Airman From High Point Bombs Brunswick Rail Yards
Staff Sergeant Sloan D. Gibson, 19, of High Point North Carolina, part of the 486th Bomb Group in England, was a gunner aboard a B 17 Flying Fortress that successfully bombed Brunswick Germany despite heavy flak. He earned the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters for courage and skill.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Sloan D. Gibson
High Point
N. C
Brunswick
Ger
Raand
Gibson
Germany
Sgt
S. D. Gibson
High
Peggy Gibson
Dana Gibson
High 1
RAF
Gibson Ice Cream Company
486Th
Divium
England-Africa
Messerschmitt
Egensburg
AAF
Five Paratroopers Survive Crash of Four-Motor Bomber
Two wounded were First Lt. William J. Bennett of this city in a nighttime crash near Smoky Hill air base Colorado. The four motor aircraft went down during a routine flight. ten airmen were killed. Bennett and four others escaped and are hospitalized for observation.
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William J. Bennett
Smoky Hill Air Base
Colo
Bennett
Railway Express Agency Sued For 2500 Dollars
Mrs. Evelyn Rutherford filed suit in the Municipal clerk s office against the Railway Express Agency seeking 2500 damages for injuries allegedly caused when a local express truck backed into her and her daughter on College Street on Novem ber 6. She says the driver did not keep a proper lookout and caused lacerations and internal injuries.
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Evelyn Rutherford
Ilway Express Agency
Gifts For Service Men In Hospitals Christmas Drive
The Andrew Jackson Post No 87 and its Auxiliary call for gifts to be sent to service hospital patients. Citizens should buy suitable items, list contents on the outside of the box, and turn packages in by December 10. Undesirable gifts include candy liquor and used items. approved items include socks ties razors stationery and belts.
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Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
United States
Louis’ Heilig
L. R. Peacock
American Legion of Auxiliary
Suits For Six Divorces Are Started Here
Proceedings for five divorces and one annulment were filed with the clerk of the Municipal court here during the past week. Three divorces seek on two years separation include Fred R. Elks and Juanita Trivett Elks, Walter A. Ring and Dorothy L. Ring, Elbert Morrill Taylor and Mary Pauline Taylor. Roman A. Boles seeks a complete divorce from Ettie Mae Boles and custody of their nine year old child. Eugenia Leach seeks divorce from Louis C. Leach alleging failure to support, abuse during drinking, and affairs. Kate B. Husbands seeks annulment from D. L. Husbands on grounds he was previously married to Laura C. Husbands without divorce. This is the third annulment sought on such grounds in three weeks.
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Fred R. Elks
Juanita Trivett Elks
Walter A. Ring
Dorothy L.ring
Elbert Morrill Taylor
Mary Pauline Taylor
Roman A. Boles
Ettie Mae Boles
Eugenia Leach
Louis C. Leach
Kate B. Husbands
D. L. Husbands
Laura C. Husbands
Funeral Rites for Jerome Leonard Held at Local Church
Funeral services for Jerome Leonard of Greensboro Route 3 were held at Vickery Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Barker and Rev. B. H. Phaup officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers included R. R. Winslow J. B. Thompson E. T. Mitchell C. C. Hannes Chas. Miles and Herbert Chilton. Flowers were carried by the Ladies' class from the church.
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Jerome Leonard
Greensboro
Vickery Methodist Church
Bill Barker
Southside Baptist Church
B. H. Phaup
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
R. R. Winslow
J. 3. Thompson
E. T. Mitchell
C. C. Hannes
Chas
Funeral Rites for James H Miller Held at Rankin Church
Funeral services for James Herbert Miller of 402 Barker Street were conducted at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church with Rev. Edward Suits and Rev. R. R. Jackson officiating. Miller is survived by his widow Lucy Jackson Miller and several siblings. his body was sent to Griffin Georgia for service and burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Herbert Miller
Barker Street
Guilford
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
Edward Suits
R. R. Jackson
West End Baptist Church
W. S. Brown
R. O. Cornette
E. R. Morris
A. O. Cagle
Oscar Patterson
W. W. Peurifoy
Decatur, Ga
E. E. Gaddy
Griffin, Ga
C. M. Kirkus
Covington, Ga
O. C. Norton
Nine and others in fatal crash near Bottom Drop
The crash between two cars on the Bottom Drop stretch between here and Marion left six people dead at the scene and three more dying soon after. H C Kelly of the State Highway Patrol reported the cars met at high speed under a bright moon around 3 am. Victims were severely mangled and helped from twisted wreckage in Grace hospital Morganton and Marion hospital. Coroner Ted Shirley planned to impanel a jury today.
