Service personnel promotions and graduations in WWII notes
A batch of World War II service updates from North Carolina lists promotions and assignments. William E F Carter, 21, of High Point, is promoted to technical sergeant with the 15th AAF in Italy. Sumter Bowen, son of W H Bowen, to Buckingham Army Air Field. Jason C Taylor, Camp Lejeune, graduates Motor Vehicle Operators Retraining Course. Benjamin P Lambeth promoted to staff sergeant with the 34th Red Bull Division. Jack Burris earns the Air Medal with the 15th AAF after gunnery school at Kingman Field and overseas service.
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Italy
William EF. Carter
Carter St
High Point
N. C
15Th Aaf Group
Carter
Europe
Balkans
W. E. Carter
Bowen
Fort Myers
Fila
Sumter Bowen
W. H. Bowen
North Carolina
Buckingham Army Air Id
Mills S. Savage
Sumter
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Taylor
Camp Lejeune
Jason C. Taylor
Lonnie Hudson
Cable Street
Marine Corps
Lambeth
Benjamin P. Lambeth
Celia W. Lambeth
Rt. 3
Asheboro
Fifth Army
34Th “Red Bull
Mark W. Clark
15Th Aaf
Jack Burris
Johnson Street
Kingman Field
Arizona
Supers Ahead of United States New Air Giants
Washington December 6. Secret tests on larger air giants progress as B 29s hammer Tokyo. Officials describe the B 36 as the largest airplane yet attempted in size while aeronautics work on rockets and jet propelled weapons continues. Testimony before the house aviation committee reveals details of B 35 B 36 and B 42 tests by Dr George W Lewis and the NACA.
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Washington
Tokyo
House Oviations Committee
George W. Lewis
Aeronautical Research
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Local Graduates Earn Military Wings And Ensigns
Lt Homer D Guyer 19 son of Mr and Mrs Homer D Guyer of this city recently earned silver wings as navigator and bars as second lieutenant at Ellington Field Texas. Miss Nell Fewell Boles 23 of Thomasville enlists in WAVES and is commissioned ensign assigned to naval purchasing in New York after indoctrination at Northampton Massachusetts.
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Guyver
Homer D. Guyer
Box 7
Ellington Field
Texas
War Department
Nell F. Boles
Sixth Naval District
Atlanta
Nell Fewell Boles
Colonial Drive
Thomasville
Northampton
Mass
Naval Purchasng Office
New York
Ensign Boles
A. Boles
Virginia Interment College
Thomas- Ville
Business and Professional Women's Club
First Baptist Church
Lt Hicks Departs Marfa to Rejoin Duty
Lt J F Hicks leaves this morning for Marfa Texas after a two week furlough with his wife Elizabeth Swiggett at the Swiggett home on Louise avenue and with his parents Mr and Mrs M T Hicks at 22 West Russell Street.
Funeral for Henry Johnson Set at Calvary Baptist
Henry Johnson 42 died Tuesday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was a cook at the hospital and a member of Cavalry Baptist church. Survived by wife Hattie, daughter Mildred Ingram, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral Friday 2:30 at Calvary Baptist with Rev. J. E. Melton. burial Green Hill Cemetery. Body lies in state at Hairlip’s Chapel until noon Friday.
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Henry Johnson
Lotlin Street
Tues E Boulevard
Johnson
Cavalry Baptist Church
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hattie Johnson
Mildred Ingram
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dallas Graves
Thomasville
N. C
Bernice
Heavenly Gospel Singers Enter Contest at Wm Penn High
The Heavenly Gospel Singers face the Jehovah Gospel Singers of Winston Salem at William Penn High School on Thursday December 7 at 8 p m Admission is 35 cents for children and 50 cents for adults The Wilson family extends thanks for sympathy shown after the passing of Mrs Lillie Mae Wilson
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Heavenly Gospel Singers of
Jehovah Gospel Singers of
Winston-Salem
Wm. Penn High School
Lillie Mae Wilson
The
Wilson Family
Lawmakers consider merger of Highway Patrol and SBI
Bills explored to fuse the Highway Patrol and State Bureau of Investigation under a unified department, possibly within the governor or attorney general’s office. SBI’s 1939 creation and Patrol’s wartime duties feature in the debate as questions arise about operational freedom and chain of command. In Pueblo a judge seeks a Vermont bride for a free wedding, prompting a light note amid the policy talk.
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Paign
Highway Patrol
State Bureau of Investigation
Governor
Rttrent of Justice
SBI
Department of Motor Vehicles
Department of
Patrol
Optimist
Weather Forecast Promises More Rain and Cooling
The forecast calls for increased cloudiness tonight with rainy and cool conditions. Expect cooler temperatures continuing into Thursday with similar unsettled weather.
Britain Intervenes in Greece and Supports Monarchies
In The War Today column Britain backs Greece toward a pro monarchy outcome, while opposing communism and signaling a free political choice for Greeks. Britain also backs Italy under the Bonomi government and Belgium, with Moscow keeping a tight hold as Washington urges democratic lines for UN and liberated territories.
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Wille
Russia
John Bull
Britain
Greece
Balkans
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Teo
Tain
Engla
Europe
Churchill
Eulifice
Gulriatic
Bonomi
Italy
London
Count Sforza
England
Moscow
Washington State Department
United Nations
U S 14th Air Force Fights Jap Movements Near China Border
U S 14th Air Force P 51s attacked Japanese troop movements along the French Indo China border region near Yunnan. Mustangs strafed troop trains east of Kunming in a broad reconnaissance sweep after a Dec 1 strike in an unnamed pass. A possible large scale Japanese offensive into Yunnan has been feared to counter American operations.
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U. S
14Th Air Force
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Indo-China
Yunnan
Kunming
Lan Just
War Bulletin
Delta Sigma Pi Pledges Six University Students
Delta Sigma Pi announces six University of North Carolina students pledged to the professional commerce fraternity. The pledges are James H. Booth from Fast Orange New Jersey Austin Griffith from Media Pennsylvania Thomas W. Sarris from Hamlet Richard B. Ford from Asheville Warren Perry from Kinston and Cecil Garrett from High Point.
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Chapel Hill
Delta Sigma Pi
James H. Booth
Fast Orange
N. J
Austin Griffith
Media
Thomas W. Sarris
Hamlet
Richard B. Ford
Asheville
Warren Perry
Kinston
Cecil Garrett
High Point
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