Contrasting War Leaders Shape Aerial Power Contrast
The report centers on Hermann Goering, heir to Bismarck, and Kingsley Wood, Britain’s air minister, as symbol of wartime air power. It notes their contrasting personas and roles as spring intensifies European conflict with two ton bombers and swift ships deployed in early action along the British east coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
Bismarck
Kingsley Wood
Hermann Ilhelm Goering
Iron Fist
Arts
Desert rodent life amid long dry spells
Report notes that small rodents inhabit desert regions where rainfall is scarce for years, adapting to arid conditions and surviving extended drought periods.
Wood and Goering Defiance of Air Supremacy
British airmen and anti-aircraft crews faced German forces as British planes flew over Helgoland bight. The piece profiles Wood, the Oxford-educated solicitor turned cabinet businessman, and Goering, rising Nazi leader tied to Hitler, contrasting their paths and roles as they sought air superiority, with Chamberlain later naming Wood air minister in 1938.
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Helgoland Bight
Wood
Goering
Oxford
Bismarck
Count Zepplin
Goethe
Karlsruhe
Joering
Hitler
Dickens
Pickwick — Wood
Chamberlain
Royal Air Force
Six Historical Markers Will Be Established
North Carolina approves six new historical markers including a Wilmington site detailing the 161% mile Wilmington and Weldon Railroad completed in 1840. Other markers honor George Washington visit to the Quince house in 1791 Louisburg College opening in 1857 Franklin Academy charter 1787 the North Carolina Railroad eastern terminus at Goldsboro Fort Bragg near Fayetteville and the Knox House in Rowan County associated with President James Knox Polk’s grandfather.
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Wilmington and Weldon
George Washington
Wilmington
Louisburg College
Franklin Academy
Goldsboro
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Fayetteville
Knox House
Rowan County
James Knox Polk
Washington
Louisburg
North Carolina Railroad
Cumberland
Knox Home
Fire department shares city street and hydrant chart
A survey of 523 High Point firefighters produced a detailed street and alley location chart for the city. Copies are posted at fire stations 1 and 2 for public use, with hydrant sites and manufacturing facility locations also recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ingram
Horton's choice names Bell as state manager in Raleigh report
Lieutenant Governor Horton picks Dan Bell as his state manager with Burgin Pennell of Asheville as revenue commissioner nominee. Bell and Pennell backed Sandy Graham in 1938, while markers approved include a Wilmington terminus for the Wilmington and Weldon railroad and sites like Washington's Southern Tour in Wilmington and Fort Bragg in Cumberland. The piece also notes judicial and labor rulings, highway safety debates, and bicycle vehicle status in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
W. P. Horton
Dan Bell
Pittsboro
Allen J. Maxwell
Burgin Pennell
Asheville
Bell
Pennell
Sandy Graham
Graham
Buncombe County
Horton
Sandy
State Highway Safety Division
General Assembly
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England
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Libby
Oleo
Aes
Luzinne
RIO Coffee
Krault
Crisco
Swift
Maine
Lia Ld Peah Servic
Beeson
Romania
Ee Rumania
Reich
Polish
Galicia
Russia
Kernersville
A. Clay Smith, Inc
Mountain Street
Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Executive Committee On
Robert Lt. Steele
Walter Lambeth
Lacy McBryde
Wagehour
Isaac Meekins
Atlantic Coast Line
U. S. Supreme Court
McBroyde
EFIRD
Ladies
BAYON
Stepins
Spring & Hill
Pox
Rumson
Priscilla
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