Eisenhower and Churchill Honored in War Reflections
In a wartime speech, Eisenhower praises Churchill as a godlike ally and recalls Roosevelt's key role. He notes joint Allied effort in Europe, the Red Army's impact in the east, and the heavy sacrifices endured by soldiers and families. He vows determination to prevent such losses again and honor the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Eisenhower
Churchill
Roosevelt
Red Army
Germany
Reynolds Acquitted in Thomasville Robbery Trial
Quentin Reynolds, 26, of Thomasville, was found not guilty of robbery against Hugh Beasley in Greensboro superior court after a 45 minute jury verdict. Co-defendants Coy Odell and Lou Haynes were previously acquitted. Beasley testified to the alleged $35 to $40 robbery on April 28. Reynolds said he refused a ride after Beasley was drinking. A Thomasville businessman vouched for Reynolds’ 26 years of good conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quenton Reynolds
Thomasville
Hugh Beasley
Greensboro
Coy Odell
Lou Haynes
Beasley
High Point
Reynolds
Bombers Hit Naval Anchorage With Fire Bombs
Four aircraft in its naval anchorage faced strong flak as fire bombs ignited blazes. The smoke rose over 12,000 feet and burned a hole in the overcast at 7,500 feet revealing bright flames above.
Greatest haul of Japanese prisoners in Luzon reported
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler said his 37th infantry division drives north in the Cagayan valley as 447 Japanese prisoners are counted in 24 hours. An incomplete count added 162 more, totaling 609 prisoners in 36 hours as surrendering Nipponese stream into the stockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cacayan
Luzon
Southwest Pacific
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Beightler
Hamilton W. Faron
Associated Press
MacArthur says Philippines campaign cost 402,363 enemy casualties
U.S. Sixth Army led by hard driving infantry on Luzon as Gen. MacArthur reports eight months of Philippine fighting produced 402,363 enemy casualties. Fifth Air Force pounded Japanese transport, burning trucks and tanks along roads as Maj. Gen. Beightler’s Buckeye division pushed 13 to 14 miles in a day toward Cauayan and Cabatuan.
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Manila
U. S Sixth
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sith
Robert S. Beightler
Cauayan
Cabatuan
Buckeye
Domestic Relations Humor And City Lake Reflections
A casual column by W A Bivins blends warm weather musings on international tensions with light家庭 domestic scenes. He jokes about Father’s Day, a City Lake visit at sunset, Wordsworth, and a quip on women's leadership as inadequate, weaving light satire through regional life.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Great Britain
City Lake
City
Wordsworth
City Lake Park
North Carolina
Okinawa Front Clears Last Okinawan Heights
U S Tenth Army advances seize the final three key heights on Okinawa amid Japanese kamikaze actions. Navy reports say one light unit sunk. Admiral Ota’s body found in a cave. Heavy losses cited on both sides with ongoing supply and production bottlenecks noted by forester R W Graeber at State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Bolivar Buckner
U. S. Tenth Army
Tokyo
Okinawa
China
Okinawan
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Ota
Oroku Peninsula
Yellow Sea
Shikoku
Eisenhower Arrives in U S for Homecoming Parade
General Eisenhower returns to American soil with 53 fellow soldiers from private to generals. The route includes the Pentagon, Memorial Bridge, Lincoln Memorial, Constitution Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. At the airport 20 000 to 30 000 spectators witnessed the arrival. Eisenhower’s son Lt John Sheldon Eisenhower accompanied him and his wife Mary. General Marshall and the army band greeted the returning commander with honors.
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Capitol Hill
Pentagon Building
Army
Memorial Bridge
Pootomac
Lincoln Memorial
Constitution Avenue
Constitution
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
America
Eisenhower
John Sheldon Eisenhower
Marshall
Eisenhowe
Europe
Army Band
Cherry proposes veterans commission changes in North Carolina
Gov. Cherry announces moves to fill a new five member veterans commission seeking a veteran of the present war to replace General William C. Lee of Dunn due to health. He commends the department for aiding V E Day prayers and urges continued support of victory spirit. Two scholarships of 250 dollars yearly are created for children of fathers killed in action, selected by the education committee.
