North Carolina Casualties in World War II Wounding List
The War Department released North Carolina names of service members wounded in action in Europe and the Southwest Pacific. Entries include ranks, service members such as 1st Lt James R. Carpenter and Pfc Delbert J. Modlin, with listed next of kin and hometowns like High Point Durham Morganton and Greensboro, noting mothers and wives among the families.
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Washington
War Department
Carpenter
James
James R. Carpenter
Clary
Edgar E
Ruby R. Clary
Lindsay St
High Point
Elliott
Pic
Sidney FE
Lillie
P. Elliott
Franklin
Fortner
Austin T
James Fortner
Peres Knob
Gibson
Carl P
Jeti C. Gibson
Pilotountain
Givens
Bristol H
Jah T. Givens
States- Kazelis
Albert J
Myrtle M. Kazelis
Newm
Kidd
Tech
Robert
Louise H. Kidd
Woodrow St
Durham
King
Robert C
Ruby L. King
Rankin Ve
Asheville
Lancaster
Wade T
Jen E. Lancaster
14Th St
Winston-Salem
Littrell
James F.— Chanleler Elders
Sylva. McDonald
Daniel Rs. D. A. McDonald
St. Duls
Charles i Charlies W. Millsaps
Jesville
Modlin
Delbert J
Eve W. Modlin
Hawker
Oxendine
William C
Nellie J Ane
Rowland. Pace
Haywood PD
Helmer S. Pace
Canton
Parker
Calvin C
Velma Grace Partin
East Main St
Perkins
Thomas B.— Ee R. Perkins
Roxbo Pritchard
Harry J
Pansy FE. Pritchard
Morganton
Richey
Floyd G
Lula J. Richey
Hickory
Ruff
James E
Ina C. Ruff
Kannapolis
Scott
Roland H
A. D. Scott
Eetville Shook
Warden M
Arvilla G. Shook
Shulls Mills
Sipe
Ray W.—Lawrence F. Sipe
Anne A Stinson
Winfred L
Leona A. Sonia
Burlington
Watkins
Morrison
Mattie T. Watkins
Leland
Weatherspoon
Dixie L
Raleigh
Welborn
Garman C
John M. Welborn
Ronda
Westmoreland
Thurman L
Robert J
Shelby. Williams
James A
Nancy W. Williams
Myrtle Ave
Greenville
Wood
Alda C. Wood
North Wilkesboro
Zimmerman
Abram A
Roselle W. Zimmerman
Murphy
Southwest Pacific Area
Anthony
Charles P
Rose Anthony
Newton
Blackmon
Jeffery
Charles C. Blackmon
Mt. Airy
Brake
John W.—Jesse B. Brake
Rocky Mount
Foster
Ralph D
Maggie Blevins
Winston- Salem
Jones
Carl E
Christine M. Jones
Taylorsville
Penetro Mutton Suet Remedy Promoted for Chest Colds
An ad touts Penetro as a trusted old fashioned remedy using mutton suet and a medicated base to ease chest colds. It claims rapid relief from coughs and nasal congestion and markets a 25 cent single and 35 cent double supply for families.
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America
Worth Grant Commissioned as Navy Chaplain
Rev Worth C Grant son of L L and Mrs L L Grant and brother of J M Grant has been commissioned a chaplain in the Navy and trains at William and Mary College in Virginia. He resigned as pastor of Kennedy Home Baptist Church near Kinston to enter service after earning a Bachelor of Divinity in 1944. A High Point High School graduate, he studied at Mars Hill College and Furman University. His wife Kathryn Stephens of Abbeville South Carolina and their daughter Donna will live at Kennedy Home where Mrs Grant serves as house mother.
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Worth C. Grant
L. L. Grant
J. M. Grant
Navy
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Grant
Kennedy Home Baptist Church
Kinston
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
High Point High School
Mars Hill College
Furman University
Kathryn Stephens
Abbeville
S. C
Donna
Kennedy Home
Dr. Marshall W Brown to lead Presbyterian College
Dr. Marshall W Brown will become president of Presbyterian College March 1, succeeding Dr. William P Jacobs who resigned after ten years as president to lead the American Cotton Manufacturers Association. The board also named Hugh Holman dean, a nine year director of public relations and novelist.
