M L Wise Drowns While Fishing On Clinch River
Marvin L Wise 43 of 619 Wesley Place was a construction superintendent for J A Jones Construction Co and was working on a Tennessee project near Knoxville when he drowned Saturday night while fishing off a pontoon bridge on the Clinch River at West Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge firemen recovered the body. He was born March 18 1901 in Rowan County son of Wiley Wise and the late Anna Smith Wise and married Jennie Hoke October 10 1925. Surviving are wife Jennie two children Lawrence L Wise Evelyn Wise Lois Wise father Wiley Wise a brother Earl Wise five sisters and numerous relatives. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church and Piedmont Camp No 62 Woodmen of the World. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Emanuel Lutheran Church with burial in Floral Garden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Wise
Wesley Place
Knoxville
Tenn
Clinch River
West Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge
Rowan County
Wiley
Anna Smith Wise
Jennie Hoke
Lawrence L. Wise
Evelyn Wise
Lois Wise
Wiley Wise
Earl Wise
High Point
Archie Morgan Richfield
Arlin Shaver
J. E. Beets
Kannapolis
Ruthie Thompson
Albemarle
Gray Hamilton
Salisbury
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Piedmont
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
Tennessee
F. L. Conrad
Floral Garden
East Man Gets Five to Ten Years for Embezzling Christmas Funds
James Wesley East alias James Everett East was found guilty of embezzling Melrose Christmas club funds at Melrose Hosiery Mill. Judge Hoyle Sink sentenced him to five to ten years in the state penitentiary after East failed to provide an exact accounting. He claimed loaned funds and memory gaps while admitting lack of records and noting a prior concealed weapon sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wesley East
James Everett East
Melrose
State
Hoyle Sink
Guilford
Morth East
Melrose Christmas Fund
High Point
East
Meridan
D. J. Cates
Norman A. Boren
Catawba
Clinton
Tenn
D. C. MacRae
James Dowdy
Dowdy
Douglas Barnes
British push in Normandy edges toward Noyers and St Lo
Allied forces pressed a wide advance in Normandy. British troops held eastern Noyers and Vendes while pushing 2 miles toward Haut Des Forges. American units attacked St Lo for the seventh day as German defenses around Les Bay and Remilly-Sur-Lozon yielded to the breakout drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyers
Royers
Vendes
Haut Des Forges
Dominatin Hill
Everly
Noyers and
Caen
Villers- Bocage
Fiquay
No-Man's-Land
St. Lo
Dempsey
Indian Head
Normandy
Walter Robertson
Erwin Rommel
Lessay
Cherbourg
Omas N. Bradley
Eriers
Remilly-Sur-Lozon
Lozon
Remilly
Byrnes Backed For Winner In Roosevelt Nomination Fight
Amid maneuvering for the presidential race Barkley arrives to reinforce his campaign and nominate Roosevelt. Controversy over convention seats pits Texas and South Carolina delegations as the national committee plans hearings. A regular Texas delegation pushes resolutions to block electors not backing nominees if seated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley
Mr. Roosevelt
Texas
South Carolina
National Committee
Mrs. E O Kearns Dies After Illness at 300 West State
Mrs. Keturah Crawford Kearns widow of E O Kearns died this afternoon at her home 300 West State Street after an extended illness. Born May 1879 in Montgomery county she was a Lebanon Methodist Church member. Surviving are four sons Glenn Kearns Halstead Pa Thurlow Clifford and FE O Kearns Jr in England four daughters Mrs John Ridge Mrs Howard Wright Mrs Clyde White and Mrs Charlie Modlin eight grandchildren and several Cranford relatives. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body remaining at Yows Funeral until finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keturah Crawford Kearns
E. O. Kearns
West State Street
Montgomery County
Martin B
Mary Jane Crawford
Lebanon Methodist Church
Glenn Kearns
Halstead
Thurlow
Clifford Kearns
High Point
FE. O
Advisory board meeting urged for Youth Center
Board members are urged to attend a call meeting Tuesday at 7 pm at the Youth Center. The note invites others interested in recreation to join. A separate tip suggests peeling onions under cold water and rubbing hands with salt to remove odor.
