Veterans Benefit Bill Faces Floor Fight In Congress
The American Legion's G I bill was approved by the veterans committee but faces a barrage of amendments on the House floor next week. Provisions include unemployment payments of 15 to 25 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks, adjusted by marital status and dependents. A maximum home loan rose to 1500 dollars with private lenders and VA guarantees. Eligibility for the tonus benefit remains 90 days service.
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Washington
American Legion
Veterans’ Committee
Senate
House
Rankin
Comitee
Rep. Rogers
Massachusetts
Blican
Veteran's Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Weather outlook for North Carolina includes scattered afternoon storms
Partly cloudy and warm today with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers in the mountains. Tonight fair to partly cloudy and mild. Friday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the west, slightly cooler there and warmer in the east.
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North Carolina
Allies Turn Back Japs Near Kohima
Allied troops repelled raids near Kohima and beat off two counterattacks in northern Burma. Mountbatten headquarters reports firm positions on high ground overlooking the Maungdaw Buthedaung road, while Japanese pressure remains around Imphal.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Maungdaw - Butheadang
Buthedaug
Imphal
Plans Made To Care For Sick Wounded
In a contract bridge problem by Josephine Culbertson a South dealer facing a tricky defense sees a bluffing setup. West uses a hold up of the trump queen to gain a fighting chance, luring the declarer into misplacing the heart queen and needing two finesses to capture it.
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West
East
Rotarians Hear M T Lambeth of Thomasville
M T Lambeth of Thomasville spoke to the local Rotary club at a Sheraton Hotel lunch meeting stressing service above self and the American ideal after the war. Visiting Rotarians included John Lloyd of Thomasville and Russell F Wilson of Winston-Salem, with A T V Rochelle Jr of the Army Air Force, Rev Wilbur Hutchens of High Point, and Lawrence Matton Jr as guests.
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Rotary
M. T. Lambeth
Thomasville
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
America
John Lloyd
Russell F. Wilson
Winston-Salem
Aa. T. V. Rochelle, Jr
U. S. Army Air Force
Wilbur Hutchens
High Point
Lawrence Matton, Jr
War Today: Bose Hinted But Japanese Threat Diminishes
The column argues Bose’s push is not a major threat to India, though Japan threatens Allied communications in the Imphal theater. Nippon seeks to destabilize India, sever China India links, and isolate Stilwell’s forces as he advances toward Myitkyina, part of MacArthur-Nimitz operations.
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Subhas Chandra Bose
India
Imphal
China
Nippon
Burma
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Hitler plans to isolate Atlantic Wall and assault rear
The article outlines Hitler's strategy to isolate the Atlantic Wall and air drop armies behind enemy lines while supplying reinforcements. It notes expected French civil conflict and anticipates large German engagement. It mentions large shipping concentrations off the southern coast of the peninsula.
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Atlantic Wall
1Fpneland
Behind the Scenes Ho Lives of Abbott Costello in Hollywood
Hollywood column notes Lou Costello as a silent producer on a $160,000 Monogram comedy while co starring with Bud Abbott in a MGM project. Ed Sherman manages Costello with a crew including Kirse Knox and Billy Mack on set. Lena Horne's paper set Ziegfeld sequence and two blondes, Dolores Moran and Laure Bacall, draw attention. Directors Hawks and Karlstein discussed titles and production, with Ernest Hemingway echoes and a Casablanca like pitch for Martinique.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Lou Costello
Monogram
Bud Abbott
M-G-M
WAC
Biltmore Productions
Lou
Eddie Sherman
Phil Karnstein
Kirse Knox
Ann Gillia
Billy Mack
George M. Cohan
Onir
Red Marshall
Jac Ck
Youngman
Abbott and Costello
Kate Smith
Karlstein
Universal
Maury Gertman
Costello
Bogart
Dolores Moran
Laure
Bacail
Brunet
Iask
Hawks
Hanks
Ilways
Jack Sullivan
Martinique
Warners
North Carolina Democrats Endorse War Policies and Gov. Broughton
Kerr lauds Democratic leadership under Gov. J. M. Broughton for wartime fiscal strength and social programs. He criticizes Republican stagnation, urges abolition of unnecessary agencies after victory, and urges loyalty to southern Democratic influence in national policy.
