Weather summary for North and South Carolina regions
May 11 Charlotte reports a high of 85 and a low of 67 with no rainfall. Other stations show mixed readings from Asheville to Columbia and Jacksonville with occasional rain in several east and central locations.
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Weather Bureau
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Soldiers visit homes during ten day leaves
Pvt. Davis E. Brookbank of Fort Jackson spent a weekend with his wife at her Route Four home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Brookbank of Guilford College. Pic. Kizer Thomas of Camp Gordon Johnston Florida is on a ten day leave visiting his mother on Short Smith Street. Staff Sgt Rex Edmond of Camp Blanding Florida visits his sisters on East Green Street. mother Mrs. Lucy Edmond also visits. S/Sgt Edmond is returning to his post after a ten day leave. Auxiliary Rhu Stanton Querin of 417 Edgedale Drive has graduated from the administrative school of the 2nd WAAC training center at Daytona Beach Florida.
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Davis E. Brookbank
Fort Jackson
Edna Earle Brookbank
Route Four
Brookbank
S. K. Brookbank
Guilford College
Kizer Thomas
Camp Gordon Johnston
Florida
Carrie Thomas
Short Smith Street
Rex Edmond
Camp Blanding
John Chilton
Opal Travis
East Green Street
Lucy Edmond
Burlington
Edmond
Querin
Rhu Stanton Querin
Edgedale Drive
WAAC
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lloyd and Sensenbach Complete Military Training
Cpl. Gilbert D. Lloyd son of Mr and Mrs George W Lloyd of 608 E Green St completed advanced ground crew training at the AAF school Con Solidated Aircraft Corp San Diego CA. Cadet Elmer E Sensenbach son of Mr and Mrs E F Sensenbach 629 Colonial Dr graduated from San Angelo Army Air Field San Angelo Tex and was formally initiated into the Society of Axis Exterminators.
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George W. Lloyd
E. Green Street
AAF
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San Diego
Calif
Sensenbach
Elmer E. Sensenbach
San Angelo Army Air Field
San Angelo
Tex
Society of Axis Exterminators
E. FE. Sensenbach
Colonial Drive
Axis Forces Retreat on Cap Bon Front near Enfidaville
Allied forces push along the Cap Bon coast as German counterattacks falter. British Eighth Army and French troops seize towns Soliman Grambalia and Menzel Bou Zella, take prisoners, and mop up pockets while resisting Nazi counterattacks near Moghrane and Zaghouan.
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Grombalia
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Enfidaville
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Moghrane
German Air Losses in Tunisia and Captured Generals Reported
The naval section of the communique notes a single enemy plane sighted over Zaghouan area and shot down. Five small boats were sunk off Cap Bon during mopping up, with numerous prisoners taken, including a German general among seven generals captured.
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Hammer
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Doctors To Attend 90th NC Medical Society Convention
Several High Point physicians travel to Raleigh for the 90th annual North Carolina Medical Society convention. Attendees include Dr. C. B. Bonner Dr. H. L. Brockmann and Dr. P. W. Flagg.
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The
North Carolina Medical Society
Raleigh
C. B. Bonner
H. L. Brockmann
P. W. Flagg
Pharmacist Conference Set for Greensboro May 18 19
The annual conference of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association will be held in Greensboro on May 18 and 19.
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The
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Death of Rev J T Strader 91 Reidsville minister
Reidsville May 11 funeral services for Rev J T Strader 91 who died Monday morning at 4 45 from Mount Carmel Methodist Church with Rev T V Crouse and Rev Byron Shankle officiating. Strader a retired Methodist minister and farmer is survived by 12 children six sons and six daughters, 50 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. He is grandfather of Mrs Carl B Baxter of High Point.
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Mount Carmel Methodist Church
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Byron Shankle
Strader
Luther
Tom
Dolphus
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Joseph D. Strader
High Point
George Strader
Dudley
Nannie Jane Strader
Mary B. Stone
Cornelius Wall
Altoona
Penn
H. R. Gunn
Danville
Danville, Route Six
Minnie Strader
J. B. Lasley
Greensboro
Carl B. Baxeter
Centennial Avenue
Dog Lovers Protest Canine Curbs in Colorado Springs
A full page ad from Dog Lovers of Colorado Springs challenges a city ordinance that bans dogs from running at large and requires leashes in public spaces to protect Victory Gardens. The protest argues pet lives are endangered by the leash rule. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is noted as the oldest state capital, settled in 1610.
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Dog Lovers of
Colorado Springs
Victory Gardens
Santa Fe
N. M
United States
Air campaign in Africa and Europe devastates ships and bases
Air attacks wreck about 75 ships including a cruiser and multiple destroyers. Harbors in Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, and Italy face heavy bombardment with many vessels sunk or left burning. The effort spans three air sections led by US General Doolittle, Air Marshal Coningham, and Air Vice Marshal Lloyd, with over 600 Allied planes lost and many pilots killed.
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Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
North
Tunisia
James Doolittle
Arthur Coningham
Hugh Lloyd
Allied pressure across fronts signals potential new offensive
The war report notes Nazi defenses facing simultaneous pressure from Balkans to Norway as Allies may unleash a fresh push in Europe. Tunisian front may be moving faster than expected with a possible quick rise of new offensive actions.
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Norway
Boche
Tunisia
Axis reaction to Allied North Africa victory described
Axis citizens in retreat across Africa faced shock and uncertainty as Axis forces withdrew voluntarily. The correspondent notes German awareness of the rapid Allied advance and the difficulty in obtaining official information about the victory and its implications.
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North Africa
Africa
Trucks Exempted From Speed Limit For War Deliveries
Washington May 11 The Office of Defense Transportation ruled that emergency deliveries for the Army Navy and Maritime Commission may exceed the national 35 mile speed limit while tire wear tests are completed. The plan began March 1 for a 60 day trial but tests may not finish before July 1, allowing trucks with emergency pennants to run above the limit in the interim.
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Washington
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
German Airmen Bomb Anglian Town in East Anglia
Fifteen German Focke Wulf fighters attacked an East Anglian town early this morning dropping explosives and machine gunning buses. A bomb hit a building housing Territorial Service girls where 11 bodies were recovered. Casualties were expected at a construction site with workers. RAF Mustangs engaged the attackers, shooting one down in flames and damaging several others.
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