British Urge Easy Peace Proposal to Germans
London observers report a National Peace Council drive for a million signatures backing a soft peace. The petition calls partial war guilt, shared postwar burden, and occupied Germany with limited Allied responsibility rather than punitive terms. Signatories include Harold Laski and Vera Brittain, with criticism from Eleanor Rathbone.
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London
Noel Coward
National Peace Council
Britain
Council
Dean of
Canterbury
Harold Laski
Augustus John
Dame Sybil ,Thorndike
Vera Brittaire
Eleanor Rathbone
M.P
R. W. Sorenson
R. R. Stokes
Graham
White
Oy Havees
Maude Royden
Germany
Norman Bentwich
Henry Carter
Student Movement
Methodist Social Welfare Department
Free Church Federal Council
The
Women’s Cooperative Guild
Civil Service Clerical Association
Union of Post Office Workers
Railway Clerks’ Association
Miss Rathbone
Designer Lists Beauty Assets Of Allied Women
London fashion figure Norman Hartnell compares English French and American women as assets in a three way balance sheet. He cites English poise and skin but notes narrow views and poor nail care. French wear the little black dress and subtle jewelry. Americans lead in color and fashion freshness. He prescribes a must wardrobe: one suit one woolen dress one overcoat one crepe dress. Chile leads Latin America in iron ore output.
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London
INS
Norman Harnell
Hartnell
America
Doan's Pills Offered For Tired Kidneys And Sleepless Nights
The note promotes Doan's Pills as a long standing remedy for tired kidneys causing wakefulness. It claims pills purify the blood and flush out waste, reducing headaches under eyes and facial dirtiness with a remedy trusted by readers for over 40 years.
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R .Betheve
King in Norfolk Grayson T. King Enlists for Navy Training
Grayson T. King 18 seaman second class USNR from Asheboro North Carolina arrived at Norfolk naval station for training aboard a new Atlantic fleet destroyer after completing training at Bainbridge Maryland. He is son of Theodore King Rt 3 Asheboro and attended Seagrove high school before enlisting.
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Grayson T. King
USNR
Asheboro
N. C
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Maryland
Seaman King
Theodore King
Rt. 3
Navy
Seagrove High School
Earl New Receives Distinguished Flying Cross in Burma
T Sgt Earl New 24 of High Point North Carolina awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Maj Gen Howard Davidson for 47 combat missions 367 hours of flying with the 7th Bombardment Group in the India Burma theater. Married and with roots at Trinity High School he is the son of Mr and Mrs T B New Rt 2 High Point.
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Tenth Air Force
Burma
Earl . New
T. B. New
High Point
N. C
Howard C. Davidson
Sgt. New
India-Burma
7Th Bombardment Group
Sgt
New
Trinity High School
Pickard Receives Gold Star For Marcus Island Mission
Lt. (jg) James W. A. Pickard USNR 24 of Randleman North Carolina was awarded a gold star in lieu of the third air medal for a carrier based fighter escort mission to Marcus Island on August 31 1943. He pressed home accurate strafing attacks and aided in the destruction of seven enemy twin engine bombers on the ground sharing battlefield details with his team leader. His wife Mrs Hilda Hamilton Pickard resides in Randleman. Also noted is Sterlin L Robbins promoted to sergeant at Camp Blanding Florida. Robbins a 1944 enlistee and Trinity High School graduate from High Point North Carolina is married to Dorothy N Robbins.
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Charleston
S. C
James W. A. Pickard
USNR
Randleman
N. C
J.g
Pickard
Hilda Hamilton Pickard
Sterlin L. Robbins
Camp Blanding
Florida
Sterlin Larne Robbins
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Dorothy N. Robbins
High Point
Robbins
Trinity High School
Tomlingh High Point
Kimsey Commissioned From Quantico in Naval Service
Marine 2nd Lt. Charles Carlton Kimsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Kimsey of High Point North Carolina, has been commissioned after graduating from a platoon commanders school in Quantico. He attended the University of North Carolina and was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the football and boxing teams. He enlisted June 8 1942 and is 22 with two brothers in the army and one in the navy.
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Kimsey
Quantico
Charles Carlton Kimsey
Simon P. Kimsey
Centennial Avenue
High Point
N. C
University of North Carolina
Commerce
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Navy
Michael Promoted and Decorated for World War II Service
Sgt. Robert L. Michael has been promoted to technical sergeant in the Third Army. He earned the Purple Heart for wounds in action in France and holds the Combat Infantry Badge and Good Conduct Medal. He now serves with a hospital unit in Scotland.
