U S Subs Record Sinking Japanese Shipping Amid Tough Odds
New London March 31 Rear Admiral Freeland Dau bin and Commander Lewis Parks credit rigorous training for U S submarine success in the Pacific. Navy figures show 19 ships torpedoed with 138 sunk and 23 probables 38 damaged, while unofficial estimates suggest sinkings exceed 60 percent with few subs lost.
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New London
Conn
America
Caviteiak
Pacific
Freeland A. Daubin
U. S
Atlantic
Bhorough
Lewis S. Parks
Five Killed In Truck Car Collision Near Richlands
A collision between an oil tanker and a car four miles north of Richlands killed two women and three children. Victims were Mrs Kagey Houston 25 Robin Houston Howard Baysden 3 and Charles Baysden 1 and Mrs Emma Baysden 22 died en route to hospital. Oil truck driver Walter Lee Dale 28 of Greenville was held for inquest.
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Jacksonville
Richlands
Kagey Houston
Robin Houston
Howard Baysden
Charles Baysden
Emma Baysden
Kinston
State Highway Patrol
H. C. Johnson
Walter Lee Dale
Greenville
Theater Association Reelects Officers in Carolinas
Theater owners of North Carolina and South Carolina reelected their leaders at a Charlotte session. Roy Rowe of Burgaw remains president, A. F. Adams Jr. of Statesville is vice president, and Mrs. Walter Griffith of Charlotte continues as secretary treasurer. Wartime issues and industry concerns were discussed with reports heard.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Roy Rowe
Burgaw
A. F. Adams, Jr
Statesville
Walter Griffith
Question and Answer Briefs on Rationing and War Topics
A compiled Q A discusses rationed goods sharing, Malta defense focus on air and anti air forces, censorship of mails to servicemen, war bond ownership limits with annual monetary caps, and poker suit rankings. It also notes Navajo estimates claim one in ten is a medicine man.
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Continental
U. S
Local Students Set Exams For Army Specialized Training
Thomasville high school students will take qualifying tests for Army Specialized Training at 9 a.m. on Friday April 2 in the Main Street School study hall. Principal R F Lowry notes most accepted students will become commissioned officers, with all college expenses paid by the services. The program aims to select officer material for Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard, offering opportunities for ambitious students likely to be drafted.
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Thomasville
Army
Main Street School
R. F. Lowry
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy College
British Navy Strengthens As War Enters Third Year
The British information service states the Royal Navy is stronger today than at the war’s start three and a half years ago. Six hundred naval vessels sail daily, convoy 80,000 miles of sea routes, and mine sweep 14,000 miles of lanes with 25,000 sailors at work in the Atlantic alongside Allied crews.
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Atlantic
New London
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
South Pacific
United States
Charleston
S. C
U. S. Housatonic
New York
British Information Service
Britain
England
Information Service
Mediterranean
Britain’s Determination in World War II Naval Toll
The report notes British submarine successes sinking hundreds of Axis airships and ships while 16 000 merchant seamen have died. It cites 335 000 plus Allied troops evacuated from Dunkirk and Crete and 20 000 convoys porting safely with low loss. The piece quotes a British officer on resilience.
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Crete
England
Britain
East and South Coast England Restricted Under Security Plan
London March 30 Herbert Morrison secretary of security announced in the House of Commons that the east and south coasts to ten miles inland would be restricted areas starting April 1. He said access to certain places might be restricted or barred without prior notice by military authority for military purposes.
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London
Herbert Morrison
H of Commons
Morrison
Employment Decrease in Raleigh Area in February
Industrial employment in Carolina fell about one tenth of one percent in February from January, according to Labor Commissioner Forrest Shuford. The report notes slight decline across sectors and reflects ongoing labor market softness in the Raleigh region.
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Raleigh
Carolina
Forrest Shuford
Mon
Food Course To Open At Hasty High Tonight
Thomasville March 30 A course in production conservation and processing of food starts at Hasty High School at 7 30 tonight Edgard Royse agriculture teacher at Baptist Orphanage in Thomasville says the goal is to aid on farm food production for home use freeing food from commercial areas for the Army The program includes ten two hour classes and is open to the public.
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Thomasville
Hasty High School
Edgard Royse
Baptist Orphanage
Royse
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By John Amcrosm Ernn
Aires
S. Tonic
Ripley
Greenburg
Hawaii
Ano J. Axle
4Nd Axle Company
Charleston, W Va
James Murgridge Collins Center
Selective Service
High Point
P.S
Malta
T'ville
Royal Navy
Jeep
Murmansk
Middle East
Dunkerque
Oakland Iron Works
William Mason
Diamonds
Pia
Wagger
Faee Ine
Major Anderson
Uni
Carrier
Elso
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Hasty High
North Main and
Montlieu Ave
English and Phillips Streets
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