High Point College Honors 20th Anniversary Graduates and Four Honorary Degrees
At High Point College the 20th anniversary graduation exercises honored a class of 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts degree for 14 graduates led by Bishop Clare Purcell. Four Methodist ministers received Doctor of Divinity as honorary degrees: E C Few Atlanta A J Hobbs Raleigh Edgard H Nease Greensboro and C K Proctor Oxford.
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High Point College
G. I. Ae
Rees Eee
Harrison
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Methodist Church
Ernistice Fields
Charles C. Coffey
Hewlett
Clyde L. Collins
Troutman
Eva Plummer Craig
High Point
Edith Mac Kdewell
Mayodan
Edith Nellartman
Advance
Mymalee Howard
Madison
Joseph S. Johnson
Lake Junaluska
Mildred Jones
Aileen Kirkman
Greensboro
J. G. Long
Seaboard
Margaret Nell Price
Kannapolis
Doris Hilda Setzer
Winston-Salem
Dorothy Lee Usher
Toledo
Ohio
Nancy Ellen
U. S. Bombers Strike Deep Into Poland and Germany
A large U S air offensive sends about a thousand heavy bombers to targets in Poznan Kreisling and other Polish sites, with concurrent strikes on Leipzig Turon Cottbus and Sorau in central Germany, plus attacks on the French invasion coast and Vienna area. Sweden reports seven bombers landing.
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London
Germany
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
England
Italy
U. S
Poznan
Kreisling
Leipzig
Turon
Cottbus
Sorau
Danbue
Yest
Ita
Tuton
Liepzig
Berlin
Sweden
Stockholm
Reich
Atzbeicssdorf
Nord
Wollersdof
Messerschmitt
Germans Clash at Valmontone as Rome Defenses Harden
Allied forces push from Anzio while German troops fiercely defend Valmontone on the Casilina road southeast of Rome. The town blocks the main enemy escape route and its loss would strike a heavy blow to Hitler’s defense of the capital amid a stubborn counterattack at dawn.
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Valmontone
Casilina Highway
Rome
Anzio
Adolf Hitler
Via Casilina
Reed Blasts Bill on Postmasters Salaries
Senator Reed of Kansas opposed a Senate bill to raise postmasters salaries by five to twenty percent. He cited a survey showing rising overtime costs for post office workers, with current year overtime projected at 67.6 million dollars versus 10.4 million the previous year.
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Reed
Bill
Washington
Senate
R-Kas
Kansan
College Honors Four With Doctor of Divinity Degrees
Dr G J Humphreys president of High Point College conferred honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees on four Methodist ministers at the commencement exercises. Recipients include Rev Eugene Cannon Few of Atlanta Rev A J Hobbs of Raleigh Rev E H Nease of Greensboro and Rev C K Proctor of Oxford.
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G. J. Humphreys
High Point College
E. C. Few
Atlanta
Georgia
A. J. Hobbs
Raleigh
E. H. Nease
Greenspare
C. K. Proctor
Arnall Takes Freight Rate Protest to Supreme Court
Governor Arnall ordered Attorney General Grady Head to sue in the U S Supreme Court for national equality of freight rates. He said the court has struck discriminations and urged ending the discriminatory system hindering the South’s development. Arkansas Gov Homer Adkins urged waiting for ICC June action before broader moves.
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Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ellis Arnall
U. S. Supreme Court
Grady
Western and Atlantic Railroad
At General
Arnall
Supreme Court
South
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
ICC
Congress
Commission
Umpire Upset by Marine Heckle at Camp Lejeune Ballgame
A baseball umpire at Camp Lejeune grew irate after a Marine in the stands shouted an insistence to call plays as seen. The incident highlights tensions between spectators and officials at the May ballgame.
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Camp Lejeune
Kimmel Demands Open Trial For Pearl Harbor Commanders
Congress moves quickly to extend the window for court martial action against Pearl Harbor leaders. House rules panel approves a one year extension from June 7 and directs trials to proceed. Senate judiciary panel to consider Sept 1 deadline for action against Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short.
