Jr High Goes Over Top At Bond Rally Victory Night
Jr high students raised 30.70 in bonds and stamps for 10 of the hospital units. Miss Mary Jane Hutchens, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hutchens, was crowned victory at the bond and stamp rally in the school auditorium. Auctioneers were Henry Shavitz Bundy Nence and Bill McGwinn. Hundreds bid for items including nylon hose at 2000 and a puppy for 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Hutchens
George Utchens
Henry Shavitz
Bundy Nence
Bill McGwinn
Alabama Orders Strict Jim Crow Law Enforcement
The Alabama Public Service Commission directed railroads to segregate White and negro passengers by partitions or curtains where possible. Investigations found varying practices including no policy and verbal crew instructions. The order applies to intrastate travel and does not override contracts from other states or laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Nationalist Leader to Meet in China Amid Manchuria Talks
Gen Ho Ying-chin, commander in chief of the nationalist army, is traveling from North China for talks in Marshall. Chungking gains a one month delay in Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria, allowing time to reinforce cities before Communist takeovers. American troop entry into Manchuria remains unconfirmed. Wedemeyer declined to comment on US involvement, noting Manchuria is a Russian theater of operations. Dispatches report nationalist advances toward Mukden and Tahusan, with unconfirmed reports of Communist near Chihsi en.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ho Ying- Chin
China
Chungking
Manchuria
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Shanghai
Chng
Peiking-Mukden
Mukden
Tahusan
Chihsien
German General Shot As Nazi War Criminal
Anton Dostler, a high ranking German general, was executed by firing squad near Aversa Italy for ordering the execution of 15 American soldiers captured behind German lines in March. Asked for a last statement he said nothing then shouted es lebe Deutschland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aversa
Italy
Anton Dostler
Germany
Eure
Western
Lebe Deutschaland
Yamashita Nod Led To Mass Filipino Executions
Manila report notes Lt. Gen. Yamashita's alleged nonchalant nod triggered executions of about 600 Filipinos by firing squad without trial. Testifying, Col. Hideo Nishihara described leading the judge advocate department and reporting mass custody readiness to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Hideo Nishihara
Judge Advocate General
Yamashita
Nazi Trial Proceedings Highlight Cross Examination Debate
The Nuremberg proceeding paused over cross examination rights as Goering and other defendants sought to question witnesses. Goering and Kaltenbrunner’s attorneys pressed for access, while Justice Jackson warned against turning the trial into a performance. Hess boasted of his England flight and claimed amnesia while Doenitz and Raeder laughed at the proceedings.
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Goering
North
Africa
Lahousen
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
Kaltenbrunner
Munich
Ans
Hess
Karl Doenitz
Erich Raeder
Douglas Kelley
U.S. Army
England
Hitler
Yellow River Channel Dilemma In China Reforestation Sought
World Today notes Chinese planners weigh keeping the Yellow river in its current channel which feeds the Yangtze via the Grand Canal or restoring it to a pre 1938 path. They push reforestation to cut silt and flood risk while considering flood control and irrigation for the fertile plains.
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John L. Savage
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee
Boulder
Shasta
Chungking
Yangtze
Inner Mongolian
Shansi-Shensi
China
Yellow
Grand Canal
G L Johnson Dies After Weeklong Illness At Local Hospital
G L Johnson 47 of 307 Church Street died at 12 10 AM after a week of illness. Born January 20 1898 in Charleston West Virginia he was married to Evelyn Benson and survived by a widow a brother J N Johnson and a sister Mrs June Anderson all of Charleston. A former Wilson and Company manager he had lived in High Point 18 years with services to be held in Charleston.
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G. L. Johnson
Church Street
Charleston
West Virginia
E. B. Johnson
Evelyn Benson
J. N. Johnson
June Anderson
Methodist Church
High Point
Wilson and Company
North Carolina Assembly Deliberates Negro Invite Outcome
After adjournment, Secretary Eure advised caution on inviting Negro delegates noting NC’s progress and free speech. The UNC led proposal to invite Negroes remains, debated 110 to 45, with calls for more study and regional unity as delegates from many colleges weigh the impact.
