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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
10
An enlisted Panama coast artillery private snored loudly, disrupting three months of nighttime rest. Capt Charles Reeves isolated the offender to restore sleep for his bunkmates, after failed efforts such as bunk battles and improvised devices.
At Camp Carson hospital, wounded veterans defy injuries through perseverance and gym work. Pvt. Fred Brockman from Nome, Alaska, regains leg use after a 1943 Salerno injury and now lifts a 50 pound barbell. Pvt. Edward Martin of Paterson, N J, uses a wheelchair and bicycle apparatus to pedal daily while drawing cartoons. Lt. Kenneth Hoernlein credits the will to recover with trained instructors and targeted exercises.
Washington reports 1,154 US merchant ships lost by V E Day and 5,579 crew dead or missing, while shipyards delivered 5,016 ships totaling 48,674,000 deadweight tons in 1942–44. Navy and British figures show 4,770 Allied and neutral ships lost to direct enemy action.
Ensign John Simbles, 21, of Oklahoma City, piloted a carrier night fighter and shot down three Japanese planes. He earned a "well done" from Vice Admiral Mitscher after two kills in one night and a third five nights later. He described chasing a Betty bomber at night, delivering bursts and watching it explode, then landing with 18 gallons of fuel.
Mrs. E L Faulconer of 800 Dover Road Greensboro has been named principal of Sedgefield school replacing Mrs Julia McNairy who recently resigned. She is a Greensboro College graduate and former Edgeville Elementary principal with ten years in that role.
London reports Hitler offered the equivalent of 225,900 dollars and the Reich’s highest honors to any U-boat crew that could sink either Britain’s Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth, the Daily Express says.
Lt. Gordon W. Cruickshanks of Plainfield New Jersey a P 51 pilot now awaiting reassignment at the AAF redistribution station in Atlantic City says Japanese air forces are strong and well equipped and will require heavy blasting to drive them from China and Manchuria. He notes the need to inspect leftovers and use promptly in warm weather to preserve freshness.
Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies said every heartbeat sends enough oil overseas to run a car from Fairbanks Alaska through Canada the United States Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. He cited 389 U.S. refineries operating at maximum capacity as enabling this export.
Okinawa dispatch notes Grant A. Smith of Summit New Jersey is the only crewman to have his initials on his fuel barge marked GAS. The craft bears the distinguishing name while transporting fuel to assault barges during the operation.
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