Meacham Serves as Chaplain at China Base Chapel
Chaplain Meacham, a Duke graduate and West Virginia native, serves at a chapel built for American servicemen in China. He describes travel through Assam and Burma India border areas with Nagas, noting their labor and Christianity aiding change. He recalls missionaries moving ahead of Japanese advances and emphasizes continued school and hospital work.
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China
Ameriis
Benjamin Franklin
Meacham
Cham
Roberdell
Mildred C. Meacham
Gap Mills
West Virginia
Transport Command Base
Ing
ATC
Occa
Burma
Y. Meacham
Caledonia Methodist T Laurinburg
Beto China
Assam
India
Burma-India
Duke
Army Work Horse New York 105mm howitzer described
The ordnance department of the Army Service Forces has developed four weapons using the 105 mm howitzer a motor carriage a medium tank an airborne version and the standard field gun The 105 mm shells fired by Allied forces in Europe after D day totaled 4 426 000 in the first three months with 300 000 rounds fired in Nee
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Army Work Horse
NEW York
INS
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Europe
Atnee
Calliope Rocket Launcher On Medium Tank
The army ordnance has nicknamed the 60-tube rocket launcher mounted on the medium tank Calliope. Each rocket tube fires a 4 inch rocket. The 60 tubes sit on the tank turret and rotate with it while elevating with the tank gun. Rockets can be fired in about 30 seconds.
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NEW York
INS
Army Ordnance
Calliope
New York Ordnance District
Immediate serving preserves peak food value after cooking
Eating foods promptly after cooking helps retain maximum nutrients and flavor. Delaying serving reduces texture and nutrient content, so hot meals should be served right away for best quality.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND ANSWERS
Puzzle listing with Across and Down clues by Eugene Sheffer Horizon and Vertical sections. Includes numbered hints such as apply friction brown over fire and various word associations across a newspaper puzzle page.
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Eugene Sheffer
England
Air Medal Awarded to Staff Sergeant James A Mitch ell
Staff Sergeant James A Mitch ell of 800 Carrick Avenue High Point North Carolina was awarded the air medal at Moore General Hospital Swannanoa North Carolina where he is presently hospitalized Captain G A Kemp Army Air Forces liaison officer stationed at Moore General presented the medal Mitch ell earned it for meritorious achievement on sustained flight missions over the southwest Pacific including bombing enemy airdromes installations and naval vessels and shipping.
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James A. Mitchell
Carrick Avenue
High Point
N. C
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
G. A. Kemp
Army Air Forces
Moore General
Sgt
Mitchell
Southwest Pacific
Soldier in Philippines Reports Awaited Air Support
Cpl Richard F Carter son of Mr and Mrs E E Carter writes from the Philippines that air forces are expected to aid troops fighting the Japs. He notes starving Japanese and theft of food and clothing from American camps. Carter, in service 29 months, recently moved from anti air to MP escort guard and has earned two bronze stars in four months.
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Richard F. Carter
Philippines
E. E. Carter
Cpl
Carter
M. P. Escort Guard
Wallace Transferred to Barber's Point Navy Station
George C. Wallace seaman first class USNR with wife and parents in Asheboro North Carolina is serving in the public works department at Barber's Point Naval Air Station Oahu before joining the navy in 1943 he worked for Ross and Ross Transit Co in Asheboro and was stationed at Bainbridge Maryland prior to the transfer
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Wallace
U. S. Naval Air Station
Barber's Point
Oahu
T. H
George C. Wallace
USNR
Asheboro
N. C
Public Works Department
Navy
Ross and Ross Transit Co
Bainbridge
Corpral Hodgin Dies of Wounds Suffered on Iwo Jima
Corporal Billy E Hodgin son of Mr and Mrs Hodgin of Mount Airy died in April from wounds received on Iwo Jima March 20 Marine headquarters notified his parents He entered service August 16 1943 trained at Parris Island Newport and Camp Pendleton Overseas in August 1944 He was born October 12 1925 and attended Mount Airy High School class of 1942 He is survived by his parents a brother Seaman First Class Robert M Hodgin Jr of Fort Lauderdale and two sisters Mrs Roscoe Martin of Newport News and Mrs Bernard Neal of Mount Airy
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Billy E — 2
Hodgin
Mount Airy
High Point
Iwo Jima
Marine Headquarters
Hodgins
J. B. Turner
Parris Island
S. C
Newport
Rhode Island
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Seaman
Robert M. Hodgin, Jr
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Roscoe Martin
Newport News, Va
Bernard Neal
Mountry
Bell transferred to Atlantic fleet mine warfare center
Doyle Hillard Bell. 18, seaman second class USNR of 836 Trinity St Thomasville NC, transferred to Little Creek Virginia for mine warfare training after basic schooling at Bainbridge Maryland. Entered navy January. father David W Bell lives in Thomasville. Previously employed at Jewel Cotton Mill.
