Jonas speaks at Thomasville Rotary on draft system
Major Charles A. Jonas head of the Selective Service in Raleigh packed the Thomasville Rotary Club meeting with a teachable talk on the draft. He praised the local board led by Charles F. Lambeth and urged residents to assist draft officials and keep records complete.
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Thomasville
Charles A. Jonas
E Selective Service Headarters
Raleigh
Thomasville Otary Club
Jonas
Charles F. Lambeth
Major Jonas
Arles F. Lambeth
J. Henry Holn
J. W. Boyles
Socalvernment Appeal
Carl Cilson
E Draft Board
Helso
Lea
Eplace
Ensign Wooden Teague
Teague
C. W. Taylor
Carl Wilson
Ocal
The
Selective Service
Negro Is Held For Attempted Store Robbery
Andrew Winchester a Thomasville Negro is jailed charged with attempted breaking and entering at Gilbert File radio shop in Peacok Furniture Building on Salem Street. Police tracked him from a back door attempt to a Brown Street wooded area using bloodhounds before arrest.
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Thomasville
Andrew Winchester
E. R. Richardson
Gilbert File
Peacock Furniture
Salem Street
File
Chief Richardson
Lashley, Easey
Looney
Brown Street
Winchester
Civil Service Exam 10 Tonight at City Hall
Civil Service examination for clerk third class will be tonight at 7 30 in the council chamber at city hall. Similar exam for truck helper at the same time on Aug 26. Applications for truck helper due Aug 24 at 5 p.m. United States census reports prison population 161000.
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Council Chamber
Council
Civil Service Commission
Navy Bombers Guard Coast as U-Boat Victims Litter Vessels
Navy fliers from Banana River patrol the Florida coast in aging Flying Destroyers. Hulls of ships torpedoed last winter lie along shore, yet no vessels have been sunk in the Banana River patrol area recently. The article describes training flights, crew roles, and the captain-like authority of bomber pilots aboard patrol bombers.
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Florida Case
Banana River
Atlantic Seaboard
G. L. Wehr
York
Navy
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Corpus Christi
Far Shugars
Iss
Martin Galbraith
Queens Village
New York
Kohr
Italians claim attack on British convoy in Mediterranean
Italian high command says Anis planes and submarines attacked a large British convoy off the Western Mediterranean since Tuesday, inflicting heavy losses on escort ships and aircraft carriers. The action continues with favorable results for the Axis, while the British report loss of the carrier Fingle.
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Rome
High Command
Anis
Mediterranean
Fingle
African
el Alamein
Egypt
Mrs Thompson In Critical Condition After Self Amputation
In Jacksonville an accident during a fishing trip left Mrs. C. F. Thompson with a severed foot after it became entangled in a boat drive shaft. She underwent a second operation at New River Marine Base Hospital and remains in critical condition with double pneumonia. doctors warn of uncertain prognosis within hours.
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Jacksonville
C. F. Thompson
New River Marine Base
Hoxnital
J. O C. Drake
Marine Base Hospital
Patrol pilots endure hazardous flights in rough weather
Yvorney Jones notes patrol work demands exact flying as convoys rush to sea and Banana River fliers head out despite weather that would force peacetime pilots to seek shelter. Ensign Galbraith says patrol work is the most exact flying there is.
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Yvorney Jones
Banana River
Galbraith
Manufacturers Propose Sales Tax To Boost U.S. Revenue
NAM spokesman J Cheever Cowdin proposed an 8 percent sales tax to raise 1943 revenue of 37.2 billion dollars, with additional taxes on dividends and corporate income. The plan calls for cutting nonwar spending and expanding taxes to fund the war effort, warning of inflation if action is delayed.
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Washington
J. Cheever Cowdin
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Cowdin
Willing Workers Club Meet at Mount Vernon Church
The Willing Workers Club of Mount Vernon Church holds its regular meeting tonight at 7:45 at Mrs. Lena Black’s home Daniel Brooks Homes Apt 3B. The Harmony Choir of Saint Stephens A M E Zion Church meets at 5 at the church. A tea is hosted by Mrs. Parthenia Hill 1501 Lee Street Sunday 4 to 6 pm. Personal notes list Hazelene Pinnix and Henry of Burlington visiting relatives. J W Ballenger hosts in NYC. Mrs. Olie Farrington visits High Point. Oscar B Leach moves to Philadelphia with wife and daughter. Ophelia Leach and family travel to Philadelphia and New York. Vespers at Cherry Street Church continue with 6 pm session on Youth and World Crisis.
