Brave American Seamen Save Scores Of Lives In Ocean
Washington reports that a handful of American seamen saved scores of shipmates and passengers after four United Nations vessels were sunk off the East Coast and South Atlantic. One crew member lowered a lifeboat as others braved heavy seas to rescue survivors. Seaman Mills patched a shattered lifeboat and helped pull sixty men aboard, while two other sailors refused crowded lifeboats to help others.
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Ocean
Associated Press
Washington
United Nations
South America
Frederick J. Mills
Detroit
Mills
Lielit
Thomas Monroe Leaby, Jr
San Diego
San Francisco
Leaby
Sgun
South Atlantic
Leoby
Phooey
Navy
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Christmas program features William Penn Band and chorus
In the high school auditorium a one hour program of carols and Christmas music will be performed by combined vocal and instrumental groups led by music supervisor Mrs. G W Yokely. The William Penn Band, in its third year with 23 members, will join to perform familiar carols and UN carols. Public invitation extended. Mrs. E V Baldwin and Mrs. Dorothy Rice visited their mother Mrs. Alice Alford in Lexington, North Carolina.
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G. W. Yokely
William Penn Band
United Nations
Lexington
E. V. Baldwin
Dorothy Rice
Alice Alford
N. C
Volunteer War Service at Daniel Brooks Homes
Volunteer workers in the surgical dressing room have completed 3000 dressings and are advancing on a second quota. Pollyanna clubs roll bandages Wednesday night. Mrs. E. P. Wilson urges more volunteers to aid in this war effort. Room hours listed across Monday to Thursday. William Penn High School Music Department plans a Christmas musical program Sunday at 4 30 PM.
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Daniel Brooks
E. P. Wilson
Wm. Penn High School
W. I. C. Circle
the First Baptist Church
Circle No. 2
Mrs Mary E Lash Rites In Winston-Salem
Mrs Mary E Lash aged 72 formerly of 1406 Highland Ave Winston-Salem died Sunday night at 726 Fairview St Funeral plans list burial at Red Bank Cemetery with service at Nichols Tabernacle Church Her survivors include two sisters Mrs Joseph Lash and Mrs Flora Eldridge Burial preparations and church notices follow In hospital ward lists Burrus Memorial Hospital patients include Mrs A J Harrison Edith Williamson and Viola Hames Berlin reports claim British liner Ceramic sunk by U boat near Azores with troops aboard
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Mary E. Lash
Highland Ave
Winston-Salem
Gentry Harris
Fairview St
Lash
Stokes County
Vangelical Holiness Church
Beulah Tabernacle Holiness Church
Joseph Lash
Flora Eldridge
Auburn Station
Hairlip
Nichols ‘Tabernacle
Red Bank Cemetery
Burrus Memorial Hospital
A. J. Harrison
Downing St
Edith Williamson
Beamon Street
Viola Hames
Wm. Penn
Soldier sends cable to Russian leader from Fort MacArthur
Private Tim Shenk and Marshal Timoshenko share a link in a comic cablegram. Shenk spent 4.04 on a message addressed to Moscow but wished it be forwarded to Berlin, joking about the German front.
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Fort Macarthur
Calif
Tim Shenk
Marshal Timoshenko
Shenk
Moscow
Berlin
Radio Programs Across Time Zones and Stories
A rundown of daily radio programming listing time slots from 5:30 p.m. through late evening. Includes music bands, serials, news updates, War commentary, and variety acts featuring Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnight, Ben Bernie, and others. Notes corrections from networks and regional listings for stations such as CBS and WNBC.
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Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Curley
Cbs
Pase Farrell
Nbe
Blu-Cas
St. Louis
Wora Wobblers
Frank Parker
Dhs Yhe
Ore
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomas
Mitnishi
War and World News of Today
Irea Warine
Achos
Andy
Dbs
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Larry James
Wis
Orchestrare Jotusang Family
Wallerhorn
Mr. Ween
Godwin
Nelson Fiddy
Toy Car Tinkey
Laum
Abner
Barry Sisters
Willard
Tommy Dorsey
Manhattan
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christi
Theater of Air
Henry Huh
Eddie Canter
Dinah Basin
Arkansas
Gabriel Weatter
Jack Pearl
Orel
Lionel Barrymore
Gracie Fievis
Vane
Ay Fywing
Ton Mornestsa
Mirsie
Tom
National Radio Far Dance Orchestra
Man
Gunsoh
Faust Schubert
Dancine Music Orchestra
Chicago Orchestra
Btu
B.s
Fire crews respond to false alarm then real blaze in apartment
Five pieces of equipment from three fire departments answered an alarm called in for a small hotel but found false. As firemen were returning, a commotion at an apartment house a block away drew their attention. Two minutes after the false alarm, a fire erupted in the apartment, rapidly put out. Japan allows twenty US feature films shown last spring and summer.
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Indianapolis
Stret
Meir
Marines On Guadalcanal Armistice Day Combat Report
On Guadalcanal, Marines report steady gains with 13 Japanese planes down and ground mopping up, as Col. John M. Arthur leads the Devil Dogs through jungle warfare. Private Wallace Wynn returns to lines after two weeks of combat, malnutrition, and a chest bayonet wound.
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Guadalcanal
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Devil Dogs
Lnstead
John M. Arthur
Union
S. C
Pouha
Kokumbona
Wallace Sk. Wynn
Thomasville
N. C
Lavington Faces Mounting Ledger Burden as Treasurer
State Treasurer-elect Leon Lavington prepares to sign thousands of warrants and documents monthly, signaling a heavy workload ahead as he assumes office. The note highlights bureaucratic constraints and administrative duties awaiting the new official.
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Denver
Leon Lavington
Stamp of No Privilege Sparks Name Confusion Joke
A note recalls a craftsman reply to Lavington who ordered a personalized metal stamp with his name. The clerk quipped, Sorry, but you have no prior ity, highlighting a humorous typo that turned a routine order into a light moment.
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Lavington
Britain and US pledge to defeat Japan in war
London dispatch reports messages between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill affirming united aims to destroy Japan. Churchill cites Pearl Harbor outrage and vows full strength joined with US Dutch and Chinese allies. Roosevelt promises sustained, escalating force until Tokyo is defeated. Churchill pledges Japan will be stripped of conquests and punished.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
People’s
Britain
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Ireland
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Nevada
Ideal Island
Territory of Hawaii
Teinjett
Fiz
News OF
Ino
Herman Smith
Davis Ave
Carroll Irvin Smith
Doris Graham
Charles Turner
Frankie Turner
Cornelius Turner
Beatrice Davis
Dorothy Dyer
James Fletcher McLean
William Saulter
Henry Black
Sadie Smith
Carroll Irvin
North Africa
Azores
Ria
Henderson Field
Beach Heads
Cornelius ‘P. van Ness
Coloonel Arthur
Burma
Singapore
Sumatra
Philippines
Arthur
Mother Earth
Cen Peanlay
Aleo A&k
Poud
Higa Point
Maan
Cur Hare & Walgreen
Rosame
South Main Street
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