American Troops Ready To Help British Meet Invasion
American forces in England are ready to invade if needed and will join British defenses against Germany. Maj. Gen. M. W. Clark says U.S. troops are arriving in large numbers and need six months more training, with emphasis on joint operations with RAF, British boats, and amphibious cooperation.
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England
M. W. Clark
U. S
Britain
United States
Clark
France
FLAN
RAF
Guy Gale
Santa Ana
Calif
Air
Lowell W. Rooks
Wala Walla
Wash
Party Postponed by Circle 3 at St. Mark's Church
The guessing party planned by Circle Number 3 of St. Mark's Church is postponed. The circle will meet at Mrs. Gladys Gannaway's home, 106 Normal Street, Tuesday at 8 PM. Members should attend and bring gifts.
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St. Mark's Church
Gladys Gannaway
Normal Street
Willing Workers Club Holds Meeting At Mrs Addison’s Home
The Willing Workers Club of the First Baptist Church plans a Thursday evening meeting at Mrs Emma Addison’s Wil East Washington Street home. Mrs Bruton's circle members are asked to attend. The article notes Eleanor Roosevelt will attend Livingstone College events August 13.
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Willing Workers Club
First Baptist Church
Emma Addison
Wil East Washington Street
Eleanor Roosevelt
Livingstone College
Salisbury
General Convention On Christian Education
National Christian Youth Council
A.M. E. Zion Church
Livingstone
Entertains Guests at Home in Philadelphia
Mr and Mrs Ben Davis of 1201 Rivett Drive hosted Mr and Mrs Mitchel Dor set Mrs Olivia Johnson Mrs Florence Smith and Franklin Davis of Philadelphia at their home.
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Ben Davis
Rivett Drive
Mitchel Dorset
Olivia Johnson
Florence Smith
Franklin Davis
Philadelphia
Air observer decodes enemy plane signals with Big Bertha camera
An air force observer in the First Ground Air Support Command uses the Big Bertha camera to spot Fifth Columnists secret signs for Axis planes. He doubles as navigator radio operator map-maker flight-recorder intelligence interpreter and gunner.
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Air Force
Ground Air Support Command
United States
First Air Force
North Carolina Gets August War Bond Quota Of 9.73 Million
Treasury announces August 1945 county quotas totaling 815 million nationwide. North Carolina's share is 9.73 million with detailed county by county figures including Mecklenburg 945,300 and Wake 539,100. Sales will be tracked against quotas on a cumulative basis with monthly deltas carried forward.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
North Carolina
Treasury Department
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Alartin
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
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Moore
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Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
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Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
U.S. Treasury Department
Dorset Visit Sparks Saturday Evening Gathering
A quiet home gathering Saturday evening featured attractively decorated rooms with flowers and a served repast. Mr. and Mrs. Dorset paid a social visit to Mr. and Mrs. Davis.
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Dorset
Davis
Crusaders Club Meeting Set At Mrs Walker Home
The Crusaders Club will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Molly Walker. 911 East Fligh Street at 8 o'clock.
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Crusaders
Crusaders Club
Molly Walker
East Fligh Street
Gospel Singers to Perform at Local Church
The Jordan Gospel Singers of Winston-Salem will present a musical program at the church Friday evening. Rev. O. C. Crone of St. Matthews Holiness Church will lead a service at Lavelock Wednesday evening with his choir and congregation. The Queen Father Club will meet at Mrs. Sarah Reese's home at 1409 Davis Avenue Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
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Pearson's Memorial
Jordan Gospel Singers of
Winston-Salem
O. C. Crone
St. Matthews
Visitors From Hackensack Spend Week With Local Family
Mrs. Margaret Reid and Mrs. Louise Randall of Hackensack New Jersey visit Mrs. Roberta Alston at 610 West Broad Street. Reid is Alston’s sister. The trio stay with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alston at 1225 Pearson Street and spend the week in Mebane visiting brothers and sisters.
