American Red Cross War Relief Expenditures Reach 35 Million
The American Red Cross total for foreign war relief as of May 1 stood at 35,015,399 dollars. Britain accounted for about 15.8 million, with 3,846,317 garments and 20,125,073 surgical dressings produced by volunteers valued at 10,377,849 dollars. Relief covers Britain, unoccupied France, Finland, China and Spain with additional help to Greece, Yugoslavia, Poland and refugees. prisoners of war aid is now active, delivering packages to camps in Germany.
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American Red Cross
Knox Wilson
High Point
Great Britain
Red Cross
American
Ted Lewis still shines as Hollywood stage icon
Neville reports on Ted Lewis touring army camps and defense industries as Ada Lewis shares credit and memories. The veteran bandleader, born in Circleville, Ohio, reflects on show business, film work with Abbott and Costello, and classic tunes like When My Baby Smiles at Me.
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Lucie Neville
NEA
Hollywood
Ave-Noo
Ted Lewis
America
Ada
Lewis
Universal
Charlie
Buckeye
Circleville
Mrs. Lewis
Ted
Ohio State
Coney Island
Manhattan
the Palace
Greenwich Village
Canada launches national salvage campaign for war supplies
In Toronto on May 24 Canada began a nationwide salvage drive to collect metals rags bones and papers for wartime tools and materials. Citizens are urged to donate bones for glue and glycerine and to sort rags into woolen white cotton and colored groups. A ton of scrap metal can produce 150 shell cases and even everyday items like aluminum, silver, paper and toothpaste containers are valuable. The program runs under electoral district leadership with MPs in charge of their constituencies.
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Toronto
Canada
Busy year as 27-strong team tours 47 weeks
The subject travels the country with a company of 27 on bookings for 47 weeks annually and continuously asks whether everyone is happy. The note highlights a demanding schedule and ongoing concern for team morale.
Bundles for Britain collects used surgical instruments
Beginning Tuesday May 27 the local Bundles for Britain Inc chapter will collect all used surgical instruments to send to England for vital equipment. Mrs S S Saunders chairs Burrus Memorial Hospital collection and Mrs George Wood Jr chairs Guilford General Hospital collection in this city. About 31,800,000 motor vehicles traveled U S highways last year, up 374 percent from 1939.
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Bundles For Britain, Inc
England
S. 5S. Saunders
Burrus Memorial Hospital
George Wood, Jr
Guilford General Hospital
United States
Denton Teacher to Receive Degree at Elon College
Denton resident W. Marvin Sexton, a longtime Denton High School faculty member, will be awarded a B M degree at Elon College next Tuesday. He participated in the Practice Teacher's Club Methodist Club Clio Literary Society and Ren's Glee Club during his student years. Elon reports a graduating class of eighty and a total student body over six hundred. Governor Broughton will speak at the academic exercises.
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Denton
W. Marvin Sexton
Elon College
Sexton
Denton High School
Practice
Methodist Club
Clio Literary Society
Disabled American Veterans to Stage State Convention in Charlotte
Disabled American Veterans of the World War will hold their annual state convention in Charlotte June 8 9 and 10. Events include a banquet June 9 and a major address by Charlotte Police Chief Harry Joyner. Judson D. DeRamus of the Veterans Administration Fayetteville will speak, with registration and church services planned for June 8. Election of officers and selection of the 1942 convention city will be among the closing day business.
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Charlotte
Harry Joyner
Judson D. DeRamus
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Facility
Fayetteville
Suttle’s
W. S. Green
North Carolina
Norwood S. Westbrook
Wilmington
Gilson Bryant
Motor vehicle taxes top average U S spend last year
Motor vehicle taxes cost the average American motorist 53.83 dollars in the previous year. The amount exceeded the typical personal clothing spend and ran close to the wife’s clothing expenditures.
Army humor and irony from wartime camp life
Major General William E. Wilson recalls a rambling road tale about fixing a car in dungarees with only his feet visible as a soldier nears. The piece shifts to Fort Bragg where eight Chinese New York laundrymen join Army life, eager for service yet assigned elsewhere.
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Camp Stewart
William E. Wilson
Fort Bragg
New York
Chinatown
Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly
An old herb style remedy touts Ru-Ex Compound for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. It promises relief within 48 hours with a lemon juice and Ru-Ex mix, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
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Mann‘s
Eckrd's
Private’s Civil War Flag Gaffe Haunts Camp Routine
A humorous Army roundup details Private Robert D. Connor of Englewood New Jersey dropping after a long hike and leaping up in pain when a rusty Confederate musket ball appears under him. At Camp Shelby Mississippi a 200 pound private faints in the dentist chair after four chair visits, the doctor unseen.
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Camp Lee
Robert D. Connor
Englewood
N. J
Petersburg
Yeeow
Shelby, Miss
William Webb Ellis Introduced Football Running in 1823
Memorial tablet at Rugby credits William Webb Ellis with introducing the idea of running with a football during a game in 1823, marking a milestone in the sport's development and addressing the origins of the game.
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Rubgy
William Webb Ellis
Sulphur Air Pollution Report Stuns Industry
Sulphur pollution in major industrial centers equals about 100 tons of sulphuric acid per square mile, according to estimates. The finding highlights severe air quality concerns facing large metro areas and calls for reassessment of emission controls.
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Jantzen
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NoMend
Jlarllee
Marae
Sas Ra
General Motora
Oldsmobile
Highland Motors, Inc
High Point, N.C
Bamb Green
Old
Cid
Jlarlees
Harllee
Maiie Spears
Dorothy Gray
Fifth Avenue Salon
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