Beck Slain in Guilford County Pistol Attack
Bob Beck, 47, a blind Guilford County resident from route 1, died at High Memorial Hospital after being shot last night. Deputies pursuing suspects learned Beck named two men who came to his home and fired a .45 caliber pistol as Mrs. Beck heard threats and a gunshot before the assailants fled in a car.
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Rk. L
Bob) Beck
Route 1
Boro
Washtreet
High Memorial Hospital
Guilford County
John C. Story
Burrows
Beck
Allied push toward Cherbourg gains momentum
War Today reports progress in the Ibourg Peninsula battle with Allied manpower and equipment build up for a major German assault. Cherbourg advances appear linked to Ste. pre-Eglise and Isigny gains, tightening the noose on the port while Berlin notes a cautious Allied advance.
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Ibourg
Cherurg
Cherbourg
Aldgrasp
Ste. pre-Eglise
Isigny
Berlin
Pennies and Nickels Pay Final Divorce Settlement
In Chicago Elwood M. Davis dragged a 145 pound bag loaded with pennies and nickels to court to hand his ex wife the final $300. Sol Friedman her attorney stepped away to tally the coins then returned discouraged and suggested a bank count the money.
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Chicago
Elwood M. Davis
Sol Friedman
Stafford Guilty In Nylon Case In Greensboro Court
Charles L. Stafford former manager of the Greensboro division of Rutherford Freight Lines was convicted in federal court of stealing 13 cases of nylon yarn from an interstate shipment last June 30. He faces sentencing Friday.
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Greensboro
Charles L. Stafford
Rutherford Freight Lines
Stafford
Nolo Contendere
Charles Carene
Piedmont Silk Mills
Robert A. Baker
Gold R Hosiery
OPA
Harding
Baker
Johnson J. Hayes
FBI
Roy L. Morgan
L.G. Walter
Charlotte
New York City
Wilmington Resident To Head Postmasters
North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Postmasters elected Wilbur Dosher of Wilmington as head, at the annual convention in Charlotte. Other officers include Theo Thomas of Tarboro as first vice president and Sam Mauney of Newton as second vice president with several state and national directors named.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
National Association of Postmasters
Wilbur Dosher
Wilmington
Tracy Moore
Reensboro
Theo Thomas
Tarboro
Sam Mauney
Newton
Leslie Hensley
Burnsville
Mamie C. Griffin
Lemon
Pearl Linville
Oak Ridge
J. Tracy Moore
Greensboro
Ada Badgett
Pilot Mountain
R. Homer Andrews
Burlington
Margaret F. Poyner
Moyock
Berlin Claims Red Offensive Has Started
A Finnish communique cited by DNB in a Berlin broadcast says the Russians opened a general offensive on the Karelian isthmus north of Leningrad with heavy artillery and tank formations. The battles limited local breaches. many enemy casualties reported, ten tanks destroyed, Soviet air and anti aircraft defenses claimed 24 enemy machines. Reconnaissance and fighting continued elsewhere on the frontier.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Karelian
Leningrad
House Debates Textile Bill Action After Cotton Amendment
Senate passage of the OPA extension bill with the Bankhead cotton amendment prompts southern lawmakers to push a duplicate textile price adjustment provision through the House. The drive aims to align textile pricing policy with recent cotton price measures as legislators seek swift action in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
House
Swarm Across Balkans At Tree Top Level
Fifteenth Air Force reports mass P 38 raids over the Balkans at tree top height targeting the Ploesti refinery described as Romania’s last major refinery still operating. Bombers and fighters damaged multiple targets including Trieste and Proto Marghera near rail yards as crews claimed several enemy planes shot down and a 500 mile round trip noted as the longest fighter bomber mission in theater.
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Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Balkans
Ploesti
Romania
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
William P. Litton
Shaw, Miss
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Trieste
Marghera
Local Girl Doris Smith Killed in Winston-Salem Car Wreck
Doris Gray Smith, 18, of Winston-Salem and High Point, was killed in a late night collision on the Leon highway near Eller station. Three other injured, Bill Davis, Paul Holland, and Joe Powell, were hospitalized at Baptist Hospital with varying injuries. The body was sent to High Point for funeral arrangements as relatives arrived.
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Winston-Salem
Doris Gray Smith
High Point
Baptist
Miss Smith
Flint Street
Midway
Leon Highway
Eller Station
Doris Grayce
Alva A. Smith
Koonce
Air Fleets Press Normandy Assault In Allied Bombing
Supreme Headquarters reports heavy American bombers and RAF aircraft struck behind the Normandy lines and northern France targets, hitting rail hubs, highways, gun positions and airfields near Paris. Allied planes supported by fighters attacked near the coast and near front lines, aiming to curb German air strength ahead of the invasion. In a separate dispatch, Chinese General Li Chin Yu of the 36th Group Army was killed in action May 21 near Loning in Henan Province.
