Preacher Claude Pritchard to Speak at Local Presbyterian Church
Dr O C William announces Claude H Pritchard of Georgia will guest at two Presbyterian services today. Pritchard, educational notary for the Home Mission Committee, will address the Men’s Club on Monday at 6 20 pm and present a moving picture on church work in the South and among minority communities. All events open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude H. Pritchard
Nta
Presbyterian Church
O. C. William
Pritchard
Monevening
Death of M Worthington at Home in Sophia Route 1
M Worthington 73 died at home in Sophia Route 1 after a brief illness. He was born in Randolph County November 18, 1866 to Samuel and Amanda Worthington and married Ellen Lyn in 1889. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, sisters, three grandchildren and a great grandchild. He was a member of Iboro Friends Church and the U A M Randleman. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 30 PM at the residence with Rev B B Bulla and D M Spence officiating. burial in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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M. Worthington
Sophia
Randolph
Samuel
Amanda
Worthington
Ellen Lyn
Addi Te
C. A
High Point
Hinshaw
Richmond
Betty Lassiter
W. A. Fitzgerald
Hamasville
J. D. Roth
Ben Ridge
Longtime Lexington Bar Leader Dies After 54 Years Service
State leader in the Hes presidential campaign of 6 and state manager for Gen Leonard Wood in 1920, a former University of North Carolina trustee, and 54 year Lexington Bar member. Survived by widow Estelle Adder and four children, with funeral at 4 pm Sunday.
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Leonard Wood
The
Unity of North Carolina
Unty
University of Higan Law School
Lexington
Estelle Adder
A. Walser
Zeb V. Wal, Jr
Hard Walser
Greenville
H. B. Tur
U. S
San Francisco
Ente
Honolulu
Neine Walser
Z. I. Walser
British naval action over Altmark attack stirs Norwegian tensions
The Altmark incident deepens wartime strains as British warships patrol Gjessingfjord and debate aid for land. Altmark crew casualties rise with five seriously wounded amid a controversial boarding in darkness. Norwegian authorities face backlash for permitting ashore, while Berlin communications fuel public anger.
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Tve
Altmark
Gjessingfjord
Nee
Berlin
Leafmen Urge Plan for Foreign Buyers in Tobacco Markets
Leafmen pressed for foreign participation in tobacco markets this year. After British buyers withdrew last year the Federal Commodity Corporation bought 170 million pounds, with options for British firms. Hutson said British resumption depends on stock levels while Turkish purchases replace American tobacco. Plan discussed aims to enforce a three year price stabilization and possible removal of warehouse enforcement staff.
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Federal Commodity Corporation
J. B. Hutson
AAA
England
Hutson
Thumbasa
W. E. Fenner
Rocky Mount
Eastern Belt Warehouse Association
Donahey and Sawyer Put on May 13 Ballot
Senator Donahey and national committeeman Charles Sawyer are placed on the May 13 primary ballot by the committee. James W. Huffman Donahey’s son in law voted against backing Roosevelt, prompting questions about Donahey potentially accepting any secondary role, which he deferred answer to Monday.
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Donahey
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
James W. Huffman
Roosevelt
Ohio
British Navy Rescues Altmark Crew and German Prisoners
The Royal Navy reports two separate rescues in Norwegian waters. British destroyers Cossack and Intrepid saved Britons from captivity and Germans from drowning after the Altmark incident. Oslo and Berlin clash over the fate of the Altmark and Norway's neutrality amid protests and threats of restitution.
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Ivanhoe
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Cossack
Leith
Scotland
Altmark
Oslo
Germany
Berlin
Copenhagen
Norway
New York Harbor
London
P. L. Vian
R. C. Gordon
Intrepid
Britain
Aaeboved Oho
Wisehaupt Clinic spawns new High Point club
Following Howard J. Wisehaupt lectures, about 100 residents attended. A new club will be formed Tuesday night February 20 at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company on Washington Street. Officers will be elected and the club's laws and constitution drafted. The club will be independent of the clinic.
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Wisehaupt
High Point
Howard J. Wisehaupt
Coca- Cola Bottling Company
Washington Street
Rescued prisoners welcomed at Leith after Altmark recovery
About forty survivors from seven British freighters sunk by the Graf Spee were taken to a hospital near Leith. none in serious danger. The rescued men, including 56 British Indians, were aboard the Altmark after the Graf Spee battle and its later self destruction at Montevideo. British warships continued the hunt for the Altmark and finally captured her yesterday.
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Altmark
Leith
Graf Spee
Uruguayan
Montevideo
Altmark Incident Marks Historic Boarding At Sea
London reports last night’s boarding of the Nazi ship Altmark by a Royal Navy party using pistols and cutlasses. It recalls the 1917 Broke action led by Admiral Evans and the Swift in a six-destroyer battle, with Evans later promoted.
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London
Broke
Edward R. G. R. Evans
Evans
H. M.S. Swift
Altmark
Cossack
Finnish Fronts See Heavy Bloodshed in Kuhmo Sector
The report claims eighteen hundred Russians were slain in Kuhmo while Finnish forces repelled three battalions and recon units. Finnish lines near Viipuri show withdrawals to stronger positions as the Finnish army orders broader caution.
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Kuhmo
Finland
Helsinki
Verdun
Mannerheim Lihe
Viipuri
Finns Hold On As New Russian Push Presses Isthmus
In Viipuri and across Lake Ladoga Finns report heavy Soviet pressure on the Karelian Isthmus with Russian attacks and a new front line, while observers caution that a lull may follow to allow consolidation. Finnish mobile units claim to have scattered Red Cross sled columns and report air raid alarms as over 100 Russian planes patrol southern Finland.
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Viipuri
Lake
Ladoga
Karelian
Gulf of Finland
Vuoski
Summa
Leipasuo
Kamara
Red Cross
High Command
Helsinki
Finland
Weather the Grankula Train Bombing Report
Grankula near Helsinki reports say Red Army airmen dropped eight or nine bombs and machine gunned a train with no material damage found. The incident reflects wartime air raids in the region and potential disruption to local transport.
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Grankula
Helsinki
Red Army
Nazis Waging War Seek Agreement on Differences
Report discusses ongoing Nazi efforts to reach a settlement on policy or strategy while news of an Altmark attack remains withheld from the public.
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Altmark
German Protests Denounce Wartime Act On Norway
Early editions of Adolf Hitler's Volkischer Beobachter devote the front page to a so called mad crime and a sharp wartime protest. Authorities frame the action as aimed at the act rather than Norway itself, marking the fiercest such response since the war began.
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Adolf Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
Clash
Norway
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Cole Office Equipment Company
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