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Willing Workers Club of
Mount Vernon Church
Lena Black
Daniel Brooks
Saint Stephens A. M. E. Zion Church
Parthenia Hill
Lee Street
Hazelene Pinnix
Henry
Buriington
Ruby
Ruth Pinnix
Kivett Drive
J. W. Ballenger
Hay Street
Butler Johnson
New York City
Olie Farrington
Detroit
Michigan
High Point
Farrington
Phenix Street
Ida Tillman
Oscar B. Leach
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Fiis
Helen C. Leach
Ophelia Leach
Wanda
James F. Franklin
Bombers Attack YoYang in Japanese Occupied Town
United States bombers struck YoYang in the northeast Yunnan province on Tuesday. High explosive and incendiary bombs hit the town, according to American headquarters. All planes returned to base after the raid.
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Chungring
Yoyang
Yochow
Ywunan
Doe Leads In ACC Tourney
Medalist Weldon Doe Jr of Alabama faced Hans Merrill of Asheville in the second round of the 47th annual men's invitation golf tournament at Asheville Country Club. Doe from Montgomery led the field with a 5 and 4 victory over Woodrow Bartlett of Asheville. other second round pairings included J C Hyatt vs Bull Johnson and Nat Gennett Jr vs W A Finley, all of Asheville, with Weldon Doe Sr of Montgomery facing Harry Dorsett of Wake Forest.
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Asheville
Weldon Doe, Jr
Alabama
Hans Merrill
Asheville Country Club
Doe
Montgomery
Woodrow Bartlett
J. C. Hyatt
Bull Johnson
Nat Gennett, Jr
W. A
Blackout Test Of Middle West Termed Success
Chicago reports a large inland blackout covering Illinois Michigan Indiana and Wisconsin lasting thirty minutes to test civilian and military defense. About 12 million people faced darkness while only war plants stayed lit with limited navigation lights and railroad operations. Detroit officials praised the blackout but criticized plant exemptions. Mayor Edward J. Kelly commented on Chicago outcomes.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
United States
Detroit
Jay R. Sheffield
Army
Chemical Warfare and Gas
Edward J. Kelly
Mainz Raid Blamed for Civilian Losses in German Broadcast
German wartime radio reported civilians died in a British bombing raid on Mainz in the Rhineland during the night of August 12. The broadcast claimed large scale destruction and fires, with four raiders shot down, and noted a daylight bombing of a western Germany town by a high flying plane.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Mainz
War Bulletin
High Command
Germany
Instalment sales share in 1941 business total
Instalment sales accounted for 1.2 percent of the total 1941 business of 285 credit granting stores reporting to the Department of Commerce.
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Department of Commerce
General blackout causes scattered disturbances and one fatal crash
In the blackout area there were typical scuffles with the curious and a few arrests as people followed shelter guidance. Officials noted such incidents were expected in the first general blackout. One person died in a head on collision of unlighted cars in southern Michigan.
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Michigan
Duplicate Social Security cards cause delays in replacements
Millions of older Americans with SSA accounts request duplicate account cards each year due to loss destruction or wear. Park Jr explains requests are granted but best avoided by keeping a permanent record of the number. A duplicate is issued quickly when the number is known. without it the request goes to Baltimore for processing.
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Social Security Board
Kk. B. Parks, Jr
Bureau of Old-Age Insurance
Baltimore
Maryland
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Azalee Padgett
Margaret
Banana River Air Station
John Wilds
Naval Air Station
Fla
Mrs. Thompson
Marrarsiman
Elkhart
Ind
Adam Streider
Adam
Texas
U.S
Associated Press
News OF
Cherry Street
Presbyterian Church
U. S
EFIRD
Remberg
War Shipping Administration
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