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Michael
Robert L. Michael
Third Army
France
G. W. Michael
Scotland
Navy Seaman Hal Livengood Spends Leave at Home
Seaman first class Hal W. Livengood, U S Navy, recently spent leave with his parents Mr and Mrs M J Livengood at 1602 East Green Street after ten months service overseas. He is currently stationed at Newport.
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Hal W. Livengood
U. S. Navy
M. J. Livengood
East Green Street
Newport
Bronze Star Awarded to GM 2c William Furr of Guilford College
GM 2/c William Elwood Furr son of J M Furr and the late Mrs Furr of Guilford College Rt 2 received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement as helmsman of a destroyer during enemy aircraft attacks on October 12 1944. His quick decisive actions kept the ship from being torpedoed and from colliding with another destroyer amid heavy fire. A Cumberland High School graduate who moved to High Point in 1933 he joined City Refrigeration and enlisted in 1942 sailing to the Pacific in January 1944 and participating in about 17 naval engagements.
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GM 2
William Elwood Furr
J. M
Cumberland High School
High Point
City
T the Pacific
Son of local pair promoted to first lieutenant
Alvin O. Boles of the U S M C R has advanced from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A O Boles of 1118 Montlieu Avenue and has returned to his base in the Pacific after taking part in the Iwo Jima invasion.
Soldier's Service Record Highlighting Training and Overseas Time
A serviceman served two years with one year overseas. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina and at Quantico in Virginia.
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Parris Island, & Ca
Quantico, Va
Wagner promoted to lieutenant in Eighth Air Force
Harry W. Wagner of 719 Grimes Street High Point North Carolina has been commissioned a second lieutenant and promoted to flight officer after training in San Marcos Texas and service as navigator on a B 24 liberator. He completed 24 missions over Europe and earned the air medal with three oak leaf clusters. His wife Ella Wagner and daughter Beverly reside with his parents L A Wagner at 523 Centennial High Point.
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Luther 7. Yow
15Th Raf
Italy
Pfic
Luther J. Yow
Tipton Street
High Point
N. C
Pfc
Yow
15Th Air Force
High Point College
Wagner
Eighth Air Force
England
Harry W. Wagner
Grimes Street
High Point High School
J. C. Penney Company
San Marcos
Texas
Europe
Germany
Louella R. Wagner
Beverly
L. A. Waga
Centennial
High Int
Marine Cpl Wallace Ellington Home on Weekend Visit
Cpl Wallace Ellington visits wife Frances at Emery wood Court apartments and rents at 217 West Bay Street before returning to Quantico Virginia. He has served three years in the Marines including time in Puerto Rico and was among 400 Quantico men in Roosevelt funeral honor guard along the procession to Hyde Park family plot.
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Cpl
Wallace Ellington
Frances Wallace Ellington
Emerywood Court
C. F. Elington
West Bay Street
Quantico
Marine Corps
Ito Rico
Cpl. Ellington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Navy pilot William Delaney sinks Yamato in war news
Mrs William Delaney of Detroit holds seven week old Maureen Anne as she learns her husband Lt William Delaney Navy pilot has sunk the Yamato. The flier was rescued after his craft failed. Lands sergeant served 38 months in the Asiatic Pacific theater. son of Mr and Mrs L T Land of 608 Prospect High Point. Prior to service, he worked at Carolina Container Co.
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McAdams
Miami
Miami Beach
Fla.m
Edwin A. McAdams
High Point
N. C
Army Air Forces
G. L. McAdams
Cemetery Street
Thomasville
Florida
William BE. Delaney
Maureen Anne
Detroit
Mich
William Delaney
Navy
International
United States
S/ Sgt. Land
L. T. Land
Prospect
Army
Carolina Container Company
Roach Promoted to Private First Class in Fifth Army Italy
Rodney J. Roach son of Mrs Acre A Roach of 937 Council Street High Point has been promoted from private to private first class on the Fifth army front in Italy He serves as a medical aidman with the 161 evacuation hospital stationed in Italy.
Hoppe Extends Lead Over Cochran In Billiards Match
White-haired Willie Hoppe surged 65 points ahead of defending champion Welk Cochran amid a transcontinental three-cushion contest. Hoppe trailed after two losses but maintained a sizable margin with 38 games left in the match set in San Francisco.
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Denver
Willie Hoppe
Welk Cochran
Tit Hoppe
Hoppe
Cochran
San Francisco
Mississippi Establishes First State Ported College for Women
Mississippi becomes the first state to establish a college for women, marking a milestone in higher education access. The move signals growing support for women’s academia and public investment in gender equality.
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Mississippi
Union
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