Japan Shifts To Fighter Planes For Defense
Japan appears to have redirected aviation output largely to fighters for defensive purposes as bombers dwindle in the south and Pacific. Allied raids lessen while fighters sustain daily sweeps from bases in the Carolines and near Rabaul, with heavy losses amid persistent Japanese air activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clen Clements
New Guinfea
Japan
South
South Pacific
New Zealand
Truk
Carolines
Land of the Rising Sun
Rabaul
Wewak
Pearl Harbor
Mrs Parnee Blakely obituary and community notices
Mrs Parnee Blakely died Saturday night February 5 in High Point after eleven years’ residence. Survived by husband Dallas Blakely daughter Emma Lee Blakely sister Clara Wilson and two nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements not yet set. Birthday party for Ronald Eugene Yokely at 132 Underhill Avenue with many Greensboro guests and helpers. Dinner guests and a Girl Scout meeting announced for February 26 at Fairview Street School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnee Blakely
St. Stephens Ame Zion
High Point
Dallas Blakely
Emma Lee Blakely
Clara Wilson
C.E. Yokely
Ronald Eugene
Underhill Avenue
Little Yokely
Glenn Chavis
Hubert H. Craft, Jr
Jasper Lawhorn, Jr
Julius
Alice Gwendolyn Croft
Thomas F. Saunders, Jr
Harold L. Saunders
Clifton Lamb
Peggs
Ronald Lee Bynum
Marian
Thomas Fair
Juanita Walker
Betty
Terrah Bynum
Greensboro
Billie Hampton
Jean
Alexander Morrisey
Lloyd Hamlin Miller
Grace Fisher
Danel Brooks
Nelson
Melton
Daniel Brooks
Fairview Street School
Casual Comment By W. A. Bivins Reflects War Fatigue
A conversational piece notes war weariness as Allies stall in Italy and readers seek retreat from constant news. The author and a friend discuss radio reports, personal coping, and comparing civilian fatigue to the heroism of American service members.
Storm and Cloud: A Mother’s Hope For Her Sons
A mother at a desk speaks of her three sons in service, praying they return home safe after victory. The reflection echoes Joaquin Miller’s verse on storm and cloud, promising sunshine after rain and mercy from the Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm
Cloud
Joaquin Miller
Storm and Cloud
Maud
Aunt Het’s Lament on Teachers and Pay
Aunt Het says one of her daughters wanted to be a teacher but she talked her out of it. Teachers in town are underpaid and unpaid for months, forcing tight living. Despite pay and gossip, they continue teaching and guiding the children who can learn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Het
Hunger and strict rationing hit Japanese civilians
International news report describes Japan’s war economy as crippled by material shortages. One third of rice, soap limits, and shoddy clothes dominate daily life amid government controls and neighborhood rationing. eggs and other essentials are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Spatz
Sepremmeneees
Washington
INS
Shioni
Japan
Lonce
Shinoi
Obedience Demanded from Children Says Robert Quillen
The passage laments that children must be perfect believers, well behaved and tireless in duties. It argues mothers seek rest through compliant kids and rails against the burden of guiding youths toward virtue, achievement, and religious service.
Safety Group Decries Unnecessary Travel
Sidney J. Williams of the National Safety Council condemned wartime travel habits in Chicago, noting traffic deaths rose in October December and criticizing continued unnecessary travel, speed limit violations, and gasoline coupon cheating that injure or kill workers daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sidney J. Williams
National Safety Council
Council
Cockfight Spectators Freed in Court Ruling
Seventeen people were arrested at a cockfight in a Winston Salem garage. In municipal court all but one were released after it was shown they were spectators. The 17th defendant paid a fine of 50 for guilty participation. officials say watching a cockfight is not illegal, but taking part or promoting one is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Forts Crew Receives Watches From Admirer
Adalbert Fastlich of Panama City sent twelve self winding waterproof watches to honor the Flying Fortress Nora II crew and Gen Ira A. Eaker cited their 24 missions and six enemy aircraft destroyed. The Nora II crew members and leaders received watches, with two extras awarded to higher command. Fastlich hopes to continue supporting the Nora II and its crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Armstrong
Gen. Andrews
General Andrews
Fastlich
Robert E. Williams
Eighth Air Force
Personeus
Charles J. Harpool
Norbert A. Zwicke
William J. Burd
James C. Gillespie
William C. Reese
George W. James
Robert M. Link
William J. Hess
Euel Jenkins
Delmar E. Wilson
Maj
J. Lawrence Smith
Valentines Abroad Drive Aims At North Carolina Women
Winston-Salem February 7. Mrs Earl Bishopric head of the North Carolina war savings staff women division asks state women to send valentines to fighters by purchasing bonds during February 7 to 14 St. Valentine week.