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Cherry
William C. Lee
Dunn
Veterans Commission
Lee
Department
Apan
North Carolina
Funeral Rites for Mrs Lelah Hasty Bell
Funeral services for 72 year old Mrs Lelah Hasty Bell wife of Thomas S Bell were held Sunday at 4 pm from Springfield Friends church. Rev Milton Hady led the service with a quartet and soloist Miss Julia Primm. Interment followed in Springfield cemetery with pallbearers named Brown Blake Bulla and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelah H. Bell
Lelah Hasty Bell
Thomas S. Bell
Wise’ Street
Springfield Friends Church
Milton Hady
Julia Primm
Edith Mattocks
Byron Hayworth
Thomas T. Roberts
Miss Primm
Leard Brown
Brown
C. O. Blake
Paul Brown
Blease Hasty
Roosevelt Brown
John Bulla
William Stockton
Springfield Cemetery
Funeral notices for Mrs Mag Hendrix and Mrs Jesse Smith
Funeral services for Mrs Mag Hendrix 69 of 206 Hillcrest Drive were led by Rev O L Easter and Elder V V Williard at the family home with interment in Mechanics Cemetery. Pallbearers were A H Holton C W Patterson Jr Pred Lawrence Jay Williard C C Williard L A King. Also, funeral services for Mrs Jesse Rankin Smith 65 of 205 Pine Street were held at the First Presbyterian church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included John Scruggs Ed Harvell Omar Harvell Vernon McLeod E D Idol and C G Mackintosh. A mixed quartet performed during both services. The text notes a wartime radio manufacturing payroll of 550000 with about two thirds women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Hendrix
Mage Hendrix
Hillcrest
Winston-Salem
R. Glenn Hendrix
Hillcrest Drive
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Methodist Church
V. V. Williard
The
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanics Cemetery
A. H. Holton
C. W. Patterson, Jr
Pred Lawrence
Jay Williard
C. C. Williard
L. A. King
C. A. King
Noah
Jesus
Davis
Dan S. Haworth
Jeffrey Trangham
W. T. Davis
C. G. Mackintosh
Bonnie Mackintosh
Dan W. Smith
Ray Jarvis
J. H. Allred
Wade Koontz
MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE REPORTED FOR FURLOUGH AND TRAINING
CPL. H W SAPPENFIELD spent a day with his parents Mr and Mrs A E Sappenfield of 1002 Lindsay Street after finishing radio and gunnery training in Yuma Arizona. PFC Billy L Manley son of Mr and Mrs B W Manley completed training at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation San Diego May 26 1945 and will depart for Lamoore California for reassignment after a furlough at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Sappenfield
Harold W. —Infield
A. E. Sappenfield
Lindsay Street
Cpl. Sappenfield
Yuma
Arizona
B. L. Manley
Billy L. Manley
B. W. Manley
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
California
Lamoore
Long Struggle Over Postwar Draft Likely
Washington reports the Woodrum committee may back universal peacetime training as part of postwar policy. Legislation faces doubt and a protracted battle as house and Senate committees plan details. An honorable discharge marks Cpl. Finch after four and a half years service.
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Washington
Woodrum Committee
United States
Special House
House
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Foust Street
Cpl. Finch
Joe Griffin
Barley
Ellen
Helen
Claude Griffin
Thurman Spradley
Thelma Hobbs
Delphia Wafford
Rationing Board Closed Tomorrow
J. F. Jones, chief clerk, said the local rationing board would close all day tomorrow due to accumulated filing and review work. He urged the public to postpone business to avoid turning people away and to return the following day.
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J. F. Jones
Chinese Forces Advance Through Tatang Region
Chinese troops continued to press the offensive around Ishan and Tatang. A column moved from Ishan toward Liuchow and Tatang while another drive pushed eastward beyond Ishan, widening the captured front in the region 43 miles west of Liuchow.
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Deni An
Neon
Tatang
Ishan
Liuchow
Weather note for North Carolina with warm, cloudy trend
Considerable cloudiness and continued rather warm today and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. This afternoon and evening Tuesday partly cloudy and not quite so warm with scattered thundershowers in the extreme east portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Radio Program Schedule Highlights Multiple Network Show Listings
A dense listing of radio programs for Monday June 18 in Eastern War Time, detailing time slots from 6:00 PM to 11:15 PM. Includes serials, news, music, and variety programs across CBS NBC and ABC with noted repeats, singers, plays, and guest segments.
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Farrell
Abe Sparrow and
the Hawk
Cbr
Abe Eas
Hop Harrigan
Tom Mix
Abi Qiew Howe
News
Cbs
Kiernan
Abc-East
Terry
Abc-Weat
Chick Carter
Abc
Jimmy Carroll
Dick Tracy
Abc-West
Mbs- West
Eileen Farrell
Jack Armstrong
Abc-West House of Mystery
Mbs-West
Lowell Thomas
Abc World News
Charlie Chan
Abc-Bas
Como
Abc-Basic
Jack Kirkwood
Cbs News
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Edda Hopper
Hollywood
Raymond Swing
Abe Mutual
Mbs
Abe
Kaltenborn
Cavalcade of America
Guest
Warren
Abe Cecil Brown
Lum
Abner
Abe Curt Massey
Howard Barrow
Cbe
Arlene Francis
Voorhees
CBS Radio Theater
Dhr
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Abe Screen Guild
Mrs
Quis
Bob Hawk
Abe Malf
Abe Newcreel
Building permit sought for residence on East Farris Street
City building inspector issues a permit application to B. R. Montgomery to construct a brick veneer residence on East Farris Street between Blair.