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Eure
North Carolina
Bobby Glenn
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
John Lineweaver
UNC
Glenn Eres
Democrats Battle Over Army File Revelations
Congressional hearings on military intelligence and pre war spying proceed with criticism of the army and a demand for faster disclosure. Miles resumes Monday for cross exam on decoding Japanese spy information before Pearl Harbor as Marshall plans to testify before departing for China.
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Gearhart
Keefe
Clark
Miles
Hawaii
Barkley
Dky
George C. Marshall
Marshall
China
General Motors parts plants face labor standstill amid strikes
The piece describes GM parts production at plants in Flint Anderson Saginaw and Bristol with unions pushing for wage gains. It notes the Wilson-Thomas compromise aimed at avoiding a GM blockade and cites broader national labor actions involving 225000 auto workers and 550000 idle across five major disputes.
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Delco-Ray
Anderson
Ind
Uwa-Cio
Wilson
General Motors
Thomas
General Motors Corporation
New York
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CIO
San Francisco
Midwest
Ford Motor Company
Pacific Lumber
Simmons Company
Kenosha
Wis
CIO United Packinghouse
Opposition accuses pamphlets of framing Albania as dominated by Stalin and Tito
Opposition leaders said pamphlets claim Albania is controlled by Stalin and Tito and that all Democratic Front candidates are communists. They did not explain how they obtained the information.
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Tion
Albania
Americans Return Pilsen to Czech Control
American soldiers in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, helped return the city to Czech control. More than 300 soldiers had found Czechoslovak brides as the departure to Germany neared, including Lt. Philip G. Palmer of Tucson, Arizona, who married Olga Skala of Prague. The troops then moved east toward Germany as scheduled.
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Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Philip G. Palmer
Tucson
Ariz
Olga Skala
Prague
Germany
Bank referendum looms as French Assembly eyes bank nationalization
Paris December 1 The constituent assembly will meet in special session tomorrow to vote on nationalizing the Bank of France and four major deposit banks amid signals lawmakers may push for state control of more banks. Rome December 1 Foreign minister Alcide de Gasperi begins efforts to form a new Italian government with conference talks with Count Sforza Orlando and Bonomi after an invitation from Crown Prince Umberto to replace Premier Parri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Constituent Assembly
Bank of France
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Carlo Sforza
Vittorio Emanuel Orlando
Ivanoe Bonomi
de Gasperi
Umberto
Ferruccio Parri
Sforza
Orlando
Bonomi
Police and Allies Round Up 70 Bandits in Berlin Clash
Lin police with allied military police conducted an all night gunbattle around Anhalter station to smash the underworld in Berlin ruins. The gang looted refugees and rifled baggage at the station during the clash this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin Police
Anhalter Station
Berlin
Bevin urges world parliament vote for common man
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin proposed in London that the common man should vote in a world parliament to decide if his nation goes to war. He urged United Nations delegates to fulfill their duty by creating the right for peoples to elect their representatives to a world parliament. He argued the common man will not support war if given that choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
United Nations Organization
Improper Hangers Aid Cleaning With Thrifty Tip
A homemaking column suggests saving on cleaning by hanging garments with hangers reversed. It also endorses a steaming bowl of nourishing soup as a reliable mainstay for meals.
British Forces Reopen Road North of Railway Station
British troops backed by Indian trained Japanese tanks reopened the road between Bando Eng and Sockaboemi after light resistance. Five Indian troops were wounded. Nearby Bekassi graves are linked to a transport plane crash eight miles away. An Indonesian woman guided to the burial spot says survivors were killed by about fifty locals. Five Englishmen and twenty Indians remain missing after the crash.
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Bandoeng
Sockaboemi
Bekassi
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Jr. High
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Gate City Motor CO
Wrenn St
General Auto Repairing
Gray Engineering CO
Cinta Casualty “Insurance CO
Carolina Casualty Insurance Co, Accident and Health Dept
Burlington, N.C
World Today
GM Ee
Flint
Mich
Bush Order Supply Limited
Universal Supply CO
Michigan Street
Dept
Indianapolis
Universal Supply Company
Mangum Avenue
W. D. Lemons
Mary F. Brown
Carolina Motor Club
United States
Arolina Motor Club
AAA
ROLE
Carolina
Towne
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