North Carolina Weather Forecast Bright and Warm
Pale and partly cloudy today with rather hot conditions. Tonight and Tuesday turn warmer, with higher temperatures in the eastern portion this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Funeral Rites for Richard T. Fowler to Be Held
Funeral service for Richard Thomas Fowler will be held from the late residence on Rt. 3 Thursday at 11 o'clock. His brother, Sgt. William Fowler, en route from Portland Oregon to attend. The body remains at Yow's until Wednesday noon when moved to the home. Interment in the family plot at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thomas Fowler
Rt. 3
Sgt
William Fowler
Army Air Base
Portland
Oregon
Oakwood Cemetery
Mrs Minnie Stockton Funeral Services Held
Mrs Minnie Morgan Stockton died in a local hospital Friday morning. Funeral services were held Sunday with a brief service at the residence 1012 Park Street and the main service at Advance Baptist Church conducted by Rev Odell Leonard of Lexington. Music was by a Lexington trio and pallbearers included L G Farmer C T Meyerfoetter E P Berry T O Whittington N L Goines and A P Reep. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Morgan Stockton
Park St
Advance Baptist Church
Odell Leonard
Lexington
L. G. Farmer
C. T. Meyerfoetter
E. P. Berry
T.O
Allied forces strike Iwo Jima and cut Japanese positions in China and Burma
Nimitz reported the first land based bombing of Iwo Jima with Liberators from Saipan hitting a destroyer and two cargo ships while targeting coastal defenses and oil dumps. Chinese troops pressed Hengyang and Tengchung as Stilwell fought in North Burma and MacArthur noted enemy advances near the Driniumor River, with Allied ships and air attacks hitting supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Nimitz
Thea
Iwo Jima Island
Tokyo
Liberators
Saipan
Hengyang
Yingtak
Hankow-Canton
Tengchung
Burma Road
Yunnan
Lungling
China
Burma
Stilwell
Myitkyina
New Guinea
Driniumor River
Douglas MacArthur
Reds and Moscow broadcast claim German defeat on Eastern Front
A Moscow radio broadcast heard in London said 100,000 Germans were captured and 50 divisions annihilated on the eastern front. It claimed Soviet forces drove toward Berlin, reached the Issa River near Opochka, and neared Sebezh close to the Latvian border, with 1,500 Germans killed in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinsk
Moscow
London
Berlin
Issa
Opochka
Sebezh
Funeral Services for S Sgt Archie L Leazer
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Centenary Methodist Church Greensboro for T Sgt Archie L Leazer who drowned after a parachute jump in Florida. Interment followed at Mt Vernon Methodist Church Randolph County with a military service at the graveside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcchie L. Leazer
Florida
Centenary Methodist Church
Greensboro
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Randolph County
Body of Pvt. James C. Gilbreath to arrive for funeral
The body of Pvt. James C. Gilbreath 30 of High Point Rt. 3 who drowned at St Marks Florida Friday will arrive at 11 40 AM and lie in state at Sechrest Funeral Home before moving to his sister Mrs H V Weant’s home Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Fairfield Methodist Church with Rev C L Brown officiating and burial in Fairfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Gilbreath
High Point
St. Marks
Fla
Sechrest
H. V. Weant
Rt. 3
Fairfield Methodist Church
C. L. Brown
Fairfield Cemetery
Parity Principles Guiding Postwar Farm Policy
The document argues for a wartime parity standard linking farm prices to costs as a minimum to prevent inflation and low morale after the war. It warns against using subsidies to influence parity calculations or justify price ceilings and stresses maintaining adequate farm labor to meet food goals.
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Blondie
Minuff
MR. Minuff
Etta Kett
Etta
Barney Baxter
Lone Ranger
M.L. Wise
Mickey Finn
Palooka
Piers
Borovia
Walsh
Joe Palooka
Tonto
Mandrake
Barney
Buzz Sawyer
Sawyer
Tim Tyler
South Pacific
Snuffy
Wey, Shore
Open York
Herbert
Mak
Donald Duck
E.O. Kearns
France
Sam N. Bowman
Hilda Perkins Bowman
Forrest Avenue
War Department
Bowman
Infantry
Lt. Bowman
S. M. Bowman
Randleman
KR. T. Fowler
Minnie Stockton
T/SGT. LEAZER
Scott
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