Courage Amid War Frontline Tales From North Africa
London reporter recalls a night march and frontline rescue in Tunisia. A medic from Bethlehem, Pa., and a twenty-year-old French motorcyclist deliver urgent messages under fire while Axis prisoners debate the war’s course and German resolve.
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London
Africa
Britain
No. H
Tunisia
John de Mainow
Bethlehem
de Mainon
Harry Rainey
Scranton
Death of Dr. F B Watkins shocks North Carolina officials
Obituary note on Dr. F B Watkins, longtime superintendent at Morganton State Hospital, with Governor Broughton sending condolences. The piece also surveys potential candidates for the 1945 speaker role, listing Al Reynolds, Burgin, Stone, Richardson, Stoney, Uzzell, and others, and includes statistics on native-born Tar Heels and religious affiliations of NC lawmakers.
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F. B. Watkins
State Hospital
Morganton
Broughton
Raleigh
House of Representatives
al Reynolds
Asheville
Monroe Redden
Democratic Party
Tar Heels
Senate
House
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Reginald Harris
Alabama
Maryland
New York
West Virginia
Bakery slicing ban draws protests from women
R. L. Mafziger of Interstate Bakeries comments that the bread slicing ban requires more manpower and time to answer protesting women’s phone calls. He notes some bakers cut too deeply when allowed to trim guidelines.
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Kansas City
R. L. Mafziger
Interstate Bakeries Corporation
Ans
March 9 1983 local news highlights and notices
A mix of community items including an operetta at the junior high Friday evening, new registrants at the exchange, andRotarian meet ing guests. Visiting George B Graff urged attendance at the Rotary International convention in Boston in June. Personal notes report travels and visits, including Mrs Floyd Young joining her husband in Pittsburgh. General items note banking legislation, a New York mayoral suit, Zangara guilty verdicts, and a Providence fire. Isadora Duncan comments on the U S citizenship status following marriage to Serge Essenene.
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Community Exchange
George B. Graff
Boston
Rotary International
E. E Sensenbach
Herbert Lewis
Joe Connor
Washington
Floyd Young
F. P. Conrad
Tate Street
Pittsburgh
Floyd (Whitey) Young
Pittsburgh Pirates
James Robinon, Jr
Guilford General Hospital
Congress
Federal Reserve
James J. Walker
New York City
Guiseppe Zangara
Cermak
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami
Providence
R. 1
Isadora Duncan
United States
Department of Labor
Serge Essenene
Local Cloverdale School Building Planned Soon
Twenty years ago on March 9 1978 a local school building was announced to be erected at Cloverdale. Judge Royal remarks on the defendants and related proceedings in the same update.
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Cloverdale
Hit-and-run driver shown gallant in assisting victim
Police seek a motorist who struck Miss Gail Trout 21, then stopped to cover her with his coat before leaving the scene. The incident is described in a report noting a gallant act amid the hit-and-run. The text also references Halley’s comet and its historical prediction.
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Kansas City, Kas
Gail Trout
Portland cemeteries seek wage freeze lift amid staffing shortages
Portland cemeteries ask the war labor board to lift the wage freeze citing worker shortages including caretakers and grave diggers. In February North Atlantic survivors have landed at New York.
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Portland
Ore
War Labor Board
North Atlantic
New York
A Little Learning KC Fireman Mapsa Slide Injury
Student fireman John W Maple 17 slipped starting his pole ride and injured his right knee requiring hospital care. The report notes a misstep during training and a minor accident.
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Kansas City
John W. Maple
Microscopes See Magnification Jump From 3000 to 200000 Times
Recent discoveries have increased microscope magnification from 3000 to more than 200000 times, enabling finer examination of cellular detail and microscopic structures.
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North Africa
Russia
Rommel
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Morganton Hospital
Watkins
Burgin
Lawrence Lee Burgin
Henderson County
Reynolds
Uzzell
George Uzzell
Rowan
General Assembly
North Carolina Manual
Ripley
Holland
MR. Five
Brusiloff
Clay Womack
High Point
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Young Men's Christian Association
Ruby Holliday
J. E. Kirkman
W. H McCain
D. L. Bouldin
Fay Cunningham
Charles Teague
Greensboro
Gena Gallimore
Ethel Gallimore
Lexington
Halley
Navy
Tory
Johnny’s
Philip Morris
Iit Ee
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