Hawkins forms new World War II Records Branch in High Point
Lieut. Col. Hawkins arrives to establish the WWII Records Branch at the Southern Exposition Building with Major Lee Ward. Col. J. W. Stark remains chief of the Demobilized Records Branch. The unit plans to be fully functioning within a week with possible clerk transfers. Stark notes shared Army service in the 27th Infantry from 1927 to 1929.
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Jonathan D. Hawkins
High Point
J. W. Stark
95Th
Fort Sam
Houston
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Col
Stark
Col. Stark
Col. Hawkins
27Th Infantry
U. S. Army
Thomasville Rotary hears Southern Railway head
C. W. Ashby, divisional superintendent of the Southern Railway, spoke at the Thomasville Rotary Club meeting. He said the company set an all time freight and carload record in the past week and noted that 133 trains were handled in one Sunday in his division.
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Thomasville
C. W. Ashby
Southern Railway
Funeral Rites for S. L. Yates and Others
Funeral services were held for S L Yates 68 at 1019 E Green Street with Rev H P Williams and Rev O L Brown officiating. A new service featured a solo by M Richard Cimino and a duet with Marline Lowe. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. Also noted are ceremonies for Charles B Embler 65 at First Evangelical and Reformed Church and Mrs Anna Belle Sensenbach wife of Elmer E Sensenbach with services at Main Street Methodist and First Methodist, interred at Floral Garden and Oakwood Memorial Park.
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Co. B
Be.ef. Sensenbach
Anna Belle Sensenbach
Elmer E. Sensenbach
Colonial Avenue
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
W. R. Kelly
Main Street Methodist Church
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Frank Armfield
Railroad handles 4700 cars in one day under Ashby view
Ashby notes Southern system moved as many as 4700 cars in a day and reopened all equipment from storage. He credits employees for near absent absenteeism while warning passenger traffic remains a concern and coaches require regular upkeep.
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Southern
Ashby
Pacific Poker Wild in the Solomons with Wild Cards
A Solomons press feature extols the local poker scene with inside straight and wild-card games such as Guadalcanal seven-card stud high and low, Tulagi dark play, and seven-card stud variants. Bob Cromie leads as champ while reporters brag of bold games and brash gambling amid blackout era conditions.
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South Pacific
Thamatopsis
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Hoyle
States
Vassar
Bob Cromie
The
Chicago Tribune
Ling
Guts
Tulagi
Trey
Gasoline Stocks Near Critical Levels Nationwide
The bureau of mines reports gasoline stocks rapidly approaching critical levels across the country, with the exception of the west coast. April and May saw heavy dips into stored supplies, signaling tight fuel reserves nationwide.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
West
First zoo in America founded in Halifax 1847
The earliest American zoo traces its beginnings to Halifax Nova Scotia in 1847 when Andrew Downs established the institution. The note marks a pioneering moment in North American zoological history.
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America
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Andrew Downs
Kiwanis Club Sends Ten To Fresh Air Camp
Ten boys and girls from the Red Shield and Boys clubs at the Salvation Army will attend Charlotte Observer fresh air camp for ten days, organized by the High Point Kiwanis club. Lt. Madeline Sipe will lead the group, with Maj. Vernon Carter at the Salvation Army citadel assisting. The camp offers Bible study, music, and recreational facilities.
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Red Shield Club
Salvation Army
Charlotte Observer “Fresh Air
High Point Kiwanis Club
Observer
South
Joy Collins
Ary Southern
Haydn Southern
Margie Brown
Margie Ferguson
Laverne Mae Carter
Jean Isenhour
Charles Ling
Mary Grace
Regia Mae Jarrett
Madeline Sipe
Vernon Carter
Nazis Hunt Weakness In Yank Tanks
Berlin reports that German tank authorities test captured Sherman and General Lee models to discover a weakness before a European invasion. Guderian leads an experimental regiment mixing captured Shermans and Lees to study speed and maneuverability against Allied anti tank weapons near the German north coast.
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Stockholm
Africa
Heinz Guderian
Europe
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Sherman
Guderian
Lees
U S Airmen Press On Yangtze Front Near Owchihkow
U S Airmen support Chinese forces near Owchihkow on the Yangtze front causing fires and heavy damage. American planes attacked a warehouse area at Lotus Pond Inlet and claimed six enemy planes destroyed with probable three more. Chinese high command reports intercepted Japanese troops eastward from Yanglowsu toward Hankow railway lines.
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Chungking
Anchang
Yanglowsu
Canton-Hankow
Yochow- Hankow
Yangtze
Owchihkow
Guilford County Officials Discuss Finances with Rotary Club
Guilford County commissioners and County Manager Harry Weatherly met with the High Point Rotary Club. J E Millis and Roscoe C Causey outlined the tax system and pay as you go plan, aiming to reduce bonded debt and fund permanent improvements. MilIs urged Greensboro and High Point harmony to end past friction. An East African dinosaur of millions of years ago was described as a 30 foot giraffe like animal with a 10 foot neck.
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Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
High Point Rotary Club
Harry Weatherly
J. E. Millis
Roscoe C. Causey
Weatherly
Causey
Millis
Greensboro
High Point
Nash Faces New Problem At Rationing Board
M. W. Nash, secretary of the rationing board, meets a High Point soldier and his mother seeking how to use the five gallon allotment for the soldier and a furlough visit. Their car tires are ruined, delaying tire replacement, so Nash suggests borrowing a neighbor’s car to use the gasoline during the visit.
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M. W. Nash
Rationing Board
U. S. Army
Nash
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