Labor's Majority Continued Comparison of Leaders
The piece compares Winston Churchill's absences with Attlee and draws parallels to Truman and Roosevelt. It cites Attlee's long Fabian ties and socialist stance versus Truman's Roosevelt era Democratic alignment and commitment to Rooseveltian policies.
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Churchill
Attlee
Great Britain
Truman
United States
Roosevelt
Fabian Society
Labor Party
Mr. Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Farmers reduce mortgage debt to 1944 low since 1916
The nation's farmers as a whole sliced their mortgage debt to 1944, bringing the total down to the lowest since 1916.
Laval's Tactics Helped Petain Seize Power in 1940
Paris July 26 Jules Jeanneney former president of the French senate testified at Petain's trial that Pierre Laval engineered a parliament session that suppressed debate and enacted three constitutional acts, giving Marshal Petain near-absolute power after France collapsed in 1940. The 89 year old Petain bowed to Jeanneney as the witness left.
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Paris
Jules Jeanneney
Senate
High Court of Justice
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
France
Petain
dJeanneney
Laval
Vichy
Paul Reynaud
Bordeaux
Jeanneney
Marshal
Casualty total climbs to over one million in war update
Washington reports 1,058,842 total casualties in the latest weekly count. Army losses include 196,918 killed and 569,696 wounded with 35,708 missing and 117,898 prisoners. Navy casualties rise to 138,622. Undersecretary Patterson released the figures at a news briefing.
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Washington
Navy
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
W H Bill Boyd Dies After Short Illness in Local City
William Powell Boyd 58 a resident for twenty years died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He lived with his sisters at 1210 North Main Street and leaves two sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held at J W Sechrest chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte.
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William Powell Boyd
Vin
North
Main Street
Chester
Penn
Katherine Taylor Boyd
John Booth Boyd
Charlotte
Mabel Boyd Stevens
Evelyn Boyd
High Point
Charles H. Boyd
Selma
Mr. Boyd
Charlotte Military Institute
Trinity Park School
Trinity College
Duke University
Durham
Co. H. 321
Waco
Texas
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
J. W. Sechrest
C. E. Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
E. H. Blackard
Yers Park Methodist Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Attlee's Potsdam Prospects and Churchill’s Return Question
The article asks when Britain’s new government leaders can resume Potsdam talks to finish nine days of work by the Big Three. It questions how much of Churchill and Eden’s wartime commitments will be handled by the Labour observer and whether Attlee will invite Churchill back to Potsdam despite the voters’ verdict.
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Britain
Potsdam
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Teheran
Yalta
Attlee
Funeral Rites for Mrs Nan ie Burrage Held at Emmanuel Lutheran
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Nan nie H. Burrage, 73, of 511 White Oak street, who died in Winston-Salem Monday afternoon. Rev. F. L. Conrad led the service at Emmanuel Lutheran church with three choir selections and floral offerings by the Ladies Bible class. Interment followed in the Floral Garden Cemetery. pallbearers were W. C. Johnson, E. H. Burrows, Lloyd Howell, M. A. Smith, G. E. Meadows and C. F. Allen.
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Nannife Burrage
Nannie H. Burrage
White Oak Street
Winston-Salem
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
F. L. Conrad
Floral Garden
W. C. Johnson
E. H. Burrows
Lloyd Howell
M. A. Smith
G. E. Meadows
Retraining Plans Target Pacific War Deployment
The official says the priority is to return furlough men to camp and place them in eight weeks of re training for the Pacific theater. New draftees will join reorganized units bound for the Pacific, with a minimum eight week training period.
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Pacific
Scheidt Wins North Carolina Checker Championship
Ed Scheidt who heads the Charlotte FBI office won the state checker title in Wilmington. He defeated R. H. Harris of Charlotte once and tied him three times in the final round to clinch the crown.
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Wilmington
Ed Scheidt
Charlotte
FBI
North Carolina
Commission Extends Carrier Rates Temporarily
The commission denied extending the date to April 1 1946 and allowed carriers to operate until November 30 to implement the order. Temporary adjustments set a 10 percent reduction on present class rates within southern western trunkline southwestern territories and between those regions and official eastern territory while official territory saw a 10 percent increase. The move aimed at temporary relief until a permanent uniform class rate scale is established.