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Washington
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
House Rules Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Germans Growing Jittery As Western Invasion Nears
London dispatch reports German nerves rising as Allied invasion looms near the English Channel. Berlin and Swiss outlets cite altered invasion timing, rail disruptions from bombing, and claims Eisenhower delayed the breakthrough. Observers note German officials fear a D-Day strike.
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Transocean
Foreign Office
DNB
Germany
Gazette de Lausanne
von Rundstedt
Berlin
Eisenhower
America
Cherry's Majority Soars Hoey Landslide in North Carolina
North Carolina Democrats nominate Clyde Hoey for U S senator by a two to one margin and back Gregg Cherry for governor. Hoey leads Morrison statewide, Cherry defeats McDonald, with Morrison conceding. Congressional races tilt to incumbents Kerr Folger and Joe Ervin. Morrison loses in several counties.
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Henry Lesesne Arlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Clyde Hoey
Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Hoey
Shelby
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Mecklenburg
Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Winston- Salem
McDonald
John H. Kerr
John H. Folger
Joe W. Ervin
Charlotte
Ervin
Hamilton Jones
John C. Stroupe
Hickory
Martin
Washington
Richmond
Democratic Party
Hoey Said to Have Record Plurality in NC Primary
Hoey for Senate headquarters claimed Clyde R. Hoey surged to the largest plurality ever for a NC senate or governor primary. The Shelby attorney reportedly led rival Cameron Morrison by more than 120000, far above Reynolds 1982 margin of 113000 over Morrison.
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Shelby
Hoey
Senate
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
Robeat R. Reynolds
Morrison
Blood Red Christ Over Aprilia After Fierce Bombardment
In Aprilia Italy on May 28 a German bombardment left the town a ruined no man’s land. Maj Henry W King led riflemen to retake the village known as the factory. A red brick church remains partially intact with a Christ plaque. the town once fascist and now dead after heavy Allied advances toward Rome. Corporal William Sweeney helped carry a wounded comrade from the rubble as the offensive presses on.
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Aprilia
Italy
Rome
Corp
William Sweeney
Liverpool
England
Ft Alamein
North Africa
Tommy
Henry W. King
Burton-on-Trent
Derbyshire
Anzio
Ameri
Mussolini
Kesler Rowan County's Choice for Senator
John C. Kesler of Salisbury led the Democratic primary for state senator from Rowan county with 2 001 votes. Walter Murphy won the right to demand a runoff, while E C Gregory finished third with 917 votes. Murphy will decide later whether to run again.
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Salisbury
John C. Kesler
Rowan County
Walter Murphy
E. C. Gregory
Kesler
Murphy
Gregory
Allies advance toward Rome as three German divisions fall
Allied forces report three of 18 German divisions virtually destroyed in the May offensive near Rome. Pi Fifth Army troops push from Aprili a toward Campoleone and Valmontone, with 15,000 prisoners taken and heavy fighting along the Via Casilina and Appian Way. The Eighth Army clears German rear guards in the Liri Sacco valleys as Rome beckons.
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Naples
Pi—Fifth Army
Eternal City
Aprilia
Fifth
Compoleone
Valmontone
Via Casilina
Via
Casilina
Campoleone
Velletri
Lanuvia
Sermoneta
Bassiano
Norma
Southerners Oppose Fair Employment Practices Bill
Southern senators on the Appropriations Committee move to strike the $500,000 FEPC appropriation rejected by the House. Russell Maybank Bankhead criticize the FEPC as disruptive and discriminatory in wartime. Supporters say FEPC prevents race discrimination across minority groups during the war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Bank
D-Sc
Bankhead
Ala
Appropriations Committee
FEPC
Maybank
Committee Votes to Abolish Poll Taxes
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 7 to refer a constitutional amendment to end state poll taxes as a voting requirement to a subcommittee. Senator Wheely of Nebraska said the measure, sponsored by 36 of the party’s 37 Senate members, should go to the Senate for immediate action.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Wheely
Nebraska
Paty
Senate
Barber with uneven cuts found at Camp Lejeune
May 29 report from Camp Lejeune states Marines discovered a makeshift barber setup run by Pfe Bi Dezern of Low Gap North Carolina. He explains he cuts comrades hair during his spare time in a space described as a low outside area transforming into a hair parlor of sorts.
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Camp Lejeune
Pfe
Bi Dezern
N. C
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