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Clinton
S&l. C
Marshall W. Brown
Presbyterian College
William P. Jacobs
American Cotton Manufacturer's Association
Hugh Holman
Fox wearing dog collar puzzles hunters in fox hunt
In Freeport Illinois on February 28, about 80 members of the Stephenson County Sportsmen's Club took part in a fox hunt. A fox was shot after charging, and the animal wore a dog collar, leaving the hunters puzzled with no ready explanation.
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Freeport
Stephenson County Sportsmen’'S Club
Yanks Refuse German Propaganda Posts In Advancing War Front
Allied troops in Germany ignore ethnic propaganda left by Germans in homes pleading for mercy. A Spearhead editorials question German guilt while soldiers note the war’s reach into German soil. Accounts include an American soldier leaping for cover and a corporal making eggs from scarce supplies.
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Germany
Goebbels
83Rd Infantry Division
The
Spearhead
Europe
YMCA charter drive closes 775 members set record
The Carl Chavis YMCA campaign ended February 26 with 775 charter members. An open house on East Washington Street drew a large crowd including officials and YMCA leaders. Theodore Walker took over as executive secretary and will issue membership cards and inform about YMCA activities.
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Carl Chavis Ymca
Fry
YMCA
East Washington Street
Doctor's Formula For Clearer Skin Ointment Ad
Dr Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener Ointment claims to loosen blackheads and dry pimples while fading blemishes caused externally. Thousands praise the product and offer a double your money back guarantee if first package fails. Available at drug stores for 25 cents. Galenol Ccc Box 264 Atlanta Ga.
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Jiamord Jim Grad
Mann's
Ard Dene
Fred Palmer
Galenol
Atlanta
Nurses Draft Measure Aims at Friday House Action
Washington reports urgent need for nursing staff as Army and Navy hospital loads surge. House Military Committee moves to draft unmarried nurses aged 20 to 44, with final action expected Friday after rules committee approval. Army casualties, illnesses, and overseas hospitalization drive demand.
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Washington
Army
Navy
House
Military
United States
May
Dky
House Military Committee
All Weather Man Scoffs At The Cold
LYNCHBURG Virginia Sgt Charles M Watts rejects coats and gloves citing habit of cold tolerance. He jokes about moths eating his old overcoat and a mothhole plagued lightweight coat. He admits to carrying a large umbrella on rainy days regardless of season.
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Lynchburg
Charles M. Watts
350000 Rivets in Fortress Accelerated Assembly
The Flying Fortress reportedly uses 350,900 rivets with installation sped by electrical devices improving construction pace at the fortification project.
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Flying Fortress
Senate debates new manpower bill amid war concerns
Senator Johnson argues a majority in the Senate supports a semi voluntary manpower control measure with jail terms and fines for violations. The House approved a tougher plan, while some favor keeping the current system. debate centers on crisis timing and wartime production needs.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Coloradoan
House
High Command
Paul V. McNutt
Burton
Rohio
McKellar
D-Tenn
Tinted Cotton Is Not Colored Yarn
In Stoneville Mississippi United States scientists grow white green and eight brown cottons noting brown and green fibers have no commercial value Soviet claims of rose and lemon hues Moscow reports 12000 yards of colored cloth last year and 700 tons grown this year but U S scientists lack Soviet seed Colored lint fibers yield low lint percentages and short brown lints Fabrics from colored fibers are mottled and not commercially viable Green lint yarns pale under light but are strong when spun. overall colored cotton offers little practical use.
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Stoneville
Miss
United States
Moscow Radio
Moscow
U. S
U.S
J. Winston Neely
Fayetteville
Ark
Abbeville
War time housing on a tropical base in the Marianas
A correspondent in the Marianas describes Col John H Griffith of Plymouth PA, his B 29 squadron commander, and the improvised Quonset hut home he shares with packing crate construction. The piece portrays his eight year Army career, mission limits, and the seaside refuge near the lagoon with a shoes off sign and makeshift comforts.
