Invasion Fronts Italy Looms In War Talk
London report outlines two main Italy scenarios for a Mediterranean front with heavy German support likely. It cites Italian air weakness, limited armored divisions, coast defenses, and a potential shift to a political settlement facilitated by Fascist leaders amid Allied pressure. Tomorrow: The Balkan Hodgepodge.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Italy
Ialy
Germany
Mediterranean
Reggiane
Luftwaffe
Tunisia
Naval
Hitler
Tunisian
Sicily
Bologna
Italian
Sardinia
Corsica
Wartime In Washington by Jack Stinnett
The piece notes Civil Air Patrol members earning a Duck club insignia for survival stories and traces the Rankin verse that encodes presidents in order. It also recounts a light anecdote about Rep. Rankin and Congresswoman Winifred Stanley answering a sister’s joke about borrowed clothes.
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Washington
Jack Stinnett
Civil Air Patrol
Duck Club
al Patrol
CAP
Jack” Vilas
Ward Vilas
Congress
John F. Rankin
Ippi
Isington
Jefferson
van Buren
Johnson
Cleveland
McKinley
Wilson
Army collector Private Straub amasses 800 insignia finds
Salt Lake City reports Private Jack F. Straub of Indianapolis, stationed at the air base, has over 800 Army insignia items. He is the son of Col. Elmer F. Straub, former Indiana adjutant general and now on General Eisenhower's staff. Five quarries supplied granite for Naval Academy building work.
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Salt Lake City
Jack F. Straub
Indianapolis
Salt Lake City Air Base
Elmer F. Straub
Indiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
News of Colored People by C Fe Vorely
C Fe Vorely presents brief notes on matters concerning the colored community. Items include cultural events, local achievements, and community concerns within the city.
Local clubs and church events on Wednesday and Thursday
The Professional Men's Club meets tonight at 8 30 at Anderson's Tea Room hosted by Arthur McAdoo. The Master Singers and Burlington Harmonizers contest at St Mathews Church follows, with public invited. Bishop Grace will speak in Greensboro. bus departs House of Prayer at 7. Teachers Forum meets Thursday 8 at Wm Penn High School Library to discuss important business.
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Tim Holt
Bonita Granville
Hitler
Germany
Gregor Ziemer
Ildren
Anderson's Tea Room
Arthur McAdoo
Burlington
C. M. Grace
Greensboro
House of Prayer
Wm. Penn High School
Easter greetings and visits across the city
Corporal Odell Brown visited his wife Mrs. Carrie Goins Brown and relatives before returning to his station Monday. At the teachers association Mrs. J K Williams introduced guest speaker Mrs Beulah S S Rowe of Hampton who gave an audio visual demonstration. Robert White of Baltimore visited his mother Mrs Lillie Miller at 220 Hoskins Street and was joined by Rev. D D Mason Miss Glenny Johnson and Mrs Bertha Doster for a dinner in his honor. Mrs Berthenia Stewart attended an Easter Egg Hunt at Fort Jackson South Carolina sponsored for soldiers wives and mothers. her husband Pfc James Stewart is stationed there.
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Corporal Odell Brown
Carrie Goins Brown
Teachers’ Association
J. K. Williams
Fairview Street
Beulah S.S. Rowe
Hampton
Robert White
Baltimore
Lillie Miller
Hoskins Street
D D. Mason
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Glenny Johnson
Bertha Doster
Berthenia Stewart
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Stewart
Pfc
James Stewart
Physician Shoots Tax Collector in Florence Crime
In Florence on April 27 Dr. W. G. Parnell admitted shooting and killing tax collector W. Lewis on an uptown street. Police Chief Julian Price cited a tax dispute as the cause. Coroner Dr. T. W. Cockfield planned an inquest for tonight or tomorrow. An unrelated aviation note mentions cadets entering flight training at a higher rate.
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Florence
S. C
PR. W. Lewis
Julian Price
W. G. Parnell
T. W. Cockfield
Thomasville Employment Office seeks teachers and maids
Mrs. Millie J. Crowell announced that the Thomasville office is receiving applications for teachers with A or B certificates as well as maids and bookkeepers to operate a nursery and extended school service. Salaries follow the state schedule and work should start within weeks.
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Thomasville
Millie J. Crowell
United States Employment Service
Thomasville Executive Named C-D Chairman
J Glenn Pennington, a Thomasville furniture executive, was named chairman of Civilian Defense for the eastern half of Davidson County after the resignation of J Lee Wilson. Rev Dan W Allen of Lexington becomes chairman for the western half, with appointments made by state OCD authorities.
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Thomasville
J. Glenn Pennington
Davidson County
J. Lee Wilson
Wilson
Dan W. Allen
Episcopal
Lexington
Lexington Silk Mill
OCD
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Galleazo Ciano
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France
Russia
Yugoslavia
Adams
Madison
Monroe
Rep. Rankin
Rep
Winifred Stanley
New York
Paula
University of Buffalo
Stanley
Soldier's Hobbs
Naval Academy
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C. FE. Vorely
Bishop Grace
Corporal Brown
T’ville Employment Office
C-D
J. Harold Loman
The
People’s Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Duz
Pat
Procter
John
Procter & Gamble
Eagar
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