Mickey the Mascot Dies in Action Over Vienna
War ends Mickey the mouse mascot of a B 24 Liberator squadron dies in action over Vienna. The animal observed by air crews in the equipment room was killed when the aircraft went down. Mickey is buried near the squadron shack with a small headstone marking the loss. France is described as Europe s second largest country with an empire spanning four continents totaling 5 150 000 square miles.
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15Th Raf
Mickey
Walt Disney
Vienna
Austria
Adolf Marcus
Jamaica
L. L
N. Y
France
Europe
Ration changes and stamp validity updates described
The notice outlines revised red and blue stamp values for meats fats and processed foods, new fruit and vegetable points, and upcoming validations in January and February. It also lists gasoline, shoes, fuel oil, and sugar stamp validity with termination dates pending and regional differences in coupon periods.
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OPA
Proximity Workers Resume Post In Duck Production Stoppage
Greensboro workers at Proximity Manufacturing returned to work at 7 am after talks between employees and Army Service Forces led to a reversion to the 88 loom 32 cycle system. The stoppage since December 19 had halted duck production and cost an estimated 200000 yards, with overtime to make up losses. Lt. Fred M. Cox announced the agreement, through the special cotton duck project in Atlanta, Ga, and union officials noted continued work to recover lost output.
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Greensboro
Proximity Manufacturing Company
Army Service Forces
Fred M. Cox
Cox
Atlanta
William A. Brady
Union Hall
WLB Direc
High Point Postwar Plans Favor Long Term Growth
High Point maps postwar progress with plans for a large memorial hospital, college expansion, and new civic buildings. The Burrus Memorial Hospital and Guilford General Hospital merged to form the High Point Memorial Hospital with a goal of 750000 and 200 beds, later expanding to 400. High Point College has cleared debt and seeks endowments and new facilities. Other projects include a World War I Memorial building, larger Southern Furniture Market Building, Sheraton Hotel upgrade, Elwood Hotel renovation, new schools, and city buildings. A curb market for farmers was introduced last summer.
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Washington
London
Tonger
High Point Memorial Hospital
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Guilford General Hospital
F Boulevard
Washington Street
Burrus Hospital
Boulevard
High Point College
Sheraton
Elwood
Faithful servant Bob Sehrest remembered in High Point tribute
Edgar Snider honors Bob Sehrest a longtime city servant and councilman who guided High Point through depression era finance, earning respect for his calm demeanor and devout faith. Mrs. S W Evans suffered a fractured hip after slipping on ice near the Broadhurst Theatre. The Chamber backs a permanent market site at Broad and Lindsay, though Veterans of Foreign Wars oppose nearby proximity. a decision before summer.
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High Point
Bob Sehrest
Bob
Edgar Snider
S. W. Evans
Cook St
Broadhurst Theatre
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Broad and
Lindsay Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Service Decorations and Promotions for WWII Heroes
Leo F Hines receives the first Oak Leaf Cluster to the DFC and multiple Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal for service with the ith AAF in the Pacific. Others receive the Distinguished Unit Badge and promotions within the Fifth Army and Allied forces. Death claims Robert H Sechrest, funeral home proprietor, with survivors listed.
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Leo F. Hines
Anna Elizabeth Kearns
Lindsay St
Ith Aaf
Pacific
Cpl
Charles H. Johnson
Hamilton St
9Th Air Force
France
Luther J. Yow, Jr
Tipton St
460Th
Italy
Edward M. Farlowe
Springfield Rd
Aleutians
Pfc
Pride EB. Newsom
Rt. 1
Pist
Fifth Army
Aly
Charles B. Foxworth
Briggs Ave
Sith Air Forces
Pfe
William H. Atkins
Fourth St
Sth Air Force Service Command
England
David A. Hodgin
Rt. 5
12Th Air Force Service Command
Willam
Cecil
Mangum Ave
Thomasville
William Davis Locke
Enfield
High Point College
Ronda Sebastian
LL West Howell St
First Baptist Church
St. James
Knight
Elizabeth Cox
Rotary Drive
Greensboro
Bonds exceed quota in Sixth War Loan drive
Earl N. Phillips, local Sixth War Loan chairman, announced that E Bonds over- subscribed High Point EE quota of 501 000 pounds and the total bond issue nearly doubled the 3 497 500 target, though final figures await Federal Reserve bank reports.
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High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Federal Reserve
Reading too many detective tales leads to arrest in murder case
The 115 year old girl admitted to police that she boasted of knowing who killed Mrs. Alice Wicker May and reading detective stories. Thelma Jackson was not charged in the homicide but remains detained on two other charges. The matter prompted an aff idavit and a confession from the girl.
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Thelma Jackson
Alice Wicker May
Mrs. May
Jackson
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Mickey Finn
Flossie Imat
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Joe
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Ison
Hes
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Liusre
Paul Robinson I
Wait
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East
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Sechrest Funeral Home
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Nancy
Joanne
Ed Gurley
Ruth Bagley
Proximity Mills
WLB
Grace Flower Shop
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