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Marianas Islands
John H. Griffith
Plymouth
England
Africa
Griffith
Japan
America
Colonel Griffith
Sadie Thompson
Southern Textile May Be On Downgrade
CHARLOTTE Feb 28 The South's industrial and textile expansion may be on the downgrade says Dr William P Jacobs executive director of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association He warned of liquidation of textile spindles in America as mills close or are moved and equipment is shipped to South America He noted the war slowed liquidation though a slowing is now seen and questioned whether peak growth has passed.
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Charlotte
South
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
William P. Jacobs
Presbyterian College
America
South America
New Days Old Ways Copper Warming Pans Recalled
Long handled warming pans once used as ornaments in British homes were retrieved this winter to warm beds. The article notes their traditional purpose and cultural backdrop as households faced cold weather.
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London
Plan To Boost Judges Wages Defeated In Senate Vote
In Raleigh on February 28 advocates for higher pay for superior and supreme court judges suffered defeat in the Senate. The bill would grant an extra 950 a year for expenses but only if funds remain after war bonuses and other allocations. House likely to oppose. appropriations would likely kill the measure.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Roy Rowe
Pender
Appropriations Committee
Ballentine
House
North Carolina
Ration Roundup Wartime Stamp Schedule Updates
The article lists various wartime ration categories with current validity dates. It covers meats and fats Book Four stamps, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, fuel oil, and period validity across regions and upcoming series validations.
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OPA
Midwest
Burglaries Drive Bristol Merchants to Guarded Storefronts
In Bristol England merchants, wary after a surge of burglaries, are sleeping in their shops. One haberdasher reports four robberies stealing stockings and other rationed goods.
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Bristol
England
Actress Dolly Dare Granted Fourth Divorce Decree
Los Angeles reports that film actress Dolly Dare received her fourth interlocutory divorce decree from Roy Krog after testifying to cruelty. She described incidents including interference with her reading, removal of her quilt, withholding of medicine, and other mistreatment during their marriage.
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Los Angeles
Dolly Dare Claid
Roy Krog
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Diamond Jim
Rev. Worth Grant
Dr. Marshall Brown College President
Rt. 4
Asheboro Highway
Springfield Church
Shepherd's Garage
L. G
H. H. Clodfelter
Guilford County
Ward Snarr
Siler City, North Carolina
Hal Boyle
Pfc
Anthony Stanvitch
Trenton
N. J
Ant
John Rick
Dayton
Ohio
Dietrick
U. S. Army Engineers
Roer River
Brooken Foot Bridge
Signal Corps
BE. Yorely
High Point Ymca
Hartley
Arnold J. Koonce
Roy S. Braden
J. J. Corrigan
T. V. Rochelle
High Point Ymca Board of
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Kalte
Jake Harris
Miss Miller
High Point Ywca
Mary Bethtine Ywca
C. E. Yokely
W. S. McLeod
M. B. Davis
H. L. White
S. E. Burford
L. B. Haizlip
C. E. Davis
James Ross
Theodore Walker
J. C. Morgan
D. L. Flowe
Muenisters
G. E. Stanton
Leonard Street
Columbian Heights
Winston-Salem Teachers College Alumni Association
Wm. Penn Auditorium
T. C
A. P. McLeod
Jesse Ernest Smitherman
Cecelia Melton
Joyce Simpson
Walter Dumas
Dolores Lattimore
Pythias Lodge
St. Stephens Ame Zion
J. C. Aoe
ELKS
P. m
Shaw University
Shaw University Chorus
First Baptist Church
Missionary Circle
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
Sylvia Gibson
Gordy St
Alpha Art Club
M. A. Blackburn
Crawford St
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Mattie Atkins
Wm. Penn Pta
J. B. Jones
Park St
Harmony
St. Stephens Ame Zion Church
Inez Carver
Ernie Pyle
Peterson
St. Joseph
Parllee
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