Reprisals Threatened Over Parachute Troops Mistreated
Berlin reports note that Allied diplomats warned Britain France Belgium and the Netherlands that any mistreatment of German parachute troops would trigger severe reprisals at a 10 to 1 ratio. Berlin denies claims of foreign uniforms and says parachutists wear identifiable German gear.
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Berlin
Gerany
United States
Sweden
Spain
Switzerland
Greatritain
France
Belgium
Thetherlands
Washgton
Themerican State Department
Paul Eynaud
Reynaud Oght
Atus
Mrs Hilliard Awarded 2500 Judgment in Guilford Case
Mrs J J Hilliard former Beulah Snider of High Point received a 2500 compromise judgment in Guilford Superior Court signed by Judge J A Rousseau. She claimed damages from August 2 1937 after a collision in an Ingram driven car with a truck operated by Houston Graves alleging negligence. The defendant also pays court costs.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
J. J. Hilliard
Beulah Snider
High Point
J. A. Rousseau
North Wilkesboro
Guilford Superior Court
Hilliard
W. H. Snider
Atlanta
J. A. Ingram
Ingram
Houston Graves
Brother of Local Man Dies in Asheboro
Robert Marvin Owen 54 of Worthville former High Point resident died at City Memorial Hospital Asheboro after brief illness Born January 11 1886 in Montgomery County he was survived by a widow five sons three daughters two brothers and a sister Funeral services were set for 3 pm Tuesday at Union Church of Worthville with multiple ministers officiating burial in the church cemetery
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Robert Marvin Owen
Worthville
High Point
City Memorial Hospital
Montgomery County
Mutthey
Matilda Owen
Mattie Spivey
Robert
Marvin, Jr
Ned
Calvin
James
Alson Gray Thompson
Mattie
Hazel
W. L. Owens
Commerce Street
Joe Owen
Alfred Mill
Murray Cagle
Admer
N. C
Union Church
A. A. Lyerly
Concord
J. C. Reynolds
Neighbor's Grove Methodist Church
Mr. Anderson
George Wilson
Fannie Wilson
Noah Davis
Frank Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert, Wilson
Lee Wilson
John Wilson
Mary Wilson
Ben L. Herman
Ethel Herman
Lois Renfrow
Wade Renfrow
City of
North Carolina
City of High Point
John Willison
Will
Guilford County
High Township
State Street
R. R. Ragan
Horney Brothers Land Company
West Green St
W. Green St
Geo. Wilson
H. L. Baumgardner
Nerve Gas Facts and Military Considerations
The article discusses historical ideas on liquid acetylcholine causing unconsciousness through skin contact and notes it is present in tiny natural amounts in the body. It explains gas would be hard to detect and would smell faintly of geraniums, potentially affecting troops with standard filter masks at Fort Eben Emael.
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Blakeslee
Fort Eben Emael
Bishop Purcell to Speak at High Point Methodist Conference
Bishop Clare Purcell will deliver the principal address at the district Methodist conference opening tomorrow at High Point College. The 9:20 worship service starts the session with organization, elections and committee appointments to follow.
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Clare Purcell
District Methodist Conference
High Point College
Bishop Purcell
Paul B. Kern
C. N. Williams
South Main Street Methodist Church
High Point
Toss-Up in Senate over Civil Aeronautics Authority Reorg
Washington May 13 Opposing forces claimed victory in the battle to reorganize the Civil Aeronautics Authority The McCarran camp said they had the votes to disapprove while Byrnes group reported an eight vote margin for the transfer The House has rejected the plan and the fate rests with the Senate before final action tomorrow amid a possible August return after the war and conventions
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Washington
Senate
Civil Aeronautics Authority
McCarran
D-New
Commerce Department
Byrnes
D-Sc
House
Air Safety Board
Fiveman Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Couple Commit Death By Note After Leaving Lake
Virginia Parker 18 was found dead in Lake Tahoma six miles west of Marion. Officers searched for Bill Henley 24 whose body was not yet located. Sheriff Grady Nichols said a note found at the lake said the couple had decided to kill themselves. Both came from prominent local families. Henley had been married and divorced. They were reported missing from their homes last night.
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Marion
Virginia Parker
Lake Tahoma
Here
Bill Henley
Grady Nichols
Henley
Sudden Upsurge in Steel Making Boosts Percentage
New York reports a sudden rise in U S steel production this week to 70 percent of capacity, up 4.2 points from last week's 56.8. The American Iron and Steel Institute notes the rate trails 60.9 percent a month ago and 45.4 percent a year earlier.
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New York
United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
Britain’s New Chief Faces War Fronts and Cabinet Shuffle
Britain's leader reshapes the war cabinet naming Attlee Greenwood and Morrison to key posts as Britain girds for continued offensive operations. In Europe German forces push through Liege Luxembourg and northern Holland while Allied air forces report heavy losses and selective strikes. Crown Princess Juliana and children seek refuge in London as Dutch defenses crumble and 3,000 enemy aliens are rounded up.
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Waremme
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France
Holland
Amsterdam
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Clement R. Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Bournemouth
Juliana of
Netherlands
London
Prince Bernhard
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Air Ministry
Waalhaven
Rotterdam
Germany
Rhine
Belgium
French Reinforcements Engage in Thrilling Allied Push
Dutch North Brabant reports French reinforcements in contact with German forces as Edouard Daladier visits Belgium. French planes bomb and armor craft halt advances near Tongres and the Moselle front. Allied air fleets hit German rear lines as parachute troops in Holland are rounded up and overall German pressure shows signs of improvement.
