De Gaulle and Truman Agree on Close Postwar Cooperation
Washington dispatch reports a joint statement by President Truman and General de Gaulle hailing fundamental harmony between the French Provisional Government and the United States. They described a wide exchange of views on postwar cooperation and confirmed broad, frank talks with Secretary Byrnes and French Foreign Minister Bidault on political and economic questions of mutual interest.
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Washington
T Truman
Charles de Gaulle
General de Gaulle
French Republic
United States of America
de Gaulle
Truman
Byrnes
Monsieur Bidault
Allied landings near Tokyo amid storms and armada plans
Reports describe airborne units to land near Atsugi as storms threaten schedules while a vast Allied force, including Missouri, 12 battleships and 170 warships, prepares to enter Tokyo Bay. MacArthur delays, Emperor Hirohito calls for disarmament, and typhoons disrupt the timetable.
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Atsugi
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Frederick B. Opper
Ting Company
Okinawa
Guam
Nimitz
Missouri
Ace
Philippines
U. S
Alert
Tokyo Bay
MacArthur
Harakiri
Hirohito
Okinwa
Tokio
Mrs. Sarah Vandora Boggs Dies at 68 on Flint Street
Mrs. Sarah Vandora Boggs 68 wife of W T Boggs died at her home 511 Flint Street shortly after 3 pm Saturday after a five year decline and two week serious illness. She born July 26 1877 in Alamance County came to Greensboro 16 years ago from Greensboro and joined College Place Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband one daughter Mrs Leslie Haws of Miami Fla two sisters and one brother H P Gerringer of Greensboro four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday at 4 pm from Koonce Funeral Home chapel with Rev C M McKinney in charge and interment in Floral Garden Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until service time.
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Sarah Vandora Boggs
W. T. Boggs
Flint Street
Boggs
Alamance County
S. W
Sarah Bell Scott Gerringer
Greensboro
College Place
Koonce Funeral Home
C. M. McKinney
Ward Street Methodist Church
Floral Garden
China Civil War Talks Stall as Showdown Looms
The article surveys the Chungking Yenan standoff with Chiang Kai-shek inviting Mao to negotiate, Mao sending Chou En Lai and Lin Tse Han, and both sides fearing loss of power. It notes rival armies, six Moscow deals, and a looming crisis as Japan’s surrender reshapes leverage.
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Chungking
Chiang
Hum
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Chou En-Lai
Lin Tso- Han
Sianfu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yenan
Washington
Moscow
London
Edgar Snow
Red China
Prisoners Contribute $18,000 To Red Cross
Prisoners of war at Butner and 14 side camps in North Carolina sent a check for 18 to the International Red Cross as part of a drive. Col. L. Alexander, camp commander, led the effort and reported the contribution from the POWs.
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Red Cross
Durham
Butner
North
Carolina
L. Alexander
International Red Cross
Prisoners of War
Fiddler's Bit Wins Detroit Test Handicap
Fid dler's Bit a shoe avoiding mare edged Sweep Singer by a nose to win the $10,000 test handicap at the Detroit fair grounds.
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Detroit
Sweep Singer
Detroit Fair Grounds
Postwar Fund Aims to Aid Nazi Camp Victims Families
A proposal seeks to use the funds to support families of individuals mistreated by Nazis in concentration camps and those who lost homes during the war, focusing on relief and rehabilitation efforts.
Vernon Abbott Wins Bronze Star for Cabanatuan Rescue
The article profiles Pfc. Vernon Mausnes of the Sixth Ranger Battalion awarded the Bronze Star by order of General MacArthur for heroic rescue of over 500 American prisoners from the Jap camp at Cabanatuan on Luzon January 30, 1945. A detachment of rangers scouts guerrillas and Filipinos aided the operation, overcoming guards and tanks to evacuate the prisoners.
