White House Correspondents Dinner Puts Roosevelt in Laughs
Washington March 23 The 22nd annual White House Correspondents Association dinner featured President Roosevelt and a host of celebrities including Danny Kaye Jimmy Durante Bob Trout and Fanny Brice. The event mixed jokes at the President with musical performances and a memorial award for Raymond Brandt of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The crowd enjoyed a light meal and late-night entertainment ending with the President canceling his Friday news conference.
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White House
Lincoln
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Capital
Raymond P. Brandt
Washington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Raymond Clapper
Scripps-Howard
Danny Thomas
Mr. Roosevelt
Fifth Army
Italy
Thomas
James F. Byrnes
Hanley Stafford
Fenny Brice
Fanny
Yalta
Guy Ng
Durante
General Marshall
Guilford County Board of Equalization and Review Session
Guilford County Board of Commissioners will hold its final 1945 session in the County Courthouse Greensboro at 10:00 AM on April 3. The taxation committee will report after investigating filed complaints. Aggrieved property owners may file in writing with Tax Supervisor T R Short for investigation.
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Guilford
T. R. Short
Tax Superivisor
Greensboro
County Ae
H Point
Odell Brown Leads Troop 14 At Welch Memorial Church
Odell Brown Scoutmaster of Troop 14 sponsored by Welch Memorial Methodist Church has directed the troop since its 1941 reorganization. At Welch Memorial he had previously led the troop before leaving for work reasons. An assistant scoutmaster joined in 1941 and John Boggs rose from Tenderfoot to Eagle in three years. About 100 boys have participated during four years of registration. Brown actively serves the church and has guided Troop 14 at council camps and camporees, earning high marks. He has attended basic troop camping first aid two weeks camp and scout training courses to widen his scouting knowledge.
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Odell Brown
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Welch Memorial
Mr. Brown
John Boggs
Tenderfoot
Brown
Upholstery Firm Sued For 10000 In Municipal Court
R A Peace sues in Municipal Court for his son Richard Peace claiming injuries from a June 30 1943 bicycle crash caused by a Burton Upholstery Co truck. Complaint cites reckless driving and seeks 10000. Clarence Jordan files for divorce from Hattie Dewella Jordan after two years separation.
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R. A. Peace
Richard Peace
R. Allen Burton
Ame Cagle Burton
Burton
Peace
Clarence Jordan
Hattie Dewella Jordan
Yanks Move In Luzon and Mindanao Fronts in Pacific Push
Allied forces pressed through the Philippines and Solomon Islands as Maj. Gen. Percy W. Clarkson’s 33rd division neared Baguio on Luzon and Brig. Gen. Hanford MacInder’s 158th regiment entered Cuenca area. Australian units made a long Overwater Advance on Bougainville near Soraken Peninsula.
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China
Luzon
Percy W. Clarkson
Baguio
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Naguiban
Hanford Macinder
Cuenca
Lake Taal
Bougainville
Solomons
Soraken Peninsula
Matchin Bay
High Point Man Robbed in New York
William A. Wrenn of High Point North Carolina reported an armed robbery in New York on March 23. two men threatened him with a knife while one stole a gun a watch and other belongings from the parked car where he sat with Patrolman Patrick Brady of Hudson County New Jersey. The gun belonged to Brady and the pair fled.
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New York
William A. Wrenn
Park Street
High Point
N. C
Patrick Brady
Hudson County
N. J
Brady
North Bergen
Hidden Nazi factory uncovered in hillside cave
Allied troops discovered a multiethnic slave labor site deep in a hillside cave. About 260 German workers, 200+ Russians, 160 Italians, 50 Poles, 15 French and 30 Dutch were found. the facility housed finished spindles, 50 to 60 tons of steel, lathes, planers, and an electric generator. The workers waited at a camouflaged barrack for processing.
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Ero
Renas
Silesia
Ee Se Leon
Thentrance
Quertenles Tembly
Senator Hoey to Speak in Shelby at Chamber Dinner
Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina will address Shelby residents at the annual Shelby Chamber of Commerce dinner on March 30. He plans to stay in Shelby for Easter with his daughter, Mrs. Dan Paul. Peter Durant secured an English patent for preserving food in pots and metal containers.
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Washington
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Congress
Pers
Shelby Chamber of Commerce
Dan Paul
Peter Durant
State Highway Division Sets Eighty Million Budget
Raleigh reports the State Highway Division approved a biennial budget of eighty million dollars with ten thousand more than requested, earmarked for county road improvements. The meeting covered farm profits at Caledonia and transitioning some jobs to private contracts to speed work amid postwar material shortages. Chief Engineer Vance Baise warned highway work may remain trimmed after war funding ends until equipment and personnel recover.
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Raleigh
Charles Ross
Department
Ross
Caledonia
Vance Baise
Efort
Baise
Night of Allied Air Assault Over Germany Intensifies
RAF Mosquitos bomb Berlin for the 31st consecutive night while 8,000 Allied planes strike Germany from dawn to dusk. Bombing targets include the Ruhr and Nazi bases as smoke and flare illumination hinder ground targeting amid heavy sustained raids.
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Reich
Italy
Berlin
Rhine
Bat
Germany
Ruhr
E Air Force
The
Uhr
J Holmes Davis Named to War Labor Board
The White House announced the appointment of J Holmes Davis chairman of Spofford Mills Inc as an industry member of the War Labor Board. Two alternates were appointed Vincent P Ahern secretary of the National Sand and Gravel Association and Clarence O Skinner a maker of auto and airplane parts. Davis is from Wilmington North Carolina Mead is from Dayton Ohio.
