Man Admits Cutting Off Fingers To Escape Draft
Edward Scheidt announced the arrest of William Robert Sexton and C G McDowell in Denton for violation of the 1940 Selective Training Act. Sexton admitted to severing his fingers to avoid induction on January 19 1945 after a tire incident and said his brother in law McDowell aided the attempt. They pled guilty before a U S Commissioner and were jailed in Greensboro awaiting federal court in Greensboro. Sexton, 26, a Davidson County native, farmer and truck driver, married with two children. McDowell, 20, Randolph County native, farmer and laborer.
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Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
F.B.L
William Robert Sexton
C. G. McDowell
Denton
Sexton
FBI
Selective Service Local Board No. 2
Thomasville
McDowell
Thomasville Hospital
Army
U. S
Randolph County
Willard Promoted at Camp Croft South Carolina
Pvt. Cornelius H. Willard, son of Mrs Cornelius H Willard of High Point North Carolina, has been promoted to captain. He previously worked for Lindale Ciry Corp and now serves in the Infantry Training Center at Camp Croft.
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Camp Croft
S. C
Cornelius H. Willard
Johnson Pa
Hes
High Point
N. C
Post
Lindale Cpiry Corp
Infantry Training Center
North Carolina Weather: Showers West and Clearing East
Weather brief notes showers in the west tonight with milder temps then clearing and cooler tonight and Wednesday. East portion remains partly cloudy and warm today with showers this evening before clearing.
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North Carolina
War Today update on Rhine operations and bombing
The article describes Remagen bridgehead support for northern amphibious plans across the Rhine and the collapse of a major steel railway bridge. It notes Allied advances west of the Rhine, German forces in retreat with heavy casualties, and mud and flood woes hindering movement. Air power over the Reich intensifies with 7000 Allied planes. The Russians warn Berlin of an imminent battle for the capital as the siege intensifies.
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Remagen
Rhine
Saar
Palatinate
Napoleon
Phillips
Reich
Hitler
Berlin
Red Army
Allied air raids and Philippine invasion report noted
In three days Allied planes dropped more than 7 000 tons of incendiaries on Japan including Nagoya. B 29s hit Nagoya with 2 500 tons. Kyushu Shikoku Kobe and Kure faced heavy assaults. In the Philippines Panay island was invaded by Maj. Gen. Rapps 40th Infantry Division, capturing Iloilo airfield as MacArthur reported few American casualties. The Eighth Army landed at Tigbauan and Cordova advancing toward Iloilo port city.
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Tokyo
Mitscher
Empire
Manila
Philippines
Panay Island
Rapp Brush
Iloilo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Panay
Eighth Army
Tigbauan
Cordova
Oton
Wonderful relief from bladder irritations claims
An old advertisement touts DR KILMER S SWAMP ROOT as a fast kidney remedy for backache and bladder irritation. It promotes a 16 herb formula, claims non habit forming benefits, and offers a prepaid sample by mail from Kilmer & Co. in Stamford Connecticut.
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Kilmer
Department EF
Kilmer & Con., Inc
Stamford
Conn
W C Harmon Sr Dies at 77 in Thomasville
Funeral rites for W C Harmon Sr 77 are set for 5 pm at J C Green & Sons funeral home Thomasville after his death Monday night at his daughter's home 206 Kennedy street He is survived by three daughters Mrs Banks Mrs J W Winkle Greensboro Rt 1 and Mrs Lucy Watkins Greensboro Rt 3 two sons W C Harmon Hamlet and L W Harmon Washington DC eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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W. C. Harmon
J. T. Banks
Kennedy Street
J. C. Green & Sons
Thomasville
Floral Garden
Banks
J. W. Winkle
Greensboro
Lucy Watkins
Hamlet
W. Harmon
Washington, D. C
Plot to Kill Hitler Fails in 1944 Assassination Attempt
The account details Claus von Stauffenberg's bomb plot in July 1944 as he tried to kill Hitler at a Berlin war office. The device failed due to placement and a wooden shed setting, triggering a collapse of the conspiracy. Several officers including Beck Olbricht and Goebbels exposure hastened the regime’s response.
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United States
America
Hitler
von Stauffenberg
Wilhelm Keitel
Stauffenberg
Berlin
von Strauffenberg
Beck
Erwin von Witzleben
Ernhe Hopelner
War Office
Friedrich Olbricht
Move To Curb Farm Payments Faces Veto
Washington March 20 an administration effort to curb farm program payments drew a veto from the appropriations committee as it approved an 833,801,932 dollar Agriculture Department supply bill. The plan would cut payments to farmers for land conservation and utilization practices and as incentives for production. The committee boosted the budget bureau's recommendation to 290,000,000 for farm benefit payments for 1945, totaling 300,000,000.