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Thomas W. Abbott
Rt. 1
Pfc
Vernon Mausnes
Sixth Ranger Battalion
Cabanatuan
MacArthur
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Mrs Cunningham Overjoyed By Husband Rescue
Mrs Winfield Scott Cunningham wife of the Wake Island defenders commander said she was overjoyed to learn from the navy department that Commander Cunningham had contacted her in the Peking area. She had not heard since 1944 when he was jailed in Shanghai for drug charges and later escaped. The navy based its report on word from the U S forces in Asia via an emergency liaison.
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Annapolis
Winfield Scott Cunningham
Wake’ Island
Navy Department
Cunningham
Peking
Shanghai
Navy
U. S
Iia
Pickens to Direct Fayetteville Veterans Office Network
Col Pickens will supervise setting up 12 district veterans offices and appoint service officers. The 48 year old former 1156th Combat Group commander recently returned from Europe and is a Duke and UNC graduate who taught in Pinehurst Salisbury and Lincoln County schools before wartime service.
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Fayetteville
Col. Pickens
Europe
1156Th
105Th Engineers
Tennessee
North Carolina
Duke
University of North Carolina
Pinehurst
Salisbury
Lincoln
C. M. Pickens
Charlotte
Truman Seeks Broad Unemployment Support in Transition Plan
President Truman proposes extending unemployment benefits to up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks and applying the federal program to about 3,000,000 federal workers and numerous maritime workers. House committee members remain skeptical as they evaluate the transition from war to peace.
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U. S
House
Ays and Means Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
Republican Committee
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek Campaigns In China As Communists Advance
A National Government communiqué reports 50 000 Chinese workers occupy Japanese factories in Shanghai to deter looting and placard streets with pro Communist slogans. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces clash with Communists near Nanking and Nan ning while negotiations for peace continue without reply.
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Gen. Chu
Shanghai
Gen Chiang
China
Naning
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Nanking
Pukow
Chiang Kai-Shek
China Times
Chu Teh
Wuhu
Chiang
Mao Tze-Tung
Chungking
Mao Tze Tung
Chou En-Lai
Said
Tungkun
Canton
Canton-Kowloon
Bocca Tigris
Hong Kong
Britain
Suiyuan
Inner Mongolia
Kwangtung
Loyang
Yellow River
Wensi
Anyi
Mhsihsiakow
Honan
Shangshun
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Tientsin- Pukow
Injured Listed After Infant Rescue At Crash Scene
Seventeen injured were treated on site and at nearby facilities after a crash, with Lt. Miner and Pvt. Augustine Panzarella aiding rescue efforts. Ambulances and personnel from Camp Mackall and Fort Bragg assisted, while civilians were taken to Moore County Hospital and military patients to Camp Mackall station hospital. Names and birthplaces of injured include Fred Lisitana Athens Georgia, Luther S. Smith Athens, William S. Graham Rome Georgia, William Watts Birmingham Alabama, Harris Burns Birmingham Alabama, Virginia Seymour Whitmire South Carolina, Lily Carter Atlanta Georgia, Mary Ellis Fair Raleigh North Carolina, Tither Anderson Raleigh, Judetta Lester Richmond Virginia, Carolina Duncan Brooklyn.
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Miner
Augustine Panzarella
Philadelphia
Camp Gordon
Camp Mackall
Fort Bragg
Moore County Hospital
Camp Mackall Station
Mackall Hospital
Fred L. Lisitana
Athens
Luther S. Smith
William S. Graham
Battery General Hospital
Rome
William Watts
Birmingham
Ala
Harris Burns
Virginia Seymour
Whitmire
S. C
Lily Carter
Atlanta
Displaced Jews to be housed in centers in Germany
The U S army said displaced Jews in Germany excluding Soviet citizens will be housed in special assembly centers until they decide their futures. The report notes no ground pepper imports in 1944.
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Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Germany
Lawmaker Mentions State Bill for Expansion Cost
Coughton said he introduced the bill by request and noted it would not be the states responsible but foot the bill for the expansion. He framed the proposal as a guided request to fund the project.
