Forest
Virginia
Forest Rangers
CCC
South
Georgia
Kentucky
U.S
Joseph C. Kircher
Tennessee
Civil Air Patrol
Pisgah
Broughton
Bland
Fred Pederson
Benedict
Harlan Ky
Kenneth G. McConnell
Kentennia
Harlan County
Chattahoochee National Forest
North
Huch Redding
President Pleased With War Production Expansion Hint
President Roosevelt said war production was proceeding well and hinted at expanding the program beyond January goals. New figures show war spending rising to 23 billion dollars this year and 70 billion next, with weekly outlays increasing from 409 million to 690 million and monthly costs climbing toward 5 billion by September. Budget Director Harold Smith noted tax shortfalls of 56.2 billion for next year, as expansion possibilities hinge on future plant capacity and a second program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Harold D. Smith
Smith
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gas Rationing To Have Far Reaching Effect On Nation
Gasoline rationing announced for 17 Atlantic coast states and DC prompts anxieties on revenue from gas taxes, impact on 10 million cars, and disruptions to resorts and filling stations. Officials deny extreme limits. likely 25 gallons per car per month. Eastern states face large tax-dependent revenue and broader economic effects.
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Frank LE May
Washington
East Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
District of Columbia
Leon Henderson
Ickes
Henderson
Senate
Treasury Department
Federal Roads Bureau
Easter
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
German Stronghold in Crimea Recaptured by Red Army
Red Star reported Russian forces captured The Golden Range, a major German stronghold in Crimea, while reports said Finns moved south to reinforce Nazi divisions on the Kalinin front.
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Crimea
Red
Eddy Gilmore Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Star
Golden Range
Kalinin
German Army units pierce Soviet lines near Sitaraya
Stockholm dispatch to Reuters quotes a Berlin spokesman that elements of the 16th German Army in the Sitaraya area breached Soviet lines and reestablished contact with central German forces.
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London
Stockholm
Reuters Today
Berlin
Sitaraya Russa
Soviet front reports hard fighting and retreats in winter war
Red Star says four days of sharp fighting cost Germans 300 killed and many guns as Soviet forces advance and briefly break through Finnish front near Leningrad Karelia. Southwest front reports ten big guns abandoned as snow melts.
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Golden Range
Red Star
Red Army
Leningrad
Karelia
Japanese advance nears Mandalay in Burma front
A British communique from New Delhi says Japanese forces are within 100 miles of Mandalay, with new attacks developing near Taunggyi and Shwenyaung. Chinese units under Gen Stidwell hold the eastern front as Yenangyaung oil town area faces Japanese digging in on the west flank. Mandalay area endures renewed air raids with no new damage or casualties reported.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Burma
Mandalay
Taunggyi
Fallen
Loikaw
Thailand
Joseph W. Stidwell
Shwenyaung
Taungegyi
Yenangyaung
Road Sentences Given Men Who Stormed Jail
ROXBORO April 24 Five white men convicts in a mob that stormed the county jail in August faced road sentences for unlawful assembly a misdemeanor. Judge R Hunt Parker sentenced two men to 18 months and the other three to 22 months. Coy Harris and AL PS Spriggs received the longer terms. Three others P I Holt Johnny Holt and Willie Aiken got shorter terms. jurors urged mercy for the Holts. Aiken was punished for not denying the accusations. The jury acquitted two others as spectators and another was freed by non suit. While the mob landed, officers moved the Negro to another jail.
