Nazi Bombers Raid Seaports
Berlin reports several German air force strikes overnight hitting Birming ham armaments plants shipyards supply industries in Plymouth Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen. Fires indicate heavy damage with a 3000 ton merchant vessel sunk off the British coast and two freighters damaged. British raids against Germany attributed to RAF losses of 19 planes in daylight and night operations across the Channel Helgoland Bight western and central Germany to Thuringia including Munster.
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Berlin
Birmingham
Plymouth
Great Yarmouth
Aberdeen
High Command
England
RAF
English Channel
Helgoland Bight
Germany
Thuringia
Muenster
Weather Outlook North Carolina and Coastal Winds
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with a chance of scattered showers in the mountains Thursday afternoon or night. Winds from Block Island to Hatteras moderate west or northwest over the north and moderate southwest to west over the south and central portions becoming easterly. Hatteras to Jacksonville winds are moderate west and southwest over the south, with moderate northerly winds becoming variable in the north portion, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Official temperature and rainfall readings for 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. show varying highs and lows across multiple stations including Asheville 80/61, Charlotte 58/...
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North Carolina
Block Island
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago Wa
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Crete Production Surges in Military Output
McMillan stated that in early 1940 second quarter gun and tank production more than doubled over the last quarter of 1940. He noted first quarter 1941 saw tank and gun output up over the prior quarter, with machine tool industry output at six times normal peacetime levels.
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Ply
McMillan
Bombers Hit Greece and Crete in RAF Raids
Cairo dispatch reports the RAF Middle East command stating bombers struck Greece including Eleusis near Athens with no losses, starting fires in a series of raids. Crete targets were listed without location details in the communique.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Greece
Crete
RAF Middle East Command
Eleusis
Athens
Churchill Sees Iceland Move as Mutual Defense Step
In remarks on Iceland’s occupation and US deployment, Prime Minister Churchill says the move aids Britain and the United States, notes harmony with British interests, and foresees joint naval cooperation to defend Iceland against Hitler. He welcomes US policy, expects US and British forces to coordinate in the dangerous shipping lanes.
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Eto
Iceland
Hitler
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Congress
Red Cross nurses and helpmate victims on high seas
Chairman Norman H. Davis of the American Red Cross announced with deep sorrow that British house mother for a Red Cross group and Miss Maxine C. Loomis a Springfield nurse were among nurses en route to Great Britain on a mission of mercy and were subjected to barbaric treatment. Mrs Breckinridge volunteered for overseas humanitarian service.
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Red Cross
Maxine C. Loomis
Springfield
Mass
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Great Britain
Breckinridge
Red Cross-Harvard Hospital
Roosevelt defends Iceland defense posture at press conference
In a regular briefing, President Roosevelt discussed a realistic defense policy aiming to deter dictators before they act. He avoided confirming new moves or specific enemy intentions, citing that strategic advantage may rest on anticipating an opponent's actions, with possible interest in the Azores and Cape Verdes as hemisphere threats.
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Ed Hin
Iceland
U.S
Roose
United States
Roosevelt
Azores
Cape Verdes
South Atlantic
Congress
Global War Fronts and Allied Push in Europe and Middle East
Reports flag ongoing battles across the eastern front with German and Soviet counter moves. Nazi advances in Estonia and Bessarabia contrast with Red Army counterattacks beyond the Prut River as Churchill notes potential Mutual aid in dangerous waters near For the Middle East, Dentz seeks armistice terms while Beirut reports rejection of a British offer. British bombers hit Wilhelmshaven and German raids pound English Midlands and beyond.
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Well
Churchill
United States
Iceland
Hiller
Russia
Baltic
Parnu
Viljandi
Estonia
Ostrov
Leningrad
London
Berlin
Bessarabia
Red Army
Prut
Rumania
Middle East
Henri Dentz
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Karelian
Finland
Lake
Ladoga
Reichswehr
Maxim Litvinov
Britain
Wilhelm- Shaven
France
Germany
English Midlands
East Anglia
England
Scotland
RAF Bielefeld raids as Luftwaffe shells English Channel convoy
British and American air operations targeted Germany and northern France. RAF hit synthetic oil plants near Leipzig while bombing shipping off France and Haugesund. US bombers attacked a Luftwaffe base in northern France, destroying runway targets. Seven British bombers missing. five German raiders shot down. German leaflets claimed the Atlantic is being lost amid scattered reporting of casualties in the midlands and Scotland.
