Red Cross Field Directors Maintain Service Line Of Communications
Red Cross field directors act as the army and sailors go between, coordinating civilian welfare support from local chapters to service members. They handle emergencies from illness and death to home-front logistics, fund drives, and the training of nurses aides and ambulance crews for the 50 million dollar war fund.
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Red Cross
Eleanor Ragsdale
NEA
Washington
Army
Navy
United States
Flo
Outfit
Fide
Giien
C. O
Res Ee
Louisiana
Red Cross F. C
F. D
Hye Son
Honolulu
Philippines
Trinidad
Bermuda
Tesland
Rde Cross
War Department
Mrs. Browns
Paul Nixon
Germany Claims Two Ships Damaged On Supply Lines
Berlin reports German bombers damaged two merchant ships on British supply lines off the Faroes and the English west coast. German radio says British planes attacked Swedish ships Hilde and Ingrid of the Swedish Orient line. the Hilde is sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Faeroes
Nazi High Command
Hilde
Ingrid
Orient Line
Beardall Named Naval Academy Superintendent
Washington Jan 6 Capt John Beardall Roosevelt's naval aide is appointed by the Navy to succeed Rear Admiral Russell Wilson as superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardall
Washington
John Beardall
Presient
Roosevelt
Navy
Russell Wilson
Naval Academy of Annapolis
North Carolina readies defense staff as war nears
The State Defense Council will expand its staff. Governor Broughton aims to secure an allotment from the contingency fund for more assistants under Ted Johnson, with additional field agents likely. Johnson already oversees air raid precautions, scrap drives, tolling tires, and upcoming auto rationing duties.
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State Defense Council
Broughton
Council of State
North Carolina
la Guardia
Mrs. Roosevelt
Johnson
Ben Douglas
Charlotte
George Jeffrey
Wilmington
W. F. Wafer
Goldsboro
Holmes Kelly nuptials noted in Chesterfield SC
Mr and Mrs Arthur Holmes of 1000 Leonard Street announce the marriage of their eldest daughter Mary Helen to Theodore Kelly in Chesterfield South Carolina on Sunday January 4. The groom is the son of Mrs Emma Kelly of 625 Hulda Street. Mrs Helen Swelly a former William Penn High School student. A PT A meeting at Leonard Street School at 8 this evening. Donati Lyndsay and Willie Smith return to Lincoln Academy Kings Mountain after Christmas visits. A religious motion picture The Power of God shows at William Penn High School Thursday night Jan 5 at 8 sponsored by St Luke s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Nolmes-Kelly
Arthur Holmes
Leonard Street
Mary Helen
Theodore Kelly
Chesterfield
S.C
Wally
Emma Kelly
Hulda Street
Helen Swelly
William Penn High School
P.T. A
P-T. A
J. Ernest Shufelt
British raid hits Brest and Cherbourg docks in night assault
British air raids bombed docks at Brest and Cherbourg in German occupied France last night damaging a large Nazi supply ship near the Frisian islands. The air ministry reported no aircraft losses. Brest has been a frequent target as German warships including Gneisenau Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen were reported there. Also note Hollywood style tag from Hamilton New York about Calgate's basketball team the Maroon Mastodons.
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London
Brest
Cherbourg
France
Frisian
Air Ministry
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Pring Eugen
RAE
Veto Power Sought for Wickard on Farm Price Control
A faction of farm state senators aims to give Secretary of Agriculture Wickard a veto over farm price ceilings under the price control bill. Senator Bankhead gathered allies to back an amendment. leaders oppose, noting farm prices fit an overall structure under one agency. The bill moves to the Senate with a House version already approved.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Bankhead
D-Aia
Sectrenary of Agriculture
Senate
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Brown
D-Mich
Price Is Freed On Charge Of Assault
Thomasville reports Henry Price, principal of Fairgrove Consolidated School, found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon in recorder’s court. The case stemmed from disciplining 13 year old Wayne Smith with a hollowed paddle, alleged to have caused a stomach rupture after Price threw the boy across a desk. The trial, led by Judge Roy Hughes with Solicitor Howard Steed and H R Kyser assisting, concluded yesterday.
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Thomasville
Henry ‘Price
Fairgrove Consolidated School
Here
Recorder’s Court
Price
Wayne Smith
T. C.smith
Recorder's Court
Roy Hughes
Carl
Howard Steed
H. R. Ky Ser
Mo. Price
Puzzle clues and defense plea fill Morganton page
The page combines a broad word puzzle with a Civilian Defense registration update. It reports that Jan and county leaders urge civilians to join defense volunteers by Jan 15, notes widespread apathy, and includes a practical radiator hose fix using rubber and friction tape.
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Fordsin
Myers
Defense
UNI
Morganton
Prh
T. E. Franklin
County Defense Council
H. G. Parker
Fourth Circuit Bar To Meet In Durham
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will convene in Durham for the first time Friday. Several Durham attorneys will be sworn in as practitioners before the court. A reception is planned for the judges Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte Judge Armistead Doby of Charlottesville Va and Judge Morris R. Soper of Baltimore Md. The jurists will tour Duke University and the University of North Carolina law schools. A formal dinner in the judges honor will be held with R O Everett president of the Durham Bar Association presiding.
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North Carolina
Washington
Herbert Bonner
Lindsey Warren
Bonner
Herbert Leary
Ndenton
Marvin Blount
Greenville
John Felger
Carl Durham
Dr.Speeas
Winston-Salem
Judge Fort Reeves
Greensboro
Marry Ingram
Asheboro
Harold Cooley
R. L. McMillan
Raleigh
American Legion
Durham
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Apppeals
Durham Bar Association
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Armistead Doby
Charlottesville
Morris R. Soper
Baltimore
Duke University
Everett
U. S
Johnson J
Golf seniors prize payouts in defense bonds
Prize winners in the Professional Golfers Association seniors championship to be paid off in U S defense bonds. The event is held in Fort Myers Florida from January 15 to 18 with awards announced after competition.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Professional Golfiers Association
U. S
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Borat Per
Capitol Square
Bob Thompson
Enterprise News Bureau
Sir Walter ‘Hotel
Carl Williamson
Lonnie McGee
Focal Postoffice
FBI
Williamson
Postoffice Department
A. J. Maxwell
Department of Revenue
B. O. Dunlap
Dunlap
Thurmond Chatham
Chatham
Brest and
Hollywood Touch
Hamilton
XN. Y
Calgate
Maroon Mastadons
Ivory Camay
Tone and
Shampi
Lucky Tiger
Shampor
Kolron
Doctor Foster
Vicks
C.C
Stanback
Kolynos
Blue Blades Gillette
India
Rajah
Columbia
Sylvius
Ocean
North America
Abby
Compass Point
Rist
Steven
Margo
WMFR
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