Catawba Man Elected Clerk of Courts Leader
Wade N. Lefler, clerk of Catawba County superior court, is elected president of the North Carolina Superior Court Clerks Association at its annual convention in Wrightsville Beach. George H. Hughes of Jones County becomes first vice president, R. E. Little of Anson County second vice president, and A. L. Hix of Halifax County secretary and treasurer. Next year’s meeting place to be announced.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Superior Court Clerks Association
Wade N. Lefler
Lefler
Catawba County
Post Office Opens Saturday After Closure Error
The post office will open Saturday for business despite a false notice that it would remain closed. Today it is closed with no window service or city and rural deliveries, but Saturday operations proceed as usual according to corrected information.
Berlin Report Details Soviet Airfield Expansion
The report cites a dramatic rise in Soviet air bases along the eastern frontier from 90 to 1,814 airfields after occupation, with claimed Luftwaffe losses in the opening day of hostilities around 1,780 to 1,860 grounded planes. It notes German assertions that Russian supplies would be destroyed by the Bolsheviks, and that Soviet commissars will be treated as POWs, while some farms in Russia paid income tax in produce.
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Bessarabia
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
High Command
Luftwaffe
Adolf Hitler
Lokal Anzeiger
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Red Army
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Russia
Armored Force marks first anniversary at Fort Knox
Fort Knox marks the first anniversary of the U S armored force drive. Four armored divisions, 15 reserve tank battalions, a school producing 22 000 technicians per year, and a replacement center turning out 800 screened men every 12 weeks. Training gaps cited include lack of adequate tanks and air coordinated exercises. Maj Gen Adna R Chaffee says progress meets expectations. Meanwhile in Danville Va Mayodan franchise in Bi-State League surrenders amid financial woes and talks of relocation to Reidsville N C. Players unpaid since mid June.
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Fort Knox
United States
Adna R. Chaffee
Danville
J. P. Wells
Reidsville
N.C
Wells
London Herald echoes Philadelphia faith in British fight
Nation reels in wartime mood with Willkie broadcast warnings and calls for navy help. Commerce department notes fireworks may risk $3.5 million value. defense priorities could curb next year's domestic production. National safety council warns 475 traffic deaths possible over the holiday weekend, breaking down to 90 on Friday and 140 each on Saturday and Sunday.
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Washington
National Safety Council
Russians Press On In Fierce Baltic Front Battles
Heavy fighting continues across Bobruisk Borisov and Berezina areas as German claims of crossings meet Russian counterattacks. Dvina battles yield river crossings while Soviet air force boosts strikes on German columns. In Poland, a major push toward the Ukraine stalls with heavy losses and a new Kokomo court experiments with a youth peers panel.
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Fear Trails Rich Fugitives To Bomb Free English Resort
Torquay England in 1941 becomes a wartime refuge for wealthy Londoners fleeing the blitz. Hotels thrive, crowds pack venues, but locals view outsiders with caution as fear mingles with prosperity amid rationing and air raid warnings. A widow in Bethlehem pays taxes with pennies, highlighting odd wartime burdens.
Business Outlook for Small Town Prosperity Amid War Drive
The composite index climbs 1.2 points to 25.3 percent above normal as industrial output begins to surge. The author forecasts a decade of growth, with defense-driven decentralization, more plants in small towns, and rising farm income easing lodging and transport pressures for rural communities.
Burnses Announce Birth of Daughter Shelby Jean
Mr and Mrs Charles Burns of 715 Mangum Avenue announce the birth of a daughter, Shelby Jean, born July 2 at their home. Mrs Burns before marriage was Miss Mary Charles Fowler of this city.
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Airy
Quiet Fourth Observed With No Disturbances In High Point
Independence Day in High Point began quietly with the police reporting no incidents or accidents by 1:30 PM. Most stores and offices were closed and traffic was light. even typical holiday revelers were scarce.
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High Point
Occupation report and scattered late 1941 items
Middle East Command reports a new occupation as British Indian forces push into Deir-Ez-Zor and advance toward Aleppo and the Turkish coast. The communique notes seized guns, planes, and vehicles on the Euphrates front. Also: 29 shipmates missing from a British merchantman. 17 survivors arrive in Port of Spain after a South Atlantic sinking. a local search for J A Spann. and British Honduras exported mahogany in 1940.
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South Atlantic
Weather Across North Carolina With Showers and Winds
Mostly cloudy weather spans North Carolina with occasional showers and thunder storms tonight into Saturday. Locally heavy rain expected in the southern areas and a cool, windy pattern from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Winds shift from northeast to north over the north portion tonight with southwest to northwest over the south portion. broken clouds and intermittent rain persist in several zones through Saturday.
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Army backs dive bomber concept amid debate over accuracy
Army officials weighed fixed fare against precision bombing arguing that level bombing from high altitudes lags in accuracy. War Department ordered dive bombers, producing the Present plane akin to Navy craft with a diving speed near 250 mph. It purportedly has better level speed and maneuverability than the German Stuka, though the Army emphasizes medium and heavy bombers remain the focus.
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Finns Repel Raid on Helsinki. Mines Destroy Submarine
Finnish forces said a Russian submarine was destroyed in a Finnish minefield while air raids on Helsinki were repelled. Russian planes attacked the city five times, but Finnish fighters and anti aircraft fire kept military targets intact, with only some residential damage and no casualties reported.
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Deaths State William Barefoot Dies in Auto Crash
William Barefoot of Belmont died early today at a Wilmington hospital from a broken neck after his automobile overturned four miles north of Clarkton. His two companions A. C Covington and H. D. High, both of Whittus, suffered minor injuries. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillsboro.
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William Barefoot
Belmont
Clarkton
Barefoot
A. C Covington
H. D. High
Whittwus
Halisboro
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