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Ray Abernethy
Grace Hospital
Morganton
McCall Wilson
Ashley Carswell
Marion Hospital
H. C. Kelly
Here
Marion
Kelley
Ted Shirley
Nine Die as North Carolina Two-Car Crash Sets Record
A Morganton area two car collision kills nine and Injures five in what state officials call the worst two car wreck on North Carolina highways. Ronald Hocutt notes the toll is the highest for such an incident in state records.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Morganton
Ronald Hocutt
State Highway Safety Division
War Today Reports Allied Front Holds Amid Delays
The column notes delays due to weather and strategic adjustments as Eisenhower eyes a final Allied push. Antwerp port opening improves supplies while von Rundstedt’s 400 mile line faces six Allied armies. Soviet stance hints at a big drive, weather dictating eastern maneuvers.
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Antwerp
Eisenhower
Normandy
von Rundsted
Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Germany
Moscow
Vistula
Poland
Fuehrer
Europe
Baltic
Balkans
Reconversion Plans Delayed By Ammunition Program
Washington reports 90 day halt on new civilian goods production in about 125 areas as munitions programs lag. Officials say spot reconversion restricted to regions where war production is on schedule or manpower is adequate to avoid shortages.
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Washington
Chiirman
Perst F. Byrnes
Rectro
Sean
Krug
James
CS Navy
Robert P. Patterson
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Tel Rts Ata Riaims
Emery
Royal Scots Take Pinwe North of Burma
Royal Scots of the 36th Division entered Pinwe seven miles north of Narha, a key Burma railway junction, after two weeks of fighting. Over 100 enemy dead found, bridges damaged, and substantial Japanese equipment captured. East African troops moved toward Kaleva on the Chindwin, 140 northwest of Mandalay.
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Mytitkyina
Burma
Royal Scots
36Th Division
Pinwe
Narha
Mandalay
Chindwin
Kalewa
Billy Kennedy Improving After Bus Stop Accident
Billy Kennedy of Has Ty High School is improving at High Point Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car as he alighted from a school bus on the Thomasville highway last week. He was unconscious for several days and is under care by the Boulevard unit.
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Billy Kennedy
Hasty High School
Thomasville
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Billy
W. F. Kennedy
Thawed? High Point sees season cold snap with frost
The temperature fell to 20 degrees marking the season's lowest point as High Point and Greensboro air officials forecast continued cold weather today and tonight. Light winds and clear skies under a bright moon left the landscape coated with frost.
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High Pointers
U.S
North Carolina Congressmen Vote In Week's Chamber Actions
In Washington on December 2, North Carolina members supported the Bailey amendment to bar federally financed transmission lines from certain projects as defeated 42 to 4. The House passed a bill authorizing a Federal Crop Insurance program 254 to 16. Bonner Cooley Folger van Kerr Weaver voted yes. Not voting were Barden Durham Burgin Morrison and BulkIe.
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Washington
North Carolina
For
Bailey
Reynolds
Bonner
Cooley
Folget
van Kerr
Weaver
Barden
Durham
Burgin
Morrison
Bulkle
Tobacco Prices Slip Slightly Across Eastern Markets
The War Food Administration reports NC and VA flue cured tobacco prices steady to down, with declines mainly in medium grades as markets close the week at season lows. Washington and Robersonville finish season. middle belt shows minor losses and some non descript grades fall back.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Virginia
War Food Administration
Washington
Robersonville
Middle Belt
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