Local Social Agencies Map Cooperative Care Plan
Health and welfare staffs in High Point held a Friday meeting in the Community Chest room with invited guests to discuss social service exchange efforts and the proposed Community Council. Key speakers from Red Cross American Legion Family Service Bureau and other agencies outlined policies and services as plans for a Veterans Center and advisory group moved forward.
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High Point
Community Chest Board Room
Ruth Neve
Best
Social Service Exchange
Mina K. Wilson
Red Cross
Wilson
Gladis Kivett
Public Welfare Department
Mina Wilson
Louis B. Heilig
American Legion
N. S. Stirewall
Margaret Briggs
Family Service Bureau
Claude Sealy
Veterans
U. S
W. E. Mitchell
Veterans’ Center
Veterans’ Advisory Oil
Mitchell
Department of Public Welfare
Bessie Tesh
Sidney Ives
Lucy Jackson
Health Department
Essie Glenn
Reece Quinn
Xanie Stowe
Osse Davis
Community Chest
U. S. Employment Service
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
W. E. McEwen
World War II Veterans Return on Short Furloughs
Pvt Rufus C Brown returns to the States for a 45 day furlough after 38 months overseas and fighting in Naples Cassino Rome southern France and Germany. Cpl Erwin A Cameron spends a 30 month India air forces furlough at his sister Mrs George R Ridge’s home. Seaman Wesley G Henderson returns to Bainbridge Md after leave with parents Mr and Mrs W F Henderson and completes boat training.
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Rufus C. Brown
States
Pvt
Brown
Naples
Cassino
Rome
France
Germany
Cpl
Erwin A. Cameron
India
Army Air Forces
George R. Ridge
Westwood Drive
John B
Elizabeth Melver
Lee County
William M. Cameron
Wilmington
Wesley G. Henderson
Bainbridge, Md
W. F. Henderson
Newlin Street
Seaman Henderson
Worth J. Thomas
Wade R. Thomas
Sgt
Thomas
Army Air Corps
Wade
Camp Peary
D. W. Thomas
Army demobilization plans outline broad forces and priorities
The Army describes a four million strong force with millions more can be mustered as needed while Allied help aids the effort. Most European combat units, about two thirds of some 70 divisions, will return to the U S for redeployment and short furloughs. Discharges favor longest overseas service and parenthood, with discharge credit rules still to be announced and Sen. Ss proposing first in, first out as a guiding principle.
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Department
United States
Europe
Army
War Department
Sen
John Ss. of
Australians and Americans Strike Across Tarakan and Borneo
Allied forces advancing in Tarakan and Borneo report gains with Australian troops clearing southern and eastern districts near airstrips while American air and sea units destroy Japanese vessels, bomb Kyushu airfields, and push through Burma and other fronts amid heavy fighting.
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Netherlands Indies
Tarakan
Borneo
Davao
Tome Imander
John R. Hodges
24Th Corps
Okinawa
Thomas P. Blamey
Tokyo
Hiro Naval
Kure
Honshu
Kyushu
Hunan
Chihkiang
Burma
Thailand
Pegu
Rangoon
Daladier Continnued From Page One
The 753rd tank battalion helped secure the famous figures and headed to an American general's command post for a conference and dinner. Paris announced Andre Francois Poncet, ex ambassador to Berlin and Rome, had been liberated by French troops in south Germany. Albert Sarraut, former president of the council, and Fran-
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Paris
Andre Francois Poncet
Berlin
Rome
Germany
Albert Sarraut
French Council
Polish crisis and Molotov visit at the Golden Gate
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco the Polish issue looms large as Moscow and Britain clash over the Warsaw government. Molotov briefs Stettinius and Eden about arrests of Polish leaders, while Britain delays progress on amendments. A possible pause remains as Molotov stays in the city a few more days.
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United States
Stettinius
Poland
Warsaw
Britain
Moscow
Molotov
Kaiser
Richmond
New World Organization
Golden Gate
Eden
Red Army
Crimea
Yalta
Bradley Konev Meet In Soviet Post To Honor Allied Victory
Gen Omar Bradley awarded the Order of Merit to Marshal Ivan Konev at a social meeting at Soviet First Ukrainian Army Group HQ near Berlin. Konev accepted as a symbol of Allied effort, praising the American army. The event featured shared meals, interpreters, and a festive atmosphere without military talks.
