Czechoslovakia Plans Mass Expulsion of Germans and Hungarians
President Eduard Benes said Prague could begin removing up to 3.5 million Germans and Hungarians within weeks pending Potsdam approval. He outlined humane transfers, predicted a year and a half to complete, and said 300k-500k loyal Germans may stay while Slovaks in Hungary could return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Steinkopf
Prague
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Potsdam
Benes
Russia
Germany
Reich
Europe
Belgium
Balkans
Austria
Hungary
Konrad Henlein
Eader
Nazi Party
Vienna
Four Raid Victims Plead Innocent In Washington
Carmen Beach 29, an ex night club dancer, and three other women plead innocent to charges of vagrancy after a raid on a house of vice two blocks from the White House. Margaret Locke, 57 alias Philomena Lockhart, charged with operating a disorderly house, was not arraigned with the others. Bond set at $500 each. cases continued to August. Six men, two described as high government officials, were detained but released without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carmen Beach
White House
Margaret Locke
Philiomena Lockhart
Roy Blick
Metropolitan Police
Miss Beach
Cpl Lee Clodfelter on 15 Day Furlough at Ft Benning
Cpl Lee F. Clodfelter stationed at Lawson Field Ft Benning Ga in the United States Army Air Forces first troop carrier command is spending a 15 day furlough with his family He is the son of Mrs Mary G Clodfelter Route 5 High Point North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Field
Ft. Benning
Lee F. Clodfelter
United States Army Air Forces
First Troop Carrier Command
Cpl
Clodfelter
Mary G. Clodfelter
Route 5
High Point
N. C
Local WWII soldiers visit XV Corps rest center in Nancy
PFC Roscoe Weaver of High Point NC toured the Nancy France rest center with the XV Corps as part of the western front drive. Norman R K Frazier of High Point NC received the combat infantry badge after serving with the 38th Division in Luzon. Harold B Grimes of Thomasville Road NC is on furlough from the 104th Timberwolf. Eugene Bryant Scott Jr of High Point NC earned the combat infantryman badge for action in the Philippines. Cpl Scott Jr also holds the expert infantry badge and served in three campaigns including Dutch New Guinea and Luzon campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Weaver
XV Corps
Third Army
Roscoe W. Weaver
260Th
Corps
F. C. Weaver
Venable Street
High Point
Nancy
France
Walter M. Robertson
Normandy
Germany
Austria
Cpl
E. B. Scott
Luzon
Eugene Bryant Scott Jr
Hansel Street
N. C
Philippines
Scott Jr
Dutch New Guinea
Ulo
Cpl. Scott Jr
123Rd Infantry
Hawaiian Islands
New Guinea
Commendation Awarded to Lt Virgil L Lightfoot USN
Lt Virgil L Lightfoot of High Point North Carolina receiving a letter of commendation with ribbon from Admiral Kinkaid for outstanding duty with the damage control organization and combat efficiency aboard USS Phoenix from December 7 1941 to November 2 1944. The 22 year veteran served aboard the Phoenix during Pearl Harbor and participated in Guadalcanal New Guinea the Admiralty and Philippine campaigns including Leyte. His mother Mrs M V Cross and sister Mrs W A Frazier reside at 1210 Filbert Street High Point NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Virgil L. Lightfoot
USN
High Point
N. C
Admiral Kinkaid
7Th Fleet
Phoenix
Lightfoot
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Admiralties
Philippine
Leyte
M. V. Cross
W. A. Frazier
Filbert Street
Clark in Norfolk Arrives for Navy Training
Donald Isaac Clark a 19 year old seaman first class of Eldorado North Carolina has reached the naval training station in Norfolk Virginia for duties on a new Atlantic fleet destroyer after five months aboard a cargo ship in the Pacific He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Clark and has a brother William a private first class in the army prior to enlistment he worked at the Russell Saw Mill Blaine North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Saw Mill
Blaine, N. C
51st Engineer Battalion Wins Distinguished Unit Citation
Pfe. Carl E. Morgan of High Point North Carolina serves in the 51st battalion honored with the Distinguished Unit Citation for a five day stand last December against German forces during the Bulge. The narrow defense halted enemy efforts to roll back Allied lines along a 40 mile front from Trois Ponts to Marche Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Carl E. Morgan
Richardson Street
High Point
N. C
51St
Bulge
Trois Ponts
Marche
Belgium
Bronze Star Medal Awarded to Private Griffith
