North Carolina Textile Workers Convention in Session
Central Labor Union hall hosts a convention with 159 delegates present. Whitt of Snow Lumber injured after a fall from a ladder. Mrs. L. W. McFarland visits Snow Camp. Charles Craven and his mother spent the Fourth at Paradise Point. Edwards family at Chicago World's Fair. Young Democrats push repeal of Prohibition. Mattern survived a three week Siberian wander after a crash. May Evans of High Point to lead repeal drive at Wrightsville Beach.
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North Carolina Textile Workers
Central Labor Unoin
Whitt
Snow Lumber
L. W. McFarland
Snow Camp
Bertha Sheets
Charles Craven
Paradise Point
C. C. Edwards
Mattern
Siberia
May Evans
High Point
Wrightsville Beach
Davidson War Savings Reach $92,381.25 in June
Davidson County residents bought $92,381.25 in war savings bonds and stamps in June, reported by Walter W. Rapp, county chairman. He noted the total falls short of the $123,000 quota, with sales led by First National Bank of Thomasville at $20,606.25.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Walter W. Rapp
Rapp
First National Bank of
Davidson
Birth certificate date tied to old boxing bout
An Atlanta housewife calls the sports desk seeking the date of the Jack Johnson James Jeffries title fight. The newsroom confirms the maid’s birth likely aligns with the Reno Nevada bout of July 4 1910, making her about 33 years old.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal = sports desk
Jack Johnson
James Jeffries
Jeffries
Journal Sports
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Johnson
Reno, Nev
Unsigned Financial Totals From Lexington Area Buys
Theatre in Lexington yields 862.50 while Industrial Bank of Lexington holds 1 350.00. Postmasters in Denton and Thomasville receive 393.75 and 9 675.00 respectively. Building and Loan firms and banks in Lexington and Thomasville total 92 381.25.
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Lexington
Industrial Bank of Lexington
Denton
Mutual Building and Loan of
Thomasville
Peoples Building and Loan
Erlanger
Home
Commercial Bank of Lexington
RAF Dive Bombers Raid Jap Army Camp
RAF dive bombers attacked a Japanese army camp at Thaungdara near the Mayu River in Burma. Hurricanes escorted the mission. Beaufighters damaged Irrawaddy River shipping and set an oil storage tank ablaze at Naunghla.
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Jap Army Camp
New Delhi
Thaungdara
Mayu River
Rathedaung
Irrawaddy River
Naunghla
Chiang Kai-shek’s wartime resolve in six years of struggle
Excerpts from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s messages in his new book Resistance and Reconstruction outline China’s wartime stance from 1937 to 1943. He urges total sacrifice for national existence, warns of Japanese aggression, and foresees eventual Allied victory as World War II unfolds.
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Marco Polo Bridge
Lukauchiao
Peiping
China
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek
Harper
Europe
Japan
East Asia
Infiltration Course at Fort Bragg Trains Soldiers Under Fire
AP reporter Herman R. Allen details a live fire infiltration exercise at the Field Artillery Replacement Center Fort Bragg. Soldiers crawl under machine gun fire and rolling dynamite blasts while maintaining head down and elbow driven progress. Exposed to dust and noise, the trainees endure fatigue but gain first hand insight into battlefield discipline and bonds formed in danger.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Tll
Field Artillery Replacement Center
Africa
Wally Sjoblom
Paul Sjoblom
Center
North Carolina Future Farmers elects new state officers
Raleigh July 8 Future Farmers of America in North Carolina will be led next year by Russell Gvalord of Bath elected state president at the closing session of the annual convention. William Bryant of Stedman was named vice president Joseph Aumars of Seagrove secretary James Ezzell of Franklin treasurer and Dana Tugman of
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Raleigh
Future Farmers of America
North Carolina
Russell Gvalord
Bath
William Bryant
Stedman
Joseph Aumars
Seagrove
James Ezzell
Franklin
Dana Tugman
Radio Schedule Highlights Wartime Programs July Broadcast
Eastern war time schedule for July 8 lists multiple programs across networks, including Just Plain Bill Jack Armstrong serials, news segments with Quincy Howe and Fred Waring’s Time, World War via Broadcast, Burns and radio dramas, music performances, and the Jamboree from Dixie with later News and Variety segments. The lineup features a mix of dramas, music, talk, and serials with time blocks from early evening to late night, reflecting wartime programming.
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Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Cbs
Farrell
Archie Andrews
Shrednik
Nbe
Henry Taylor
Quincy Howe
Olga Coelho
Andrini
Orch
Blu the Three Sisters
Charlotte Deeble
Indiana
John B. Kennedy
Cbs-Bas
Golden Gate Quartet
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Blu
Basic World News
Fred Waring
Nbe-Basic
Ann'e
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry James
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
cbs-Dixie Art. Hale
Wor
Wfbr
Wjej
Kfyo
Kaltenborn
Nbc-West
Mr. Keen
Dizie
Arthur Hale
Godwin
Mary Astor
Bing Crosby
Music Hall
Bowes
Che Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Musie
Imbas
Joan Davin
Jack Haley
Biu
Dbs
Cbe Dillellarmeny
Harry Wiemer
Garry Moore
Jill Durante
Raymond Gram
S. Navy
Raymond Clapper
Gracie Fielde
Odly
March of Time
Wings To Victory
Air Force
Bia
Paul Schubert
Kives
Victory
Dbe
Mbs
Newa
Boone Reporter Election Names State Education Officials
R H Thomas state supervisor of vocational education was elected state advisor and R J Peeler of NC State College named executive secretary.
The Volga River Named Fifteenth Longest World River
The river Volga is listed as the fifteenth longest river in the world with an approximate length of 2300 miles.
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Volga
It Is The Direction That Counts For Him
John Gornik Jr. worked as a substitute mail carrier in Wheeling West Virginia after eight years as elevator operator at the federal building. He said he had traveled about 16348 miles on the building elevator and made over 2499995 trips during his tenure.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Gornik
Gornik
Wheeling Federal Building
Adee
July 1043 Radio Schedule Highlights Afternoon Lineup
The schedule lists a July Thursday with a full afternoon into evening of programs including Luncheon Dance Music, The Peso Reporter, Mirth and Madness, sketches, songs by Dick Todd and Alice Cornell, news summaries, dramas like Ma Perkins, musicales, and a late-night lineup featuring News of the World and Wartime Living. The day continues with Tomorrow Morning selections and additional music and talk segments.
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Dick Todd
Carey Lonngmire
Ma Perkins
W. W. Chaplin
Alice Cornell
Portia Waces
Reco
Shreddd
Sporres News
Waring
Vicory
Soldiers of the Press
Wings of Muse
the Swanners
Velce
Underground
Jack Haley
Joan Devise
Moore
Robert
John
Uncle Sam
Betty Brown
Reed of Life
Isebel Shaffer
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Charles
Grouch
Davie
Geval
Southern Dairies
Mita
National Dairy Products Corporation
NBC
Chiang
CMM
Shanghai
Solween Front
Herman R. Allen
Sgt. Sjoblom
Herman Allen
Lipton
U.S
CAMRY
Oxydol
LON
Florida
Floris
Beh Food
West End
WSIS
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