U S Correspondent Escapes Serbian Vigilantes In War Zone
U S correspondent Sam Brewer narrowly escaped execution by Serbian vigilantes who mistook his gear for a German spy radio setup amid the burning Belgrade bombardment. He reached Belgrade’s outskirts April 6 after a 19 day Balkan lockdown, narrating the siege and the crowd's brutal search with a typewriter coil and boots fueling the radio transmitter suspicion.
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Chicago
Sam Brewer
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Kotor
Adriatic
Greece
Robert St. John
Associated Press
Leigh White
Columbia Broadcasting System
Leon Kay
United Press
Russell Hill
New York Herald Tribune
Ray Brock
New York Times
Cecil Brown
CBS
Rome
Belgrade
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Just Like Dad major had he bundled into a sec ond car with two guards
Brewer described a Belgrade scene where a major bundled him into a second car with two guards and threatened to deal with him at 9 o clock. Serb reporters arrived. one was arrested when seeking to intervene. A rescuer editor colonel failed. Brewer cited widespread terror and extensive destruction with an estimated death toll around 7000.
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Brewer
Belgrade
Thomasville Boy Elected Editor of Wake Forest Yearbook
Thomasville boy John Elliott Galloway of Moultrie Georgia was elected president of Wake Forest yearbook staff by fellow students. Other picks include Lewis Coleman of Wilmington as vice president Warren Pritchard of Spruce Pine as secretary treasurer Bill Ayers of Chengchow China editor D E Ward Jr of Durham business manager Neil Morgan of Wake Forest editor Don Bradsher of Roxboro business manager Royall Jennings of Thomasville editor Judson Creech of Ahoskie business manager of the Howler John Fletcher of Charlotte president of the Baptist Student Union Clarence Bridger of Bladenboro president of next year senior class
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John Elliott Galloway
Moultrie
Lewis Coleman
Wilmington
Warren Pritchard
Spruce Pine
Bill Ayers
Chengchow
China
D. E. Ward,Jr
Durham
Old Gold and Black
Neil Morgan
Don Bradsher
Roxboro
Royall. Jennings
Thomasville
Judson Creech
Ahoskie
Howler
John Fletcher
Charlotte
Baptist Student Union
Clarence Bridger
Bladenboro
Navy Carrier Contracts List Includes Hornet and Essex
The navy contracted new aircraft carriers including Hornet Essex Bonne Hommerchard Kearsarge Intrepid Bunker Hill Cabot Franklin Hancock Crisparry Randolph and Ticonderoga, extending the service plan for airpower and fleet strength.
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Hornet
Essex
Bonne Hommerchard
Kearsarge
Intrepid
Bunker Hill
Cabot
Franklin
Hancock
Crisparry
Randolph
Ticonderoga
Durham Power Rates Reduced
Durham Public Service Company and the State Utilities Commission announced a plan to cut power costs by 860000 annually for Durham residents. Residential savings dominate, with commercial and industrial rates also reduced. new rates take effect June 1.
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Raleigh
Durham Public Service Company
State Utilities Commission
Durham
Stanley Winborne
Winborne
Berlin Critics Downplay U S War Moves
German observers deride Roosevelt’s policy as aggressive and warn of American entanglement. They cite Japanese warnings and say the United States extends patrols instead of convoys while noting the Columbus voyage and sinking with 579 survivors rescued by a U S cruiser.
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United States
England
Meyerle
Roosevelt
America
Greenland
Rerief
S. S. Columbus
Germans Repel Tank Assault at Mount Oeta West of Thermopylae Pass
German units destroyed 23 Nazi tanks in yesterday’s action shielding the British withdrawal near Mount Oeta and Thermopylae Pass. Berlin said the Greek campaign nears its end though the war in the Eastern Mediterranean would continue.
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Washington
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Berlin
Sleepwalking man leads to morbid discovery in Kansas
Pratt Kansas resident Dave Holopeter was awakened by a jolting phone call asking if his children were asleep. He checked and found his son Bobby Ray missing. In a sleepwalking episode the boy wandered away and entered a mortuary down the block.
