Cold weather sweeps southern cotton belt tonight
Official weather bureau records show temperatures dipping across major cotton producing regions. Charlotte reports 39 for max and 28 for min with 52% humidity, while Jacksonville and New Orleans reach 63 and 78 degrees respectively. Frost and near freezing conditions threaten tonight from South Carolina coast to Georgia and the interior.
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Charlotte
Eather Bureau
R'fair
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chicago
Columbia
Jacksonville
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Richmond
Savannah
Tampa
Washington
San Antonio
Perry and crew Rescue Jap and Seven Men From Water
The narrative describes Lieutenant Perry and crew rescuing a wounded Japanese sailor clinging to a raft, then locating and guiding six more survivors. They use a pontoon craft, haul each man aboard, treat injuries and exhaustion, and distribute weight to keep the craft afloat while pulling seven men from the water in a perilous evacuation.
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Perry
O Perry
Lready
Poncon
Grim rescue on wing as ten sailors saved at sea
Lieutenant Perry guided a crashed plane toward a distant destroyer with ten survivors aboard a pontoon. Weakened by 10 to 15 hours in the water, they wore life jackets and oil stained hair and skin. Names appeared written on the fuselage as rescuers ferried them to safety.
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Perry
Francis Shafer
Fort Smith
Ark
Bob Brusco
Rainier
Ore
Bentry Porter
Greenville
N. C
R. D. Petit
G. S. Porter
C._E. Wright
L. L. Tudor
M. J. Zeigter
Tokyo
Guadalcanal battles surge as 51 Japanese ships sunk
The Navy communique details heavy losses in the Solomons campaign with 51 enemy vessels definitely sunk, eighty possibly sunk or damaged, and 28 Japanese ships destroyed in a separate carrier. American actions include raids on Koepang and New Guinea targets, while Tokyo insists a torpedo attack sank an American ship. A new chemical cleaning process for aluminum spot welding is also announced.
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U. S
Navy
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Douglas MacArthur
Koepang
Portguese Timor
New Guinea
Australia
Knox
The
United States
Isad
Tkanami
Japan
Imperial
Tokyo
Fortilla
Tyokyo
Soviet Strategy Aims Westward From Lake Ladoga
In wartime notes, land routes to Russia were restored in spring as a strong Russian push toward the West and then north could trap Field Marshal G. von Kluge's siege forces. The move could isolate Finland, open a potential British-American drive to retake northern Norway, and create a land supply path across Scandinavia for Russia.
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Lake Ladoga
Ross earns glory in night combat amid jungle fire
Barney led the charge and fired the night, while Ross kept his head above the foxhole and blasted Jap nests with tommy guns. He estimates firing about 450 rounds, with seven confirmed kills and possibly ten. Recovering at a base hospital, he quips that arthritis is giving him hell, yet calls this how champions are made.
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Ross
Axis push in Tunisia and Crete battles reported
Berlin claims Tebourba fell to Axis forces while Italian high command reported 756 captives, including 300 British parachutists. Allied reports note heavy fighting around Tebourba Djedeida Mateur triangle, with Allied air attacks damaging Tunis and Bizerte airfields and several ships sunk by North Africa command.
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Bizerte
Tunis
Candia
Crete
Mediterranean
Berlin
Tunisia
Tebourba
Italan High Command
Rome
Mateur-Tebourba
Djedeida
Bere
Xis
Yebourba
Maceur
Tabourba
Mateur
Dunkerque
Tebbourba
U. S. Air Force
North African
P Allied
North Africa
Royal Navy
American General Is Wounded While Fighting At Buna
Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider, former Assistant Secretary of War, received eight wounds from a Japanese grenade while on the Buna front in New Guinea. An Allied spokesman said MacNider is in an Australian hospital recovering, with no serious injuries. Maj. C. M. Beaves was unhurt. one American soldier was killed.
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New Guinea
Hanford MacNider
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
Allied Headquarters
Australia
MacNider
C. M. Beaves
Yankton
S. D
Madwnider
American Legion
Mason City
FDR Says Plan Would Admit Only A Few Immigrants
President Roosevelt defended his tariff and immigration suspension proposal at a press conference. He said the immigration portion would admit only two or three dozen people a year to strengthen the war effort, dismissing fears of broad openings. He noted critics focus on wording rather than the actual impact.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russians claim losses of transports and frontline advances
Reports say poor transports were used for reinforcements and that 46 transports were destroyed last Sunday. Soviet forces claim a new westward advance north-west of Moscow near Rzhev, and in Velikie Luki they repelled counterattacks while destroying several enemy strongpoints.
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Rzhev
Moscow
Velikie Luki
Joy
Admiralty Boosts Axis Losses Claim With Additional Destroyer Sunk
London reports an admiralty communique earlier in the day adds one destroyer to Axis losses. Algiers advices say Axis planes attacked the city harming workers and causing casualties. Vichy radio cites raids on Blida airfield and fires at Bone and Bougie supply dumps. Five Allied planes reportedly shot down by Italian fighters.
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Admiralty
London
Algiers
Blida
Bone
Bougie
al FS
War Production Board curtails ice cream production
Washington December 4 The War Production Board curtails commercial ice cream frozen custard milk sherbet and other frozen desserts for December and January to conserve butterfat for butter. The plan limits output to 60 percent of October levels, with officials saying the actual reduction will be about 20 percent because December production is already below October.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Civil Service Exam Seek Typists and Clerks Here
Civil Service Commission examiners will be at the U.S. Employment Service office today and Saturday morning to test experienced or inexperienced applicants for typist and clerk positions with Social Security Board in Balti more, Md. Minimum age is 16. Applicants should apply at 81012 North Main Street.
