Battle ends on Attu as Stars and Stripes fly again
Attu Island is declared secured after a 20 day assault. US troops liberated the first American soil recaptured in this war, with Kiska garrison cut off. Navy and War Department officials call it the biggest Attu battle and note high Japanese casualties. Allies consider moving toward Kiska or toward Japan, using Attu as airfield and weather/recon post.
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Washington
Attu
Aleutians
United States
Tokyo
Kiska
Navy
Col
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department
Japan
Imperial Palace
Chichagoff
North Pacific
Amchitka
Grand Coulee Irrigation Project Poised to Transform Desert Lands
Grand Coulee in central Washington is pictured as the nation’s largest irrigation undertaking. The Bureau of Reclamation foresees 400,000 residents, new towns, and a farming empire across 2.5 million acres with 1.2 million irrigable. Construction could unfold over 25 years, delivering ample water and jobs for returning soldiers.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
Rhodesland
Kansas City
Bureau of Reclamation
Columbia River
Washington
Lake Ontario
Frank A. Banks
Bureau of Reclamation St
Bureau
Congress
At Least Four Die Of Violence In Carolinas
A weekend violence survey notes four fatalities in the Carolinas. Helen Cleo Lowe age 21 of Caroleen drowned at Atlantic Beach while swimming with friends. William F Farrar age 82 of Cabarrus County died from injuries after a fall at his home. William Franklin Stroud age 19 of Great Falls S C drowned in the Catawba River. James Herbert Turberville age 5 playing on the New Bern wharf fell into the Neuse River and drowned.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Toy
Helen Cleo Lowe
Caroleen
Atlantic Beach
William F. Farrar
Cabarrus County
William Franklin Stroud
Great Falls
S. C
Catawba
New Bern
James Herbert Tu
Paying Father Time Ten Years Ago May 31 1938
Municipal court tributes paid to James B. Lovelace for two years as prosecuting attorney. New labor law limits the work week to 55 hours, effective tomorrow. School teachers plan a Living Cost survey for High Point. Salary cuts force retrenchment. Avery McBee leaves for Washington after visiting sister and brother. Mrs Harold S McKee to visit father in Tacoma. Betty Joyce Frazier celebrates 4th birthday with friends Mary Lou Yow Billy Johnson Harold Andrews. Industrial revival boosts employment. Idol of High Point elected Rotary International convention secretary for the Carolinas district in Wilmington. May 30-31 eleven Kansas state prison escapees still at large.
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James B. Lovelace
Avery McBee
Washington, D. C
Capus Waynick
Silas McBee
Harold S. McKee
Tacoma
Wash
C. K. Molgard
Betty Joyce Frazier
Best Street
Mary Lou Yow
Billy Johnson
Harold Andrews
C. Idol
High Point
Rotary International Convention
Carolinas
Wilmington
Kansas State
General-Representative Claude Kitchin Dies in Wilson
Former House minority leader Claude Kitchin died at 6 15 this morning in Wilson. He was Buck Kitchin of Scotland Neck. Receivership actions related to the Ku Klux Klan are proceeding in Atlanta. Dr James McBride Sterrett, 76, a retired Episcopal clergyman and university instructor, shot himself in Washington.
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Claude Kitchin
Congress
Wilson
Buck Kitchin
Scotland Neck
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
James McBride Sterrett
Washington, D. C
Seadromes proposed as postwar global air route
Pennsylvania Central Airlines outlines plans for floating sea dromes across the Atlantic. Inventor Edward R. Armstrong envisions 64 000 ton steel platforms 800 miles apart with 70 foot tops. Bases would refuel, support hotels, and allow all weather hops to England, boosting payloads.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Edward R. Armstrong
Philadelphia
C. Bedell Monroe
Pennsylvania Central
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States Steel
Wirth Steel Company
Belmont Iron Works
John A. Roebling Co
Carolina Seniors Hear Dr Maddry In Baccalaureate
Dr Charles E Maddry of Richmond Virginia spoke at the UNC 149th graduating class baccalaureate sermon in Chapel Hill May 31 addressing why God allows war and noting evidence of divine will in world hunger for knowledge and Americas leadership role. Alumni day features dinner with L P McLendon and Frans P Graham. graduation exercises continued.
