In Italy Virgil Harmon Receives Second War Dept Citation
Pfc Virgil R Harmon son of Mrs Virgie Ann Harmon of High Point NC serves as aircraft armorer with a heavy bombardment group in Italy. The unit earned a second War Department citation for a daring raid on the Concordia Vega oil refinery at Ploesti Romania after earlier destruction of 40 enemy aircraft at Bucharest.
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GAAF
Italy
Virgil R. Harmon
Virgie Ann Harmon
Kelly St. High Point
N. C
War Department
Mediterranean
Concordia Vega
Ploesti
Rumania
Bucharest
Bridge bidding leads to misplay and decisive claim
North opens with a strong plan while South overrules with a bold heart length. West doubles poorly and misdefends as East echoes with nine. South ruffs a club, discards a spade, and claims the balance after a sequence of heart and diamond plays.
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South
North
West
East
Wood to replace steel and leather after war
New York experts say wood can supply synthetic beefsteak from yeast fed by wood, door and boat production, and even tires from wood derived rubber. They project tenacious use of sawdust to sugar or alcohol within a decade, plus reforestation to avoid depletion and create thousands of jobs through by product manufacturing.
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New York
INS
U. S
Donald F. Othmer
Chemical Engineering
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Weisner Promoted to Sergeant by US Troop Carrier Forces
Arthur N. Weisner, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur N Weisner of route 1 High Point, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant at the headquarters of the US Troop Carrier Forces in the European theater of operations. The silkworm moth has lost the ability to fly and is now dependent on humans for survival.
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U. S
Richard S. Hargett
Ernes- Hargett
Montavenue
High Point
War Department
Hargell
Raymond L. Skeen
J. L. Skeen
Rt. 1
Virginia Belle
Eighth Air Forces
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Army
Skeen
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Weisner
Arthur N. Weisner
Route 1, High Point
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Ellis
England
Arthur Ellis
Lucille Owens Ellis
Air Borpe
Camp Forest
Tennessee
Albert
Josephine Culbertson
U. S. War Bondsi
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Charles
ATV
WMP Raarabeee
Lady's
Albert’s
Iwberi S Endable Jewelers
South Main Street
Center Theater
Deneecteer
Evla
GeVan CM
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