In Daytona Beach Florida on July 11 Col Harry A Bishop presented Pvt William S Griffith of High Point North Carolina the bronze star medal and combat infantryman badge for heroic achievement in action in the European theatre. He served nine months overseas, was wounded, and received the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Griffith of 1207 Hardover Street High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Welch Convalescent Hospital
Harry A. Bishop
Pfe. Williams. Griffith
High Point
N. C
Pvt
Griffith
W. E. Griffith
Hardover Street
Reynolds High School
Winston
Dancers Seek Cool Stage Look Under Heat
Betty Clark reports Katherine Duffy of The Glass Hat in New York outlines summer rules for her dance troupe. She stresses nighttime skin care for coolness, open windows, light sleepwear, early alarm rises, and a cooling menu of fruit juice, salads, lean meats, vegetables, and tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Clark
UP News
Mercury
Katherine Duffy
New York
Miss Duffy
Administration Moves To Ease Off Food Subsidies
The administration plans to shift 1.5 billion dollars in food costs to consumers after the war, replacing subsidies with higher ceiling prices on meats, dairy, sugar and more. Secretary Anderson leads discussions, with economists warning of a 5 percent rise in the total food bill and a broader push to curb government expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Japan
Agriculture Department
Congress
Britain
Egypt
Furlough for Cpl J Willard Hutchins Home from Overseas
Cpl J Willard Hutchins begins a 30 day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs J N Hutchins at 209 East Lexington Ave after 18 months overseas. He joined October 26 1942 trained in aircraft electrical and mechanics, served with the Eighth Air Force as crew chief in England. He earned the Good Conduct Ribbon European Theater with four battle stars bronze star and presidential citation. He will return to Fort Bragg after furlough for further assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Willard Hutchins
J. N. Hutchins
East
Lexington Avenue
Army
States
Eighth Air Force
England
Cpl. Hutchins
Fort Bragg
Hundley Wounded in Germany and Hospitalized
Sgt. Oscar Hundley, son of Mr and Mrs Dorsey Hundley of Thomasville, is treated for a guttenberg Germany wound from a machinegun bullet on April 23. He was brought to Mitchell Field by plane and previously served in the Aleutians. His wife Sunshine Hundley resides at 618 Broad Avenue, Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundley
Enterprise
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Oscar Hundley
Dorsey Hundley
Thomasville
Guttenberg
Germany
Aleutians
Sunshine Hundley
Broad Avenue
Greensboro
Leonard on Leave From Timberwolf Division
Cpl. June Leonard, wife Mrs June Leonard of Rt 4 High Point NC, is home on furlough. He served with the 104th Infantry Timberwolf in Belgium Holland and Germany campaigns and earned a badge anti citation and three battle stars. The division sailed from the states to France and entered combat within a short period, remaining in continuous action for over six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Grimes
Guy D. Grimes
Thomasville Road
Grimes
104Th
Timberwolf
States
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Leonard
June Leonard
Rt. 4
High Point
N. C
104Th Infantry
Bryant in Navy Apprentice Seaman Named
Douglas Franklin Bryant of High Point has been named apprentice seaman in the Navy V-6 program. Announcement came yesterday from Navy Recruiting Station Greensboro spokesman Frank Sinopoli.
Battle Star Awarded to Private Agner in 106th Infantry
Private Winfred Agner of Jameston receives a battle star for European theater service with E company 424th infantry regiment 106th Lion Division under Major General Donald A. Stroh. The unit fought German armor near Belgium and helped liquidate the Bulge before guarding POW enclosures in the Rhineland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langenlonsheim
Germany
Winfred Agner
Laura J. Agner
Rt. 1
Jameston
Agner
424Th
106Th (Lion
Donald A. Stroh
Belgium
Bulge
Rhineland
Jane Froman returns to sing for wounded overseas
Paris singer Jane Froman, badly wounded in 1943, resumes performing for soldiers in Europe. After 18 operations and extensive hospital time she walks on crutches to sing old standards at Rainbow Corner in Paris, planning hospital tours and continued stage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
Paris
Jane Froman
Europe
Jane
Lisbon
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Lee Clodfelter
South Pacific
Tokyo
Norman RK. Frazier
Norman R. Frazier
38Th
Cpl. Frazier
C. L. Frazier
Route 1
Constance Love
Clarice Daley
Fileen Love
By Ovid A. Martin
Lily
Paris Red Cross Club
Women’s Army Corps
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
Depositors National Bank Bidg
Durham
W. G
The
WAC
High Point, N. C
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