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Bielefeld
England
Germany
Leipzig
France
Haugesund
Norway
Ministry
Atlantic
Midlands
East Anglia
Scotland
Calif
Boulogne
English Channel
Germans Against Hitler and War Says Berliner
Walter Alexander a German-born US citizen and Berlin real estate man since 1923 said forty percent of Germans oppose Hitler and the war. He arrived on the Excambion with 223 aboard including 133 Americans and noted Germans tire of the conflict and fear loss of freedom. He cited dispatches of substantial forces to bases near Trinidad and British Guiana opposite Dakar.
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Jersey City
N.S
United States
Berlin
Gherman
Hitler
Walter Alexander
Excambion
Mexander
Teeland
Trindad
British Guiana
Cape Verde Islands
Dakar
Successor To Wavell Steady And Reliable
London July 9. The Auk has stepped into the Middle East command as successor to Archibald P. Wavell. Lt Gen Sir Ander Auchinleck now commands a chain of ships bases and armies under Britain’s eastern empire protecting oil fields in Iraq Iran and Bahrain. He leads more than 500 000 troops from Australia New Zealand South Africa India Free French and Britain.
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Drew Middleton
London
Enterprise Special News Service
Auk
Middle East
Archibald P. Wavell
Ander Auchinleck
Britain
India
Australia
New Zealand
Iraq
Iran
Bahrein Islands
Cairo
Auchinleck
Cyrenaica
Tobruk
Libya
Rommel
Palmyra
Abyssinia
Mussolinii
Ahmar Mountains
Danakil
Norway
Wellington
Navy
RAF
France
England
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Order of the Bath
Barnsville News Gazette Sold to Lexington Publisher
In Barns Ville Georgia July 9 a long time publisher B H Wardy Sr ends his 33 year tenure with the Barns Ville News Gazette. The paper is sold to A E Brannock Sr of Lexington North Carolina. In Madrid Spanish foreign office warns a Peru Ecuador border dispute could draw in a third party to defend plutocratic interests, possibly the United States.
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Lexington
Georgia
Barnesville
B. H. Wardy
Barns Ville
Madrid
Peru
Ecuador
United States
Parker Qualifies to Administer Estate in Greensboro
A Scott Parker of High Point qualified yesterday as executor of the will for Adelaide E White who died recently. The estate was valued at 2000 dollars real and 640 dollars personal property with Sibyl D Nicholson Ward named as the sole ?
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Greensboro
A. Scott Parker
High Point Qualifield
Adelaide E. White
High Point
Sibyl D. Nicholson Ward
Soldier Killed in Lumberton Auto Truck Crash
Corporal Lloyd Taylor twenty five was killed and Corporal Thomas W Russell twenty two was badly hurt in a collision between their automobile and a truck nine miles north of Lumberton last night. Both soldiers were stationed at Fort Bragg. The truck driver William McFarland Marshall twenty six of Lynchburg South Carolina was not injured.
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Lumberton
Lloyd Taylor
Thomas W. Russell
Here
Fort Bragg
F. Porter Davis
William McFarland Marshall
Lynchburg
S.C
Negro Youth Pleads Guilty To Assault
Greensboro July 9 William C Johnson High Point Negro youth pleaded guilty in Guilford Superior Court to an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill Andrew McGuire, but sentence not yet passed. He was charged after a rifle shot in a curb market dispute over a funny paper. Court also heard evidence in the murder case of Monroe M Cable, with Elwood Brothers testifying he witnessed Eddie Cable strike the old man. Police said the Cobles were drunk the night of the death and were later arrested after bloodstains were noted. Solicitor Koontz indicated more witnesses and a long case ahead.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
William C. Johnson
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Andrew McGuire
J. A. Rousseau
Johnson
McGuire
Sherley C
Eddie ‘Lee Cable
Monroe M. Cable
Elwood Brothers
Cables
Eddie Cable
Cobles
Wallace G. Freeman
Cobie
Brothers
Local Draftees To Get Examinations
Draft Board 4 orders twenty six young men to report for physical exams at 7 p m tomorrow night at the City Health Department offices 112%2 North Wrenn Street John D Ross clerk of the board announced today The list includes Elweed Homer Atkinson Charles Austin Surrett Lester Andrew Smith Poland John Craughn Charles Winfred Brincefield James Gaither Kerr and many others plus Ernest Lamar Silvey Cleveland Wilson Johnson Millard Holmes Bodenheimer Lonnie Rankin Cook Baxter Madison Phillips Henry Nuten Moffitt Walter William Wilson James Allen Cameron Paul Albert Lain Delbert Charlie Hines Clarence Francis Potts Woodrow William Tucker and Charles Sidney Farrington.
