Civilian Defense Workers Graduation Set Monday Night
About 800 Civilian Defense workers will graduate Monday night at the Junior High School auditorium. Brig. Gen. Junius Jones will deliver the address, with Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and city officials speaking briefly. Certificates and armbands will be presented by the mayor and City Manager E M Knox, signings by the mayor.
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Junius Jones
1St District Army Air Corps
Sedgefield
O. Arthur Kirkman
W. F. Bailey
E. M. Knox
Bailey
Simmons Brothers Now in Service in U S Navy
Andrew R. Simmons and William E. Simmons Jr. sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Simmons of 4035 Carter Street, High Point, are in the U S Navy. William Jr. is at Norfolk Naval Training Station awaiting trade school or fleet duty. Andrew trained at Newport and is undergoing a 16 week course at Great Lakes Illinois.
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Andrew R. Simmons
William E. Simmons, Jr
W. E. Simmons
Carter Street
High Point
W. E. Simmons, Jr
Continental Furniture Company
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Norfolk
United States Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Great Lakes, Ill
Diamond jailed on liquor charge again
Will Long known as Black Diamond is jailed after police found 82 gallons of untaxed liquor in his possession. He has a lengthy prior record and stayed in jail in default of a $300 bond.
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Will Long
Long
Hostage crackdowns and resistance amid occupation turmoil
Reports from Belgium and France describe Nazi demands to spare hostages who refrain from sabotage while promising arms if attacked. Laval era release figures show under 1,000 prisoners freed, 15,000 French workers sent to the Reich. Dutch authorities offer £54,000 reward for saboteurs of a Rotterdam train and threaten hostage executions by midnight. Fresh fighting unfolds as Mihailovic’s guerrillas clash with Italians, with Tass dispatches noting about 1,000 fighters massed with heavy artillery support.
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IDTLE
Laval Ame 16
Ame
Netherlands
Neta
Holland
Rotterdam
Ug. 14
Eneral
Draja
State curbs on borrowing amid war debt retirement
A state official notes that counties and cities cannot borrow more than two thirds of prior year obligations without voter approval. He cites material shortages during the war, predicts such borrowings will be unnecessary for the duration of the war and beyond, and expects local revenue to fund debt retirement with continued local tax rate reductions.
Turning point noted in Pacific war with new smashing blows
Reports from Washington describe a shift from attrition to aggressive strikes aimed at rolling back Japanese gains in the Solomons and near New Guinea. Navy operations in the Solomons and Aleutians involved surface ships and aircraft in in force actions, with bombing of Rabaul and Lae and warnings of further invasions as Allied forces push a broader, coordinated offensive.
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Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Wake and
Marcus Islands
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
Coral Sea
Aleutians
Midway Island
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Washington
Navy Department
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
Solomons
Kiska
New Guinea
Australia
MacArthur
New Britain
Omons
Rabaul
Lae
Commonwealth
Army
Francis M. Forde
North
South Pacific
U. S. Naval
U. S
Port Moresby
The
Midway
Attu
Agattu
San Cristobal
Florida
JAP Continues to Press in China as U S Army Air Forces Aid Noted
The article notes that U S Army Air Forces in China offer the greatest gain for the smallest price. Chinese forces mount a comeback in Kiangsi, with Linchwan besieged and Japanese forces being driven from areas near Hunan. Japanese attacks from Kwangfeng are reported as ineffective. Anti-pater of Palestine is linked to the selection of the Seven Wonders of the World circa 200 B C.
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China
Kiangsi
Linchwan
Fuchow
Hunan
Linchan
Kwangfeng
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Antipater of
Palestine
Electrocutions mark end of Nazi saboteur trial verdict
The President reviewed and approved the military commission findings that eight saboteurs were guilty with death by electrocution for six and life or long terms for others. Bodies were transported from the jail as officials and reporters witnessed the executions and commutations. The men, most German-born, included Dasch Burger Heinek and others who landed on Amagansett Beach and near Jacksonville. FBI later seized explosives and plans to destroy critical infrastructure.