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Chapel Hill
Charles E. Maddry
Richmond
Foreign Missions Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
University of North Carolina
America
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Frans P. Graham
University
Ghostly Indianapolis Speedway Remembers Great 500 History
In Indianapolis on May 31 memories echo of the Indianapolis 500 as disused grandstands and sparse crowds recall early stars like Wilbur Shaw Louis Meyer Ralph DePalma Eddie Rickenbacker Norman Batten Floyd Roberts and others. The piece notes historic crashes and race winners, including Roberts who died on the track.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Wilbur Shaws
Louis Meyers
Ralph de Palmas
Eddie Rickenbacker
America
DePalma
Norman Batten
Floyd Roberts
Year Of Great Progress Seen At University
Chapel Hill May 31 The academic year 1942 43 has been one of great educational progress at the University of North Carolina Dean Robert D House told alumni and graduates at a class day luncheon The Navy Pre Flight school on campus has about 2000 cadets and is a unique center of naval aviation training He said the school and university are intertwined and noted progress of the naval officers training corps pilot training at Horace Williams Airport and the Carolina Volunteer Training Corps
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Chapel Hill
Uiversity of North Carolina
Robert D. House
House
U. S. Navy
Naval Officers Training Corps
Horace Williams
Carolina Volunteer Training Corps
High Point Scouts Organize New Troop and Trek Plans
Logan Chitwood announces a new Scout troop registered at Pisgah Baptist Church with L. C. Madden as scoutmaster and R. C. Church as assistant. The High Point district Scouters Club will meet to review the District Trek and summer dispatch plans as 300 Scouts prepare for the Spring Trek at Camp Uwharrie and other districts plan similar treks.
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Logan Chitwood
High Point
Pisgah Baptist Church
L. C. Madden
R. C. Church
T. W. Moore Z. V. Lanier
F. P. Vaughan
Lee Wray Walton
Donald Madden
S. J. Winder
James McMahon
Roddy Maners
Bill Metters
Gene Staley
Don Walton
Lowell Hunsucker
John Myrick
Ben Moore
James Raleigh
Walter Travis
Scoutsers Club
Asia
W. W. Lewis
Scouters Club
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
George Dobbins
Jamestown
Archdale
Camp Uwharrie
Thomasville
Lexington
Salisbury
Mocksville
Ralph Harbinson
S. W. Gibbardt
Odell Brown
Dobbins
Chowan College Closes in Wartime Action
Chowan College will be closed for the duration of the war. J Mayon Parker of Ahoskie, chairman of the board of trustees, announced yesterday that F. H Dudley will resign as president of the college.
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Chowan
Murfreesboro
Chowan College
J Mayon Parker
Ahoskie
F. H Dudley
Britain’s Small Fleet of Motor Torpedo Boats in 1939
Britain entered World War II with a limited navy of only 25 motor torpedo boats. These compact craft were pressed into service early in the conflict as Britain faced growing naval threats in 1939.
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Britain
Headaches and Neuralgia Relief with BC Formula
Advertisement notes quick relief from agonizing headaches and neuralgic pains using the BC formula. Claims include relief for muscular aches and functional periodic pains and sedative effects for simple nervousness. Available in 10c and 25c sizes with directions to consult a physician if pain persists.
Braille and Mocha Answers Highlight World Alphabet Use
A quiz mix covers Braille’s use as a blind aid and Moon type, asks where Mocha coffee originates, whether a square gear can mesh with round gears, why the Earl of Sandwich is named, and lists Yankee pitchers’ delivery names.
Commencement Address Set for Kenan Stadium
The event will be held Tuesday morning at Kenan Stadium with Dr. Graham delivering the commencement address to graduates and attendees.
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Kenan Stadium
Graham
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