Invasion timing views by Manning at Exchange course
Paul Manning, veteran observer, spoke at High Point about invasion timing and Allied strength. He warned no quick invasion, citing air and naval factors, and suggested spring and summer would see intensified operations as Germany mobilizes. He noted lessons from Sicily and Africa and commended Red Cross book distributions to servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Manning
Europe
Middle East
Exchange
Manning
England
Anzio
French
Italy
Germany
Ana Gaile
America
Africa
Rogers
Red Cross Contributors to Receive Pin and Flag
Scraps of metal made into small Red Cross flags will be distributed to all contributors in the Red Cross campaign in High Point. The campaign seeks a $59,000 war fund replacing the usual membership drive. Horace S. Haworth, chair, notes calendar cards and flags as incentives, with division leaders pushing rapid organization and final plans. Mrs. Haworth and Mrs. K express optimism that colonels and workers will meet the goal, hoping every citizen wears a Cross flag in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Horace S. Haworth
War Fund
High Point
Safrit Brother of Local Residents Dies in Veterans Hospital
H. M. Safrit died Wednesday March 1 in the Veterans Hospital Fayetteville. He was brother to John J. Hinshaw Mrs. A. C. Cruse and Miss Della Safrit, all of the city. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 PM at Voglers Funeral Chapel Winston-Salem. Interment will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Safrit
Veterans Hospital
Fayetteville
John J. Hinshaw
A. C. Cruse
Della Safrit
Winston-Salem
Een Lawn
Salisbury
Draft board lists twenty four 18 year olds registered in February
The board reports twenty four youths aged eighteen registered for military service during February. Nineteen are white and five are Negro. Names, addresses, and racial designation are provided for each individual as part of the registration record.
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Draft Board
Inel
William Curtis Greer
West Russell Street
William Ra
Highland Station
Calvin Coohoine Dunlap
Highland Street
Johnnie Benjamin Edwards
Box 302
Sherman
Howard Cochran
Prospect Street
Aubrey Marcus Snyder
Grady James Venable
E. Clara iCox Apt
Herbert Ligon White
Claude Vernon Medlin
Kearns Street
Durwood G Ward
White Oak
Ralph Waldo Spencer
Franklin
Billie Astor Dowdy
Clara Cox
Charles Dempsey Berkshire
James Mearle Jenkins, Jr
James Lewis Jones
Vail
Angum Avenue
Fred Loflin
Flint Street
Roba Lamon Boyles, Jr
Raymond Lee Davis
Arthur Hicks
Herser Edmon Blair
Gordy Street
William Edward Johnson
Walnut Street
Bennie Lee McLean
East
Washington Street
Joe Henry Banks
Price Street
Greek Relief Substantially Bolstered By Red Cross
Greek War Relief head P Skouras praises the Red Cross for boosting aid to Greece with 75 000 child outfits and over 1 300 000 dollars in value. He cites ships medical supplies and epidemics containment as proof of ongoing humanitarian support. He urges participation in the March 2000 war relief drive and pledges gratitude for Red Cross aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greek War Relief Association
Red Cross
Greece
P. Skouras
The
War Relief Association
American Red Cross
Wave Recruiter Speaks at Rotary Club Luncheon
Ensign Rama Blackwood of the WAVEs addressed the Rotary Club at the Sheraton hotel urging more WAVES recruits as the U S Navy aims to raise personnel to 91 000 by year end 1944. She described boat training as strenuous but beneficial and noted a voyage program on a WAVE life following the talk. A sizable turnout of Navy wives attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rama Blackwood
The
Waves
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
U. S. Navy
Ensign Blackwood
Noah Aive
Soun
Negro Driver Charged With Manslaughter
Thomas Clark a 38 year old Negro of Greensboro was arrested yesterday on a manslaughter charge after his truck struck five year old Jolly Hardin dragging him eight feet before stopping The child born in Rossville Ga July 12 1938 was a son of Robert and Amy Gaston Hardin The father serves with the armed forces in North Africa The body will go to Chattanooga Tenn for burial at Wildwood Cemetery Dalton Ga with services there
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Thomas Clark
Greensboro
On & J
Jolly Hardin
Rossville
Robert
Amy Gaston Hardin
North Africa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wildwood
Dalton
Sugar Stamp 30 Extension of Validity Announced
The sugar stamp number 30 in war ration book four will not expire March 31 but remain valid indefinitely. Stamp 31 will become valid April 31 and also be good indefinitely. The rationing board cited avoiding unnecessary cashing in of stamps by customers who do not need sugar but buy to use the stamp.
