Bombers Sink Japanese Cruiser and Two Destroyers Near Munda
Allied report credits American bombers with sinking a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers aiding a convoy trying to run the blockade around Munda airbase in the Solomons. Catalina sightings led to Liberator Mitchell and Avenger strikes that wrecked at least three warships while four bombers, two Mitchells and two Avengers, were lost.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Catalina
Vellagulf
Kolombangara Island
Dauntless
Executors Notice in Estate of Susie Coltrane Stanton
Having qualified as executors of the Estate of Susie Coltrane Stanton deceased late of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the office of the Sher rod Shirt Company in High Point on or before the Mth day of June 1944 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment This 18th day of June 1943.
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Susie Coltrane Stanton
Guilford County
North Carolina
Sherrod Shirt Company
High Point
T. M. Stanton
David L. Stanton
W. A Sherrod
Roberson, Haworth
Estate of Cora P Barbee Administrator Notice
Maving qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Cora P Barbee deceased late of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at his home in High Point on or before the 2th day of ed for recovery All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment This 15th day of June 13 Cc A BARBEE Administrator of the Estate of Cora P Barbee Attorneys 6-16-23-%0 7-7-14-21
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Maving
Cora P. Barbee
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
A. Barbee
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
McMullan Rules Delinquent Children May Not Be Jailed
Raleigh July 21. Attorney General Harry McMullan issues opinions on delinquent confinement. He states delinquents cannot be jailed except in specific cases such as older minors or felonies. Additional rulings cover municipal authority, driver license suspensions, police appointment, school lunch programs, and tax enforcement.
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McMullan
Raleigh
Harry McMullan
Milk Distribution Plan Aimed at Gasoline Economy
Plan calls for a series of meetings in the Charlotte Office of Defense Transportation to study milk distribution for maximum economy in gasoline tires and transport equipment. A meeting was held yesterday with further sessions scheduled in Statesville Friday Shelby Saturday Albemarle July 28 and Charlotte July ale.
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Charlotte
Statesville
Shelby
Albemarne
Royal Aroma of Peacocks at Vitellian Tables
The Roman emperor Vitellius reportedly had peacocks served to savor their aroma though he rarely ate the costly birds. The delicacy was deemed too filling for his meals.
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Vitellius
Qualified High Graduates Get Scholarships
Atlanta July 21 qualified high school graduates aged 17 to 18 may receive military scholarships at selected colleges under the Army Specialized Training Program Reserve Section. Eligibility hinges on passing the April 2 preinduction test and future tests. scholarships cover tuition mess housing and medical services.
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Atlanta
Reserve
Army Specialized Training Program
Headquarters
Fourth Service Command
War Department
Army
Piedmont Festival of Music and Art Opens in Winston-Salem
The Piedmont Festival of Music and Art opens with hundreds of participants and spectators. About 600 musicians and artists display works and performances run through Saturday including Floiows opera Martha, a Festival Symphony Orchestra concert, and Haydn’s Creation, under conductor George Kind Raubenbush.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Jugtown
Jacques Busbee
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Floiows
Martha
Festival Symphony Orchestra
Haydn
George Kind Raubenbush
Harrisburg, Pa
Toledo, O
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia Symphony
Urge Tobaccomen To Cast Ballot On Referendum
Agricultural Adjustment Agency officials urge eligible voters in North Carolina to cast ballots in the tobacco marketing quota referendum on Saturday even if not listed on eligibility lists. Lists have been sent to county AAA referendum committees and unlisted voters will be challenged but counted if qualified. The quotas require two thirds approval of participating eligible voters in the national referendum.
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Raleigh
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Meeting on Labor Needs Conference Plans in DC
RALEIGH July 21 Governor Broughton said North Carolina will be represented by Harry Caldwell at a Washington D C meeting under the Council of State Governments to address overlapping labor needs. Other states include South Carolina Virginia West Virginia and Maryland. The aim is to find ways to end labor pirating in Eastern North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Council of State Governments
Broughton
Harry Caldwell
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Peacetime Gliders Join War Efforts Under Du Pont Plan
Richard du Pont, appointed to lead the Army Air Forces glider program, explains how trained gliders can lift troops and equipment into airheads. He asserts American gliders outpace German efforts, citing recoverable gliders and blind flying, and notes German Merseburg gliders failed despite six engines.
Nazi General Staff Expected To Eliminate Hitler
London dispatch reports a high German source predicts the general staff will remove Hitler as Germany collapses. He says wiping out the myth of the undefeated army is the bigger, more dangerous task as the war ends.
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Hitler
Germany
London
Junkers
Junkers Plot to Preserve Myth of Invincible German Army
An observer argues the army and Junkers blame communists and social democrats for Germany’s war woes. They may push a civil war pretext to remove Hitler, then rally sympathy while portraying the army as undefeated. They allegedly planned to trigger a halt and revive war rhetoric.
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Junkers
Hitler
Germany
Thefuehrer
Gestapo
Luftwaffe
Reich
Elitler
Dr Foster's L K Endorsed By High Point Residents
Mrs. T L Summers of Salisbury North Carolina extols Dr Foster's L K claiming relief from years of distress including weak appetite night waking and constipation after trying many remedies. Mr C T Rich of High Point NC also praises L K noting improved digestion sleep strength and renewed appetite with four years of prior ailments.
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T. L. Summers
W. Kerr St
Salibury
N. C
Dr. Foster
Mrs. Summers
MR. C. T. Rich
L K
Grace Street
High Point
N.C
L-K
State Utilities Commission To Hear Rutherfordton Transfer Case
Raleigh July 21 4 percent The State Utilities Commission will hold a hearing here at 17 on the application of the Rutherford County Transfer company for rights to operate between Morganton and Rutherfordton. BELDING Mich Police pursue a 25 year old trusty who fled state reformatory at Ionia caught up with him after he broke into the Haynor rural school and wrote on its blackboard the message for next fall’s pupils Never do anything wrong Always be honest or you may grow up to hate the world and everyone in it I put eight years in prison doing wrong.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Rutherford County Transfer Company
Morganton
Rutherfordton
Belding
Mich
Ionia
Haynor
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Callen
Cal
Love Insurance Society
Margie Finch
Birmingham
Miss Finch
Canfield
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Board of Aldermen
Municipal Corporation
Board of County Commissioners
Trailways
A.B.C
Axis
By James Thrasher
NEA
Washington
Richard du Pont
Pentagon
Sicily
Army Air Forces
H. H. Arnold
Maj. L. B. Barringer
Air Forces
du Pont
All-American Aviation, Inc
All-American Aviation
Wright Field
James F. King
G. A. Foster
We. c. T. Rich
Philosophy
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