Britons Hope For German Defeat In Spring Of '44
London observers weighed a spring 1944 German defeat amid a buoyant week including Allied wins in Sicily Italy Belgorod and the Pacific. Some compare current hopes to 1918 while cautioning that much blood remains to be shed and victory is not assured. Prime Minister Churchill's guarded optimism anchors a mood of cautious expectation.
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United Nations
Germany
Ore
Belgorod
Catania
Munda
Pacific
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Europe
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England
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Pietro Badoglio
Churchill
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Whitehall
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Kuban
Russia
Britain
the Times
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
One Day Girl Scout Camp Reunion Planned at Colored Park
The All Girl Scouts host a one day camp reunion Monday August 9 at 10 a.m. in Colored Municipal Park with registration from 9:30 to 10. Campers should bring blankets knives swimsuits and a bag lunch. Camp directors Mesdames L S Merritt and L E Flowe invite additional leaders to join the day’s activities.
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Colored Municipal Park
Park Grove
Mesdames
L. S. Merritt
L. E. Flowe
Special mass meeting at St Mark church on venereal disease
A special mass meeting at St Mark Methodist church tomorrow night features a lecture and a movie on general disease. Sponsored by the Venereal Disease Educational Institute the event aims to inform the general public. The meeting starts at 8 30 p m.
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St. Mark Methodist Church
Elks Club Meeting Set For Tuesday Evening
Exalted Ruler Dock Wilson urges all Elks members to attend the meeting Tuesday night at 8 p.m. at the Elks home.
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Elks Club
Elks
Dock Wilson
Revival to be held at Church of God on Gurley Street
Bishop A S Melvin announces that Bishop G M Williams of Cambridge Mass will conduct a revival at the Church of God on Gurley Street from August 8 through August 13 at 7 p m The public is invited Also High Point Giants beat Guilford College 14 to 3 at the colored park ball field The Giants plan a game with Tri Angle Hosiery Mill in the Industrial league on Tuesday at 3 p m Messages of thanks are given by Mrs F P Wilson and by Nathanial Mabra and family following illness and a memorial service for Effie Mabra Saunders with Rev W S McLeod and St Mark church noted.
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St. Stephens A. M. E. Zion Church
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Washington, D. C
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Brooks Memorial Church
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Della Hoover
A. M. E. Zion
Brooklyn
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Greensboro
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Mark Methodist Church
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High Point Giants
Guilford College
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Triangle Hosiery Mill
Effie Mabra Saunders
W. S. McLeod
St. Mark Church
Allied war forecasts and German strain amid Armistice Day talk
The article notes Churchill's 1942 Armistice Day remarks about a future cross channel attack while warning that such an assault requires time to prepare. It cites perceived German strain from Berlin's air raids, Goebbels on evacuation, and Hitler’s clashes with generals, plus refugee leaders urging readiness for a possible German crackup and preemptive Allied policy moves.
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Germany
North Sea
Churchill
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Sweden
WAC Recruiters At Post Office August 9 14
Lt Adeline Sears and Pfc Ruth McLarry from the Charlotte WAC recruiting office will be at the High Point post office lobby. The regular WAC booth will operate from tomorrow through August 14 offering enlistment for women ages 20 to 50 for the September 1 branch of the regular army. Interested women can obtain information from the recruiters.
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Adeline G. Sears
Pfc
Ruth McLarry
WAC
Charlotte
High Point Post Office
Regular Army
WACS
Driving Efficiency Advice Cautions Against Congested Routes
To save gasoline avoid heavily traveled streets and stop and go areas where congestion causes delay and wastes fuel. This guidance emphasizes choosing smoother routes to improve fuel economy and reduce time lost in traffic.
Gripper Girls Plan Southern Family Visit
Vera Mae and Barbara Jean Gripper will accompany their grandfather on a trip to Tennessee and Georgia. They also plan to visit Mr. Rutledge’s son George Jr. who is currently at a U S army camp.
