Man shoots wife and three in department store
J W Reavis, a furniture worker, opened fire in S H Kress Co store injuring his estranged wife Grace Reavis, Vera Hall, Tina Hedrick and Rooks. He fled the scene and was at large as police recovered the weapon and continued the manhunt. Ambulances ferried victims to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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J. W
Bill” Reavis
East Commerce Street
S. H. Kress and Company
Grace Reavis
Sali Taro
Dayton Street
Vera Hall
Best Street
Tine Hedrick
Ther Rooks
Greensboro Highway
Reavis
Reidsville
Marie Cutting
Tate Furniture Company
O'S
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Rooks
Washon Street
Nesser
Miss Hedrick
Miss Hall
Bil Reavis
S. H. Kress
Nazis Launch Propaganda Drive Across Italian Front
Rome reports German forces resumed loudspeaker and leaflet propaganda on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts. Luftwaffe bombs hit multiple targets including Idoli San Benedetto Di Querceto and Massa area. a German raiding party was ambushed. Propaganda leaflets urged American troops to seek evacuation, but officials said no effect. The 1st Canadian Corps marked a year of service with the Eighth Army amid snowlit, moonlit patrols.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Italy
Idoli
Zuola
San Benedetto di Querceto
Monzano
Lran
Senio
An- Perces
Senator Hoey Locked Out By His Secretary
Senator Hoey of North Carolina was locked out of his office after leaving without his keys. His secretary Jack Spain also lacked keys, and the custodian had to let them in. Hoey quipped that secretaries are always locking senators out.
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Senator Hoey
Washington
Hoey
Sen. Hoey
D-Nc
Jack Spain
Record Tokyo raid shows 119 Japanese planes down
Washington January 30 4 Superfortresses blasted outlying Japanese islands in a daylight raid on Tokyo with a record 119 planes reported shot down or damaged. The War Department corrected earlier figures noting 57 fighters destroyed 21 bombers and 41 damaged while five B 20s were missing amid reports of incendiary attacks on Tokyo by single B 29s. Photographs indicated targets in the Tokyo area were hit with good results.
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Washington
Tokyo
Ilwe Jima Islands
Hachijo Jima
Izu Islands
War Department
Bombing Report of 36 US Bombers Over Luzon
An unconfirmed AP report says 36 American B-29 Superfortresses bombed northern Luzon in the Philippines. If true it would mark the first B-29 attack on the Philippines as Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita concentrates forces in northern Luzon.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Luzon
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Uzon
Local Negro Arrested By F B I Agents
F B I agents and deputy U S marshals arrested Fred Douglas Strickland 36 near Trinity on a charge connected to a threatening letter sent to C W Watson a Randolph County deputy sheriff and merchant last Nov 10. Strickland bound over to a June 4 federal term in Greensboro with 1000 bond after a hearing before U S Commissioner W T Kennedy. He denied authoring the letter which handwriting samples linked to him. The letter named two other men but their signatures were forged. Deputy Watson who runs a Trinity area grocery and resides on the Asheboro pond was the target in a threatened killing if liquor hunting continued. Both men are well known here.
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U. S
Fred Douglas Strickland
Trinity
C. W. Watson
High Point
Randolph County
Strickland
Dr. G. Groome
Greensboro
W. T. Kennedy
Randolph
Watson
Asheboro
South Main Street
Dr. Groome
Jury Selected to Try Dr Meadows for Embezzlement
In Greenville on January 30 a Pitt County Superior Court jury was chosen to try Dr Leon Meadows former president of East Carolina Teachers College on charges of embezzlement and false pretense relating to handling of student and special funds. Evidence presentation was expected after the noon recess. Of 38 special veniremen, one was excused for physical defects and 18 had unfavor able opinions about Meadows. The defense used four of six challenges while the state used two of four.
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Greenville
Leon Meadows
East Carolina Teachers College
Pitt Superior Court
Meadows
Sinatra to Report for New Draft Physical Soon
Frank Sinatra, classified 4-F but ordered by Jersey City draft board to undergo another physical exam and possible induction, said he would leave Hollywood to report there February 7. He plans to travel to New Jersey for the medical recheck.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Jersey City
N. J
Allies push front advance in mid January 1945 report
Paris Jan 30 The 3rd Army expanded its river bridgehead nearly a mile into Germany and the First Army moved within sight of the front as Allied forces press the invasion. German troop shifts toward the Russian campaign are noted while bombing raids target German positions.
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Paris
Germany
Holland
Soviet Armored Spearhead Near Berlin In Bold 1945 Push
Soviet armored spearhead tightens the advance toward Berlin as blizzards aid a three pronged push. Reports say about 80 to 90 miles separate the Red Army from the Reich capital with Russian columns breaking into Pomerania and lines extending from the Oder and Warthe rivers.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Reich
M Dispatches
Ern
Germany
Kustria
Oder Warthe Rivers
Moscow
Pomerania
Man Heart
Gregory Zhukov
Oder River
Silesia
Allied Forces Break Through Siegfried Line In Snowy Monschau Advance
Paris dispatch reports the 78th Division pushed three miles into Germany through the Monschau forest in waist deep snow. First Army troops attacked north of the Belgian bulge while Hodges' forces and the Third Army moved toward the West Wall defenses along the Ardennes front. Third Army enlarged its Our River bridgehead to about four miles on a two mile front.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Monschau Forest
Germany
First
Courtney H. Hodges
Third
West Wall
Ardennes
Allied Push On In Ardennes Amid Snow and Fire
The First and Third Armies pressed toward the Siegfried Line on a 40 mile front amid heavy snow and 11 degree cold. The 9th Army advanced northward as weather slowed gains and German defenses stiffened. Allied forces crossed the Colmar Canal near Strasbourg and pushed toward Welchenhausen, expanding a bridgehead against the Siegfried Line.
