Germans Build Up Vast Police Force Prior To Invasion
London dispatch says Germany plans immediate arrests of prominent western European leaders to be held as hostages or executed if hostility arises. General Von Woyrsch named to lead the Gestapo like force as Oslo rooms and Dutch areas prepare for occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Ball
London
Europe
Germany
Hitler
von Woyrsch
Western
Norway
Oslo
Stockholm
Jutland
South Holland
Hague
Holland
Channel
Paris
France
Yesterday's Majors Stars Highlight Openers and Wins
A rundown of AP noted MLB openers: Myatt's 10th inning single drives Washington past Philadelphia 2-1. Estalella supplies a triple and homer as A's sweep with a 7-3 win. Cuccinello and Dietrich power White Sox to two wins. Kramer and Reynolds split for the Indians. Andrews drives Giants to wins over the Braves and Pirates. Litwhiler hits for Litwhiler in a split doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Myatt
Senators
Bob Estalella
Athletica
Myatt
Washington
Philadelphia
Estalella
Bill Dietrich
Tony Cuccinello
White Sox
Dietrich
Detroit
Cuccinello
Nith
Ack Kramer
Browns
Allie Reynolds
Indians
Kramer
Reynolds
Cleveland
Johnny Rucker
Giants
Nate Andrews
Braker
Andrews
Boston
Rob Elliott
al Rubeling
Pirates Elliott
Litwhile
Reds
Jurisscn
Litwhiler
Mily Score
Twenty North Carolina Soldiers Listed As Missing In Action
The War Department released a list of twenty North Carolina soldiers reported missing in action in Europe and the Mediterranean. Names include Bridgewater Jackson Asheville Burgin Spindale Calvert Linville Carter Thomasville Clayton Roxboro Crook Candler Curtis Dunlap Ferguson Charlotte ForbesGastonia Marshall Liberty McCluckie Webster McGee Winston-Salem McGee Castle Mills Asheville Rich Durham Rigsbee Lumberton Rose Weldon Smith Conne Conover Spainhour Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
U. S
Bridgewater
Tech
Billy’ B
Jackson Bridgewater
Courtland Place
Asheville
Burgin
Fred L
Frances D. Burgin
Spindale
Calvert
William E
Matilda M. Calvert
Linville
Carter
Paul D
Alice K. Carter
Box
Thomasville
Clayton
William T
Mary M. Clayton
Roxboro
Crook
Thomas H., Jr
Hariette
Candler. Curtis
Grafton
Woodrow W
Katherine J. Dunlap
North Blount St
Raleigh
Ferguson
Joe C
Cleo B. Ferguson
Edgewood
Charlotte
McCluckie
Earl C
Florence Frizzie Buchanan
Webster
McGee
Henry H., Jr
Bertha C. McGee
Winston-Salem
Hubert W
Sallie M. Savage
Castle
Mills
William J
Jcreta M. Mills
Patton Ave
Rich
Archie L
Elizabeth J. Rich
Eva St
Durham
Rigsbee
Archie
Louisa C. Rigsbee
Lumberton
Rose
Harry H
Verlie S. Mitchell
Weldon
Smith
John C
Dessie L. Smith
Conne
Marvin M. Spainhour
Enemy Reports US Is Reinforcing Its Air Force in China
A Tokyo Asahi Shimbun dispatch quoted by Berlin radio says the 14th U.S. Air Force under Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault in China is being reinforced from India and moved 450 miles nearer Tokyo for an air assault on Japan. It claims base shift from Kunming near Kweilin marks a new American base-building strategy for raids on the Japanese mainland. The British navy with the RA is credited with sinking over six million tons of German and Italian merchant shipping.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
U.S. Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
China
India
Japan
Kunming
Kweilin
Belmont Park set for 24 day New York meet
New York racing opens at Belmont Park today after a 25 day Jamaica meet where 850 dollars were wagered. The Jamaica figures compare to 33 434 081 dollars at last year’s 27 day spring meet. Sixteen members of the Atlanta social set plan late month nuptials. Joe McCarthy leaves Amherst to rejoin the New York Yankees after influenza recovery and rest.
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New York
Jamaica
Belmont Park
Atlanta
Charlie Yates
Dorothy Jane Malone
First National Bank
Joe
YANKS
Amherst
N. Y
New York Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Guilford County Realty Transfers Update Entries
Guilford County real estate transfers list numerous lot trades in High Point and surrounding areas. Transactions include transfers from individuals and entities to multiple buyers such as White, Flaharty, and the Lilly Company, with numerous lots in Sherrod Park Tate plat Willenbar Terrace and Eastview.