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Bell
Doyle Hillard Bell
USNR
Trinity Street
Thomasville
N. C
Little Creek
Navy
Naval Training Station
Bainbridge
David W. Bell
Jewel Cotton
Geraldine Hancock Wins Hospital Essay Award
Geraldine Hancock wins a $25 war bond in a hospital essay contest run by the High Point Memorial Hospital building fund drive. Hancock’s essay argues for a community owned and operated hospital, stressing bed shortages and the non profit, public nature of High Point Memorial. The award honors the best of 150 junior entries.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Geraldine Hancock
High Point
Hancock
Kiwanis Club
North Carolina
Duke Foundation
Putblic
High Point Memorial Hospital Urgent Need Highlighted
A reader argues that establishing a new High Point Memorial hospital is the area’s most urgent requirement for future profit and community welfare. The piece frames healthcare expansion as essential to local growth and sustainability.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Shipstead Opposes Wickard for REA Post as Carmody Backers Grow
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota presses his opposition to Claude R. Wickard's confirmation as REA administrator. He cites a group of electrical cooperatives supporting John M. Carmody, former REA head, now on the maritime commission. President Truman had asked Wickard to take the REA post after resigning as agriculture secretary.
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Washington
Senator Shipstead
R-Minn
Claude R. Wickard
REA
John M. Carmody
Carmody
Rural Electrification Administration
Maritime Commission
Truman
Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Shipstead
Allied Bombings Destroyed 90 Percent of Nazi Gas
Letters from Albert Speer found in Doenitz HQ claim Allied bombing wiped out 90 percent of Nazi aviation gasoline plants by summer 1944. Speer says Hitler nearsighted, reports using large typewriters for key missives, and underground plants yielded limited fuel. He notes 10 to 20 thousand gallons monthly max from underground sources.
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Flensburg
Germany
Albert Speer
Adolf Hitler
Karl Doénitz
Hitler
Speer
OPA Increases June Tire Quota by 25 Percent
The OPA raised the June tire ration to 2,000,000 units, up 500,000 from May, to meet civilian demand. Rationing chief Max McCullough cited backlogs of 500,000 to 600,000 casing applications, low inventories, and seasonal failures as factors making the rise insufficient. Military needs had previously reduced civilian quotas to 1,000,000.
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OPA
Max McCullough
Washington
Pfc John Henry McGee in Pacific action with Dixie Division
Pfc John Henry McGee of High Point North Carolina serves in the 31st Infantry Division battalion. His unit defeated about 600 Japanese forces on the Sayre national highway in a meeting engagement that lasted from just before midnight until dawn. McGee, in a heavy weapons company, is the son of Henry Floyd McGee.
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Joan H. McGee
Dixie Division
Mindanao
31St Infantry Division
Pfc
John Henry McGee
High Point
N. C
Sayre National Highway
Col- McGee
McGee
Henry Floyd McGee
General Delivery
Robertson Transfer Reported To Wright Field Assignment
Private Ellen C. Robertson of Route 4 High Point has reported for duty at the Air Technical Service Command Wright Field Dayton Ohio and has been assigned to the unit.
Funeral Rites for John H Hampton Held at Mountain View
John Harry Hampton of 1611 Ward Street dies Friday morning. The funeral service will be held at his home at 1 PM, with a 3:30 PM service at Mountain View Baptist Church in Stokes County. Rev. Bill Barker of South Side Baptist Church in High Point will lead. Interment follows in Mountain View Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
John Harry Hampton
Ward Street
Theountain View Baptist Church
Stokes County
Bill Barker
South Side Baptist Church
High Point
Mountain View Church
Funeral service for Archie Lee Fowler at Yowg's Funeral Home
Archie Lee Fowler died after brief illness in Grace hospital Morganton. Funeral from Yowg's Funeral Home Monday at 2 PM with interment in Floral Garden Cemetery. Former resident, he had lived in Morganton four years and worked for the Drexel Furniture Company.
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Archie L. Fowler
Archie Lee Fowler
Grace Hospital
Morganton
Yowg
Floral Garden Cemetery
Mr. Fowler
Drexel Furniture Company
Wright Field hosts 4000th AAF base unit Sq C base center
The 4000th Army Air Forces base unit at Wright Field serves as the air forces engineering procurement main maintenance and supply hub. It operates as the central center for technical services and logistics for the air service.
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Sq. “C.” Wright Field
Air Forces’ Engineering
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