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Siegfried Line
Ardennes
Strasbourg
Colmar Canal
Cit San
Yma
Weweller
Stupbach
Allied Naval Force In Dutch Islands
Allied naval forces engage in small scale operations among Dutch islands north of Walcheren as Adm Burrough notes future potential uses of sea power. Capt Pugsley currently commands North Sea actions, including the Walcheren assault that opened access to the Schelde and Antwerp.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Walcheren
Harold M. Burrough
Germany
Europe
Antwerp
North Sea
A. F. Pugsley
Schelde
Road To Berlin distances by fronts
Eastern Front 93 miles from Driesen Germany announced by Russians. Western Front 310 miles from Linnich Julich Duren area. Italian Front 544 miles from Reno River.
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Associated Press
Driesen
Germany
Linnich-Julich- Duren
Reno River
Roosevelt Dog Blaze Flight Sparks Senate Probe
The Post reports Col. Elliott Roosevelt’s sister arranged transport for his dog Blaze on an army cargo plane to California. Three servicemen were removed from the flight in Memphis, and a Senate Military subcommittee probes the priority clearances amid denials from Col. Roosevelt and White House aides. Actress Faye Emerson travels in Los Angeles as the White House denies involvement.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Anna Boettiger
Blaze
California
Senate
Memphis
Tenn
Ource
White House
Col
R. W. Ireland
Air Transit Command
Roosevelt
London
Newsymen
Atlantic
Faye Emerson
Los Angeles
Loan Bills Presented In Legislature In North Carolina
North Carolina legislators introduced bills to regulate small loan brokers under the State Banking Commission, with rules to curb excess interest. A second bill seeks higher bank loan fees, raising caps for loans over $50 to $250. A separate proposal would create the office of chancellor of the greater university with elections by governor and trustees.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Banking Commission
Vogler
Mecklenburg
Hutton
Guilford
Chalk
Richmond
Committee On Banks and Banking
Caveness
University of North Carolina
Stilwell Foresees Prolonged War With Japan
General Stilwell, known as Vinegar Joe, warned the war against Japan will be long and the bulk of fighting may occur on the Asiatic mainland. He said Japan’s birthrate demands enormous casualties to halt, praised Chinese forces, and noted Japan’s strategic retreat in Burma signals trouble.
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Washington
Joseph W. Stilwell
Vinegar Joe
Uncle Doe
Japan
Stilwell
United States
Chiang Kai- Shek
Burma
China
Sixth Army On Way To Calumpit
General MacArthur announced that Sixth Army units moved past San Fernando toward Calumpit, 25 air miles from Manila, as Japanese losses in Luzon climbed past 25,000 with 4,254 American casualties. San Fernando fell intact after a celebration as Allied forces struck toward the Pampanga river town and prepared for further advances north from Manila.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
San Fernando
Manila
Calumpit
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Baguio
Rew 37Th
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Bataan
San Fernando River
Pampanga River
Pama
Hopkins Seeks War Strategy In Rome Audience With Pope
Harry Hopkins met Pope Pius XII in Rome as part of a mission to brief Roosevelt before the big three talks with Churchill and Stalin. He also conferred with Ambassador Alexander Kirk and Foreign Minister Alcide de Gasperi, stressing Allied intent on Dumbarton Oaks while noting worries over isolationist shifts.
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Rome
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Pius
Hopkins
Churchill
Stalin
Alexander Kirk
U. S
Italy
Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Guderian replaced on eastern front by Rendulic reports
Paris radio reportedly confirms Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian was replaced by Col. Gen. Luther Rendulic as chief of staff and eastern front commander. Rendulic, former Norway and Finland commander, was said to have been transferred to the eastern front, with Rendulic gaining early fame in the 1941 Moscow campaign.
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London
Paris
Heinz Guderian
Luther Rendulic
Rendulic
Norway
Finland
Stockholm
Uideranise
Mosscow
German front reports from Moscow on Berlin push
AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore reports in Moscow that Pomeranian and Silesian offensives threaten Berlin from north and south while Zhukov advances from the east in Brandenburg as German communiquees describe.
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Berelin
Zhukov
Brandenburg
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Bus Collision Near Kings Mountain Injures Sixteen
A Greyhound bus and a milk truck collided six miles south of Kings Mountain on the Groverake route from Atlanta to Winston-Salem. The milk truck burned as passengers escaped through windows and an emergency door. Truck driver John L. Dixon suffered facial burns. Mrs. Mary Louise Methel Gaffney of Gaffney S C sustained facial lacerations.
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Shelby
Jan
Greyhound
Ki Mountain
Groverake
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Kings Mountain
Catt
H. D. Ward
John L. Dixon
Mary Louise Melchel Gaffney
S. C
Move To Halt Fight On Manpower
Washington reports the House labor committee moved to expedite legislation creating the Fair Employment Practices Committee as a permanent agency. A 10 man subcommittee, led by Rep. Randolph, will meet Thursday to review ten FE bills, with full committee action Friday. The FEPC debate has intertwined with manpower legislation, raising the risk of labor curbs and broad disputes.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Fair Employsment Practices Committee
Randolph
D-Wva
Norton
FEPC
House
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