Two Men Arrested for Violating OPA Gas Rules
Dewey Hefner of East Russell Street and John H Wheeley, reported nearshore resident, were arrested by federal officers for violation of the waters act of gasoline rationing. Counterfeit tickets totaling 1500 gallons and 34 gallons were found in Wheeley’s car used to make the tickets. Hefner had no tickets. Both men posted $5000 bonds and are in Greensboro custody. Wheeley said the tickets were given by a filling station operator and the press was placed in his car in Hickory.
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Dewey Hefner
East Russell Street
John H. Wheeley
W. T. Kennedy
U. S
Kennedy
Hefner
Wheeley
Ken
Greensboro
Hickory
Yanks Press Westward Drive in Italy Near Rome
Allied forces surged toward the Rome sector with heavy fighting across the Liri valley and along the main front. French troops captured Pico and pushed deep into the Hitler line flank while Clark’s units drove toward Lencia and Valle Corsa as Allied plans progressed.
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Fifth Army
Pico
Hitler
Liri
Mark W. Clark
Lencia
Valle Corsa
Frosinone
Fifth
Soldier Released On Assault Count
Pfc Loy Bradford a 22 year old Camp Swift Texas soldier formerly of Siler City was charged with assault on his wife Mrs Lucille Bradford of High Point with an army belt and a stick in Chatham county The case was dismissed in High Point Municipal court by Judge D C MacRae who stated the court was in the wrong county to try the case and dismissed it Dr Walkup McCain testified the wife showed no serious bruises
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Pfc
Loy Bradford
Camp Swift
Texas
High Point
D. C. MacRae
Siler City
Lucille Bradford
Chatham County
Walkup McCain
MacRae
Funeral Rites for Lola A Byerly Held in Thomasville
Lola Austin Byerly dies from an accidental gun wound at home. A funeral service led by Rev. T B Flowe will be held at Southside Baptist Church Thursday at 4 50 PM, with interment in City Cemetery.
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Lola A. Byerly
The
Enterprise
Thomasville
Lola Austin Byerly
Hiis
Southside Baptist Church
T. B. Flowe
Red fox on the loose in High Point reportedly non dangerous
A small red fox escaped from a Denton bound crate after a stop in High Point. Railroad officials said one fox remains at large and urged anyone with news to contact the High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad station warehouse.
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High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Canadians Break German Line In Italy Advance
Allied troops push toward Cisterna on the Appian Way as the Canadian corps earns praise for a first action as a corps. American and French units widen gains along the coastal right flank while the overall Mussolini defense weakens under steady Allied pressure.
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Hitler
Italy
Rome
Anzio
Lord Love ‘Em
Kesselring
Cisterna
Velletri
Pontecorvo
Dover Strait skirmish and rail damage report
Combat along the Dover Strait as British guns shell a German convoy and German coast batteries reply from Calais Boulogne and Cap Griz Nez. A Paris radio broadcast claims French railways and hydro electric systems were hit while morale is said to be rising. F O Schaub underwent knee surgery at High Point Memorial Hospital. condition satisfactory.
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Dover
Calais
Cap Griz Nez
Boulogne
Paris
Robert de Beauplan
France
F. O. Schaubln
F. O. Schaub
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Churchill Vision for postwar World Council and Armed Peace
The article summarizes Churchill urging a postwar world council with overwhelming military power, linking unity of the British Commonwealth with Allied victory and a world assembly of powerful states. He praises Spain’s internal policy as a Spanish matter and envisions a world organization echoing the League of Nations but with greater force. He foresees permanent glories achieved through sacrifice and detours from Western Front talk.
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Turkey
Churchill
Spain
World Council of Great States
World Assembly of
World Organization
League of Nations
Allied Air Power Pummels Europe in Sixth Day of Bombing
U S medium bombers continued a six day assault delivering over 25 000 tons of bombs to Berlin Dortmund and French railroads while strikes on the Paris area and the Baltic region intensified. The Berlin raids were the fourth U S blow in a month with British Mosquitos joining the attack. The Nazis claimed battles over Berlin and the Baltic. The Allied war aim was to defeat the enemy and then allow the people to express their will in peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
England
English Channel
Berlin
Dortmund
French
Germany
Baltic
Vienna
Paris
FBI Law Enforcement Conference Set at Sheraiwa Hotel
High Point area law officers and county deputies will meet at 7 PM tomorrow at the Sheraiwa Hotel for an FBI conference. Edward Scheidt will chair the program with a disarming methods demonstration, firearms training discussion, FBI service explanations, and a confidential motion picture exhibit. Special agents L R Weber T D Fosterling and EF Kennelly will speak. The North Carolina weather part remains cloudy and warm with thundershowers forecast later today and tonight.
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High Point
Sheraiwa
FBI
Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
PRI
L. R. Weber
T. D. Fosterling
EF. C. Kennelly
Allies Break Through Near Myitkyina in Burma Front
Allied troops pushed deeper into Myitkyina after repelling Japanese counterattacks on the western outskirts. A field headquarters communique said the Allies captured a key railway and road junction serving the city from the airport, seized in a surprise attack last week, as monsoon rains slow progress. Chinese forces pinned Japanese moves south of Myitkyina, repelling attacks near Zigyun Ferry across the Irrawaddy.
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Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Irrawaddy River
Biddle on War Labor Board stance during wartime
Biddle criticizes a recalcitrant attitude at the War Labor Board in 20 cases, arguing the Board feared strikes beyond the company and urged not to suspend the Chief Executive during constitutional crises as the nation mobilizes for Europe and the Pacific.
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Europe
Pacific
Biddle
War Labor Board
WLB
Braden Asked to Help Negroes Get Nursery
A city Negro committee met with City Manager Roy S. Braden to seek aid for a second Negro nursery school. Braden would discuss with Superintendent Charles F. Carroll, who noted FWA rules require proper plumbing and playground space and that past funding covered five white and one Negro nurseries.
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Roy S. Braden
J. E. Melton
Charles F. Carroll
Carroll
FWA
Council to Take Up Departmental Budgets Thursday
City council meeting Thursday night at 7 30 p m will focus on analysis of current department budgets. City Manager Roy S Braden says recommendations on intra department fund transfers and salaries for playground supervisors will be considered. Parks commission also will propose summer playgrounds.
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Roy S. Braden
Parks Commission
Braden
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