Jap Defeat At Midway Brings United Nations Offensive Nearer
Pearl Harbor June 8. The smashing Midway defeat of Japan’s navy by American air and sea power brings the Allied offensive nearer. The Coral Sea and Midway battles show U S naval air strength superior to Japanese fleet air arm and mark a shift in the Pacific war toward rapid Allied expansion.
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Former UNC Instructor Hit By Lightning
Weather tragedy at Oakley Country Club Watertown Massachusetts June 8 lightning killed James T Pugh 68 Boston lawyer and former University of North Carolina instructor He was alone a caddy found the body Pugh native of Morrisville North Carolina graduated from the state university in 1893 starred in football and Phi Beta Kappa He taught Latin at his alma mater for two years earned a Harvard law degree in 1901 He resided near Cambridge survived by widow Mabel and two sons Edward C instructor at Heidelberg College Tiffin Ohio and Roger Y Worcester Massachusetts broker Head s Hotel Men Greenville SC June 6 J Mason Alexander elected president of the Southern Hotel Association Greensboro NC selected as 1943 meeting place Other officers named Davidson College June 8 1943 102nd commencement 124 candidates awarded degrees Brazil only country on American continent producing silt commercially per Commerce Department
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James T. Pugh
Boston
University of North
Pugh
Cambridge
Mabel
Edward C
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Ohio
Roger Y
Worcester
Aircraft Dominance in Pacific War and Midway Lesson
The text stresses air power’s dominance in the Pacific war. It argues that U S forces must seize air control when advancing to attack Japan and Japanese-held areas. Destruction of Japanese carriers marks a long step toward crippling the enemy’s vast supply lines and enabling further devastating strikes.
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Midway
United States
Japan
Unexplained Island Awakens Aboard Coastal Refuge
In the unnamed Caribbean island a tense mix of visitors arrives at Abas Island. Bill Talcott, planter of a tiny realm, faces deposition as Halsey, a new federal manager, takes over amid suspicions. Marta Swenson recounts a perilous escape from Norway as figures like June Paterson, Professor Constantine, and others adapt to peril and power shifts on the island.
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June Paterson
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Abias Island
Sebastien
Black Tomas
Martha Swenson
Murmansk
Moscow
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Panama Canal
Colon
Jackson
Puerto Rico
New York
Saint Thomas
Martnique
Africa
Martinique
Tiis
Panama
Haley
Struthers
Six Violent Deaths In N. C. From Week End
In North Carolina six violent deaths were reported for the weekend as tire and gasoline shortages reduced highway traffic. Victims include Glenn Barker 13 who drowned in Fork River near Belmont, Private Harold Hileman 21 MP at Camp Croft drowned in Lake Lanier, Bobbie Gene Smith 11 of Charlotte who died after a park accident, Jessie Evelyn Avery 13 of Dana fatally injured in a hay wagon incident, Mrs Sara Griffin Caldwell 40 of Winston-Salem killed in a crash near Elkin, and Eddie Sawyer 36 a Black man killed by a freight train in Raleigh.
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Glenn Barker
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Fork River
Harold Hileman
Camp Croft
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New Kinsington
Lake Lanier
Bobbie Gene Smith
Jessie Evelyn Avery
Dana
Sara Griffin” Caldwell
Winston-Silem
Elkin
Eddie Sawyer
Raleigh
Death claims Brian Bell chief of Washington AP bureau
Brian Bell 52 died at his Arlington Virginia home this morning after suffering an acute coronary thrombosis at the Washington Detroit game. He had headed the AP Washington office since 1939 after work in Atlanta New Orleans New York Los Angeles and San Francisco. Survived by wife Alberta Harris and two children Brian Jr and Mrs J William Magee. Funeral plans pending.
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Brian Bell
Associated Press
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New Orleans
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Los Angeles
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J. William Magee
Gaffney
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Defense Questions from Enterprise Bureau at Sir Walter Hotel
The Enterprise Raleigh Bureau answers readers questions on war impact with official verification. Topics cover rent ceilings, county activation dates, commercial buildings, hair for war machines, vehicle tires, laundry price controls, gasoline cards, junked cars, candy price regulation, cooperative deliveries, delivery limits, and travel gas for volunteers.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Enterprise
Raleigh Bureau
Enterprise’s Bureau
P. O. Box
Raleigh
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Guilford County
War Department
OPA
GMPR
OCD
Nec
God the Only Creator Topic in Christian Science Services
Sunday services in Christian Science churches focused on God as the sole creator with references from Acts 4 24 Psalms 104 24 36 311 and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. The lesson stresses the universe as the unfolding of spiritual ideas in infinite Mind with God as the only creator and creation.
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Christian Science
Lokal
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Government rules on coal ceilings and rent freezes
The dialogue explains coal price ceilings set at the highest rate from December 15 to 31, 1941, and notes no local rent increases. It cites a nationwide rent rise of about one percent every three months and states that large gasoline allotments require an affidavit from an employer or the employee’s representative confirming need.
West Weekes Dealer Mra Passes South West 1
Fragmentary card reads Pass 24 Pass 4N TL Pass North 1 36 5¢ Opening and 4. The text is garbled with chess-like notation and dealer names, listing positions or moves. Details are unreadable, but references to South West and opening indicate a bidding or play record portion.
Wise Player Makes Conservative Bid at National Bridge Meet
Lovent invited Syracuse for a December national bridge session at Hotel Onondaga with 23 members. Mrs. R. S. Weekes of central New York demonstrated cautious play, rebidding two hearts and opening a Blackwood sequence to four no trump. North’s three diamonds hinted strength, five diamonds followed, and East likely would open clubs, risking a club loss plus the ace.
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Lovent
Syracuse
Onondaga
North
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