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Brabant
Tedy
War Ministry
Edouard Daladier
Belgium
Leopold III
Tongres
Belgian Ardennes
Moselle
Ohrenthal
Forbach
Grips
Luxembourg
Maastricht
Ardennes Mountains
Holland
Ijssel
Seeme
Gibraltar on Rhine damaged by Allied air raid
French artillery and Allied air bombs shattered part of the Istein railroad tunnel under Germany's Rhine frontier. Military traffic on the line was cut off by the raid and shelling of the southern bridge approaches near Istein. The action severed Germany's direct connection with Basel and disrupted the vital west wall railroad section.
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Basel
Switzerland
Istein
Germany
Gibraltar of the Rhine
West Wall
Istein Rock
Dutch Forces Hold Front As German Paratroopers Press
Dutch border troops pulled back with light losses while mechanized German units reached Laangstraat and Rotterdam airfields. Amsterdam reported sporadic air activity with two Heinkel shot down. civilians faced curfews and bans as Dutch forces, aided by 20 000 British troops and French reinforcements, fought to maintain inland control and repel fifth column threats.
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Rotterdam
Amsterdam
EK. S. T
Holland
Waalhaven
Hague
Zundert
North Brabant
Belgium
Maas
Meuse
Ijssel
High Command
Netherlands
North
Brabant
Delansa
Music Festival at William Penn High Draws Large Black Audience
The third annual Music Festival at William Penn High School Sunday drew a large audience. Contributions came from Fairview Street School Leonard Street School William Penn High School Community Concert Band the Marian Anderson Chorus and guest violinist Thomas Paige. Paige a Winston-Salem student impressed with O Solo Mio and Ave Maria joined Leonard Street Chorus for Ave Maria. Gwendolyn Chambers emerged as a new soprano soloist in Ave Maria.
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Fairview Street School
Leonard Street
Marian Anderson
Thomas Paige
Paige
Winston-Salem
Capua
Schubert
Leonard Street School
Hallelujah
William Penn Senior Chours
William Penn
Gwendolyn Chambers
William L. Dawson
Grayce W. Yokely
M. Sneed
H. Hart
J. I. Hall
J. K. Williams
D. Ingram
W. B. Steele
S. E. Burford
Belgium holds as German push stalls near Liege front
As German forces break the Albert Canal defenses and threaten Liege the Belgian army and French troops fight back. Premier Pierlot reports the Liege forts repelling heavy assaults while Belgian and French units counterattack near Maastricht and Louvain. Morale remains high amid air raids and civilian evacuation under strict government supervision.
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Hubert Pierlot
Waremme
Maastricht
Albert Canal
Liege
Pierlot
Louvain
Antwerp
Paul Henri Spaak
War games test Mexico City defenses
In Mexico City on May 13 5 000 soldiers staged defense drills with red and blue armies to test the capital s defenses.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Municipal Court Docket Heavily Packed With Drunkenness and Assault
Judge Don C. MacRae presides as the Municipal Court hearings open a crowded docket. Cases include assaults with deadly weapons, drunkenness, non support, speeding, and operating a lottery with numerous defendants from streets around the city and nearby towns.
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John Williams
Kivett Drive
Floyd Tillman
Dallas
Ulysee McKeever
Mangrum Avenue
Thomas Wilson
Superior Court
Bessie Addison Young
Leonard Street
Ruth Owens
Downing
Garson Faw
Thomasville
Clayrce Osborn
Steele Street
Capias
William C. Jones
James Deaton
Ogden Street
Houston Ferguson
East Russell Street
Kenneth Woodall
South Main Street
Luther Spaugh
Winston-Salem
Jennie Jones
Fairvew Street
Raymond Blackman
Myrtle Lee
F. T. Andrews
Hickory
Ernest Fulp
South Hamilton
Nathaniel Wallace
Phoenix Street
L. A. Howard
Mt. Airy
John Harris
Charlotte
Joe Brooks
Fairview Street
D. M. White
Clay Street
Raymond Abraham
Biltmore Hotel
Vernon Hepler
Chestnut Street
Tate Helms
Briggs Avenue
Troy C. Winslow
Bob Lawrence
North Street
Elizabeth Walker
Ethel Feimster
Clemmons Gannoway
Gurley
Lillian Gabriel
L. O. Burgess
County Commissioners to Review School Budgets Next Monday
Guilford County Commissioners meet in Greensboro to consider the budgets of Greensboro High Point and rural Guilford school units. The agenda includes capital improvement requests and a survey of rural schools presented at the meeting.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Roosevelt backs national defense measures in wartime talks
President Roosevelt convened officials including Morgenthau Woodring Johnson and General Marshall to discuss broader defense needs. Early indicated further conferences would follow as conditions warranted and final decisions would reflect all recommendations. The note adds that a housefly is fully grown when hatched.
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United States
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Woodring
Louis Johnson
George C. Marshall
Early
Administrator's Notice for J A Murphy Estate Guilford NC
An administrator announces claims against the estate of J A Murphy, late of Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims by May 7 1941 or be barred. Debtors should settle promptly. Dated May 3 1940. H R Paschal Administrator. Gold McAnally Gold Attorneys.
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J. A. Murphy
Guilford County
North Carolina
H. R. Paschal
Gold, McAnally & Gold
Weather North: Winds and Clouds From Carolinas to Hatteras
Charlotte reports official weather bureau data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 am in principal cotton growing areas. Partly cloudy to tonight and Tuesday with a rise in temperature, winds from the west and southwest, showers possible in northern portions.
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North
Carolina
North Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Charlotte
N. C
Official Weather Bureau
College Campaign Dinner Set After Lunch Hour Meeting
Campaign officials at High Point College announced a dinner at First Methodist Church on Wednesday at 6 15 PM. Noble T Praigg noted growing interest in the Debt Liquidation drive though today’s luncheon drew a small crowd and full reports will be provided then.
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First Methodist Church
High Point College
Noble T. Praigg
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