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Draft Board 4
City Health Department
North Wrenn Street
John D. Ross
Ross
Elweed Homer Atkinson
Charles Austin Surrett
Lester Andrew Smith
Poland
John Craughn
Charles Winfred Brincefield
James Gaither Kerr
David Paul Hobby
Charles Vestal Morris
Edwin
James Davis
George Worth
Alfred
Ralph Dewitt Butler
Emmett
Francis Albritton
Abraham Lawster Atkinson
Ernest Lamar Silvey
Cleveland Wilson Johnson
Millard Holmes Bodenheimer
Lonnie Rankin Cook
Baxter Madison Phillips
Henry Nuten Moffitt
Walter William Wilson
James Allen Cameroon
Paul Albert Lain
Delbert Charlie Hines
Clarence Francis Potts
Woodrow William Tucker J
Charles Sidney Farrington
Rochelle Addresses A B Club On Labor In Furniture Field
Zalph Rochelle, personnel director of Tomlinson of High Point, spoke at the Edwood Hotel during the American Business Club dinner. He outlined labor relations issues in the furniture industry and proposed solutions. Capt. Sam H. Strickland, Fort Screven visitor and club member, shared army experiences. Byron Haworth presided in W. A. Tomlinson’s absence. Arthur Fidler won the attendance prize.
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Zalph
Rochelle
Tomlinson
High Point
American Business Club
Edwood
M. F. McNeill
Sam H. Strickland
Fort Screven
Byron Haworth
W. A. Tomlinson
Arthur Fidler
Judge Rives Considers Congressional Run in City Visit
Judge E E Rives of Greensboros Municipal Court visited High Point for a second time within three days, meeting city officials including James B. Lovelace. He hinted at a likely run for Congress in the sixth district, stating a formal announcement will come after a leave of absence from judicial duties.
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E. Earle Rives
Greens
Congress
High Point
Rives
James B. Lovelace
High Point Civil Service Commission
Carl Durham
Chapel Hill
Tam
New York Stocks July 9 Final Prices and Slump Totals
Market closes with broad activity across major issues led by Adams Express Alcoa and Union Carbide. Trading shows gains for Chrysler Boeing and Standard Oil while steel coal and chemical stocks reflect mixed performance across sectors with total sales at 1 097 184.
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Adams Express
Alaska
Allandec Coast L
Atlantic Refining
Aus Powder Not Aviation Corp Wu BR
Baldwin U
Baltimore “& Ohio
Barnsdall
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem: Steel
Boeing
Borden Borg
Warner Briggs Mfg Budd Affy
Bude Wheel Burlington Mila Bar
Calumet & Hee” Canada Dry
Canadian Pacific
Cannon Millis Case J Ite
U Union Carbide
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
United Corpsa
United Drug
United Fruit
United Gas Imp
Ind Alco
US Steel
Venadium
Warner Pic
Western Maryland
Western Union
West Elee
Wilson
Woolworth
Ta& G
Youngs B & T
P G Wodehouse Joins Germans
London reports that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced the government regrets that humorist P G Wodehouse lent his services to the German propaganda machine. He warned of consequences for broadcasts and stated efforts would be made to counter them. Wodehouse was captured by the Germans after they overran northern France where he lived.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of ‘Commons
France
Crews Saved As Bombers Crash Near Fresno
Three army bombers running out of gas crashed near Fresno while six crew members bailed out. One aircraft burned, another damaged, the third landed safely. Sergeant C. C. Herron of Savannah was injured during parachute descent. Military guards sealed the crash sites near Madera and Reedley as crews reported their cross country misrouting.
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Fresno
Calif
March Field
C. C., Herron
Savannah
Visatia
Madera
Reedley
Armistice pressure and Levant clash cited in war dispatch
The report notes pressure to silence arms in the Levant amid a French-German armistice clause. It cites France's inability to reinforce Levant troops and the government seeking to limit further bloodshed by ordering General Deniz to seek cessation of fighting from Beirut via the U.S. consul general. Also included is a separate land sale notice in Guilford County, detailing a public auction of parcels 4, 5, and 6 in the D Hart lands to satisfy a deed of trust.
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Vichy
Levant
France
Syria
Lebanon
Deniz
Beirut
United States
Ral
R. C. Rutledge
Dorotus D. Rutledge
E. c.Ciiglebaugh
Atlantic Building and Loan Association
Register‘of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
E. Oc. Cridlebaugh
High Point
High Point Township
Guilford
D. Hart
Office of the Register of Deeds
J. W. Poole
Lovelace & Karkman
Atlorntus
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