Local service men in furlough and overseas postings
IN SERVICE the Cletus L. Misenheimer and Sgt. Thomas F. Brown are on furlough or overseas, with family ties across North Carolina and Ohio. Cpl. William H. Hayworth serves in Alaska after Missouri basic training. Seaman Howard F. Shaw and Seaman Harold Ellington sail with the Navy. Pvt. Charles Edward Hutchens and Pvt. Lester Hudspeth serve in Atlanta and Cherry Point with recent leaves. Seaman Charles Holton served overseas after Bainbridge and Norfolk training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
William H. Hayworth
Center
C. H. Hayworth
High Point
United States Army
Alaska
Cpl. Hayworth
Missouri
Harold Ellington
E. J. Ellington
Richmond
United States Navy
Elizabeth City
N. C
Seaman Ellington
Norfolk
Charles Holton
Flora Holton
Kivett Drive Road
Seaman Holton
Bainbridge
War Today: Japanese Moves Reshape China and Philippines Plan
The article analyzes Japanese Henan operations as possibly pressuring Chungking to shift forces against Yunan and delay the Ledo road. It notes Chinese officials see broader aims from Tokyo tied to shipping losses and potential China Sea routes. MacArthur advances in New Guinea, extending air power toward the Philippines as Nippon bases shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henan
Chungking
Ledo Road
North China
Tokyo
China Sea
China
Peiping
Canton
Burma
MacArthur
New Guinea
Theilippines
Big Island
Nippoe
Mindamao
Philippines
American Communist Party Dissolved at The 25-year party ends
New York May 20. The 25 year old American Communist party dissolved today and will form a non party association for political education to support President Roosevelt in his bid for re election. General Secretary Earl Browder moved to dissolve as 400 delegates from 44 states approved the plan unanimously at a four day national convention. Browder said the convention will support Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Blackman
New York
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Browder
Carole Landis Collapses on Movie Set in Los Angeles
Film actress Carole Landis collapsed on a Hollywood movie set and was removed to her home after suffering a severe cold, according to her studio. The incident occurred in Los Angeles on May 20 and details of her condition were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Bombers Deemed Unable to Reach Timor Region
The report notes that Celebes island and the path down to Timor, off Australia’s northwest coast, are beyond the reach of his heavy bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebes Island
Timor
Australia
North Carolina Symphony Inspires Statewide Youth Audiences
Adeline McCall reports the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1932, has drawn about 300 reader letters and eight thousand young listeners in Winston-Salem Durham Chapel Hill and Greenville over three months. Children attend free concerts, ask players questions, and admire harp, bass, and kettle drum while teachers prepare pupils with program sheets. The article highlights young soloists Caroline Taylor Patsy Umstead and Josephine Gibson, and notes the orchestra’s service to education despite budget limits and wartime travel challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline McCall
Chapel Hill
Anne Kester
Winston-Salem
Benjamin
North Caroling Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Durham
Leigh
Greenville
Mr. Swalin
Star Spa
Ie Sant
Sym Y
Caroline Taylor
H. P. Taylor
Wadesboro
Raleigh
Patsy Umstead
Orange County
Josephine Gibson
North Carolina Symphony
Katherine Wormeldorf
Carolline Taylor
Marion Chalmers
George Watts School
Renta
Cleveland Symphony
North Carolina Lymp
Jackie Protects His Widowed Mother at Shipyard Ceremony
Seven year old John Richard Jackie Shea stood beside his widowed mother as she christened the 2200 ton destroyer honoring Commander John Joseph Shea USN who perished in the carrier Wasp. The ceremony took place at Bethlehem Steel Staten Island shipyard on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Richard
Jackie Shea
John Joseph Shea
USN
Wasp
Jackie
Bethlehem Steel Company
Staten Island
Party boats permitted to take fishermen offshore
Norfolk officials announce that party boat operators may take fishermen offshore in the coastal waters of the fifth naval district this season. The regulations are effective starting tomorrow as stated by Commodore G. T. Finlay, district coast guard officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
G. T. Finlay
Stingrays Reach Extreme Size Records
Report notes stingrays occasionally grow up to 14 feet long and weigh as much as 750 pounds marking unusual size among marine species for public awareness.