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Washington
White House
J. Holmes Davis
Spofford Mills, Inc
War Labor Board
Vincent P. Ahern
National Sand and Gravel Association
Clarence O. Skinner
Davis
George H. Mead
Wilmington
N. C
Mead
Dayton
Ohio
Ahern and
Skinner
Bank of Hickory seeks conversion to commercial bank
The Bank of Hickory has filed with the State Banking Commission to convert from an industrial bank to a commercial bank. A public hearing is set for April 3 in Hickory, with a required report to the commission in Raleigh on April 18. The applicant and others may be heard at the latter date.
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Raleigh
Bank of
Hickory
State Banking Commission
Gurney P. Hood
Death of Lt Reynolds at Fort Meade
Capt Samuel Hanshaw said Lt Reynolds aged 30 from Asheville North Carolina was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound in a camp restroom at Fort Meade Maryland. Investigators found no motive and completed the inquiry.
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Fort George G. Meade
Samuel Hanshaw
Fort Aa
Reynolds
Asheville
N.S
Hanshaw
Allied Forces Brace Across Lower Rhine Ahead of Major Crossing
Allied armies dig in along the lower Rhine east of the bend with air attacks and bombardment. Berlin says German defenses, air recon fails but claims Patton massed tanks for a crossing. Monty’s offensive plan looms as both sides conduct patrols and tense radio reports reflect uncertainty about the next move.
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England
Norman Munro
Rhine
Henry Crerar
London
High Command
Montgomery
Holland
East Frankenthal
Midway
Worms
Ludwigshafen
Bremen
Ruhr
Wesel
Supreme Headquarters
Albert Kesselring
Rotterdam
Britain
Malta
Lower Rhine
Duesseldorf
Arnhem
U. S. 15Th Army
First Airborne Army
Berlin
Normandy
Fiddle Star
Monty
Weather forecast for North Carolina predicts warmth and clouds
Partly cloudy and warm conditions expected across North Carolina today and tonight with mild temperatures. East portion may see continued cloudy periods and a note of coal traffic impact tonight, shaping skies into Saturday.
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North Carolina
Salvaged Fat Drive Aids War Medicine Efforts
Guilford County families urged to save kitchen fat for wartime needs. A tablespoon per home could supply fat for vaccines and medicines, with red ration points offered for each pound turned in. Fat aids smallpox vaccine production and treatments including tannic acid and insulins, opium tincture, and sulfa drugs.
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Guilford County
OPA
Crime statistics show 1944 major crimes total 1 305 666
The report notes 1944 crime counts across categories with 4 700 Selective Service violations and 12 percent rise in federal prisoners to 22 085 by March 1. Rapes jumped 2 percent, assaults 19 percent, with peaks in summer killings and winter thefts.
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OPA
Russian Forces Press North of Berlin in Stettin Assault
Soviet commander Konev orders a separate assault on Stettin as German claims of 25 Russian divisions and four tanks attack the city. Fires rage in central and western areas with Marshal Zhukov’s troops observing. Storm units advance toward Neisse and Tepahnsdorf as Konev’s offensive pushes west and south of Oppein, 7 miles southeast of Breslau.
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Stettin
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Neisseng
Forwa
Tephansdorf
Pee Konev
Oppein
Calles
Breslau
Exonerated official Meadows resigns after misappropriation probe
Meadows was cleared by the college board after an auditor questioned receipts totaling 18 636 34 but later retired. He was then indicted by the Pitt County grand jury.
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College Board of Trustees
Meadows
Pitt County Grand Jury
Emeral Oil foot relief ad and Guilford County meeting notice
An old advertisement promotes Moone's Emerald Oil for foot relief claiming quick and lasting comfort. A separate public notice states Guilford County Board of Commissioners will meet on April 3 1945 at 10 AM in Greensboro to transact business before Easter Monday.
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Moone
Board of Commissioners of
Guilford County
County Court House
Greensboro
North Carolina
J. E. Millis
Notice of Dissolution of Ben-Bow Sales Company
The partnership of William Byron Harrison and Mrs. Paulette R. Haltom, doing business as Ben-Bow Sales Company at 1601 King Street High Point NC, dissolved by mutual agreement on March 15 1945. Harrison will collect all debts and pay firm debts. Haltom is not liable for future debts of successors.
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William Byron Harrison
Paulette R. Haltom
King Street
High Point
North Carolina
Ben- Sales Company
Mattie M. Barker
Mary Barker Elliott
RE. W. Elliott
D. L. Barker
Vera F. Barker
Superior Court
Guileford County
Fidelio H. Barker
Steele Street
Barker Mill
Cemetery Street
Said Street
Z. A. Burn
Fidello H. Barker
Alvin R. Hammer
D. Luther Barker
Food relief belt tightening eyed by Crowley committee
Government forms a special committee led by Leo T. Crowley to apportion scarce food like meats fats oils and dairy to meet military needs and minimal lend-lease demands while limiting civilian hardship. Officials warn shortages may persist into 1946 with limited improvements in beef and butter and possible declines in peanut and soybean plantings.
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WFA
WEA
Leo T. Crowley
Roosevelt
Americas
Ogoe A Ag Po
Japan
Patrolman Hedrick Injured in Motorcycle Accident
John R. Hedrick a Point traffic officer living on East Lexington avenue was seriously injured when he tried to hold his 600 pound motorcycle from falling after a wind gust toppled it He suffered a back injury that may confine him for some time according to the police department
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John R. Hedrick
East Lexington Avenue
Hedrick
Bet You 65 Gents That Broncho-line Eases Your Cough
A vintage advert promises quick relief from coughs with a Broncho-line dose. It claims one dose brings clear relief, with a bottle usually sufficient, and offers a 65 cent refund if not satisfied. The ad markets no narcotics or addiction risk and highlights relief as the outcome.
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