War talk and relief efforts from a 1940s dispatch
A wide ranging wartime analysis weighs Allied capabilities and timelines with estimates from three to five years for final victory. It notes air and sea limits, manpower, and strategic shifts from Tunisia to Europe, plus rescue and supply innovations for fuel and transport. It includes Iowa casualty notes and home front drives for uniforms and rehabilitation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Europe
Italy
Balkans
Scandinavian
Hitler
Japan
Reich
China
Russia
Hirohito
Igh
Arms Output Short Despite Big Rise In War Production
War Production Board figures show March output set records for aircraft ships and merchant vessels yet first quarter totals lag behind 1943 military targets. Aircraft reached 6200 planes. four engined bombers exceeded 500 a month. ships and cannons also hit new highs. Overall munitions rose 11 percent from February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker Chase
United States
Washington
Tunisian
Solomon's
Uncle Sam
Coral Sea
Indian Ocean
Sherman
Montgomery
Rommel
el Alamein
Mareth Line
Russia
Stalingrad
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Iowa
Red Cross Calls for more women to aid surgical dressings
The Red Cross seeks additional women to volunteer at the surgical dressing room in Daniel Brooks Homes to meet monthly quotas for wartime service. Mrs E P Wilson can provide further information. The Teachers College Club met May 1 at Mrs Helen Cole’s home to plan a public program for May 15 at the Presbyterian Church, with a list of attending members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Daniel Brooks
E. P. Wilson
Teachers’ College Club
Helen Cole
Woodbury Ave
Presbyterian Church
Mesdames Flossie Ashe
Willie Mae Boyd
Magnolia Hart
Alfreta Jackson
Katie McAdoo
Zola Black
Melzetta Fowler
Cora Lee Robinson
Alpha Art Club Meeting Set on May 6 at 8
The Alpha Art Club will meet Thursday May 6 at 8 o clock with Mrs M J Simmons on Downing Street. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Art
Alpha Art Club
M. J. Simmons
Downing Street
Family Notices of Local Residents Return Home
G W Robinson has returned to his daughter Carrie Beach at 214 Price Street after a hospital stay at Burrus Memorial. Daughter Hattie Crawford has come from Washington DC to stay with her father for a few days. Ina Robbins has returned to New York City after visiting her sister Mamie Boss at 114 Underhill Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
G. W. Robinson
Carrie Beach
Price Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Hattie Crawford
Mr. Robinson
Washington, D. C
Ina Robbins
New York City
Mamie Boss
Underhill Avenue
Brooks Heads to Columbia Hospital for Special Treatment
G Good of 28C Daniel Brooks Homes travels to Columbia South Carolina for specialized medical care at a Columbia hospital after leaving Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hospital
V. G. Good
Daniel Brooks Homes
Columbia, S. C
Sunday Movies Vote Loss in Thomasville City Election
Thomasville recorded its largest turnout in years with 1 213 voters selecting the full mayoral council ticket but rejecting Sunday movies 840 to 365. Mayor R L Pope won a second term and three council seats went to Hawthorne Jennings Mendenhall, with two new members Pennington and Jennings joining the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Frank Hepler
Tom Johnson
N.W. S.W
R. L. Pope
Joe W. Hawthorne
R. G. Jennings
E. F. Mendenhall
J. C. Penington
E. L. Webb
Hawthorne, Jennings
Mendenhall
Pope
Pennington
Webb
J. C. Pennington
Hawthorne
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New Mexico
Henry A. Wallace
Buckeye
Red Oak
Willison
Thirty-Fourth
National Guard
Rommell
Kasserine Pass
Faid Pass
Villiseca
WPB
Albert Leman
Tunisia
Burma Road
Stilwell
Chennault
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
India
Atlantic Seaboard
U. S. Maritime Commission
Pacific
Commission
Navy
Knox
Solomons
America
Atoll
Maritime Commission
Army
Shiloh Pust
Taylor and
Hulda Streets
James Hayes
William Penn High School
C. E. Yokely
Wiliam Penn Boys Chorus
S. E. Buford
Mingo
Bethel
R. L. Mingo
Bethel Jholinees Church of God
Marcels
Kansas City
Elmer Wheeler
U.S. Veterans Bureau
No Man's Land
Ae Argonne Forest
Salt Sage City
Ira Stormes
Utah
High Point
Greer Garson
Ronald Colman
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Heloved
Tish
Marjorie Main
Zasu Pitts
Guy Kibbee
Artocon
Paramount
Jack
Benny
Priscilla
Lane
Rialto
Judy Canova
Tom Brown
State Theatre
Salem Street
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Flit
National Bureau of Standards
Tia
Wachovia
Linas
Asheville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federail Reserve System
Victory Garden
High Point Steam Laundry
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