Japanese Propaganda Warns Americans of Resisted Struggle
A Japanese commentator urged unity against American oppression and warned that only a punitive Atlantic charter would drive Japan to surrender. The piece notes Potsdam talks, Soong's Moscow meetings, and clashes between Chinese forces as signs of Japan’s deteriorating position.
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America
Milia
E. C. Harias
USN
Japan
Potsdam
Chungking
China
T. V. Soong
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Yenan
Soong
Stalin
Attlee Leads Labor To Form Postwar Government
Labor backs Attlee to form new government after Churchill defeat. Bevin aims for foreign secretary role though unclear. Speculation centers on Bevin Dalton Morrison as top successors while Cripps may take India post. King to appoint, Parliament to vote August 8.
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Attlee
Churchill
Potsdam
Laborites
Britain
Greece
Eden
Ernest Bevin
Hugh Dalton
Herbert Morrison
Bevin
Dalton
Board of Trade
Morrison
Labor
Sir Stafford Cripps
India
L. S. Amery
Lord Halifax
Washington
Armament Output Rises in 1944 National Product Share
United States data show about a quarter of the 1944 national product dedicated to making combat armaments. The figure highlights the wartime industrial effort and the scale of military production during the year.
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United States
Women Urged To Aid With Rationing
The war price rationing board appeals for women volunteers to assist with fuel oil and gasoline rationing. Volunteers are needed to handle the heavy workload as coupons must be mailed promptly to allow consumers to fill tanks. Officials say full storage in tanks is essential to keep homes warm this winter and ask anyone who can spare time to contact the board.
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War Price Rationing Board
War Price and Rationing Board
Singapore Invasion Hinted Amid Pacific War News
A wartime analysis notes Mountbatten's buildup in the southwest Pacific and hints at a potential British amphibious strike on Malaya and Singapore. It recalls Singapore’s historical strength, current Japanese presence, and the strategic value of reopening the Malacca Strait for Allied operations. The piece closes by noting U.S. munitions production since 1943.
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Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southwest Pacific
Europe
Mountbatten
Potsdam
Indiana
Singapore
Insula
Strait of Malacca
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Indian Ocean
South China Sea
British East India Fleet
China Coast
Japan
John Bull
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Hongkong
Manila
Hitler
Globe
Orient
Tokyo
Malaya
Nicobar Islands
Sam Wiley Presents Farm Pictures At Rotary Meet
Sam Wiley showed motion pictures in technicolor of daily farm work on his Wiley farm at the Rotary Club meeting. The farmer and amateur photographer’s film documented ongoing farm activities. Visitor Captain Ernest McCall attended, along with Phil Griffin, C Howard Smith of Richmond, Va., and Rotarian John Lloyd of Thomansville.
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Wiley Farm
Wiley
Rotary Club
Ernest McCall
Phil Griffin
Army Air Forces
War toll and raids on Japan's home waters continue
Tokuyama hosts major soda and chemical plants as U S and Allied air and sea forces press strikes on urban industries. Bombing and ship losses climb with 24 enemy ships damaged or sunk at Kure Yokosuka and Osaka Bay while Nagato and other vessels suffer heavy damage. American consumer spending rises to a record 104 billion dollars in Q1 1945.
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Tokuyama
Shimonoseki Strait
20Th Air Force
Japan
U. S. Third Fleet
Nippon
Mikado
Halsey
Io Sea
Osaka Bay
Honshu
Wakasa Bay
Radio Tokyo
Third Fleet
Yokosuka Naval Base
Nagato
Namyang Reclaimed by Chinese Forces Near Canton
Chinese high command announced Namyang, 155 miles northeast of Canton, was retaken from Japanese as forces push west toward the Canton Hankow railway. The seizure restores wolfram shipments from the district, with nearby Tayu also recaptured, while Japan drives from Indo China toward Kwangsi.
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Chungking
Namyang
Canton
Hankow
Namyung
United States
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Tayu
Wolfram
High Command
Indo-China
Kwangsi Province
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