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Civil Service Commission
U.S
Unemployment Service
Social Security Board
Balti
More
North Main Street
Allied ships sunk in Indian Ocean report
Dispatches from Lourenco Marques say Axis submarines sank three United Nations vessels this week in shark infested Indian Ocean waters. The 10,799 ton British liner Llandaf Castle, carrying around 1,000 South African troops on leave bound for Durban, reportedly went down off Zululand with only 40 survivors landed.
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Lisbon
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
United Nations
Indian Ocean
Llandaf Castle
Durban
Zululand
Junior Order Group to Elect Officers Tonight
Guilford Council Jr. O U A M will meet at 7 30 PM to elect officers and initiate at the lodge hall 1021 West Washington Street.
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Guilford Council, Jr. O.U.A.M
West
Washington Street
Engineer Sentenced in Wreck Case at Maryland Jail
Raymond Rufus McClelland, engineer of one of three Baltimore and Ohio trains involved in a deadly wreck that killed at least 14, was sentenced in Montgomery County circuit court to 2 1/2 years in the Maryland House of Correction at Jessup. He was convicted of manslaughter earlier this week.
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Rockville
Raymond Rufus McClelland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Montgomery County
Maryland House of Correction
Jessup
McClelland
Contraband Seized From Tourist Car in Miami
Police stopped a winter tourist for a dimout headlight violation in Miami. In the car they found three gasoline ration books, an extra sheet of A-3 tickets, a pen, a 53 gallon drum half full of gasoline, and three unmounted tires. The driver was to be arraigned before U S Commissioner Roger E. Davis on charges of violating the second War Powers Act of 1942 and ration order TA.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Roger E. Davis
Osculation Oddity In Roman Customs About Kissing
The piece notes an ancient practice where kissing began among kin to judge if wives had tasted wine, citing Cato and a Roman poet from the first century, highlighting a testy custom in early Roman culture.
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Cato
FDR Suspected on Peace Settlement In Panama Issue
Washington December 4. Opponents of legislation to transfer United States property in Panama to the Republic fear President Roosevelt may seal a postwar peace settlement without Congress. The debate focused on whether the Panama transfer should be submitted as a treaty or by simple legislation. Senators Taft Clark and Barkley weighed executive agreements versus congressional approval amid concerns over tariff protections and Atlantic charter commitments.
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Richard G. Maslock
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
United States
Panama
Johnson
Calif
Taft
Ohio
Clark
D-Mo
State Department
Barkley
Kentucky
United Nations
Danaher
Rconn
Christmas Seal Drive In N C Has Good Start
Lynn Nisbet reports from Raleigh that the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association aims for an $110000 quota, about 20 percent above last year, with county goals set by population wealth and war-related factors. Guilford leads with $9700, Forsyth $9000, Mecklenburg $7500, Wake $7000, and Clay $25 minimum. hints that actual sales may exceed targets as several counties report early progress. Nationwide gifts last year totaled $7432729. this year’s appeal seeks $8000000, with 75 cents of each dollar staying in county efforts to fight tuberculosis and 20 percent to state offices and 5 percent to national headquarters.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Lynn Nisbet Releigh
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
Guilford
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Wake
Clay County
Durham County
Joe Lassiter Funeral Rites To Be Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for Joseph Lassiter a well known Thomasville resident fatally injured in an accident near Fredericksburg Virginia Wednesday night will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 00 o'clock at the Main Street Methodist Church in Thomasville The services will be in charge of the pastor Rev Lee F Tuttle and interment will follow in the city cemetery Lassiter is survived by his wife the former Ruth Hansell the parents two brothers Austin Lassiter of High Point and H G Lassiter of Randolph county three sisters Mrs W F Mitchell of Greensboro Misses Bette and Ernestine Lassiter of Randolph county
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Joseph Lassiter
Fredricksburg
Main Street Methodist Church
Lee F. Tuttle
Lassiter
Ruth Hansell
Canadian Leader King Arrives, Meets Roosevelt at White House
Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrived in Washington and was greeted by President Roosevelt. The leaders plan to spend the weekend discussing postwar humanity, economic issues, and related global concerns.
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Canada
Washington
MacKenzie King
Roosevelt
White House
New York Stocks Report Declines At Midday
New York stocks dip at the noon bell with the AP report noting mixed readings across leading industrial and railroad issues. Investors await further market cues as trading slows in early afternoon sessions.
Conversion May Force Coal Burning In Fuel Oil Shortage
Washington dispatch reports Ralph K. Davies deputy petroleum administrator warned that domestic fuel consumers who can convert furnaces to coal may soon be required to. He said voluntary conversion has failed and discussed prompting the War Production Board to issue an order to enforce conversion with WPB authority.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
New England
Davies
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Harold Ickes
Preaching Service at Moran Home on Ennis Street
A preaching service will be held at the home of C. C. Moran located at 327 Ennis Street at 7 30 Saturday morning December 5. Elder F. R. Moore will lead the event.
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C. C. Moran
Ennis ‘Street
F. R. Moore
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