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Washington
Case Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
War Food Administration
Panama Canal Headquarters Warns of Possible Enemy Attacks
Still Danger Headquarter warns that during ongoing war the Panama Canal may face possible enemy attacks. The dispatch notes wartime risk and vigilance in the canal zone as forces remain deployed and alert levels stay high.
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Panama Canal Department
INS
Panama Ca
Self Mastery and Moral Tone in W A Bivins Comment
A reflective column urges personal self control over indulgence and urges readers to cut daily habits. It cites a Down East merchant and a city reader who battles headaches from overuse. The piece frames self discipline as key to health and productivity.
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Solomon
High Point
Tal
Reader
Air Crewman Copley Flies 35 Missions Over Italy
Staff Sgt. Ray V. Copley 21, of High Point North Carolina, completed 35 missions as a waist gunner on a B 24 Liberator with the 15th AAF in Italy. He joined USAAF in 1942 after working at Melrose Hosiery Mill and earning gunner wings in 1943. The unit has notched over 225 combat missions supporting Fifth Army in North Italy and Russian advances into Germany. Brig Gen Hardaway urged Panama Coast Artillery troops to stay mentally and physically alert.
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Ray Copley
AAF
Italy
Ray V. Copley
Walter Copley
English St
High Point
N. C
High Point High School
Copley
Melrose Hosiery Mill
USAAF
Army
School For Aircraft Mechanics
Seymour Johnson Field
Fort Myers
Fla
Europe
Fifth Army
Germany
Board Five Reclassifications Noted Across Roster Changes
The roster shift lists numerous reassignments including Lathan B. Smith from 1C to 1C Disc and Ernest B. Dennis from 4F to 4A. Other players move between 2A 1A 4A and 1C Ind. with several to 1C Ind. and 2B(F) designations.
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Lathan B. Smith
Ernest B. Dennis
Andrew S. Boyd
Benjamin D. Welborn
Joseph J. Cox
Thelbert N. Maultsby
William C. Jones
Prince A. Sedberry
Henry A. Meachan
Carl L. Stiles
Charlie A. Macon
Charles T. Cochrane
Arthur C. Rowe
Howard W. Hedrick
John S. Campbell
William D. Armstrong
Jesse Cassell
Willy B. Lay
Charles Grant
William D. Lee
Paul W. Jones
Henry Williams, Jr
Oe Ie
Thomas F. ‘Hilliard
Robert H. Torrence
Gilbert A. Gray
Jackie B. Foxworth
OPA Hopes New Rules Cut Prices for Shoppers
The OPA announced rules to slash prices on clothing textiles furniture and home goods. It freezes markups on sales yesterday and requires larger retailers to chart margins over net invoice cost. Smaller shops may keep old pricing.
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Washington
OPA
Cew
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Saar valley sealed as German forces collapse on western front
Reports say the Saar valley area is sealed off with no official notice while the Third and Seventh Armies push toward the Saarland and Rhine. Prisoners flow steadily as German reserves rush to the Frankfurt region near the Third Army line. Unverified HQ notes claim a western junction near Saar Brücken may seal the last major war production belt short of the Ruhr. Ruhr factories around Essen have been hit as shells reach eastward.
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Saar Valley
Bavarian Palatinate
Rhine
Saarland
Lower Rhine
Duesseldorf
Frankfurt
Third Army
Supreme Headquarters
Saar-Bruecken
Germany
Ruhr
Essen
Mandalay Reported In British Hands During Drive
British 36th division troops hold key area 65 miles northeast of Mandalay and west of Lashio as Allied forces push north of the Mandalay Lashio road. Fort Dufferin in central Mandalay reportedly captured in Reuters dispatch. BBC NBC reports confirm Mandalay in British hands pending confirmation.
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Calcutta
36Th Division
Mandalay
Lashio
Mandalay - Lashio
Reuters
Fort Dufferin
BBC
New York
NBC
Goa
CROSSWORD FEUDALS AT EUGENE SHEFFER PUZZLE LIST
A partial crossword from Eugene Sheffer lists clues for across and down entries. Entries range from mass to mass and from ocean to exits, with many common terms and proper nouns across geography, science, and everyday language.
North Carolina Captain Leads Liblar Town as Mayor in Crisis
Capt. C. P. Echerd of Greensboro, North Carolina, installed as mayor of Liblar, German town, handles daily civic crises during curfew. He negotiates with a New York interpreter and village priest, relocates German families, arranges medical care, and disciplines a Gestapo-assaulted Pole case while striving to restore order and return home.
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Hal Boyle Liblar
Germany
C. P. Echerd
Greensboro
N. C
Milit
Liblar
Ebherd
North Carolina
W. Hirsch
New York City
Echerd
Gestapo
Beaver on Albany Apartment Steps Stirs Police
Albany police logged a quirky case as a beaver lingered on the doorstep of an apartment house. Chief Harry A Stellmacher, a former state game warden, said the animal appeared to seek shelter after being shunned by a beaver colony.
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EAGER
Albany
Ore
Harry A. Stellmacher
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