Cagayan Japs Unable To Consolidate In Luzon Action
Manila reports describe Japanese forces in the Cagayan area unable to rally a defense against the 37th Ohio Infantry division within about 100 miles of the island's north tip. Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler directs air and artillery support as his troops cross the river and enter the ruined town.
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Manila
Cagayan Leg
Luzon
Ohio Infantry
Cagayan Drive
Robert S. Beightler
Magulian
Beightler
Cagayan River
Allied forces push toward Seria oilfields in Borneo advance
In Manila on June 20, Allied engineers prepared to span a river 110 miles south of Aparri as Australian units reach near Seria oilfields in northwest Borneo. Reports say ships sweep Balikpapan harbor of mines before bombarding the Balikpapan refinery area as MacArthur notes a four mile northwestern advance toward Seria.
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Tlagan
Aparri
Luzon
Manila
Seria
Borneo
Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpan
MacArthur
Decline in U.S. Mills From 1935 to 1944
The number of cotton mills in the United States fell from 1 046 in 1935 to 967 in 1944, a drop of 179 establishments or 17.1 percent over the decade.
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United States
Brooklyn College appoints Verne Booth administrator of athletic eligibility
In the wake of a basketball scandal, Brooklyn College names Verne Booth, longtime distance runner and 1924 Olympic team member, as administrator of athletic eligibility for men. The piece also notes ongoing contract activity around Commissioner Happy Chandler and other brief sports tidbits.
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New York
Brooklyn College
Verne Verne Booth
Happy Chandler
Anton Lang
Oxford
Wis
Chinese Forces Recap New Offensive in Kwangsi and Kiangsi
Chinese central news agency says Kwangsi junction city has been retaken by Chinese forces while battles flare south and west of Liuchow. Reports note gains up to seven miles in 24 hours and Japanese attempts to halt Chinese columns near Pingjiang. A Tokyo broadcast cites a new Japanese offensive in Ki province and a Comei transmission claims six Chinese divisions encircled with 805 Chinese casualties and captured troops.
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Kwangsi Province
Central News Age
Liuchow
Kwangsi
Pingjiang
Sina
Tokyo
Associated Press
London
Ki Province
Comei
Commission Delays Actions on Appointments and Policy
The commission did not act on appointing an assistant highway commissioner a general counsel or a penal director in morning session. Chairman A H Sandy Graham sent reporters a message noting no action on the medium's closed door policy, which is expected to be voted on today.
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Commission
A. H. (Sandy) Graham
Medion
Farm Equipment Sales Rise Through 1944
In 1944 total farm equipment sales topped 1.067 billion dollars, up from 636 million in 1943 and 517 million in 1929, reflecting a strong postwar demand pattern for farming machinery.
Braves Buy Mort Cooper Front Page News in Cockatoo
The Cockatoo reports the Braves purchase of Mort Cooper as a lead story for the Sixth Infantry Division in the Philippines. Capt John Humm, home on furlough after 85 Pacific months, shot seven birdies in a round at Island Cherry Valley club recently. Sgt John Mc Nally Johnny Blood links to pro football fans via a report on a basketball in Chungking. We were there seven days but honored guests at ten banquets.
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Braves
Mort Cooper
Bombing raid hits western coast and Kanmon Strait
Tokyo radio reports 60 plus B 29s aiding a long air block off the west coast of Japan and in the Kanmon strait between Honshu and Kyushu. Flames from a major raid linger on Omuta after attacks. Lt. William W. Potter describes a two mile wide path of flame and a 10 mile inland burn with smoke rising high above central targets.
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Radio Tokyo
Home Wa
Kanmon Strait
Honshu
Kyushu
Omutashu
William W. Potter Knoxville
Tenn
Kukuoka
Tokyo
Shizuoka
Former Polish underground leaders trial witness testimony
Former chairman of the Polish Union of rats testified last night at the trial of 16 Polish underground leaders accused of subversive activities. Mikolajczyk, in Moscow for talks on reorganizing the provisional Polish government in Warsaw, was said to have been kept unaware of the action plan. Charnowski contradicted Okulicki’s claim of no knowledge of subversive activity, saying he learned of such work after conversations with Okulicki. He said the underground program aimed to oppose the Lublin government and the Soviet Union.
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Polish Union of Rats
Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Warsaw
Charnowski
Leopold Bronislaw Okulicki
Polish Home Army
Okulicki
Red Army
Lublin
Soviet Union
SGT Stout Home From Europe After 391 Missions
S/Sgt Adrian P. Stout spends 30 days at home after returning from Europe where he served as tail gunner on a B 24 in the Eighth Air Force. He completed 391 missions with the 93rd Bomb Group and flew 20 missions over occupied Germany. He holds the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, three battle stars, a Presidential Citation and the Good Conduct Ribbon. The Thom asville native was a Lee McRae College senior when he left the army on December 3. After leave he will report to Sioux Falls South Dakota for redeployment.
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Adrian P. Stout
Europe
93Rd
Eighth Air Forces
E.T.O
Germany
Lee-McRae College
Banner Elk
Sioux Falls
W. A. Stout
Thomasville
Rt. 2
Lt James Foscue Completes Army Civilian Payroll Course
Lt James Foscue finished a three week civilian payroll administration course at the Army Finance School Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana under Col Leighton N Smith. He is married to Mrs Sarah Foscue of Parkway High Point and is stationed at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois. Prior to service he was employed as vice president Philip Morris High Point.