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Coughton
Word Puzzle Scramble of Miscellaneous Clues and Answers
A varied list of crossword like clues with numbers and mixed subjects. Entries include terms on anatomy music law weather literature birds coins and planetary symbols, with several wordplay items such as clues for verbs nouns and adjectives and several French and Greek references.
Wartime to peacetime readjustments unfold in 1945 plan
The article outlines anticipated changes from rationing reforms to labor policy. It notes meat, evaporated milk, butter, cheese rationing shifts. possible 1946 crop cuts. sugar rations unchanged. clocks revert to standard time. rent ceilings easing. radios and consumer durables increasing. coal deliveries remain limited. wartime controls easing on industry and housing. It previews government easing across sectors and a White House labor conference.
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CPA
Anderson
Truman
America
Congress
Army
OPA
WPB
North Carolina Faces Reconversion With Confidence
CHERRY discusses federal unemployment aid during wartime shift and praises state systems. He cites North Carolina unemployment trust fund growing to 105 million dollars from 33.4 million in January 1942 and argues reconversion from war to peace in 1945 will be no more difficult than 1942.
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Eee
Northarolina
North Carolina
Nazis execute 9 400 Germans for foreign radio listening
Luxembourg radio reports 9,400 Germans were executed by the Nazis during the war for listening to foreign broadcasts. Other items note the Pan American highway reaching 13 794 miles and New York adopting its present stage flag in 1909.
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London
Luxembourg Radio
New York
Duke Jayvees Schedule Two Gridiron Games
The Duke white junior varsity will play two Friday games at Duke Stadium this fall. Emory and Henry visits Sept. 28 and North Carolina Pre-Flight B team comes Oct. 12. kickoff at 3 pm. Herschel Caldwell returns as coach. last year the Jayvees beat Emory and Henry 27 to 12.
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Durham
Duke University
Duke Stadium
Emory and Henry
North Carolina
Herschel Caldwell
Duke
Massive WW II troop movements listed with ship arrivals
The report details numerous Army units arriving by ship at New York Boston Newport News and other ports aboard Victory ships including Pachang George town Aiken and West Point. It lists 2089 to 7 728 troops from divisions and corps including engineers artillery signal medical police and quartermaster units with specific unit numbers and detachments. It notes nylon bristles replacing most toothbrushes.
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4065Th
175Th Engineer General Staff Regiment
91St Infantry Division
91St
New York
Georgetown Victory
116Th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
325Th Glider Infantry Regiment
Howard Kelly
Air Service Group
Boston
General Goethals
306Th General Hospital
19Th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Newport News
West Point
85Th Infantry Division
85Th Division
Officials To Hold Meeting This Week
RALEIGH August 25 officials of the Southern Football Officials Association plan their annual gathering in Raleigh for Friday Saturday and Sunday. Friday night will see the formation of the Southern Conference Football Association as a unit of the group. The Southeastern officials formed a similar exclusive body last year. The Southeastern association meets Sunday with a morning rules interpretation by W A Bill Alexander Georgia Tech athletics director. A Saturday clinic on officiating mechanics is set for the NC State College gridiron. Public is invited to attend.
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Raleigh
Southern Football Officials Association
Southern Conference Football Association
Southern Conference
Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Association
W. A
Bill) Alexander
Georgia Tech
National Football Rules Committee
N. C. State College
Less Than 30 Percent of Tokyo Homes Still Standing
Tokyo suffered extensive bombing damage with less than 30 percent of homes intact as 63 percent of residents reportedly fled the city. Domei agency reports cited by U S authorities noted Tokyo as among the heavily hit capitals, with earlier broadcasts stating up to 10 million Nipponese killed injured or displaced by bombings.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
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Abbott
WILEY
Kai-Shek
Head
Wander
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Waxes
Dell
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Haven
France
Eugene Sheffer
Coe
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Federal Housing Adminstration
Labor
White House
Duke Jayvees
Piquant
Brias
Marvel
Jlarlee
Delavery Company
West Grand Street
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