Brain infection cured by penicillin reported in study
CHICAGO March 2 An army physician Capt Albert L Evans reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association that penicillin saved three lives from usually fatal brain infections meningitis caused by staphylococci and pneumococci He notes survivals have increased with sulfonamides but penicillin offers greater hope for treating these maladies Also two Detroit doctors report curing an amebic liver abscess secondarily infected with penicillin
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Albert L. Evans
Capt. Evans
Detroit
Paul H. Noth
J Winslow Hirshfeld
Chief Friddle to Face Hearing on Misconduct Reports
City manager Braden announced a formal hearing for Chief Friddle over misconduct reports submitted by six men. Friddle denies the charges and says he will present his side after all accusers and witnesses attend. a Civil Service appeal option exists after the decision. Braden aims to resolve the matter promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Friddle
Braden
Guilty Verdict Returned Against Grubb
A municipal court case finds Junior Grubb guilty of driving drunk and driving without a license. He faces six months suspended sentence if he does not operate a car for 12 months and pays $30 court costs, later increased to $50. Grubb, 22, from 501 Grimes Street, was also fined for related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Grubb
Condit
Gem
Grubb
Grimes Street
J. Kiser
Randolph Street
Jeanne
J. M. White
Bencini Street
Man Cook Joins Amphibious Forces LST Crew
Gurney A. Cook now serves as a regular member of the Amphibious Forces of the United States navy and has been assigned to the crew of an LST for active duty. His wife makes her home at 1518 Johnson Street.
shoe rationing to continue at two pairs per year
The Office of Price Administration announced continued shoe rationing at two pairs per year. A new shoe stamp becomes valid May 1 and stamp number 18 in Ration Book 1 will expire April 30.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Home Run to Hell at Cape Gloucester
Marine correspondent reports Allied lines under attack at Cape Gloucester with Japanese troops shouting a mock battle cry. The charge was ruled an error and thirty laps were struck out in the field exercise. Red Cross: give more during 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Marine Corps
Babe Ruth
Mathews Graduates From Army Language Training at Indiana University
George W. Mathews joined 111 graduates in completing an Army Special Language Training Program at Indiana University. He studied Turkish language and area studies and is the son of Harvey W. Mathews of 502 Sunset Drive. Wade L. Helms, a seamon 2/c, finishes amphibious training at Camp Bradford and is assigned to an LST crew for active duty. his wife lives locally.
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Mathews
George W. Mathews
Indiana University
Harvey W. Mathews
Sunset Drive
Helms
Wade L. Helms
Thomasville Chair Workers Reject AFL Unions
Thomasville chair plant employees voted to reject both unions in a bargaining agent election conducted at plant B. The ballots showed that neither Furniture Workers Local 2992 AFL nor Upholsterers International Union Local 308 AFL were desired, fulfilling a National Labor Relations Board order.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Furniture Workers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Union
A.F.L
National Labor Relations Board
Two New Zealand natives meet in Idaho legislature seat swap
Representatives George Brunt and Arthur Porter shared boyhood memories as they drew adjacent seats at a special session in Boise. Both are from Christ Church New Zealand and live in neighboring counties as the Red Cross appeals for more in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
George Brunt
Arthur Porter
Christchurch
New Zealand
Sgt Schwartz Receives Waterproof Watch at Bnai Brith Honor Banquet
Sgt Milton M Schwartz, back from Italy, was honored at a synagogue banquet by Bnai Brith lodge with a waterproof watch. About 125 friends attended as Ben Leaven acted as toastmaster and leaders from Greensboro Winston-Salem spoke. Schwartzberg presented the watch and Schwartz shared limited wartime experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt. Schwartz
B’nai Brith Lodge
Milton M. Schwartz
Italy
B'nai Brith Lodge
Ben L. —— Eaven
Sidney S. Stern
Greensboro
Phil Robin
Pare & the Winston-Salem ‘Nai Brith Lodge
Ben Schwartzberg
H Point
Schwartz
Africa
Bowman Gray faculty reshaped as Harrison resigns
Winston Salem reports the Bowman Gray School of Medicine reorganizes staff after Dr. Tinsley R. Harrison resigns to become dean at Southwestern Medical Foundation. Dr. George T. Harrell Jr. is named director of medicine, Dr. Frederick R. Taylor becomes professor of medical literature, and Dr. J. C. Pass Fearington is named associate professor in clinical medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
C. C. Carpenter
Tinsley R. Harrison
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
College
George T. Harrell, Jr
Harrison
Medical School of Southwestern Medical Foundation
Dallas
Texas
Frederick R. Taylor
Miss Edwards Completes SPARs Training in Palm Beach
Miss Helen Edwards, third class ship's cook in the SPARs, has arrived to spend a year’s furlough with her parents on West Lexington Avenue. She has completed basic training and graduated from the SPAR training school at Palm Beach, Florida, and will report to Miami for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Edwards
Spars
United States Coast Guard
W. C. Edwards
Lexington Avenue
Miss Edwards
SPAR
Palm Beach
Fla
Miami
Consideration of Curb Market Again at Forefront
The agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce will again consider establishing a curb market in High Point. Mary Frank Sizemore says several matters will be reviewed and that the curb market project will receive ample consideration as renewed interest in gardening grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Committee
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Mary Frank Sizemore
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