Swiss Tunnels Shield Switzerland From Invasion Plan
INS reports two key Alpine tunnels the Gotthard and Simplon were kept intact as Swiss defense pivots after the 1940 French collapse. General Guisan created a redoubt strategy to deter Axis attack, threaten heavy losses, and fight in favorable conditions if war occurred.
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James E. Brown
International News Service
Dent London
INS
Gotthard
Simplon
Byush
Switzerland
Axis
Italy
Brenner
Austria
France
Guisan
Berechtesgeden
Swiss Redoubt Guides Strategic Mountain Defense Plan
Switzerland molds a defensive redoubt in the Alps to deter invasion. It withdraws bulk forces to a high mountain zone enclosing vital tunnels and protects factories outside the redoubt. Stores, field hospitals, roads, cable railways, and landing strips are built in rock caverns and tunnels.
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Switzerland
Randleman Rotary Seeks County Day Celebration Singled Out
Randolph County Day sponsored by the Randleman Rotary returns Saturday at 10 30 with a parade of horse drawn floats and ponies. A 2 pm show features 50 entries from Randolph residents, 15 classes, ticket proceeds aid the club’s civic and charity fund.
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Randolph County
Rotary Club of
Randleman
E. W. Freeze
Dleman
R. E. Hunt
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Dave Re
Randleman Rotary Club
Agriculture Department
Randleman High School
Randleman Rotarians
High Point
Randolph County Ay
Police Shore Of Thomasville Resigns Position
Chief E R Richardson announces Paul M Shore resigns from Thomasville police after seven years to become chief of police in Jacksonville. Shore, a local native, joined the department in 1939 and previously led the bureau of investigation in Charlotte before returning to Thomasville. He will assume his Jacksonville post on September 1 and move his family there.
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Thomasville
E. R. Richardson
Paul M. Shore
Jacksonville
Officer Shore
Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
Institute of Applied Science
Chicago
Local man hospitalized after West End pool room fight
E B Pale of 00 Phillips Street was taken to a local hospital with a scalp wound. Police say the injury came from a knife fight at a West End pool room last night. Pale appeared intoxicated and told officers he did not know who struck him, claiming he heard a fight.
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E. B. Pale
Phillips Street
West End
Pale
Peakind
Choicy thief targets bikes in triple theft spree
Police seek a local suspect nicknamed Choicy after three bicycle thefts in the city. A bike taken from Fletcher Williams at 517 Denny Street ended up at 708 Denny Street. another from James Morton was moved to 804 East Green Street, then linked to Woodrow Love. Love holds the bag, as his weigh reveals the pattern despite no one else knowing.
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Lection
Fletcher Williams
Denny Street
James Morton
Morton
East Green Street
Woodrow Love
Love
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