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Army Finance School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Leighton N. Smith
Army Service Forces Training Center
Sarah Foscue
Parkway
High Point
Foscue
War Department
Chanute Field
Rantool
Phillipvis, Inc
Army crew recalls surviving heavy Japanese air attacks on supply run
The gun crew on a freighter delivering vital supplies to invasion forces faced over 200 Japanese attacks near Okinawa. Crew member Carter recalls ships damaged or sunk around them while their aircraft and naval units broke up the air assaults. Carter’s parents live at 416 Grayson Street, High Point. 1st Lt. William R. Andrews of High Point, NY, received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in China from November 1944 to May 1945, aiding the Burma Road reopens and the China theater supply network.
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Carter
Eter
J. A. Carter
Grayson Street
High Point
W. R. Andrews
Kunming
China
William R. Andrews
Campbell Street
N. Y
G. X. Cheves
Services of
Tha
Burma
Andrews
Chihkiang
Westmoreland Pvt H P to spend two weeks at Camp Butner
Pvt Hughes P Westmoreland son of Mr and Mrs Will Westmoreland Denton Rt 1 and husband of Mrs Irene Westmoreland 301 South Hamilton St High Point is at Camp Butner for two weeks before a new U S assignment He recently returned after 27 months in the Newfoundland theatre as a cannoneer He holds the good conduct ribbon and the American theatre ribbon He is brother to Pvt Roy in the infantry a Euro theatre returnee and Joe in the South Pacific and Roscoe in the States.
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H. P. Westmoreland
Hughes P. Westmoreland
Will Westmoreland
Denton
Rt. 1
Irene Westmoreland
Hamilton Street
High Point
Camp Butner
United States
Newfoundland
Westmoreland
Pvt
Roy
Joe
South Pacific
Roscoe
States
General Easley Dies in Action on Okinawa
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Easley assistant commander of the 96th division was killed in action on Okinawa Tuesday The 53 year old veteran of the first world war was the second high ranking officer to die there this week Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner commander of the 10th army was killed by shellfire on Monday The 96th division has been fighting in southern Okinawa
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Washington
Claudius M. Easley
96Th Division
Okinawa
War Department
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
Monoe
96Th
Local Servicemen Admitted for Treatment at Moore General
John E Castle of Route 1 High Point is at Moore General Swannanoa for treatment after service since 1943 at Fort Jackson Camp Lee and Camp Forrest. Lawrence Grissom of High Point has 25 months in European theater with a bomber group. four bronze stars and presidential citation. Sgt Grissom was in automotive parts business. wife Mrs Lawrence Grissom of High Point. Seaman A W Carter of High Point NC discharged vital war cargo on an invasion beach aboard a battle scarred merchant ship arrived from Okinawa. Carter is a Navy member.
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John E. Castle
Route 1
High Point
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
Fort Jackson
8. C
Camp Lee
Camp Forrest
Lawrence
Larry) Grissom
Willowbrook
Army Air Forces
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Ie Mra
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Sgt. Grissom
A. W. Carter
Seattle
Wash
Igh Point
N. C
Okinawa
Carter
Coroner Reports Bullet Wound Death in Raleigh Case
Statements from county coroner and another official state death resulted from a bullet wound in the left breast with the wrist and elbow wounds made by the same bullet. Trial set to resume this afternoon after recess as seven defendants are named with a 13 man jury panel selected.
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Lacy Salmon
Dunn
Clarence Norris
Granville County
Beck
Henry Agner
West Green Street
High Point
Herbert Carroll
East Green Street
Samuel Thompson
Trinity
Raymond
Groundhog) Bennett
Triangle Lake
Hugh Gibson
Georgia
W. J. Gregory
Duke Power Company
N. W. Mitchell
K. B. Atkinson
J. P. Owens
Winston- Salem
T. C. Keaton, Jr
H. M. Jones
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Eisenhower Visits West Point For Brief Stop
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to the United States Military Academy at West Point for a short visit. He is greeted with a 17 gun salute and formal honors as he arrives with his son and a fellow cadet from his early training days.
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West Point
N. Y
Dwin D. Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Arrival Draws Crowd in New York
First Lt. John Eisenhower greeted by a large reception after a 50 mile drive to New York City. The event marks 30 years since he left the academy, noting his early career as a personable second lieutenant who might have pursued football if not for a knee injury.
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Johnny Bulla
New York
Atlanta
Chicago
Eddie Walker
Chalky Wright
Jack Bluman
Gus Wilson
Wright
Gus
Walker
Ate
John Eisenhower
New York City
Eisenhower
Academy
North Carolina Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers
Considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures in the east with scattered thundershowers. The west remains partly cloudy and warmer. Tonight and Thursday, expect partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a chance of light showers in spots.
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Bureau Of Mines Ready To Get Program Going
Raleigh June 20 Special With work set to begin next week on the first wing of the U S bureau of mines building at State college and a sponge iron pilot plant near completion the southeast bureau program is underway Regional officers have been named at Raleigh to serve about six states and some lab work has been done in three months A F Fox veteran metallurgist heads the operation with a staff of about six technicians and several semi skilled laborers.
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Raleigh
Begi
U. S. Bureau of Mines
State College
Salisbury
A. F. Fox
Bureau of Mines
Western leaders push for swift three nation meeting in Olympia
Ambitious talks on a united assembly and security league near conclusion in Olympia as Russia demands tighter debate limits. Officials anticipate no delay unless remaining issue stalls today. Franco Spain faces exclusion over axis ties. US backs the declaration with France and Mexico backing it. U.S. farm machinery output in 1944 exceeds earlier years with tractors and forestry equipment contributing to a total over 1.08 billion dollars.
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Olympia
Wash
United An Assembly
Russia
Australia
Security League of the World Organization
Is Commission
Franco
Spain
United States
Generalisimo
Francisco Franco
Mexico
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