Allies Inject New Strength In Pacific War Effort
Allied forces push new strength into Pacific operations as MacArthur’s troops secure airstrips on Bougainville and advance along New Britain New Guinea and nearby islands. U S Marines seize airstrips, bomb gun positions, and repel Japanese shelling while Seabees prepare to convert captured sites for Allied use.
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Est Pacific
Mar
Bismarck Archipelago
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
New Bri
Talsea
Rabaul
New Britain
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Tom Lam
Spokane
Wash
Piltow
Em- Augusta Bay
U. Ss
Boule
Momote
Negros
Admir Islands
Saidor
Madang
New Guinea
U.S. Builds Large Armament Stockpile in India for China Aid
A wartime report to Congress shows the United States has a vast stockpile of weapons in India awaiting transfer to China. The holdings include artillery, tanks, and ammunition valued at about $191.7 million, with air movement of supplies increasing and most lend-lease funds routed through the United Kingdom and Russia.
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Washington
United States
India
China
Congress
Leo T. Crowley
Inne Australia
Chungking
Crowley
United Kingdom
Russia
Deverse Lendlease
British Commonwealth
Fragmented Criminal Docket Includes Assaults Larcenies and Bigamy
A scanned docket lists numerous defendants facing charges from vagrancy and reckless driving to larceny and breaking and entering. Names include James Hiatt Logan Ford Hobbs Buck Sellers and others with offenses ranging from bigamy to violation of prohibition. A separate note reports new artificial eyes being fed to the army dental division in London described as bouncing eyes due to lifelike design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobe Blair
Floyd
John Henry
Delmar Carter
Jack Whitworth
Lee McDaniel
James Hiatt
George Speers
Logan
Eve Copeland
Charlies McArthur
Joseph Fambrough
J. T. Ford
Hobbs
Reeny
Lacy
Lanier
H IS Jones
Charlie Thompassault
Ll Johnson
Sam Clauderson
James Y
Buster Dodson
William Pitts
James Carroll
Mar- Cable
Mae Brooks
Gary McDonald
Dave McIntyre
Albertard
Lula Turner
Paul Cock
James
Buck Sellers
Ford Bean
Vance Davis
Alton Jordan
Jesse Houser
Hill, Jr
Rawley Motley
Scifn
William Uble
Robert Marshall
D. J
Goodman
Bondsman
Woods
T James
Elma Hisurettes
Marion Weaver
London
Sweden Defines Freedom of Press in Constitution
A fragment notes Sweden enshrines freedom of the press in its constitution. It references the law of freedom of press as part of constitutional protections, signaling an emphasis on media rights and government transparency.
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Sweden
Constitu
Bennett College Choir To Sing Here At St Mark Church
The Bennett College choir will give a recital at St Mark Methodist Church on Monday March 20 at 8 15 p m The program is presented by St church and the public is urged to attend a musical treat A Worthy Effort Also notes a push by the Business Men's Civic Club to establish a YMCA for Negroes in the area and other community notices including scouts and club meetings.
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Theodore Walker
Business Men's Civic Club
U.mlc.a
Y.M.C.A
Bennett College
St. Mark Methodist Church
St Church
Wm. Penn Pta
William Penn
Eden
Cortez
Lafayette
Jefferson
Livingston
H. J. Heinz Co
PTA
Leonard Street School
Charles Green
Wm. Penn High School
Bass Sisters
Max Westerbands
Dorothy Williams
Joan Young
Ru Campbell
Doris Phipher
Troop 13
EF. P. Wilson
W. B
G. Lynch
United Club
First Baptist Church
Mary Bright
Martha Bennett
C. E. Yokely
W. F. Elliott
James Lynch
King's Mountain
U. S. Employment Service
Roberta McDowell
Arbordale Drive
Emma Foushee
Hobson St
Marie Leach
Patrician Club
Preston Rhinehardt
E. Washington State P.m
Daughters OF Dorcas
Daughters of Dorcas Club
Sylvia Alford
Hoover Street
Lelia Thompson
George Lemons
Mary Anderson
First Baptist
St. Mathews C.M.E
Daisy Robinson
Marvin Clark
U. S. Army Engineers
Army
Aleutians
M. L. Baldwin
Nals Perso William Johnson
Downing Street
Lucille Johnson
John Davis
Funeral rites for Robert Lee Steelman
Funeral services for Robert Lee Steelman aged 42 who died at his Oakwood Court home Wednesday night were held at Sechrest Funeral Home yesterday at 4 PM with Rev. Cecil Haworth of Central Friends Church officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery with bearers Charles Wiley Norman Davis F Haney T W Webster and Hubert Kirkman.