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Supreme Headquarters Force
Normandy
France
Paris
Erwin I
U. S
Etampes
RAF Roene
Bom
Chungking
Li Chin Yu
China
36Th Group Army
Loning
Henan Province
Meat Production For This Year To Surpass Mark
Chicago June 160 7 armed forces and overseas requirements indicate large live stock totals. The report notes meat production set to exceed the yearly target driven by domestic demand and military needs.
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Chicago
Amer
British Navy Sinks Four German Trawlers Near Dutch Coast
Allied forces report heavy action as Royal Navy ships sink four German trawlers southwest of Ijmuiden. One motor torpedo boat is lost and a British torpedo boat sunk with two casualties. Later two more German trawlers are sunk while attempting to search for survivors. In a separate communique, German destroyer clashes fail to break into the invasion coast.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Ijmuiden
Turbulent Conditions Prevailing In France
London dispatches report widespread unrest in central France, notably around the Vichy area, amid fear of a fresh Allied invasion after Normandy. The messages from Barcelona describe Nazi worries of an invasion along the Mediterranean coast and rising tension in the region.
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France
London
Vichy
Normandy
Barcelonia
Spain
North Carolina Hospitals Added as Penicillin Depots
The War Production Board announced 1 000 more depot hospitals across the U S bringing total depots to over 2 000 to aid penicillin access in less populated areas. New additions include Greensboro Hickory High Point Kinston Lincolnton Lumberton Morganton Wilkesboro Rock Mount Salisbury Sanford Shelby Southport Statesville Waynesville Wilson Winston Salem and other locations plus existing sites St Lukes New Bern Rex and St Agnes Raleigh Roanoke Rapids Rutherfordton Taylore Washington James Walker Memorial Wilmington and City and North Carolina Baptist Hospitals.
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Chicago
Chemicals Bureau
The
War Production Board
WPB
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Isl
United States
North Carolina
Greensboro
Piedmont Memorial
St. Leo's
Wesley Long
Greenville
Pitt General
Hamlet
Hamlet Hospital
Hickory
Richard Ker
High Point—Boulevard
High Point
Kinston—Memorial
Lincolnton
Gordon Crowell
Lumberton — Baker
Thomson Memorial
Pete Yoa Morganton
Gra Nora
Wilkesboro
Wilkes Hosmae
Moore County Hospital
Rocky Mount
Atlantic Coast Line
Allies Rout Nazi Forces In Italy
Rome June 10 allies press the German 14th army northward in Italy declaring a catastrophe for Field Marshal Kesselring. The Fifth Army seized Tuscania as Mackensen’s forces pull back in a disorganized retreat while the Eighth Army gains near the Adriatic. The 10th Army suffers heavy losses with the Hermann division dwindling, and prisoners include young teens.
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Rome
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Fifth
Tuscania
Tarquinia
Mark V. Clark
Eberhard von Mackensen
14Th
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mackensen
10Th Army
Tiber
Viterbo
10Th
Hermann
Sicily
Ceiling Prices Put On Used Automobiles
The Office of Price Administration imposed price ceilings on all used passenger cars sold by dealers or private owners. Prices mirror January 1944 levels with an effective date of July 10 to allow industry adjustments. OPA specifies dollar values for 23 makes and about 6,000 models from 1937 to 1942. Older cars cannot exceed prices of the 1937 model.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Night Club Tax Cut and Debt Limit Rise Announced
President Roosevelt signed legislation reducing the night club tax from 30 to 20 percent effective July 1 and lifting the debt limit to 260 million. The move clears the way for the 16 billion Fifth War Loan drive starting Monday, with the current limit at 210 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Push To Snip Off Peninsula Tip Is Made
Allied forces drive toward Cherbourg and Carentan amid floodwaters and German withdrawals. U S troops seize Isigny control point and take 3000+p captives as air bases form in liberated France to support ground assault. Berlin reports American progress within 15 miles of Cherbourg with paratrooper landings continuing.
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Rbourg
U. S
Arbourg
Pninsula
Carentan
Berlin
Cherbourg
Montebourg
France
Bayeux
Isigny
Trevieres
Ste. Mere Eglise
Caen
Pivot City
Caentan
Ninth Air Force
Britain
E.W.T
Valognes
Ace Gives Fiancee Engagement Ring With 7 Diamonds
In Columbus Ohio on June 10 Petite Isabella Masden 20 wore a seven diamond ring from Capt Don Gentile 28 a European fighter pilot on leave The couple plan a wedding date once Gentile receives orders The proposal occurred Wednesday night before her parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Masdea and Mr and Mrs Patsy Gentile with friends present
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Columbus
Isabella Masden
Don
Gentile
Patsy Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Miss Masden
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Titi
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Pope Pius XII
Vatican
International Radiophoto
Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Bob” Beck
Guilford
C. L. Stafford
Doris Smith
Bradley
Ace
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