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Roxboro
R. Hunt Parker
Coy Harris
AL PS Spriggs
P. I. Holt
Johnny Holt
Willie Aiken
Holts
Parker
Aiken
State Bureau of Investigation
W. G. Bradsher
Leo Dixon
Eward L. James
William H. Mfurdoeck
Thomas G. Slaughter
W. J. Green, Jr
Senate probes Army air crashes amid wartime strains
The Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee debates causes of the high rate of Army airplane crashes. Secretary Stimson’s aides urge caution while supporters push for broad inquiry. Sabotage rumors surface as BT arrests arise, and officials note over four thousand crashes since the war began with about a thousand deaths.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Senate
White House
Stimson
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Freight Train Strikes Auto in Thomasville Tragedy
Lonnie L. Lanier 39 superint endent of Columbia Panel Co dies after his car is struck by a southbound freight train at Fisher Ferry Street crossing. He is native of Davidson County and lived in Statesville before moving to Thomasville three years ago. Survived by father J Leach Lanier brother H A Lanier and three sons. Funeral in Statesville pending arrangements.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Lonnie L. Lanier
Columbia Panel Company
Fisher Ferry Street
Lanier
Green Funeral Home
Jr. Lanier
Davidson County
Mr. Lanier
Statesville
J. Leach Lanier
Route 1
H. A. Lanier
High Point
A. E. Lanier
J. P. Lanier
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
C.L. Lanier
Baltimore
Ship Sunk After Trying To Ram U Boat
NORFOLK VA April 24 The crew of a medium sized American merchant ship attempted to ram an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast after it shelled the vessel on April 16 The navy said Captain Samuel L Cobb of Staten Island New York and Ordinary Seaman Victor Patrola 19 of Wakefield Massachusetts were mortally wounded and buried at sea Five other crew members were missing and 27 survivors were landed at Norfolk by a rescue ship after spending three days and nights afloat Patrola died Cobb perished Sunday morning Captain Cobb reportedly ordered the wheel hard over to ram the sub and later went below to destroy his papers He was struck by a shell fragment upon returning to the bridge.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Navy
Samuel L. Cobb
Staten Island
N. Y
Victor Patrola
Wakefield
Mass
DHS
Gerard J. Costello
Cobb
Charles Brown
Durant
Okla
Patrala
Lost Bomber Forced Down On Red Soil
Russia announced that a United States bomber raid on Japan last Saturday ended with the plane forced to land in the Maritime Province on Soviet soil. Five men aboard, including a captain, were interned as officials noted the incident tested neutrality pact limits. U.S. and Russian authorities handled the affair under international law, with Vladivostok’s Angus Ward coordinating American affairs.
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Eddy Gilmore Kuibyshev
Russia
United States
Japan
William A. Standley
Washington
China
Tass
Maritime
Habarovsk
Kivabarovsk
Tokyo
Vladivostok
Angus Ward
Eire
Trish
Russian Communist Party
Pravda
Stansbury Cleared Of All Charges In Guilford County Case
In Concord on April 24 Superior Court Judge Zeb V Nettles dismissed the charge of receiving stolen goods against George L Stansbury Guilford County manager and county board member after completion of testimony. Co defendants Coral Stansbury George J King and Luther Brice had several charges quashed or dismissed. Brice testified to taking tires from a Concord warehouse with King and securing $125. Stansbury claimed no criminal intent and that he paid for the tires. Also reported A man drowns in the Perquimans River, R Graham White 59 president and general manager of Major and Loomis Lumber Co.
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Associated Press
Concord
Superior Court
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
George L. Stansbury
Guilford County
County Board of Commissioners
Stansbury
Nettles
George Je
King of
Luther Brice
Coral Stansbury
George J. King
Concor
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
King
Efe
Hertford
R. Graham White
Major and Loomis Luher Company
Perquimans River
Showdown Expected Between Labor Heads
Washington April 24. Labor movement sources foresee a showdown between John L. Lewis and Phillip Murray with Murray likely ousted as United Mine Workers vice president and expelled from membership. Reports say UMWA may conduct a house cleaning at October convention and CTO officers hint at a split if Murray is expelled, risking a new third labor movement.
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Joseph A. Loftes
Washington
Labor Movement
John L. Lewis
Phillip Murray
Murray
United Mine Workers
Tclo
CIO
Lewis
CTO
United Mine Workers of America
John O'Leary
Pittsburgh
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U. S
Cearrioe RY Incersene
B.T
Leon Marchal
Gaston Henry-Haye
Pierre Laval
de Gaulle
Standley
Labor
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