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North Carolina
America
Congress
Union
Broughton
ALD
University of North Carolina
Kerr
Democratic Party
J. M. Broughton
GOP
Republican Party
National Republican Party
Supreme Court Oferican
National Party
Germany Can't Repair Damage Done By Bombs
Secretary of War Stimson reported that the ongoing air assault on Europe is destroying German transportation facilities beyond repair and reducing fighter strength and production. Large German bomber formations faced little aerial resistance, as Nazi pursuit ships operated mainly against American groups or crippled aircraft. In April Allied air forces dropped a record 43,500 tons on Germany and targets in German hands.
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Washington
War Stimson
Stimson
Army Air
Germany
Pre-Invasion Rehearsals In England Show Military Medical Tactics
U S Navy base in England stages a full dress rehearsal of simulated invasion care for wounded in a coastal exercise. Jeeps as ambulances carry four ducks and amphibious tanks hold ten cases. Officers observe as Red Cross flags move wounded to boats and LSTs ready for return voyage. Dr Dowling, a 28-year veteran, notes casualty handling as humanitarian and military necessity.
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Joan A. Moroso
SRD
Hal Boyle
U._S. NAVY
England
Navy
B. Dowling
Washington
D. C
Minneapolis
Marine Corps
Dr. Dowling
War Talk From Navy Vets On End Of European War
Sailors say only God and the front line know when the war will end. They doubt Russian troop claims, note German entrenchments in Western Europe, and warn against treating the Purple Heart as mere bravado. A Sicilian invasion box labeled Purple Hearts was found ashore.
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Europe
Washington
North Carolina political district slate listed with alternates
A detailed roster lists district contestants and alternates for Eighth, Tenth, Fourth, Ninth, First, Fifth District seats. Names include J D Larkins Luther Hamilton Stella Lowe C W Tillett Willis Smith Allison B Farmer Walter Lambeth James Hardison J. Ek Thorpe EB McKee etc with alternates such as Mrs Kenneth Royal E F Allen H C Boone Ethel Parker Ralph McDonald and others from multiple towns.
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J. Horton Doughton
Statesville
R. S. Ferguson
Taylorsville
J. W. Williams
Greenville
Theo. S. Meekins
Manteo
H. C. Boone
W.ton
Ethel Parker
Gatesville
G. P. Dillard
Draper
George W. Coan, Jr
Winston-Salem
Ralph McDonald
Winstonfen
John Taylor
Danury
Damage in Chalons Sur Marne rail yards cited by Stimson
Stimson cited air based and Mediterranean bomber actions showing heavy damage at Chalons Sur Marne marshal ling yards. He noted nearly every track cut, the through line cut in three places, rolling stock damaged and repair shops gutted from reconnaissance photographs.
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Stimson
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Mica Mining Expands in Catawba County Township
Big scale mica mining is underway in Cline township Catawba county with about seventy five pounds weekly turned to the government. The deposit is believed inexhaustible and includes first quality mica for government use plus hundreds of pounds of punch mica and inferior grades for commercial buyers. Mines operated by Herman Sipe company Conover Gilbert Engineering Statesville and Barger Brothers Mooresville. W O Sipe notes beryl and iron ore found as well. Western North Carolina supplies about eighty percent of the nations strategic mica.
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Hickory
Cline’s
Catawba County
Cline Township
Herman-Sipe Company
Conover
Gilbert Engineering Company
Statesville
Barger Brothers
Mooresville
W. O. Sipe
Herman-Sipe
North Carolina
United States
Two Arrested For Drunken Driving
Two men were arrested on drunken driving charges after reports of a hit and run incident. Done McDowell faced a $500 bond for alleged driving under the influence and failure to identify. Clarence Wiley 43 was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after a scuffle in an alley. Garland Travis 38 was arrested on alcohol related driving charges.
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Toute
W. P. Earnhardt
W. H. Potts
Clarence Wiley
Underhill
Fletcher Sweat
Hoover Street
Garland Travis
Greensboro
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