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Citys Building Inspector
B. R. Montgomery
East Farris Street
Blair
Local Carolinians Among 86th Infantry Land Return
CAMP KILMER New Jersey June 18 The 86th infantry division landed in the United States with about a thousand Carolinians among the troops. Returning North Carolinians include Kenneth A Robinson Mooresville Robert H Ham Greensboro Royce L Gibbs Burlington Volin Stokes Winston-Salem Elmer P Brown Burlington Willis J Coggins San- bord Robert C Hedrick Lexington Robert L Idol Kernersville Edward F Pinson Greensboro Lewis C Gardner Winston-Salem Wilbur L Walker Greensboro Gordon R Kelley Jr Winston-Salem Arthur M Morris Denton Frank J Rowland Jr Statesville Raleigh A Glassock Mockville William H Brown Jamestown James E Harris Winston-Salem Nixon H Hill High Point Mervin F Merritt Greensboro John B Williams Winston-Salem Marvin H Wagner Mocksville Aroas E F Bennett Winston-Salem Thomas J Howard Kernersville George W Lee Thomasville William Anderson Lexington David E Stevens Asheboro Norman E Eaton High Point Lenwood E Clark Burlington Sylvester Campbell Statesville Thomas S Blalock Greensboro Adrian R Kinney Lexington Elmer E Leonard Thomasville Tom Presnell Asheboro Alfred A Ginn Lexington Melvin H Hise Burlington James F Kirkpatrick Greensboro Austin N Blake Statesville Paul R Williams Greensboro Garland L Cook Statesville James H Prevette Statesville Car Z Swicegood Lexington Noah A Whicker Winston-Salem Irving D Booe Sr Winston-Salem Lester L Sink Winston-Salem Claude Davis High Point
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Camp Kilmer
N. J
86Th Infantry Division
Europe
Kenneth A . Robinson
Mooresville
Robert H. Ham
Greensboro
Royce L. Gibbs
Burlington
Volin Stokes
Winston-Salem
Elmer P. Brown
Willis J. Coggins
San
Raleigh A. Glassock
Mockville
William H. Brown
Jamestown
James E. Harris
Nixon H. Hill
High Point
Mervin F. Merritt
John B. Williams
Marvin H. Wagner
Mocksville
Aroas EF. Bennett
Winston- Salem
Thomas J. Howard
Tom Presnell
Asheboro
Alfred A. Ginn
Lexington
Melvin H. Hise
James F. Kirkpatrick
Austin N. Blake
Statesville
Paul R. Williams
Garland L. Cook
James H. Prevette
Car Z. Swicegood
Noah A. Whicker
Irving D. Booe, Sr
Lester L. Sink
Claude Davis
Former Thomasville Youth Dies in Baltimore Drowning
Word has reached Thomasville that 10 year old Donald R. Lanier son of Lester and Lala Reid Lanier of 4317 Pinnacle Court Baltimore Md former residents of the city met death by accidental drowning Saturday night in Baltimore Details of the drowning were not given in the message Survivors include the parents two sisters Mrs Hulin Carlton of San Antonio Texas and Miss Frances Lanier of Baltimore uncles A H Reid of Denton and paternal grandmother Mrs Bret Cnier of Baltimore They will come to Thomasville Tuesday morn and stay at Russell Funeral home during arrangements
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Thomasville
Donald R. Lanier
Lester
Lala Reid Lanier
Pinnacle Court
Baltimore
Hulin Carlton
San Antonio
Texas
Frances Lanier
A. H. Reid
Denton
Bret C. Nier
Russell Funeral Home
Permit Issued for New Grocery Store on Vett Drive
C Morgan receives permit to install a new grocery store on Vett Drive with project cost noted as five thousand dollars. The filing references Forest streets and an associated construction expense of five thousand dollars in the summary.
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Forest Streets
C. Morgan
Vett Drive
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WMFR
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Westingh
City Lake Pool
Reece Snyder
Negro Pool
Thomasville Youth Meets Death
U.S
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S. Main St
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