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Margaret Reid
Louise Randall
Hackensack
N. J
Roberta Alston
West Broad Street
Reid
Alston
Robert Alston
Pearson Street
Mebane
Burton to Enter Navy Signalman Training in Indianapolis
Howard Ivan Burton of 1003 Granby Street High Point reports to the U S Naval Training School at Butler University Fieldhouse Indianapolis for a 16 week course to train as a Navy signalman. He will learn signaling with blinkers search lights semaphore and flags and upon completion may be assigned to a ship or shore station. The note adds Greensboro North Carolina hosts the world s largest denim mills.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Howard Ivan Burton
Granby Street
High Point
U.S. Naval Training School
Butler University
Navy
H. C. Sigtenhorst
USNR
Burton
12 Killed In Week End Toll
Nation’s weekend toll rises in North Carolina with drownings and fatal accidents. Victims include Charlotte residents Lee A. Whitaker Woodrow H. Mangant Lane Efird Mrs If warry L Gray and Miss Francs Curlee. Other deaths occur in Camp Sutton Sanford Wrightsville Beach Seagate Nags Head and Silver Lake.
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Charlotte
Dag
North Carolina
Catawba River
WCPO
Lee A. Whitaker
Woodrow H. Mangant
Lane Efird
Ifwarry L. Gray
Francs Curlee
Jacob F. Jones
Chambersburg
Camp Sutton
Sanford
Thomas A. Anderson
New Hanover Superior Court
Wrightsville Beach
Seagate
William Carl Payne
Spencer
J. W. Bostian
Landis
John F. Stevens
Ed Raynor
Wilmington
Silver Lake
W. S. Broughton
Elizabeth City
Nags Head
Reward Offered for Furnished Three-Room Apartment
Classified ad from PFACOMA Washington offers a $10 reward to anyone who finds a suitable furnished three- room apartment close in for a young couple by August 15. Amounts include a $40-545 reference.
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Pfacoma. Wash
Thomasville Hosts Large Soldier Weekend Program
About 1 000 soldiers were housed in Thomasville homes with meals, a high school gym dance, a gym barbecue, and Sunday church services. A local baseball game pitted the town league against visiting troops, plus moving pictures and other activities. arrests were minimal and soldiers were described as well behaved.
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Thomasville
Man Goes On Trial For Murder Of Two Women
J Walter Broom aged 65 faced Mecklenburg Superior Court on two counts of first degree murder in the July 26 shootings of his daughter Abrs Eula Harkey 41 and her companion Ruby Middlebrook 34 A special venire of 100 men waited as the jury pool was selected Grain corn exports of the United States normally average about 1 percent of the normal crop
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Charlotte
J. Walter Broom
Mecklenburg Superio Court
Broom
Abrs
Eula Harkey
Ruby Middlebrook
Soldier narrowly escapes injury in Thomasville truck incident
Aug 10 Thomasville reports a visiting soldier slept under a truck as it backed up preparing to move. The truck driver unaware of him, backed over the leg. He was taken to City Medical Hospital then transferred back to the maneuver area after X rays found no fracture.
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Thomasville
City Medical Hospital
Green Funeral Home
Anti-British Demonstration Turned Back in India
Police in New Delhi halted a small crowd of anti-British demonstrators who reached the foot of the hill housing the Viceroy Lord Linlithgow. The march attempted from Old Delhi to the Vice regal Secretariat but was blocked by police and residents.
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New Delhi
Lord Linlithgow
Reuters
Old Delhi
Imperial Secretariat
Many Arrests Made Over The Week End
Fifty five persons were arrested from 11 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. today, the highest arrest record in months, with 25 charged with drunkenness and others for offenses from prohibition violations to gambling and immoral rooms. One soldier faced a charge of occupying an immoral room. Among 23 arrests from 11 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday only one was a Negro, Will Long known as Black Diamond, charged with possession of whiskey for sale.
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Will Long
Floyd Jailed Following Affray at Thomasville
Lee Floyd of Thomasville was jailed after an affray at the Thomasville Diner. He faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon to knife drunkenness and malicious damage to real property. Floyd was treated at City Memorial Hospital after diner operator Irvin Alyers subdued him. five stitches were required for a facial wound.
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The
Enterprise
Thomasville
Lee Floyd
Floyd
City Memorial Hospital
Green Funeral Home
Irvin Alyers
Flood
J W Edwards Qualifies as Aviation Cadet
James William Edwards of 202 West Lexington Avenue qualified before the Aviation Cadet Examining Board in Winston Salem for appointment as aviation cadet in the United States Army Air Corps.
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James Wiliam Edwards
West
Lexington Avenue
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Winston-Salem
United States Army Air Corps
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