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A. Magruder MacDonald
Robert L. Cox
Stephen Early
White House
Army
United States
Burger
Dash
Haupt
Dasch
Heinek
Uirin
Amagansett Beach
Long Island
Jacksonville
Fila
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Chicago
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FBT
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Nazi Drive Against Stalingrad and Caucasus Battles
The latest dispatches describe German efforts to reach Stalingrad across the Don and Don bend near Kletskaya while amassing a large tank force south of that area. Soviet reports claim heavy German and Hungarian casualties as Red Army countermeasures continue in the Kuban and Armavir regions. The front also notes Cossack and regular forces contending in the Kropotkin sector with potential sea withdrawal routes if German gains widen.
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Kletskaya
Don Elbow
Maikop
Kuban
Kropotkin
Armavir
Kushchevka
Rostov-Baku
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Don Curve
Voronezh
Don
Marshal Timoshenko
Kotelnikovski
Gandhi calls for mass civil disobedience in India
Gandhi announces a nationwide campaign for immediate independence with a call to all Indians to feel free and to press papers and teachers to cease work. He urges princes to act as trustees, includes princely states in the plan, appeals to American friends and warns Britain against mistrusting India’s liberty.
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India
United States
Malaya
Singapore
Burma
Britain
Eight Anniversary of Rev HK P Williams at Gospel Tabernacle
The Gospel Tabernacle marks its eighth anniversary with Rev HK P Williams as pastor and eight years since organization. Since his arrival eight years ago a large brick Tabernacle was built debt free. A special service is held tonight at 8 o clock on Willowbrook Street.
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HK. P. Williams
Gospel Tabernacle
High Point
Willowbrook Street
Plantation Dancers Set For Mountain Festival Finals
Asheville Aug 8 The Plantation Square Dance team which has eliminated all opposition so far advances to the finals of the annual mountain dance and folk festival tonight. Although Bent Creek danced strongly last night Plantation Dancers under Bill Green won the bout.
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Asheville
Plantation Square
Bent Creek
Plantation
Bill Green
Russians try to blunt Nazi drive toward Stalingrad
The report notes limited data on Nazi gains at Stalingrad while acknowledging German momentum in the south. Russian defense was hampered by weak natural barriers below the Don and German reserves, though reinforcements were arriving to save Stalingrad at all costs and the Russians may retreat toward the Caucasus mountains for a defensive line.
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Don
Stalingrad
Caucasian
Moscow traffic experts predict rise in worker transports
Traffic experts in Moscow estimate that the average working man now carries 1.52 to 2 workers daily. With tire scarcity and gasoline rationing, they forecast the number will increase to at least five workers per trip. Alligator skin purses are made from the dermis of the animal.
Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Georgia
Scattered thundershowers and warm conditions expected across North Carolina on Sunday. South Carolina and Georgia to remain hot with continued scattered afternoon thundershowers Sunday.
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North Carolinas
South Carolina
Georgia
High Point Fair To Open September 21 26
The High Point fair will be held September 21 through 26 despite war conditions. Secretary A C Ingram announced a 110 foot tent will host exhibits and premium lists remain the same as last year. A C Kaus shows carnival unit will headline the midway with ample rides and free acts each night.
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A. C. Ingram
Co . Ingram
A. C. Kaus
Ingram
Thirty Tacoma Stores Closed by AFL Clerks
Thirty Tacoma retail stores did not open as wage negotiations with the AFL Retail Clerks Union failed. Department stores and most city shops including handling, furniture, ready to wear and variety goods were affected as employees walked out after two months of talks.
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Tacoma
AFL
Hoerst to be commissioned in naval reserve
Frank Hoerst, 24, Phillies south paw pitcher and La Salle College graduate, was notified by the Navy Department that he will be commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve. He will be sworn in Tuesday but reports for active duty September 10. He was married last January.
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Philadelphia
Frank Hoerst
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Hoerst
la Salle College
Maximum set Washington price change for cotton ties
The Office of Price Administration authorized robbers, warehouses, cotton ginners and other resellers of cotton bale ties to use August 1 1941 prices as maximums instead of April 16 1941 prices. A separate sentence about plant biology and Swiss politics follows, but the key item concerns the price regulation change.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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