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Winston-Salem
Earl Bishopric
Spray
North Carolina War Saving Staff
Operetta Yeomen of the Guard staged by UNC cast
Carolina Playmakers and University music department prepare Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Yeomen of the Guard in Memorial hall February 11 and 12 at 8 30 PM A two cast format features Eleanor Link Douglas Hume Sherman Lazarus Lois McCauley Whitfield Lloyd Ruth Franck and Ensign Theo Arnold among others a 55 member chorus rounds out the production
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Yeomen of the Guard
Joe Salek
Carolina Playmaker
Playmakers
University Music Department
Memorial Hall
University
Whitfield Loyd
Lois McCauley
Chapel Hill
Phoebe Meryll
Eleanor Link
Mount Pleasant
Elsie
Theodore Arnold
Dame Carruthers
Tower of London
Ensign Arnold
Navy Pre-Flight School
Colonel Fairfax
Carolina Playmakers
Navy
Mr. Salek
Foster Fitz-Simons
Robert Burrows
Irene Smart
Ruth Franck
University Athletic Department
Fl- Me
Douglas Hume
First Theatre of California
Monterrey
Jack Point
Sherman Lazarus
Sanford
Wilford Shadbolt
Whitfield Lloyd
Phoebe Meryl
Theodooe Arnold
William Kirkpatrick
Burlington
Arnold
Catherine Cook
Portsmouth
Housek R
Rt Kohl
Raleigh
Rufus Norris
Mooresville
Sgt
Meryl
Lieut. Cholmondeley
Yeomen
Tito's Men Cut Strategic Rail Line in Bosnia
Tito announces Yugoslav partisans cut two strategic rail lines near Sarajevo, destroying the Sarajevo Visegrad route and severing the line to Mostar. Germans rush reinforcements into Eastern Bosnia as fighting grows in Croatia.
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Tito
Bosnia
London
Sarajevo
Josip Broz
Visegrad
Mostar
Croatia
Cruiser Atlanta To Have 6-Inch Rifles
Camden New Jersey February 7 a trim new cruiser Atlanta rode at anchor in the Delaware river today. She succeeds the Mighty A which the Japs blasted off Guadalcanal. The ship was launched yesterday in Atlanta Georgia in the presence of official party and Capt Samuel P Jenkins USN last man off the previous Atlanta when she was riddled after sinking an enemy cruiser and destroyer Mrs Margret Mitchell Marsh author of Gone With the Wind accepted as sponsor A navy spokesman said the ship will mount six inch guns. Other details were withheld.
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Camden
N.J
Atlanta
Delaware River
Guadalcanal
Navy
Wilson Crowder Dies in Greenville
E Wilson Crowder general superintendent of Blythe Brothers Construction Company died unexpectedly yesterday in Greenville North Carolina. The funeral will be held here and burial will be in Fort Mill South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Crowder
Charlotte
E. Wilson Crowder
Blythe Brothers Consruction Company
Greenville
N.C
Fort Is Mill
S. C
Polish Patriots Issue Underground Newspaper For Enslaved Children
London reports an underground Polish newspaper named Biedronka or Ladybird circulated secretly by patriots in Gestapo Poland. The six by four inch sheet includes a wartime prayer, tales of young hero Kazio D and mascot Ciapek, plus anti Nazi guidance for children and letters from Polish pilots in exile.
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London
Poland
Warsaw
Biedronka
Ladybird
Britain
Narvik
Kazio D
France
England
Norway
United States
Union of Poles
Ciapek
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Stettin
Bremen
Berle to Speak at Duke on Good Neighbor Policy
Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle Jr will address Duke University on the World’s Good Neighbor Policy. The talk is part of the university’s winter lecture series in Durham tonight.
Dirty Jap Tricks Now Taught By U S Army
Army ordnance technicians in Boston receive instruction in judo based self defense to counter armed opponents. The program, described as kill or be killed, covers attack and defense with wooden weapons to build speed and decisive action under any circumstance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Infantry
Army Ordnance
Burton C. Lewis
Boston Ordnance District
Lewis
Japs Hint American Invasion In North
Tokyo dispatch via Berlin sources speculate a spring landing on the Kurile islands northeast of Japan. Yomiuri Hachi says U S naval units in the Northern Pacific have been reinforced with strong airborne formations. Vice Admiral Fletcher now commands the North Pacific area signaling high enemy focus on this theater. Paramushiro, Kuriles base, has seen frequent American air attacks from the Aleutians.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Berlin
Kurile Islands
Yomiuri Hachi
U. S
Northern Pacific
Frank J. Fletcher
North Pacific
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Aleutians
Comportable Quip by Ludwig and Edison Shell Oil Discovery
An Atlanta reporter asked Emil Ludwig about untied shoelaces and he quipped that he learned the trick from Thomas Edison. The Babassu palm kernel oil is noted as a newly discovered fuel for internal combustion engines.
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Atlanta
Emil Ludwig
Ludwig
Thomas Edison
Brazil
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W. A. Bivins
Italy
Rome
Bat Cave
Jack Robinson
Hitler
Secret Service
China
Seisaku Shioni
Hanoi
Indo-China
Hiis
Robert Quillen
Valentines Abroad
U.N. C
the Enterprise
Krastov
Obelaya
Tserkov
Kiev
Perayaslav
Kan To
Issuetkovo
Kirovograd
Russia
Jironovka
Zvenigorodka
Shpola
Tsvetkovo
Smela
Howard Berry
International News Service
U.S. Army
North
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