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Robert Lee Steelman
Oakwood Court
Sechrest Funeral Home
Cecil Ha-Worth
Central Friends Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Charles Wiley
Buddy —. Norman Davis
F. Haney
T. W. Webster
Hubert Kirkman
Marcellus Elliott
Laway
High Point
Hoovers’ Grove Wesleyan
Rev. Harvey
B. H. Phaup
W. M. Phaup
J. W. Phillips
S. H. Smith
L. R. Price
Thomasville
Jesse Oscar Hunt
National Highway
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Randolph County
W. L. Cockman
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Dolan Hunt
Odell Hunt
Paul Gray
Jesse Gray
Paul Hancock
Homer Everhart
Battered Body Of Man Found In Trunk Of Car
Chicago police found the battered body of James Vincenzo D Angeli 42 missing since February 24 trussed with rope headfirst in the rear trunk of a small sedan on La Salle Street. Coroner said three head wounds skull fracture and bruising. death 10 to 12 days earlier. An anonymous tip led to the discovery.
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Chicago
James Vincenzo D'Angelo
la Salle
Bryan Phelan
D'Angelo
Illinois
Albert J. Prignano
Richard Murphy
Murphy
John O'Malley
Davis Family and Lydia Mitchell Acknowledge Flowers
A brief note from Mrs. Lydia Mitchell of High Point and the Davis Family of Asheboro, North Carolina, thanks recipients for the cards and flowers and is dated March 4, 1944 near Asheboro.
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Asheboro
Lydia Mitchell
High Point
N. C
Davis
Devotion and Bereavement Reflections in Greensboro
A Greensboro home reunion scene after a death explores deep devotion and its limits, with mourners recalling a husband’s daily goodbyes. A friend cautions that devotion should not imprison life, contrasting devotion with memories of a beloved dog and funeral rituals. The piece threads through poems and sermons on mortality and humor.
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Greensboro
Draft board leaders mark second anniversary
Secretary Joe Snider and first assistant Miss Jeannette Keene celebrate two years at the local draft board five. They were hired as fill-ins on March 11, 194%, and have remained in their posts, with probabilities they will stay for the duration.
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Draft Board Five
Joe Snider
Jeannette Keene
Snider
Community chapter seeks donations at College Street office
A local division plans a personal visit to High Point and asks for any size subscriptions. The chapter’s office at 104 College Street is clearly marked for donations and outreach efforts.
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High Point Roshdyamn
College Street
For Good Cause Charlotte Child Donates Bus Fare
A Charlotte mother sends her daughter on a bus to a movie with exact fare for round trip and a ticket. After the show a call comes that a Red Cross collection was taken and the child donated seven cents, prompting the mother to retrieve her.
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Charlotte
Mareh
the Mosses
Red Cross
Secret Victory Garden Tools of 1943
Victory Gardeners used hotbeds cold frames and other simple devices to start vegetables early. Descriptions include hotbeds with horse manure heat and glass frames and cold frames relying on sun heat. Ingenious setups in Chicago offices garages and homes helped crops survive frosty periods and stay productive.
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War Laboratories
Victory
Chicago
Con
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MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
Left
New York
al Smith
Center
James A
Jim” Farley
Albany
N. Y
Ce.y
S. V. Barnhill
E. High St
E. Davis
Frank Hall
J. W. Ballinger
J. W. Townes
D. L. Flowe
Melvin Black
Andrew Corbitt
Theodore Walka
Herman Smith
Martha
Mrs. Smith
Gertrude Saubter
Mesdames Sylvia Craven
Annie Tur
Ine
Gray
C. N. Park Kirkpatrick
Carrie Seniths
Clara Belle McLean
P. Mack
Muriel Byrd
Carroll Smith
Sadie
Mildred Smith
James McLean
Beauticians
Beauticians Club
Connie Tyson
Washington St
Gussie Beathen
Hattie Leach
Mise
Ruth Harriss
James Donald Ballard
Ballard
Annie James
Jessie Powell
Joyce
Paul
Patricia Payne
Margaret
Ralph Williamson
Betty Jean Scott
Pauline
Paul Conrad
Walter Thomas
Shelly Pike
Samuel Blankenship
Charles
Frankie Turner
James Jett
Benjamin Bennett
Victor Watts
Herbert Tyson
Charlies Faves
Barbara Jo Ballard
Carrie B. Pickard
Furlough Street
Mesdames Branmell
Ton A Toomer
G Pickard
Messrs
Esdames T. Caldwell
J. von H. M. Kirkpatrick
J. Lotton
Mesdames
J. Pi I ‘Brown
Mi McDaniel
K. Moser
C. Johnson
L. Simpson
L. O Tree
Me Evans
G. Harriss
A. Sanders
P. Mattthews
L. Boyd
C. Young
Robert Young
Rockingham
D.toomer
Miss Toomer
Ees
Ade Butler
A J. Simpson
Rock Hill
Hattie M. Hall
W.S.C.S
E. McCallum
P. Pike
Eva Williams
S. Hoover
B. Bynum
M. Glover
L. Brown
S. Palmer
S. Turner
St. Patrick
W. A. Bivins
Irving
Cobb
Thomas Moore
John Heyood
Dan
Stanley Gene Hilliard
Red Bank
Tennessee
Bob Bolton
Stanley Gene
Bolton
Cord
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