Pearl Harbor warships saved by salvage after attack
The Navy reports that the battleship Oklahoma is righted after months of salvage at Pearl Harbor and that only three ships of the 19 sunk or damaged on December 7, 1941 remain listed as lost. Over 50 percent of salvage completed with crews calling the effort a success amid grim decks and recovered artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Navy
W. R. Furlong
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
F. H. Whitaker
Beaumont
Texas
Furlong
Arizona
Utah
Military personnel notes and local updates
Promotion at Camp Haan and various furloughs and postings for service members. Twins Henry and Ernest Lanning are featured with Lanning brothers at Camp Haan and Camp Moxey respectively. Overseas Marines and aviation cadets are noted, along with post returns and local visits. A church service rehearsal and a city card of thanks are included with social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bratt Lanning
Camp Haan
Cal
Cpl
Lanning
Pvt
Ernest Hiatt Lanning
Camp Moxey
Texas
Mae Lanning
East Green Street
Nixon H. Hill
Miami Beach
Fla
Grady B. Adams
Dorre Adams
Oak Street
Parris Island
S. C
New River
N. C
California
James W. Edwards
57Th Army Air Force Flight Training Detachment
Ocaloa
W. C. Edwards
West Lexington Avenue
Maxwell Field
Ala
Pic
William Elmer Johnson
Breta Johnson
W. L. Johnson
Hamptonville
Salisbury
Cooleemee
Winston-Salem
Pfc. Johnson
Salvage Compared: Admiral Furlong on Normandie and Oklahoma
Admiral Furlong said salvaging the Oklahoma and the Normandie are not comparable. He noted the Normandie suffered no bomb or torpedo hits and lies in swift water, while the Oklahoma salvage faces different, still water conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Furlong
New York City
Pearl Harbor salvage effort praised as war time triumph
Admiral Furlong says the Pearl Harbor salvage, begun in wartime, has recovered 10 ships damaged in the attack including the Shaw and Oglala, and salvaged vessels now sail under their own power or near completion. He notes 30 divers, many experts, work amid oil and debris with no diver losses and claims upgrades leave ships in better condition than before.
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Furlong
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Arizona
Oklahoma
California
Nevada
West Virginia
Shaw
Cassin
Downe
Oglala
Utah
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Tennessee
Helena
Honolulu
Raleigh
Curtiss
Vestal
Pearl Harbor
Downes
Commencement Celebrations Spark Civic Spirit in High Point
The High Point community, celebrating graduates amid wartime cosmopolitan ideals, plans a May 30 Memorial Day parade from Warn Penn High School to Greenhill Cemetery led by the American Legion and including student performances and church services. The event invites veterans and helpers, with bus service extended to the ceremony and flowers urged for remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McLean
American Legion
Wra. Penn High School
Greenhill Cemetery
H. M. Kirkpatrick
Sing
A. R. Kles
John Pennington
Fifty Fifth Anniversary Noted for Harshew Grove Church
Rev. J. M. Kennedy announced the fifty fifth anniversary of Harshew Grove Baptist Church in Randleman North Carolina to be observed this coming week at the church. The program runs from May 24 to May 30. On.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Kennedy
Harshew Grove Baptist Church
Randleman
N. C
Stanton Wins $150 AS Friends Scholarship at Wm. Penn
Lula Stanton of the Wm. Penn High School graduating class won the $150 scholarship prize offered by the American Society of Friends in a Friday night oratorical contest. Louise Armstrong received a second prize, with Byron Haworth presenting both awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Stanton
Wm. Penn High School
American Society of Friends
Louise Armstrong
Byron Haworth
Stanton
Armstrong
J. B. Ross
Sumter Bowen
Harold Hadley
S. E. Burford
Babies Capture Prizes In St Stephens A M E Zion Contest
Progressive Circle No 2 of St Stephens A M E Zion Church awarded three prizes in its recent Baby Contest. Precious B Massey won first prize Shoreline Oates won second prize and Charles Edward Love won third prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Circle No. 2
St. Stephens A.M.E. Zion Church
Baby Precious B. Massey
Baby Shoreline Oates
Baby Charles Edward Love
Daughters of Dorcas Meet at Sylvia Alford Home
The Daughters of Dorcas of the First Baptist Church hold their regular monthly meeting Monday night at the home of Mrs. Sylvia Alford, 1200 Hoover Street.