Allied air raids pound Dieppe as 1000 fighters sweep Europe
American and British fighter bombers with escorts roved over Northern France and Belgium all day. The U S Ninth Air Force flew over 1,000 aircraft in what headquarters called the most strenuous day in its history. No enemy fighters were encountered and only one American plane did not return. Thunderbolt and Lightning bombers attacked five rail junctions as raids on German rail centers reached 205 since March 2. Night raids indicated by a German radio warning of nuisance raids over the Western Reich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flake
Dieppe
Fra
Belgium
U. S. Ninth Air Force
REAF
Ninth Fighter Command
Ninth
U. S. Thunderbolt
Germany
RAF
Western Reich
Chinese and Japanese clash with heavy casualties reported
Chinese forces thrust west and south in renewed fighting across Henan. Reports say 2,000 plus Chinese casualties or more, 50 tanks destroyed near Loyang, and 1,000 Japanese killed with 3,000 more wounded around the Yellow River bulge near Suichen. American and Chinese air units supported the assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suiping
Kioshan
Chumatien
Loyang
Henan
Tayang
Lunghai
Tungkwan
Yellow River
Suichen
Merrill’s Men Push After Key South Airdrome Capture
The Allied forces pressed north of the city after quick seizure of the southern airstrip. The capture enabled airborne reinforcements to land, securing the position and allowing a hard push on the Japanese stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Penicillin to Aid Syphilis Treatment in NC Centers
Dr Carl V Reynolds state health officer announced that the U S Public Health Service will release to the North Carolina State Board of Health an allotment of penicillin for rapid treatment of syphilis at centers in Charlotte and Durham, Raleigh May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
United States Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Charlotte
Durham
Foxhole Psychiatrists Cut Down On Mental Crackups
Army places psychiatrists near the front in a new preventive psychiatry program to reduce mental casualties. Data show 93,000 neuropsychiatric discharges in late 1943. division psychiatrists will screen, counsel, and reroute men while training regular officers in battlefront care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Fox Hole
Army Medical Department
Medical Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Selective Service
Office of War Information
United States
Jungle
Arctic Wilds
Farmer Charged With Double Slaying in Missouri
In Sedalia Missouri Edgar W Holland 43 faced a first degree murder charge for the decapitation killings of his wife Molly Matti Holland 36 and her mother Pearl Fairfax 59. The headless bodies were found at the Lake of the Ozarks in mid April and identified four days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Edgar W. Holland
Farmer
Molly Matti Holland
Holland
Weather in North Carolina Partly Cloudy and Warm
Partly cloudy and warm weather continues in North Carolina with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Cherry Would Set Up Fund For Orphans
Danbury and Stokes county rally remarks by Gregg Cherry, candidate for governor, calling for a state scholarship fund from war surplus to educate children orphaned by the war. He vows to ensure North Carolina discharges its duty to returning veterans and support war orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Gregg Cherry
Stokes County
North Carolina
Allied Luftwaffe blows shift to Dora line amid Italian front fighting
Allied reports describe heavy fighting around Pontecorvo and Cassino with German defenses in the Liri Valley. Hitler renamed the line the Dora line as Allied air forces hit rail centers and airfields from the French coast to Reims and Paris area. Bombers and fighters attacked Dieppe, Paris, and surrounding targets, with 20 Allied aircraft losses reported. A milk tank truck entered use in 1914. Card of thanks from A P Samuels and family for sympathy and flowers during illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontecorvo
Cassino
Acquino
Liri
Associat
Lynn Heinzerling
Dora
Hitler
France
RAF
French
Paris
Reims
Dieppe
U. S
A. P. Samuels
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Cletus L. Misenheimer
W. P. Frazier
Route Three
Thomas F. Brown
N. O. Brown
Highland Avenue
Mabel Causey
Nankin
Ohio
Gurley Thomas Brown
Sgt. Brown
Howard F. Shaw
J. L. Shaw
Hawthorne Street
Charles Edward Hutchens
Alice Hutchens
Westchester Drive
Atlanta, Ga
Hutchens
Betty Lee Jones
Asheboro
Lester Hudspeth
H. M. Hudspeth
Culler Street
United States Marine Corps
Cherry Point
Hudspeth
Ary Noble Hudspeth
English Street
Marines
Parris Island
8. C
William
Cpt
Clarence Ward
W. T. Ward
High Point One
Ward
Oregon
Lawrence M. Shaw
Seaman Shaw
Navy
Ernest Ellington
United States Army Air Forces
England
Ellington
Armour Gunnery School
Laredo
Texas
State Symphony
Music Organization
Lower Center
Benjamin Swalin
Cherry
B. D. Yates
Ni Son
S. Main St
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