Lost-Cpl James Conrad Presumed Dead After Sea Loss
Cpl. James Bradford Conrad 23 formerly of Willow Brook Street is presumed lost at sea after his ship in the European area was attacked by planes at night with heavy seas. He entered service November 17, 1942 sailed October 1, 1948. His wife Edna Hollowell and son David of Baltimore survive along with two brothers, two sisters, and other relatives. The War Department notified his father Madison Hill Conrad of Lexington.
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Cpl
James Bradford Conrad
Willowbrook Street
Madison Hill Conrad
Lexington
War Department
Conrad
Air Corps
Edna Hollowell
David
Baltimore
Bruce
Rotary Drive
Madison Conrad, Jr
Frances L. Conrad
Army Nurses Corps
England
Ellis Hogan
Washington, D. C
High Point Gave Veneer Company
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Armed Service
North Carolina Weather: Cloudy Skies With Showers
Mostly cloudy today with little temperature change and showers and thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. Partly cloudy and warm Friday with scattered afternoon thundershowers.
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North Carolina
Allies drive toward Nazi coast as Terracina falls
Allied forces attack the German right wing and capture Terracina, linking coastal operations with the Anzio beachhead. Canadian troops breach the Liri valley defenses and seize Pontecorvo as Americans and Canadians coordinate to relieve pressure on the Nazi stronghold.
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Anzio
Kesselring
Terracina
Adolf Hitler
Liri Valley
Pontecorvo
Liri
Hhere
German forces strained in Italy as Kesselring seeks reinforcements
The report notes German strength in Italy is stretched to the limit and Kesselring urgently needs reinforcements though none are evident for immediate call.
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Kesselring
Italy
Parke Davis Strike Continues Halting War Production
About 1,900 workers at Parke Davis & Co. remained on strike for a third day in Detroit, halting penicillin and other medical supplies. The walkout followed a Smith Connally act vote after failed talks on closed shop wage and job reclassification, with 1,347 of 1,900 voting to permit wartime production disruption.
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Detroit
Parke Davis & Co
National Labor Relations Board
Navy Destroyer to Be Launched Today in Bath
A sleek destroyer named for Robert H. Smith will be launched at Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine. Smith, a Naval Academy graduate and veteran of submarine service, died in a Pearl Harbor to San Francisco transport plane crash. His widow of Annapolis will sponsor the ship.
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Bath
Robert H. Smith
Navy
Pearl Harbor
San Franciso
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Captain Smith
Annapolis
Smith
Harrelsville
Naval Academy
Witty
North Carolina to Get Share of Oats
Nine Southern states share in a Commodity Credit Corporation allocation of 275000 bushels of Canadian oats to relieve a livestock feed shortage. North Carolina receives 17 carloads or about 2500 bushels per car, with Georgia 14, Florida 8, South Carolina 8, Louisiana 11, and Tennessee Kentucky Alabama Mississippi each 13.
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Memphis
Commodity Credit Corporation
H. L. McGeorge
Southeast Region Committee
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Allied Attacks Renew Berlin Vienna and Paris Fronts
The night saw a massive RAF strike followed by 5 500 ordinated attacks on Berlin Vienna and the Paris environs. An American armada pressed the defense with artillery barrages as ground rockets burst around Fortress Gurnier. German positions were driven off by escort fleets and U S air forces.
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Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Gurnier
Foy Sinclair
Muskogee
Nasil Siemenatiaiaees Ering
Swi
U. S
Allied Beachhead Roles in Cassino Offensive Across Pontine Marshes
Allied forces pushed north from the Anzio beachhead toward Priverno and Cassino, threatening to outflank German positions along the Pontine marshes. A spokesman described relentless fighting since May 11 on tough terrain while the beachhead’s surprise landings, dating from January 22, pressured German rear defenses and aided the Rome drive.
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Priverno
Vaimontome
Pontine
Cassino
Formia
Stockholm
Anzio
Rome
Pontecorvo
Piedmonte
Hitler Line
Appian Way
Cisterna
Italy
Submarines Sink 15 More Japanese Vessels
American submarines continue to rip supply lines in the Pacific and have sunk 15 more Japanese ships, including a destroyer and a transport. The navy reports a total of 724 ships sunk or damaged by U.S. subs, with 573 definitely sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 115 damaged.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Dusty Americans In Chariots On The Appian Way
Dusty Americans in armored Sherman tanks march along the Appian Way toward Rome with Cisterna and Velletri in view. Cpl. Robert G. Meinder from Sioux City pulled a German artillery observer from a roadside cave after five hours hiding. Pvt. Charles Wooten of North Belmont, N C, captured seven more prisoners. Within half an hour German horse drawn howitzers yielded over 50 captives, many underage.
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Cisterna
Rome
Velletri
Robert G. Meinder
Sit
Main St
Sioux
Allen Jay High School Awards 28 Diplomas at Closing Exercises
Dean P. E. Lindley of High Point College gave the closing address on How to Make a Success as 28 diplomas and awards were presented. Civitan honors went to Samuel Gilmore. home economics awards to Maxine Hall and Juanita Shelley. J. D. Holland was named best bus driver. Margaret Weant delivered the sale address and Marie Brinkley gave the valedictory.
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P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Allen Jay School
Dr. Lindley
Civitan
Samuel Gilmore
Maxine Hall
Juanita Shelley
J. D. Holland
Margaret Weant
Marie Brinkley
Doris Bishop
Robales
Helen Bundy
Celia Butt
Charles Carmichael
Lillian Cole
Darrell Cox
Jettie Crawford
Magdaline Deaton
Margaret Dobbins
Jack Hipps
Ralph Hudson
Ralph Jones
Pauline Kearns
Edward Marsh
Thomas Mitchell
Earle Motes
J. A. Carroll Redding
Edwin Smith
Geraldine Spencer
Hazel Stone
Ruth Summey
Mary Yarbrought
Germans face depleted reserves as air invasion deepens
A Tass dispatch from Moscow claims Berlin rumors that Heinrich Himmler has left for France. Reports over the past two weeks say most Nazi leaders, short of Hitler, are in France tightening control while German defenses fray. Dover Strait winds rise and seas turn white with sun bright and visibility limited. Temperature around 70 degrees at 9 am. barometer steady.
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Tass
Moscow
Berlin
Heinrich Himmier
Gestapo
France
Hitler
Strait of Dover
Yanks Bomb Kurile Islands and Solomons Dead Report
Pacific airmen bombed targets in the Kurile Islands north of Japan. The bodies of 570 more Japanese were found in the Solomons as evidence of by passing strategy. Near Landia in New Guinea other Japanese dead were cited from starvation and disease.
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Kurile Islands
Japan
Ainville
Solomons
Landia
New Guinea
Rumble On To Rome Echoes Of Battle With Prisoner Escort
Cpl Ernest Taylor of Richmond Georgia and Lt Douglas Stone describe grim scenes as their unit escorts prisoners four miles back to military police posts and assists German wounded on carts. They compare the experience to Tunisia as tanks and armor push toward the Appian Way along a purple path through shelled farmland.
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Ernest Taylor
Richmond “Fin
Douglas Stone
Portales
N. M
Tunisia
Salt in Water Makes Egg Shells Harder for Easy Peeling
To ease shelling of hard cooked eggs, add salt to the water in which they are cooked to make the shells harder and more brittle so they peel more easily.
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Pepsi-Cola Kottling Co
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Frank R. Hutton
House of Representatives
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J. Franklinville
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C. H. Doggett
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