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Daughters of Dorcas of
The
First Baptist Church
Sylvia Alford
Hoover Street
City expands playgrounds for summer program staffing
New Boys' Commissioner J. J. Ellington outlines a summer plan using ten playgrounds with five mornings and five afternoons sessions. Supervisors include four boys, two girls, and one corps, with sports such as softball, volleyball, horse shoes, ping pong, and group games. Locations include Johnson Street, Ray Street, Ada Blair, Cloverdale, Emma Blair, Brentwood, Oak Hill, Fairview, plus the post office lot and Goldston Park. Funding adjustments for July 1 are noted.
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J. J. Ellington
Ellington
Appalachian State Teacher's College
Overdale
Goldston Park
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Ada Blair
Cloverdale
Emma Blair
Brentwood
Oak Hill
Fairview Street
Post Offic Lot
Goldston
Grover H.a
Redmen To Meet At Wigwam Monday Night
S D Clapp chief of records for the local tribe urged Chickenpans number 32 Redmen to meet at the N Main Street Wigwam tomorrow night May 24 at 7 30. The main business will be the Great Council report from last week in Reidsville and a note that the Great Council will be in High Point in 1944. The council often numbers around 400 including the Pocahontas unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D
Clapp
Redmen
N. Main Street
Reidsville
High Point
Diets of West Gang Builders Include Bison Meat
Bison meat figured as a main item in the diets of gangs constructing early western railroads. Bamboo trees reportedly grow extremely fast, reaching up to 16 inches in a single day.
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Willie F. Spaul
Wilbur L. Spaul
Willie
New Castle Army Air Base
Wilmington
Del
Wilbur
Camp Campbell
Harvey H. Spaulright
National Guards
Fort Moultrie
Signal Corps
Aaron Spaul
Bainbridge, Md
Hospital Corps
W. H. Spaul
Willowbrook Street
Yancey S. Cecil
W. W. Cecil
Hillcrest Drive
Gordon
McClellan Field
Pfc
J. Q. Cheves, Jr
Pacific
Earl Cheves
Fort Myers
Bill Cheves
Blytheville
Ark
J. Q. Cheves
West Davis Street
Lillian Thompson
Fort Jackson, D. C
Alford
Gladys Wheeler
East
Washington Street
Washington, D. C
Sue
Mrs. Freeman Erwin
Washington
E. Simmons
William Penn High
Whitaker
Mars Hill
Vening At & Pim
Morning Star Gospel Singers
Arthur Wall
Trinity
Essie Hunt
Willie Smith
Mrs
Nead Smith
North Street
Carney Shealey
Daisy Saddler
N. L. Boyd
Robert van Royals
R. B. Royals
Camp White
Ore
Stanford University
Fred Warner Royals
Los Angeles
Dyersburg
Ernest M. Lee
J. E. Lee
West Green Street
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Air Corps
Pic. Lee
Army
Eddie Lee
Mabel Tillotson Lee
D. Roy Wright, Jr
D. R. Wright
Bainbridge
Merchant Marine School
Herbert Horne
English Street
Long Island
New York
Merchant Marine Academy
Horne
South Pacific
Sevier
NA Neill Motors
South Wrenn St
High Post
Scapa Flow
News OF
Free America
United Nations
Leonard ST
Leonard Street
Griffin
F. R. Mason
Humphrey
Townsend
D. D. Mason
Scout Leaders
C. E. Yokely
Scout
J. J. Wilson
D. L. Flowe
Calvary Baptist Church
Pearson Memorial Church
Brooks Memorial Church
St. Mark Church
Progressive Circle
Dorcas
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