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Kans
Dave
Holopeter
Bobby Ray
Churchill to Speak on War Situation in Radio Address
London April 26 Prime Minister Winston Churchill will deliver a radio address on the war situation at 9 p.m. local time tomorrow 4 p.m. Eastern daylight time.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Funeral rites for G C Laws at Randleman home
Funeral services for G C Laws age 98 who died at his home on the Asheboro highway near Whitehall Filling Station Randleman route 2 were held Thursday afternoon at 2 30 from the home. Rev Ernest M Smith of North Park Baptist Church presided. A singing quartet including Mr and Mrs Paul Frye Mrs Helen Fags and D H Short performed Asleep In Jesus Shall We Meet and Nearer My God To Thee. Pallbearers were W C McWarter Dan H Short Paul Frye P H Cooper T F Wall and M C Osborne. Interment followed in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Asheboro
Whitehall
Randleman
Ernest M. Smith
North Park Baptist Church
Paul Frye
Helen Fags
D. H. Short
Jesus
Funeral services for Albert E. Hibbard in New Bern
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in New Bern for Albert Eaton Hibbard 16 prominent jeweler and church leader who died yesterday at the home of a daughter Mrs Jack Wilkinson Survivors include a daughter Mrs William B Farris of Winston Salem two sons Albert L Hibbard of New Bern and Charles FE Hibbard of Richmond and one sister Mrs J A Brewer of Hilton Village Va
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A. E. Hibbard
New Bern
Albert Eaton Hibbard
Jack Wilkinson
William B. Farris
Winston-Salem
Charles FE. Hibbard
Richmond
J. A. Brewer
Hilton Village
North Carolina Leads Southern States in Old Age Insurance Coverage
Washington report notes North Carolina ranks first among 12 Southern states for the number of Negroes covered by old age insurance, highlighting state progress in social welfare statistics.
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Washington
North Carolina
Taxes On Food Not Popular
Washington April 26. Proposals to tax coffee sugar and other foods drew little support in Congress though lawmakers noted the global crisis could sway them in raising 3.5 billion dollars in new revenue. A five cent a pound coffee and one cent a pound sugar levy were floated with other excises to reach 661 million. Open hearings on Treasury and tax experts’ recommendations begin Monday as the Ways and Means Committee waits public reaction.
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Joe Ross Jr To Head Asheboro Rotary Club
The Asheboro Rotary Club elected Joe Ross Jr as president for the coming year at a board meeting. Elected officers include vice president William Underwood secretary John T Moffitt treasurer James Riddle and others including Paul Hardin Jr and E O Schaefer. Retiring president W F Redding Jr and directors Alton Craven and Henry Redding were named. Dr John Redhead of Charlotte spoke at the club luncheon.
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Asheboro Rotary Club
Joe Ross, Jr
William Underwood
John T. Moffitt
James Riddle
Seargent At Arms
Paul Hardin, Jr
Crippled Children’s Clinic
E. O. Schaefer
John Taylor
W. F. Redding, Jr
Alton Craven
Henry Redding
John Redhead
Charlotte
Presbyterian Church
Notable North Carolina leaders named to state boards
The text lists prominent figures across sectors such as minerals, forestry, advertising, and commerce who are named from Polk County onward. R. B. Etheridge and Harry Bailey of Spruce Pine head mining and resource studies. W. J. Wamioft of Asheville and K. Clyde Council of Wananish joined forestry and conservation. Charles H. Jenkins of Aulander linked to agriculture and timber. Santford Martin of Winston-Salem and Josh L. Horne Jr. of Rocky Mount added to advertising roles. Irving Hall of Raleigh leads commerce and industry engagement.
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Charles H. Jenkins
Aulander
Santford Martin
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Journal
Josh K L. Horne, Jr
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Telegram
Commerce and Industry
Irving Hall
Raleigh
Weather Summary for North Carolina Coastal Areas
Generally fair to night and Sunday with slightly warmer Sunday. On the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras fresh northeast winds diminish tonight and Sunday, with broken clouds tonight. From Hatteras to Jacksonville north and northeast winds become northeast and east Sunday, fresh to moderately strong over the extreme north portion and off the coast. Occasional rain off the coast tonight, Sunday partly cloudy.
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North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Jack
Sonville
Four Die In Burlington Auto Crashes This Morning
Four people were killed in two separate crashes near Burlington early today. A fifth person, Ed Murray of Burlington, is in Alamance General Hospital in critical condition. In the first crash on the Hopedale road, Lonnie Skinner Kile Askew and Al Kellar died when their car hit a concrete abutment and plunged into a stream. The second crash south of the city claimed Miss Edna Greason of Burlington, with police seeking the sedan driver for manslaughter and hit-and-run charges.
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Burlington
Alamance General Hospital
Tapedale
Lonnie Skinner
Kile Askew
al Kellar
New York
Ed Murray
Hopedale
Edna Greason
Plan to seize idle ships in ports across Americas
The House Merchant Marine Committee approved a recommended plan enabling each American republic to take over belligerent vessels idle in its ports and operate them for vital economic needs. It targets restoring inter American trade amid wartime shipping shortages, with surplus tonnage to be sold or chartered to Britain or other nations. The proposal, drawn from Uruguay Foreign Minister Guani, envisions a pool of ships to meet regional requirements before broader sales.
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House
Merchant Marine Committees
Guani
Uruguay
Hemisphere
Great Britain
Notable North Carolina Business Figures Highlighted
Life insurance business and actively connected with joint stock land banks and other banking and commercial enterprises in this state. Richard Tufts of Pinehurst, president of Pinehurst Corporation and a nationally known figure in the hotel and resort field. Oscar Breece of Fayetteville, three time president of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, active in developing water transportation and terminals in the state.
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Richard Tufts
Pinehurst
Pinehurst Corporation
Oscar Breece
Fayetteville
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