Brazil vows punishment for Axis ship sinkings
Brazil declares attacks will not go unpunished as survivors reach shore from five ships sunk by Axis submarines over three days. The flotilla carried 365 crew plus 60 passengers on one ship, with many ships carrying troops. Uruguay expresses sympathy while Brazil tallies missing and reassures calm despite fears.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Axis
Lst
Annibal Benevelo
Lloyd Brasiliero Navigation Lines
Montevideo
Alfredo Baldomir
Uruguay
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
South America
Bacpendy
Brazilian Department of Press and Propaganda
Carm
Bahia
Sergipe
Farmers Meet War Demands Of Production
RALEIGH Aug 18 M Clifford Townsend head of the Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration says American farmers deserve credit for meeting wartime production goals. He warns next year will bring tougher conditions with less new farm machinery and labor, so production must rise with fewer resources. He calls food a weapon on and off the battlefield and argues sustained production speeds peace and postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
M. Clifford Townsend
Agricultural Conservation and
Indiana
American Farm Bureau
United States
Townsend
Leslie A High transferred to 11th Armored Division
Staff Sgt Leslie A High arrived at Camp Polk for duty with the 11th Armored Division assigned to Co FE 41st Armored Brigade under Major General Edward H Brooks. He is the son of Mrs Bertha High of 1393 Forest Avenue High Point NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Polk
Leslie A. High
11Th Armored Division
Co. FE
Edward H. Brooks
11Th
Uncle Sam
Bertha High
Forest Avenue
High Point
N. C
Radio Schedule Highlights Mixed Programs and News
The listing shows hourly radio programming across networks with drama serials musical features and news segments. Highlights include The Secret City Ben Bernie Show War Overseas music segments Glenn Miller Orchestra The Battle of Sexes and War Commentary with Morgan Beatty and Gabriel Heatter plus late night news and variety broadcasts through 2 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Ben Bernie
Psace
Denver
String
Nbe Western Five
Frazier Hunt
Els-Bish
Melody Weavers
Cbs-West Meager
Commient
Orc
Nbe
Chicago
Nhamba Wunea
Hiin Stern
Nhe
Lowell Thomas
Basie
Cbs
Iredaving
Amos and Andy
Basie Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Basic
Blu Yommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Gabriel Heatter
Mibs
Willson
Loin Nesbitt
Blu
Cbs Murder Clinic
Morgan Beatty
John & Tagnes
Dancing Music Orchestra
Cab Calloway
Tommy Dorsey
Paul Schubert
Blu Alary Small
Cbs Orch
Fred Waring
Cbs Lranca
Pbe
Trousers Swap Lands Man in Court in Thomasville
Cleve O. Walser reported a related exchange with Fay Hartman leading to Hartman’s larceny and receiving conviction from Judge Carl Wilson. Hartman got six months suspended on good behavior and court costs. Other defendants faced license, drunkenness, and mortgage property discharge actions with various outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Cleve O. Walser
Winston Street
Fay Hartman
Hartman
Walser
Carl Wilson
Alton D. Spivey
High Point Route Two
Coy Lee
Wilson
Johnny Jackson
Governor urged to name Dem candidate for 13th solicitorship
In Rockingham August 18 Governor J M M Broughton is asked to name a Democratic candidate for the 13th district solicitorship. The district committee after failed attempts and unavailability asked the governor to designate a man. Solicitor Rowland Pruette died in April and Banks Thomas of Wadesboro was appointed to serve until after the election.
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Rockingham
J. MM. Broughton
Rowland Pruette
Broughton
Banks Thomas
Wadesboro
Crime game ends as youths’ mock robbery halted
Neighbors complain as a staged cops and robbers game in Philadelphia escalates when a 15 year old cop and a 15 year old robber wield a blackjack and three revolvers, one loaded. The weapons, claimed borrowed from their fathers, are seized by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Neghbors
John Armstrong
Mom Backseat Driver No More in Camden Busfleet
In Camden during wartime driver shortages mothers trained by the State Highway Safety Division earned certificates as full fledged bus drivers. Their husbands will serve as substitutes. The program aims to keep school transport running despite reduced male staff.
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Camden
UPI
Pop
Camden County
State Highway Safety Division
Atlantic City Transformed as Army Takes Hotels
Atlantic City, once famed as a resort, is now a wartime duty town with hotels occupied by army and navy trainees. Workers lose jobs or relocate as the military moves in and out. Analysts warn the town, once a vacation hub, may endure ongoing employment shifts but could benefit from army payrolls stabilizing commerce.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Army
Navy
Mama
Papa
Army Air Force
Miami Beach
U. S
William H. Smathers
D-Nj
Adrian Phillips
Atlantic City Hotel Association
Promotion for Private Jones to Technician Fifth Grade
Private First Class Jacob L. Jones Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Jacob L. Jones of High Point has been promoted to technician fifth grade. He enlisted July 11 1940 and was with the High Point branch of the Motor Transportation Company in Raleigh. He is stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama as noncommissioned officer in charge of enlisted personnel and X ray technician in a dental clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob L. Jones, Jr
Jacob L. Jones
Putnam Avenue
High Point
Jones
Army
Motor Transportation Company of
Raleigh
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Potts Promoted to Corporal at Gunter Field
Clarence F. Potts, son of Mr and Mrs Alex F Potts of High Point NC, is promoted from private first class to corporal. He joined the Army Air Forces in August 1941 and serves as an aviation mechanic at Gunter Field Alabama, a basic flying school of the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center where cadets win their wings.
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Gunter Field
Ala
Clarence F. Potts
Alex F. Potts
Ennis Street
High Point
N. C
Montgomery
Corporal Potts
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Training Center
Italian High Command Claims Three Allied Ships Sunk
Rome dispatches report that Italian submarines in the Atlantic have sunk three enemy merchant ships totaling about 55,000 tons. No details on nationalities or exact destinations were provided.