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Don Whitehead
Omar N. Bradley
Ivan
Konev
Germany
Bradley
Berlin
Ileaia
Elben
Amerithem
Russia
Allies describe shrinking German navy as war nears end
The report notes the German fleet reduced to a few ships including Prinz Eugen and Nuernberg with major vessels fled toward northern waters. It mentions Swinemuende as a last Baltic port and asserts British claims of Far East and Russian handoffs while Tito's forces advance toward Zagreb.
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Ince
Sava
Drava
Marshal Tito
Zagreb
Lonce
Adolf Hitler
Prinz Eugen
Eeste
Ter
Swinemuende
Leroy
Gneiket
Seydlitz
Stockholm
Luetzow
Cape
Nuernberg
London
Olmuetz
Olomouc
Pomeranian
East Prussia
Danzig
Schootland
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Vistula River
Usedom
Stettin
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Baltic
Frank Thacker Seeks $2000 Worth Jackson Scholarship
Frank Thacker of the local high school is nominated to compete for the Herbert Worth Jackson Scholarship at the University of North Carolina. The $2000 award considers scholastic rank leadership character and future promise with Thacker serving as senior class president and active in many clubs including National Honor Society Beta Club Quill and Scroll Masque and Gavel and student editor duties.
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Frank Thacker
Herbert Worth Jackson
University of North Carolina
Jackson
Frank
lStudent
Lena H. Thacker
4& Marshall
High Point School
Trieste and Turin Form Scene of Allied Advances
A wartime communique reports 2500 New Zealand troops entering Trieste to clear the area after enemy surrender. Yugoslav forces take remaining parts of the city as Italian patriots liberate Turin with airlifted 64th group units led by Col Cerny Harrison delivering vehicles guns and medical supplies to partisans.
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Trieste
Italy
Tusesie- Via
New Zealand
Dok
Troo
Turin
Col. Cerny
Harrison
Idaho
Behind the Scenes Hollywood Inconsistencies Revealed
Hollywood on set details how Abbott and Costello scenes reuse spaces to resemble different clubs while Frances Rafferty and Bob Stanton prepare for musical roles. Frances shares a dancing background, June Allyson and Bob Walker film a scene in For Better or for Worse, and director Richard Whorf guides an improvised bedroom moment.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
the Waldorf
M-G-M
New York
Ciro’s
Frances Rafferty
Bob Stanton
Columbia
Stanton
Dick Haymes
Frances
Vera Zorina
Abbott and Costello
Costello
June Allyson
Bob Walker
Bob
June
Richard Whorf
War Plant Seeks Older Men as Workers at East St. Louis Firm
Westcott Valve company of Walworth installs an age inclusive training and morale program praised by the government. A joint labor management committee grades trainees, with pay raises tied to progress, and older workers often prove more conscientious. The on the job training lasts up to eight months with graduates becoming instructors or moving to new posts as needed.
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Cisco Nitti
Pentne On Council
Harry Barnes
Central Press
East ST. Louis
United States Apprentice Training Service
Westcott Valve Company
Walworth Company
A. V
United States
Wadeworth
Tee
Berlin Nazi Groups Ordered to Register Within 72 Hours
Soviet reports and Allied dispatches describe German military declines as German general staff HQ at Zossen is exposed and Swinemuende falls to Soviet forces. Prisoner movements and capitulations in Austria and Bohemia mark rapid Allied advances with Patton and Devers pushing German troops toward surrender.
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Berlin
Gestapo
Pravda
Zossen
Pipeline expansion links Calcutta to China in wartime effort
Army engineers and Chinese workers atop high terrain gathered fuel capacity for a vast pipeline running about 1 475 miles from Burma toward China. The project, to support Stilwell’s supply routes, promises to relieve ground transport by truck and air, lifting fuel flow to assist military operations.
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United States
Burma
Calcutta
China
Stilwell
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Bohemia
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