German-Netherland Border Prison Camp Holds 5000 Prisoners
Reporter describes Bocholt intermediate concentration center behind the front lines where 4800 Dutch 300 Belgian 200 Polish and 100 French prisoners are housed in tents with two hospitals. Most are docile though some are spirited as they recount capture on the Western Front and the hope for humane treatment.
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Adolf Hitler
Fone
Patrick Greenhouse
Messerschmitts
Netherlands
New York
Greenhouse
Bocholt
Gian
Emile de Vriese
Maseyck
Defense plan impossible says Wendell L. Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie, possible Republican presidential candidate, charged Chicago May 18 that the Roosevelt defense plan cannot be implemented by any administration lacking national confidence. He asserted only a fully trusted administration could carry it out.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Tommies cling to new lines near Brussels in bel gium
British troops after eight days of movement hold new lines west of Brussels as German armor presses from the Sedan sector. RAF fighters hold advanced bases in France despite blitzkrieg pressure, with early losses offset by air counterattacks and claims of destroying nearly one German machine per hour.
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France
Nancy
United States
Drew Middleton
Belgium
Brussels
Sedan
Dyle
Louvain
Wavre
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Sambre
Army Inadequate For Real Test Says Marshall
General George C. Marshall told the Senate military appropriation committee that the regular army would be totally inadequate to meet the real test of war. He foresaw the need for about 400000 men as a base for emergencies and cited a possible mobilization of up to 1000000 fighting men. He warned that further funding would be tremendous once the emergency program is assimilated.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate
Military Appropriations Committee
Marshall
Attlee to Deputize for Churchill in Commons
London May 18 Clement Attlee Laborite leader and Lord Privy Seal will deputize for the prime minister in the House of Commons an official announcement said tonight It added that Prime Minister Winston Churchill would be in the House when possible In Churchill's absence Attlee will answer questions directed at the prime minister as head of the government and generally speak for the government in the House of Commons.
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London
Clement Attlee
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Attlee
Byrd Returns From Antarctic Expedition Discovery
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd leaves the White House after reporting on the U S Antarctic Expedition. He brought word of a 900 mile unknown coastline he discovered and charted for the Navy during his five month trek to Little America.
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Little America
Richard Byrd
White House
U. S. Antarctic
Navy
UNC Junior Prom Sponsors Feature Local Escort List
University of North Carolina events spotlight junior and senior dances in Woollen Gymnasium with Miss Betty Sechrest of High Point among sponsors. Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters provided music for two tea dances and the Junior Prom and Senior Ball. Ellen Self of Asheville paired with Gates Kimball, and Helen Long of Durham with Ott Burton, while other pairs included Mary Susan Robertson with Steve Forrest and Lucy Cary Easley with Paul Severin among the committee members.
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University of North Carolina
Betty Sechrest
High Point
Jan Savitt
Ellen Self
Asheville
Gates Kimball
Winston Salem
Helen Long
Durham
Ott Burton
Milton
Mary Susan Robertson
Hillsboro
Steve Forrest
Lucy Cary Easley
Richmond
Paul Severin
Natrona
Dallas Howard
Roseboro
Herb Hardy
Sanford
Delegates at Milwaukee National Federation Convention
North Carolina federation delegates will attend the five day General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Milwaukee May 2025. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar presides with speakers like Dr. Albert W. Palmer and Dr. Glenn Frank. Posts cover American Citizenship Home Affairs Education and Public Welfare with reports from officers and committees.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Milwaukee
Sadie Orr Dunbar
Federation
Dunbar
General Federation
Albert W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Seminary
Glenn Frank
Congress
Illinois
John D. Robinson
Wallace
North Carolina Federation
Martha Faison
Faison Club
Geneva
N. Y
Federated Women's Clubs
Federated Clubs
Geddie Strickland
Federa
American Home Dept
W. R. Everett
Division of
Family Finance
Estelle Smith
Division of Extension
American Home Department
Women's Club
BE. W. Griffin
Public Safety Division
Thursday Bridge Club Meets in Randleman With Picnic Supper
Mrs. Ruth Allred hosted the Thursday Evening Bridge Club at her Asheboro highway home, serving a picnic supper before three tables played contract bridge. Top scorer Mrs. Frank Talley received twin pictures. The article lists members and guests from Randleman and nearby towns.
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Weaver Lineberry, Jr
Leonard Ward
Randleman
Frank Armfield
High Point
Harry H. Donnell
Alfred
Caldwell Street
Greensboro
Frank Talley
Hitler's Aces Use Parachutists Fifth Column in Holland Invasion
John Lloyd Paris reports on Germany's blitzkrieg in Holland using parachutists and a large fifth column to bypass water defenses. Dutch forces were overwhelmed as air drops, transports, and airdromes aided a rapid, nighttime invasion, leading to surrender after intense fighting and the Moerdijk bridge massacre claims.
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John Lloyd Paris
Germany
Holland
Poland
Norway
Rotterdam - the - Hague - Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Moerdijk
van Kleffens
Paris
Funeral Services for Julius W. Cone Scheduled
Julius W. Cone 67 prominent textile manufacturer and banker dies in Greensboro after two years of ill health. Funeral from his home at 10 a.m. with Rabbi Frederick I. Rypins presiding. Surviving are his widow Laura Weill Stern, two children Frances Stern Hetherington and Edward T. Cone, Frederick W. Cone, and sister Miss Etta Cone.
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Greensboro
Julius W. Cone
Frederick I. Rypins
Temple Emanuel
Cone
Herman Cone
Helen Guggenheimer Cone
Laura Weill Stern
Frances Stern Hetherington
New York
Edward T. Cone
Frederick W. Cone
Baltimore
Etta Cone
State College Dedicates New 98000 Dairy Plant
N C State College dedicated its new 98000 dairy plant today as agriculture students held their first annual livestock day. The PWA funded buildings were presented by Guy Palmer the resident inspection engineer. First place in the livestock sweepstakes went to F H Jack Price Jr of Iredell County with a Guernsey yearling.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
School of Agriculture
PWA
Guy Palmer
F. H
Jack) Price, Jr
Iredell County
Local Family News Highlights Week End Visits and Recovery
Mr and Mrs J R Trogdon report their son undergoing an appendix operation at Randolph Hospital. Phyllis Trogdon and Dr A R Kistler of Monroe host weekend guests at Lake Waccamaw. Mrs R H Hughes of Haw River visits Miss Nora Hughes, and Mrs Harry H Donnell of Greensboro returns home after a week with Mrs Ruth Allred.
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C. D. Kistler
Phyllis
Shelby
Kistler
Z. Kistler
J. E. Gibson
High Point
Walter I. Gibson
Robert Hughes
Haywood Ray
Haw River
Nora Hughes
Kate Heatwole
J. R. Trogdon
Randolph Hospital
A. R. Kistler
Monroe
Lake Waccamaw
R H. Hughes
Harry H. Donnell
Greensboro
Ruth Allred
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