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Rome
Atlantic
U S Army Tanks Pride Of Men In War Maneuvers
Reporter William F Boni visits a U S Army tank unit during Carolina maneuvers to observe the pride and variety of soldiers drawn from peaceful trades. He describes tank crews, drivers, radio operators, and logistics staff at work amid crated supplies, blackouts, and rapid wartime movement.
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U.S. Army
William F. Boni
US Army Corps
Carolina Maneuvers
F Company
Cleve N. Marchant
Omega
Corp
Roy Lacey
Monroe
Edgar R. Wood
Charleston
W. Va
Lacey
Helmeth
Zach
Georgetown
Tex
Stanley R. Fisher
Lancaster
Photographic unit to document army maneuvers and training
Lieut David Burman leads a signal corps photographic unit in Cleveland. The team films stills and movies for training and publicity and works in the field capturing railhead ice distribution and an evacuation hospital operation. They can photograph from tropics to Arctic and may pursue combat photography soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Burnin
Cleveland
Signal Corps
Corp
Edward Maserjan
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Streamlined School System Urged by Horace Stacy
Horace E. Stacy advocates a single central board of education to replace the five boards now administering North Carolina public schools. He argues the reform will reduce duplication, waste and conflict, aligning administration with wartime and modern needs. The plan seeks passage in the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Board of Education
Horace E. Stacy
Lamberton
Senate
John W. Umstead
Chapel
Hill Business
House of Representatives
Stacy
North Carolina
State Board of Education
General Assembly of
Central Board of Education
Elassic
Syston
North
Caroline
State Guards Return To City From Training
High Point State Guard unit returns from a week long State Guard School in Gastonia led by Col James W Jenkins with Brig Gen Preston A Weatherred Army instructors Adj Gen J Vanb Metts attended a regimental parade. The course covered administrative methods weapons plant protection drill first aid and crowd control with Capt C A Morrison leading the unit and a roster of noncommissioned officers and privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
State Guard
Gastonia
James W. Jenkins
Henderson
Preston A. Weatherred
Fort Bragg
Adj
J. van B. Metts
C. A. Morrison
Wm. R. Gurley
John T. Bruton
Ernest H. Powell
Lawrence E. Grimes
Hoyle VT. Hartley
Marlin Fl. Watson
D. L. Taydor
Samuel J
Paul R. Ervin Named Permanent Secretary of Traveling Association
Paul R. Ervin of Charlotte was named permanent executive secretary and attorney for the Business Travelers Association. The board of directors, made up of presidents of chapters in the Carolinas, elected Ervin at a meeting in Charlotte. Directors also completed plans for expansion of the organization.
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Paul R. Ervin
Traveling
Charlotte
Aug
Business Travelers Association
Carolinas
Ervin
Grandmother Mary Ann Miller Seeks National Title
Brevard Sug. 18 1 71 Mrs Mary Ann Miller aged 83 enters a nationwide greatest grandmother contest claiming eight children 42 grandchildren 66 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren.
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Brevard
Mary Ann Miller
Stimson Orders Army News Bureaus Reorganized
Secretary Stimson orders a sharp curtailment of Army public relations as commanders must complete news bureau reorganization by October 1. Washington based functions will be centralized under Major General Alexander Surles with most Washington PR staff reassigned to duty with troops.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Alexander D. Surles
Mrs Sara Walker Suffers Broken Hip in City Fall
Report from Randolph County states Mrs Sara Walker aged 81 of Randolph County broke her hip in a fall at Shepherds Church near Ashebore on Sunday. Relatives in High Point include son Ras Walker route 1, daughter in law Mrs Parsons, nieces Tone and Carrie Lowe, nephew George Lowe, and many other relatives and friends in the area.
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Sara Walker
City
Wird
Randolph County
Shepherd's Church
Ashebore
Walker
Enterprise
Ras Walker
D. . Parsons
Tone
Carrie Lowe
George Lowe
High Point
Turning Point War Talks Between Stalin and Churchill
London reports that Churchill Stalin discussions last week mark a new phase in World War Two with hopes of a second European front and a multi front Allied push leading to Germany's defeat. Official notices hint at unity against Hitlerite Germany while omitting Japan.
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London
United Nations
Germany
Churchill
Moscow
United States
Stalin
Moscow Radio
W. Averell Harriman
Rouse
Europe
Japan
Daily
Sketch
Kremlin
Solomon Islands
Daily Mail
BBC
Adolf Flithher
Times
Pilots Begin Training At Maxwell Field
Fourteen University of North Carolina alumni enter Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School at Maxwell Field Alabama to start pilot training. They will undergo military physical academic instruction before being assigned to primary schools in the South for first phase training.
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Chapel Hill
Army Air Forces
University of North Carolina
Thomas R. Pits
High Point
Maxwell
Alabama
Maxwell Field
Tis
South Army Air Forces Training Cer
Vallee Joins Coast Guard Band as Chief Petty Officer
Rudy Vallee, 41, received oath of allegiance from Lt J Snydow in Long Beach California and was made chief petty officer in charge of the guards band. He vowed to lead and direct the band and hopes to fire a few shots at the enemy.
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13Th Solicitorship
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W. F. Carter
Pvt
Kay Bensel
Norman Gaphardt
Baltimore
Pfe. Gapharis
Bale
Lawrence Towns
Securities Exchange
Quartermaster Corps
Schwartz
el Alemein
Egypt
Cencor
Horace Stacy
Lumberton
Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Holdl
the Champ
Hitler
Tom R. Pitts
Victor McLaghen
Edmund Lowe
the Broadhurst
Binnie Barnes
Vic
Eddie
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