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Vera Mae
Barbara Jean Gripper
Tennessee
Georgia
Mr. Rutledge
George, Jr
Nab Bank Robber In Attempt To Escape Alcatraz
Ten H. Walters a bank robber attempted to escape from Alcatraz today but was caught by guards on the rocky edge of the island. He had sneaked from the laundry building and climbed a barbed wire fence before being seized near the edge facing the Golden Gate. Walters is serving 30 years for bank robbery automobile theft and assault from Fort Smith Arkansas.
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San Francisco
Ten H. Walters
Alcatraz Federal Prison
J. A. Johnston
Walters
Fort Smith
Ark
Golden Gate
Pneumatic gun fires 12,000 bullets a minute
A Los Angeles inventor showcases an automatic pneumatic gun that expels 12,000 rounds per minute without powder. Compressed air from a beneath cylinder drives the force, delivering the impact of a 50 caliber bullet.
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Los Angeles
Lake Mattamuskeet Sees Shoreline Erosion From Waves
Lake Mattamuskeet in North Carolina experiences shoreline erosion as wave action wears away the south shore while the north shore recedes.
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Mattamuskeet
North Carolina
Nazi Trickery Fails to Fool Bombers at German Frontier
Travelers at the German frontier report elaborate dummy railway stations failed to deceive allied night raids. They describe decrepit old railway gear used for troop movement, widespread destruction in Düsseldorf, and a grim view of bombed cities. Veterans recount brutal Russian front experiences and organized guerilla bands.
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Germany
Berlin
Reich
Dueseldorf
Open Letter to Service Men from C Commenter in High Point
A nostalgic column salutes soldiers and WACs, mixing humor with wartime morale. The writer jokes about gender roles, describes scarce local soldiers, notes diversions like paydays, fishing at the city lake, travel within wartime limits, and hopes servicemen keep diaries to share world experiences and wishes for postwar fairness.
Battle On Food Front Has Just Begun Rationing May Outlast War
War era officials warn rationing and price ceilings will persist two years after victory as meat and dairy supplies strain under wartime demand. Projections show 1943 needs rising for armed forces and Lend Lease, with food relief for liberated areas looming postwar. Roy Hendrickson cites declines in wheat and dairy and continued production pressures.
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Gaynor Maddox
NEA Food and Markets
Mussolini
Sicily
War Meat Board
Livestock and Meat Council
United Nations Food Conference
Department of Agriculture
Lend-Lease
Roy F. Hendrickson
War Food Administration
Blood plasma and serum vital in war time transfusions
wartime medical guidance explains how blood, plasma, and serum support emergency care. Plasma and serum allow rapid availability, storage, and use without typing, aiding shock, burns, and hemorrhage cases and offering potential immunity transfer from recovered patients.
Campbell Slemp, Virginia GOP Leader, Dies at 72
Knoxville reports the death of Campbell Bascom Slemp, 72, longtime Virginia Republican figure and former secretary to President Calvin Coolidge at the White House. Slemp’s career spanned decades in politics and public service.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Campbell Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Concord Father Informed Son Missing In Action Over Germany
C F Irons of Concord learned from the war department that his son Lt Ben G Irons a bombardier in the Eighth Air Force in England has been missing in action over Germany since July 28.
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Concord
C. F. Irons
War Department
Ben G. Irons
Eighth Air Force
England
Germany
Axis Prisoners Help Crops In Southwest
Axis prisoners of war are aiding farming in the Southwest with about 4000 workers under the Eighth Service Command. More than 160 contracts, involving groups of 15 to 200 prisoners, cover Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico. The War Manpower Commission certifies free labor shortages before contracts. housing and sanitation must be provided. By July 15, 77 contracts with 1828 prisoners were arranged, and numbers have since doubled with even larger prisoner counts.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Eighth Service Command
War Manpower Commission
Step Eliminated In Drafting Men Away From Board
Selective Service headquarters empowered local draft boards to waive the usual screening examination for 1-A men who register and live elsewhere. The move aims to aid classification where screening is difficult, but a spokesman expects little practical use. The screening test filters out obvious physical defects making inductees unfit.
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Washington
Selective Service
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