Bowman Receives Honorable Discharge From Army
T/5 Jack R. Bowman, son of Mr and Mrs E M Bowman of 213 Tomlinson Street, was honorable discharged at Fort Bliss Texas. Bowman entered the army in December 1943 and spent the last 17 months stationed at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso Texas.
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Bowman
Jack R. Bowman
E. M. Bowman
Tomlinson Street
Fort Bliss
Texas
Army
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Kinsey Receives Honorable Navy Discharge
Charles F. Kinsey III son of Mr and Mrs C F Kinsey Jr of 810 Montheu avenue received his honorable discharge from the naval separation center at Shelton Virginia He entered the navy in July 1943 as a V-12 student at Duke University and later served three years in the regular navy with one year in the North African Sicilian and Italian theaters of war
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Kinsey
Charles F. Kinsey, III
C. F. Kinsey, Jr
Montheu Avenue
Naval Separation Center
Shelton
Navy
Duke University
Peele Begins Six-Week Air Corps Basic Training
Pvt. Robert Y. Peele age 17 son of Mr and Mrs Clyde V Peele of High Point North Carolina is in training at the AAF military training center in San Antonio Texas where thousands of air corps basic trainees are undergoing a rigid six week program to fit them for further specialized air corps instruction.
Enlisted WAC Falls Off Sedalia Victory Off Montauk Point
An enlisted WAC aboard the Seda lia Victory bound for New York fell into the Atlantic about 36 miles off Montauk Point and is presumed lost. The army withheld her name pending next of kin notification. Crews searched two hours in two boats after hearing a distant call for help.
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New York
WAC
Sedalia Victory
Montauk Point
Atlantic
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of Oxford University
The proper title of Oxford University in England is The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford.
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Oxford University
England
University of Oxford
Chapel Hill man elected regional vice president in national education group
Detroit April 25. Perry L. Schneider of New York city was elected president of the Department of Adult Education of the National Association. R S Gruman of Chapel Hill North Carolina was chosen regional vice president and director of extension at the University of North Carolina.
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Detroit
Perry L. Schneider
New York City
Salesmen Drive Most Miles Per Year Among Jobs
Report shows salesmen travel the highest average annual miles, exceeding other occupations in a nationwide comparison. Data highlights mileage patterns across industries and regions.
Obdurate Fox Battle Ends For Local Jeweler On Route 62
Ted Hilliard the local jeweler on Route 62 southeast of the city fought a half hour battle with a red fox in his chicken lot last night. After failing with a board and calling his wife for a rifle the fox fled and was later hunted by fox hounds brought by neighbors. The chase lasted into the early morning hours until the animal was killed.
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FE. W
Ted) Hilliard
Route 62
Hilliard
Charlotte hosts two day southeastern recreation conference
A two day southeastern industrial recreation conference opened in Charlotte with attendance expected to 200 or more executives from the region. The event is led by the national industrial recreation association the Charlotte personnel directors club the North Carolina state recreation commission and the Charlotte chamber of commerce with opening address by Dr. Floyd R Eastwood of Purdue University. Conference chairman is R Thurman Taylor Jr a Charlotte hosiery mill executive.
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Charlotte
National Industrial Recreation Association
Charlotte Personnel Directors Club
North Carolina State Recreation Commission
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Floyd R. Eastwood
Purdue University
R. Thurman Taylor
Charlotte Hosiery Mill
Disabled Veterans Meet Tonight in County Building
Disabled veterans of all wars plan to organize the High Point post of Disabled American Veterans. Meeting at 7 p m in the county building features organizer T M Pipkin and speakers J M Kennedy Jr and J K Finch to discuss benefits, employment help, and DAV purpose. More than 25 locals have signed up. the group traces to Cincinnati origins and now numbers about 100 000 members.
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High Point
T. M. Pipkin
Archdale
Pacific
DAV
J. M. Kennedy, Jr
Raleigh
J. K. Finch
National Service
Congress
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ireland Coast Eroding Fast Under Winter Gales
The southeast coast of Ireland is rapidly eroding with cliffs and sand dunes collapsing into the sea from Rosslare Harbor to Carnsore Point. The Rosslare-Dublin line nears the edge at Have sland, villages like Curracloe and Courtown are damaged, and erosion resists piles groynes and rice grass.
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Dublin
Ireland
Rosslare
Wexford
Bray Head
Wicklow
Carnsore Point
Rossiare
Havesland
Harriman Set to Take London Embassy in May
London notes express British satisfaction with Averell Harriman as the new American ambassador to Britain. The 14 Prince’s Gate residence, donated by John Pierpont Morgan, will host Harriman and his daughter Kathleen as official hostess, with a tradition of generous banquets expected to continue.
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London
INS
Prince's Gate
Uncle Sam
Royal Court of St. James
Averell Harriman
John Pierpont Morgan
America
John Winant
Doners
Harriman
Kathleen
Russia
England
J. L. Motley
Turner
VA Will Accept Collect Calls for Emergency VA Treatment
A. C. Ingram announces that the VA will accept collect calls to nearest VA office for emergency treatments paid under existing rules only if the disability is service connected. Payments apply when emergencies precede any determination, with specific conditions of emergency, service connection, and lack of immediate VA facilities. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 619 offers assistance to veterans.
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A. C. Ingram
Fermaster
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration
Ingram
West Broad Street
Atomic Bomb Forcing Life Below Ground Says Notre Dame Expert
Dr. Henry D. Hinton of the University of Notre Dame argues that nuclear energy control must come from United Nations organizations. He warns that without global oversight, humanity may have to live 1,000 feet underground to escape destructive forces in another war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
INS
Henry D. Hinton
University of Notre Dame
United Nations
Soldier's pigeon meets mischance in Fort Worth loft
In Fort Worth Texas Joe Meacham a discharged veteran of the army signal corps kept a blue check pigeon hen in a loft behind his home. Today while inspecting the area the bird flew into a telephone wire and was injured highlighting civilian life hazards for veterans.
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PEACE
Fort Worth
Tex
Joe Meacham
Army Signal Corps
Meacham
Army
Thomasville Boy Speaks at ECTC Meeting
Greenville April 25. Public speaking and debating were featured by Jarvis Forensic club members at East Carolina Teachers College. Charles O. of Thomasville gave a short talk on debate values. Mary Sue Cotten Kipling and Esther Mae Leitner Roanoke Rapids read selections. Rosalie Kearney Piedmont Village Camp Butner chaired and announced program numbers. Julia Bray Fairmont led a brief devotional.
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Greenville
Jarvis Forensic Club
East Carolina
Charles O
Thomasville
Mary Sue Cotten
Kipling
Esther Mae Leitner
Noke Rapids
Rosalie Kearney
Piedmont Village
Camp Butner
Julia Bray
Fairmont
Britain Plants Corn on Naval Airfields
The Admiralty orders corn planted on naval airfields across England Scotland and Northern Ireland to boost food production. Officials estimate the move will add several million bushels to Britain's crop this summer while naval planes operate from these fields. The Andes mountains reach their highest altitude in Peru.
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Portsmouth
England
Admiralty
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Peru
Ever Normal Fish Freezer Advocated
At a Cull Coast Fishermen's union convention in St. Petersburg Dr. R A Kahn of the fish and wildlife services proposed loans by the department of agriculture to support a parity price for fisheries. The idea envisioned an ever normal fish freezer to buy or pledge fish during glut to hold for scarcity, mirroring agriculture's ever normal granary concept.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Cull Coast Fishermen's Union
R. A. Kahn
Fish and Wildlife Services
Department of Terror
Department of Agriculture
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