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Winship
Preston Laughlin
Hubert J. Grimes
Farlow and Jarrell Development Company Property Co
B. Bundy
Dixon Ahi
College Terrace
Mamie
Burel J. McGuire
Wright Subdivision
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
William Barry Flaharty, Jr
Wiltshire Boulevard
Owen Reese
The
Lilly Company
Thomasville Road
Kemp C. Clendenin
J. Custera White
Sherrod Park
Arthur Ellison
City of
High Point
Randal Blair
Paul W. Clapp
Blairwood
James Lightner
Vail
Roy Bryson
Taylor Street
Flossie L. Reid
Butcherettes Take Jobs in St. Louis Markets
In St Louis sixty women have entered meat departments replacing men in service. The women work as aides slicing smaller cuts and wrapping meat while serving customers and arranging counters as they fill roles once held by men. The union bans use of the large meat cutter and handling large pieces.
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ST. Louis
Rotary Club membership gains double in district after new clubs
District 189, spanning 55 clubs from High Point to the coast, shows a net gain of over 225 members this year, boosting totals from 1804 to beyond 2030 despite many members entering military service. New clubs formed at Columbia, LaGrange and Smithfield with several more in progress.
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Pinehurst
Rotary
High Point
Robert W. Madry
Armed Services
Columbia
LaGrange
Smithfield
Ted Johnson
OPA
Raleigh
Carl Bolte
War Plants Corporation
Missouri
Rotary International Extension Committee
Johnson
W. Chase Idol
O. B. Bonner
High Point Club
H. D
Tarvia) Jones
Graham
International Committee
Rotary Foundation
John G. Bragaw
Washington Club
J. M. Bailey
Raleigh Club
R. W. Madry
Chapel Hill
Ed Harding
Washington
Freddie Johnson
University of North Carolina
Amazon River Flooding Rears Vast Forestlands
At its peak the Amazon river expands hundreds of miles in width, inundating thousands of square miles of forested terrain. The flood alters ecosystems and reshapes regional habitats and travel routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
First Woman M D Led Difficult Life
The article recounts Elizabeth Blackwell's life from birth in 1821 England to medical breakthroughs in the United States and Britain. It highlights persistent prejudice, her education at Geneva College, founding the New York Dispensary, and eventual roles in London and as a pioneer through 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Blackwell
Rachel Baker
Julian Messner, Inc
New York
Bristol
England
America
Elizabeth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Margaret Fuller
Medical College
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Geneva Medical College
Geneva
New York Dispensary
New York Infirmary
Fanny Kemble
Anti Poll Tax Bill Sparks Filibuster Threat
Washington May 8 The anti poll tax bill prompts a looming filibuster as Southern senators vow long talks to kill the measure. If enacted it would force eight states to abolish the poll tax as a voting prerequisite, a move opposed by many on states rights grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congres
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
House
Gas Sweetens Postwar Auto Dreams Fuel From Farm Products
Detroit reports Henry Ford and the Carnegie Institute are pursuing gasoline synthesized from farm produce. Ford recalls 1918 experiments by his company and notes cost barriers. He cites higher compression tests and predicts farm plastics will grow postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Carnegie Institute
E. Berl
Carnegie
Ford
North Carolina Press Association Dates Set For Summer Meet
The North Carolina Press Association tentative dates July 13 and 14 for the summer meeting were announced by the executive committee at a Morganton gathering. A host site was to be chosen later.
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Morganton
North Carolina Press Association
North Carolina ginners set district meetings this week
Cotton ginners from North Carolina plan district meetings with Gaston on Wednesday Raeford on Wednesday and Scotland Neck on Thursday London to provide buses of many items.
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Cotton Ginners
Raleigh
North Carolina
Gaston
Raeford
Scotland Neck
London
Ration Roundup Updates for Wartime Stamp Validity
Wartime notices list updated values for processed foods meats fats and sugar stamps with Book 4 tokens, sugar stamps No 80 and 31, canning sugar valid through February 28 1945. Gasoline A-9 and A-10 coupons expire in May and August in southern states. Car owners must print license number and state on gas coupons. Mauritius restricts outward movement. England faces coin demand due to higher bus fares.
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Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
Six Die Violent Deaths During Weekend
Six people died in violent incidents over the weekend in North Carolina and at Pope Field. Wake County coroner Roy Benks identified Eugene Ball as the shooter who killed Hugh Ray before taking his own life. An army transport aircraft crash at Pope Field killed all four crew members.
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Charlotte
Carolina
Wake County
Roy Benks
Eugene Ball
Wake Forest
Hugh Ray
Pope Field
Marcela de Ney
Calif
Inwilgue McIntosh
Dominic A. Pierm
Ease Neuralgia With Quick Acting BC Powders
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Aroefislands
New Guinea
Tanahmerah
Owen State
Hwewak
Madang
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Admiralty Islands
Kokoda
Demta
Tanamerah Bay
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Sewards Market
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Guilford County Realty
Rotary Club
M.D
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Clendening
Elizabeth Pinckwell
Jefferson
L. W
WAR Industries
Bernice Wilbur
Milton
Mass
Algiers
Steward T. Alexander
Park Ridge
N. J
Signal Corps Radiophoto
Mauritius
Iran
Richard Devens
Foanston, Illinois
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Iowa
Indiana
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