Front Line Surgery Saves Sicilian Campaign Lives
Allied reports credit front line surgery units near the front with saving many lives during the Sicily campaign. Mobile operating tents operated within miles of enemy fire, delivering immediate treatment and reducing shock and transfer delays. Surgeons, aid teams, and litter bearers faced constant danger, including an air attack that damaged a tent yet saw staff continue work unshaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Orth Africa
Sform
U. S. Seventh Army
Edward D. Churchill
Boson
Mass
Surgeons Office
North Africa Theater
Keep Ahead Buttonbuster and RAF Liaison Shapes News Tides
Winchell page notes a spoof about a note to Betty Grable and a lip injury. Major Ben Lyon and Galenel Jock Whitney arrive from London to the Coast for three weeks overseas. National Theatres appoints John D. Hendryx to head the Popcorn Department after signing 150 Western Nebraska corn growers. Female volunteers persist at recruiting centers, nicknamed khaki wacky by the military trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lyon
Bebe Daniels
RAF
Galenel Jock Whitney
London
National Theatres
John D. Hendryx
Nebraska
Navy Seabees In Guadalcanal Build Lumber Industry
On Guadalcanal the U S Navy Seabees cut mahogany rosewood and teakwood for mess halls bridges and floors. Chief Byron W Smith oversees a sawmill with 37 men producing 9000 board feet daily. Logs include 142 foot lengths and 60 foot long logs. Several sailors work the jungle mill while bomb disposal teams guard operations.
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Guadalcanal
U. S. Navy
Paul Bunyan
Lunga River
Bloody Knoll
Byron W. Smith
Fairmont Blvd
Knoxville
Tenn
Smith
Naval Construction Battalion
The
Seabees
CBS
Chief Smith
Southern Pacific Railway
Christian Berry
Iig
Navy Construction Battalion
John K. Pearson
323 Northwest 65Th
Miami
Fila
Sampey
N. M. Lipham
Groveland
Fla
Florida
Lipham
Serious Beef Shortage Foreseen If Confidence Fails
CHICAGO August 23 The livestock and meat council warns a serious beef shortage may hit this winter and spring unless producers regain confidence. The body notes farmers in the corn belt are withholding young cattle due to government regulations and fear of losses, urging immediate adoption of a meat management plan with flexible prices and rationing to stabilize supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Livestock and Meat Council
Jap Bombers Raid Szechwan Province
Chungking reports more than 60 Japanese bombers attacked Szechwan province in two waves, one near Chungking and another at Wanhsien, a key Yangtze trading center 145 miles northeast. Explosions muffled heard in Chungking, which remained largely untouched. Overhead, 20 bombers passed the capital in clear sight of watchers, challenged by Chinese fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Szechwan Province
Wanhsien
Yangtze River
Typhoid death rate hits record low in 1943 U S history
In 1943 the United States recorded its lowest typhoid fever death rate since records began, reflecting improved sanitation and public health measures across the nation. The data highlight progress amid wartime societal shifts and medical advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Army warns against pity for wounded veterans returnees
Washington dispatch reports army surgeon general Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk advises the public to treat maimed veterans as normal, avoid horror or sorrow in reception, refrain from questions or advice, and not overdo cheeriness or praise. He urges casual realism and restraint to protect rehabilitation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Army
Surgeon General
Office of War Information
Plans For Opening Thomasville Schools Sept 1
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville August 23 plans completed for opening of the Thomasville schools September 1 with a faculty meeting August 28. High school students to report August 27 for registration changes between 9 and 12 at Main Street. Fire at Church Street school requires use of four local colored churches for classrooms for about three months. Supt. Lambeth releases faculty. principals re-elected. Listed are numerous white and colored teachers by school and name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
A Min Street
Church Street
M.T. Lambeth
Supt. Lambeth
R. F. Lowery
Main Street
Lucille Kirkpatrick
Colonial Drive
Margaret McLeod
Kern Street
Romulus Skagg
Mills Home
FE. L. Peterson
New Russia Plans Carried By Red Press
Moscow reports a 10 point Soviet plan for postwar Russia. It orders reconstruction, relief, agriculture revival, livestock return, and vast education expansion including nine Survorov military schools for boys, 23 labor schools, housing for 16,300 students, nurseries for 1,750, and 29 recreation centers. It also grants exemptions to some collective farms and to families of Red Army men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Council of People’s Commissars
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party
Survorov
Red Army
42 Engage for service HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured flying machine
A crossword style clue list with numbered entries and partial words across horizontal and vertical directions. The grid references hint at solutions like airplane, scent, rent, melody, observed, etc, reflecting a puzzle page segment.
Paging Father Time Ten Years Ago August 23 1983
Summary of a local column lists resignations at the high school faculty and delays in opening an employment bureau due to missing federal permission. Personal notes include Dr. Thomas W. Dickson returning to Syracuse University and families traveling to Myrtle Beach. General items mention a hurricane in Virginia and widespread sleeping sickness among Midwest towns. The Salvation Army is under the Blue Eagle and a boost to retail employment hinges on longer weeks.
