Nazis Taught How To Escape From Prison
Canadian prison authorities report Nazi prisoners in British camps study escape methods. Camps number 10 to 25 nationwide with ten foot fences, flood lights, and guards. Tunneling, improvised tools, and even signs in German aid escape attempts. Col. Stethem notes prisoners stay alert and use clever devices, including home-made laws and radios, to plan routes to freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Enterprise Special News Service
Britain
Canada
Hubert Stethem
Dominion of Canada
Col. Stethem
Fogbound submarine mystery tests Stephan and Deborah
In a fog bound night, Deborah confronts Stephan about a suspected submarine sighting and a plan to help him slip away. Their conversation reveals shared danger, hidden loyalties, and a vow to protect each other as Stephan prepares to depart into uncertain peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephan
Deborah
Coast Guard
Wilhelm
Seo
World War II German Prisoners in Canada Camps
Baron Fritz von Werra remains at large after escaping a prison train and evading capture in the United States, later arrested for illegal entry and fleeing to South America. Special capture plans involve guards provincial police and Royal Canadian Mounties amid camps hidden in timbered areas. Canadian officers report young German personnel, with Gestapo activity and disciplined but volatile prisoners. Canteen funds and food from Ritz and Savoy hotels flavor rations. beer allowed if German permits British prisoners wine.
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Baron Fritz von Werra
United States
Boad
South America
Stebhen
Royal Canadian “Mounties
Canada
England
Stethem
Gestapo
Ritz
Savoy
London
Germany
Siethem
Bund
Bees Move in Summer to Sierra For Apiary Expansion
California apiarists ship thick swarms of bees to the high Sierra for the summer months following cattle raisers. The largest meteorite ever dug from the ground weighed about 39 tons and landed at Bacubirito in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
High Sierra
Bacubirito
Mexico
Harrison in Hollywood Harrison in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip column notes Paul Harrison details quirks of writers and stars. It recalls Irvin Cobb peddling movie plots for cash, Robert Hopkins wandering studios to craft scripts, and Nunnally Johnson’s staged desk photo. Merle Oberon’s chauffeur incident is also described.
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Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Mum
Yuine Zo
Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb
Robert Hopkins
Metro
20Th Fox
RAF
Hopkins
Hollywood
Nunnally Johnson
Luoaks
Living Costs Up 1000 Per Cent For Americans In Chungking
George A. Fitch reports in Chungking on wartime life for Americans. Prices for food and daily needs have surged since the war, with wages rising for servants and drastic currency issues. The American embassy and gunboats offer small comforts, while social life remains limited to official hotels, the Press Hostel, and occasional Rotary events as air raids punctuate daily routine.
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Chungking
George A. Fitch
China
West China
U.S
Tutuila
Upper
Yangtze
Falcon
Rangoon
Nelson T. Johnson
Clarence Gauss
Johnson
Washington
Roosevelt
Lauchlin Currie
Currie
J. Lossing Buck
Pearl Buck
Treasury Department
Szechuen
L. K. Taylor
Wm. Hunt Engineering Corporation
Chialing House
Rotary Club
Tokyo
Prison concert by 45 inmates sells out again in Raleigh
The Central Prison auditorium is sold out for a second night of a musical concert and minstrel show by 45 prisoners. Proceeds go to the Raleigh British War Relief Society.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Raleigh British War Relief Society
Noted altercation outside studio with Oberon
Onlookers saw a man confront Miss Oberon near a curb and threaten to intervene as he accused another man of bothering a woman. Oberon hurried back to the car and said she would ride to the studio after the incident.
Legion Winds Up Annual Convention in Durham
North Carolina American Legion closed its annual convention pledging to keep faith with draftees and enlistees. A resolution supported punishment for strikers hindering defense. Officers named include McMillan Ratleigh commander and Walker Durham vice commander with Asheville to host 1942 gathering. Auxiliary reelected Craven president and announced national committee members.
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Durham
North Carolina
Department of the American Legion
America
Legion
Legionnaires
R. L. McMillan
Ratleigh
Hugo Walker
Jesse Mercer
Elizabeth City
John Marshburn
Asheville
Henry Melkhinnin
Lumberton
A. R. Newsome
Chapel Hill
Sidney E. Matthews
Washington, N. C
Walter C. Craven
Charlotte
Charlotte Its President and Named Mrs. Weaver Mann
Newton
A. L. Alcock
Rocky Mount
Wade Hendricks
Statesville
J. H. Shotwell
Governor orders all-out probe into truck burning
Governor Broughton directed every means and all force necessary to stop a truck burning near Stokesdale Guilford County. State highway patrol and state bureau of investigation assigned to the case. Officials of G and M I Transfer Company of Statesville report a trailer worth over 10000 dollars burned after band of about 15 men halted it by shooting a tire and taking the two drivers away.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Stokesdale
Guilford County
State Highway Patrol
State Bureau of Investigation
G. and ML. Transfer Company
Statesville
Five Face Charges of Defrauding Insurance Firm
Five persons were to go on trial in superior court on charges of attempting to defraud an insurance firm of 343 000. Willie Ward was reported drowned in Little River late last May after the money was collected, and he was later found in Georgia, the State charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteville
Willie Ward
Little River Iatet
Ward
Georgia
Glasgow Named Exchange Head At High Point Club
Clayton Glasgow of High Point College was elected president of the High Point Exchange Club succeeding Felix Brockmann. New officers include Cameron D. Deans as first vice president C. L. Austin as second vice president and J. D. Ross as secretary treasurer. Retiring officers are Brownie Wagner and Don Mower Frank Wineskie spoke on Mexico with a color film. The program was led by R. M. Gladstone. The club budgeted 20 for the North Carolina Operatic Music Festival and 5 for space in the National Women’s Swimming Championships program set for Aug 15 16 17 at City Lake. Clayton Glasgow received the regular prize and J. E. Beamon the attendance prize from Solon Williamson. W. F. Bailey attended as a guest. State convention planned for Wilmington this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Glasgow
High Point College
High Point Exchange Club
Felix Brockmann
Cameron D. Deans
C. L. Austin
J. D. Ross
Brownie Wagner
Don Mower
Frank Wineskie
Mexico
R. M. Gladstone
North Carolina Operatic Music Festival
City Lake
J. E. Beamon
Solon Williamson
W. F. Bailey
Wimington
Expel Nazi Consuls Warns Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell argues the US acted wisely in expelling Nazi consuls but urges harsher action against American agents who aided Nazi aims. He notes consuls whipped hate under diplomatic cover and calls for FBI powers to trace sympathizers across states and neutralize sabotage potentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
von Ribbentrop
Hess
America
Hitler
F. B. Lt
Tri State Model Airplane Contest At High Point
In conjunction with the state convention the 42 tri state model airplane contest will be held. Harold Alexander and Lloyd Underwood lead entries sponsored by the local Exchange Club with about ten High Point boys expected to enter the tri state meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Alexander
Lloyd Underwood
Local Exchange Club
High Point
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N. Main St
Harrison
Sam
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Merle Oberon
K.danis
Gore
Mineez
Davis
Ket
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W. A. Davis Milling CO
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Deans
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