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NRA
Hugh Bentley
Springfield
Thomas W. Dickson
Syracuse University
Frances Dickson
Everett Marsh
Millicent
Reid Marsh
Reid, Jr
Myrtle Beach
Virginia Cape
Midwest
Salvation Army
Blue Eagle
Nine Die By Violence On Weekend
Charlotte reports nine people killed by violence across North Carolina over the weekend. Incidents include Herman Barfield 35 of Cerro Gordo dying after a car overturn near home, Samuel Boy 32 of Forest City electrocuted at work near Camp Butner hospital, James Wall 47 of Greensboro found slain on a roof with robbery suspected, Milx Danielson NY soldier killed near Rockingham while flagging a bus, Ray Morrison 26 Swain County agent drowned in the Oconaluftee River near Bryson City, Jimmie Bruce Williams 4 struck by a truck in Chapel Hill, Walter Overcash 73 retired farmer who shot himself at home, Henry Kittles 23 Burlington draftsman found shot in a wood near Mecklenburg, Vernon Huffman 29 knocked from bicycle by car in Hickory.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Herman J. Barfield
Cerro Gordo
Lumberton
Samuel Houston Boy
Forest City
Camp Butner Hospital
James Edward Wall
Greensboro
W. W. Harvey
Wall
McCormick
8. C
Milx Danielson
New York
Camp Mackall
Rockingham
Ray Morrison
Swain County
Oconaluftee
Bryson City
Jimmie Bruce Williams
Chapel Hill
T. W. Seay
Rowan County
Walter M. Overcash
Mecklenburg County
Henry Robert Kittles
Burlington
Vernon Charles Huffman
Hickory
Thieves Loot Southwest Shoe Store for Ration Stamps
In Chicago on the southwest side during a break in thieves ransacked a shoe store and escaped with several hundred No 18 ration stamps each redeemable for one pair of shoes. Police report no shoes were taken.
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Chicago
Social Roundup of Parties Visits and Navy Recruiting News
Miss Lucille Elliott entertained at a Cincinnati party hosted by cousin Virginia Mae Keey at 1201 Olga Street. Attendees included Chinita Peterson, Dennie Reid, Mignonette Crawford, Mary Frances Staples, Bobby Garvin, Robert Simpson, Charles and McKinley Armstrong, Frank Amaker, Joseph and James Crawford, and other Elliots. Relatives and friends travel to Fayetteville North Carolina and Columbia South Carolina to visit. Mrs Lillian Blair visiting ill father in Washington DC. Ernest Johnson and Mrs Cora Little host relatives from Philadelphia. Chief George F Ball of Greensboro navy recruiting in town to interview 17 year old Negro boys for apprentice seamen with paths to trade schools. some may enlist as stewards mates if lacking education.
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Lucille Elliott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Virginia Mae Keey
Olga Street
Chinita Peterson
Dennie Reid
Mignonette Crawford
Mary Frances Staples
Bobby Garvin
Robert Simpson
Charles Armstrong
McKinley Armstrong
Frank Amaker
Joseph and
James Crawford
Lucilles Elliott
Vi Ie Mae Keey
C. L. Elliott
Fayetteville
N. C
Ruby, Evelyn
Elizabeth Eccles
Dorothy Anderson
Lillian Blair
Wail Street
Washington, D. C
Mattie Martin
Tor Vail Street
Columbia
C. Wilson
Washington, DC
Mamie Williams
Ernest Johnson
Philadelphia
Johnson
Cora Little
Kivett Drive
Minnie Bogens
Burlena Williams
Murray Street
George F. Ball
Greensboro
Navy
Arkansas Hardwood Output Compared Among States
Arkansas stands as the lowest producer of hardwood in the United States, according to recent regional trade data. The report notes minimal yields across major timber districts and calls for policy review to support forest management and market access.
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Arkansas
Union
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Civilian Defense
Haywood M. Taylor
Durham
State Office of
Robert S. Phillips
FE. W. Constable
Raleigh
F. W. Sarles
S. D. Craig
OCD Emergency Medical Service
D. W. Evans
Atlanta
J. N. Caudle
Bill Beland
Wilson
Winchell
Jerry Cooper
Buttonbuster
Betty Grable
Philippine
Zemo
Navy Seabees
Solomons
Art Burgess
Rosewood
Newman M. Lipman
Box
Carlos Bradford
Rex Sampey
George A. Polk
Cooks Springs
Ala
Pacific
By Jimmy Hatlo
Thanx
BC Lackey
Birmingham
T’ville
Lillian Yow
Sallie J. Bond
Ruth Steichey
Mae Johnson
Agnes Herndon
Janie Barber
Clara Harrison
Harry Curlee
Frances Tabor
Clariase Rose
Luelle Brown
Rain Johnson
Frankie Craven
Mogelle Lohr
Donald Cox
J. Covington
Vera Dixon
Arriwana Shoaf
Salene Parker
Dorothy McBride
Jean Simpson
Gerald N. Bryant
Naomi Howie Mise
Florence Lawrence
Beatrice Coble
Gladys J. Herring
Beaulah Norment
Lillian Robinson
Gwendolyn Clodfelter
Janie Morrison
Barbara Weir
Dorothy Hendrix
Virginia Plank
Forrest Grimes
Claude Cheen
Rma Suits
John Crowell
R. E. Watkins
Eva Kirkman
Alliene Rigby
Esther Chatfield
Mary Lou Ellis
Vira Clodfelter
Paul Green
Suzanne Giles
Sara Lou Johnson
Emma Mar Byerly
Clyde DuBose
Lola Waddell
Naomi Hicks Rudd
J. KH. Brockett
Elsie J. Wilmer
Hazel May Harding
Edna Virginia Perry
Dorothy B. Whitmire
E C McLean
Lucy Hester
Hattie Pemberton
FL. Peterson
H. G. Sullivan
Clarice H. Parker
Helen Keen Kaney
Odala Johnson
New Russia
Red Press
INE
Lair
Abraham
Woody Plang
Tavern
James G. Ryan
High Point
Mercer Hospital
Lynchburg
Guilford County
W. E. Snow
Earl Craver
Asheboro
Matt Wall
Salisbury
James Wright
Wright
Oak Ridge
County Commissioners of
Asheville
High Point Enterprise
FE. Vorely
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