Local Soldier Receives Honorable Discharge
Pfc. David Mangum of this city is honorably discharged at Fort Bragg North Carolina after 40 months of service including 29 in the European theater with the 45th and 3rd divisions. He served with the fifth and seventh American armies and the first French army and earns six battle stars the croix de guerre with palm and a presidential citation. Campaigns listed include Sicily Southern Italy Anzio Rome Southern France Rhineland Germany and Austria.
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David Mangum
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sicily
Italy
Anzio
Rome
France
Rhineland
Germany
Austria
Davis Discharged After Four Years in Marine Corps
Cpl. Robert F. Davis, grandson of Mrs. C. C. Bodenheimer of 407 Elm Street, was honorably discharged from Camp Lejeune on November 1 after four years in the Marine Corps. He spent three years overseas and took part in the Tarawa Iwo Jima Okinawa campaigns, earning the Pacific Theater ribbon with three bronze service stars, a press citation, and the Purple Heart.
PFC Johnson Discharged Returns Home From Overseas Service
Pfc. William Elmer Johnson has returned to his home on Mayview Avenue High Point Route One after a 16 month overseas service with the quarter master corps attached to the Seine Base section in Paris France. He participated in the northern France campaign.
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Johnson
William Elmer Johnson
Mayview Avenue
High Point
Route One
Quartermaster Corps
Seine
Paris
France
Samuel Hoover Honored With Military Discharge
Samuel Edward Hoover, a corporal with 39 years in the army including foreign service, has been honorably discharged after 2 years and 4 months in the European theater with the Fifth, Seventh, and one French army. He earned the Purple Heart, a Presidential Citation, the Good Conduct Medal, and six bronze service stars on hisETO campaign ribbon. he is the son of Mrs. H. E. Hoover of 1209 Adams Street.
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Hoover
Samuel Edward Hoover
H.E. Hoover
Adams Street
S/Sgt Delbert W. Wilson Arrives for Treatment in Augusta
S/Sgt Delbert W. Wilson of 1116 Anderson Street High Point has arrived at Oliver General Hospital Augusta Georgia from overseas for further medical treatment.
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Georgia
Augusta
Delbert W. Wilson
Anderson Street
High Point
Oliver General Hospital
Evans Discharged Coast Guardsman Raymond H. Evans
Coast Guardsman Raymond H. Evans seaman first class, son of Mrs. Maggie Evans of High Point, received an honorable discharge from the U S Coast Guard. He was released from the separation center in Brooklyn after 23 months of service with his last post at Charleston where he served in the captain of the port unit.
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Evans
Coast
Service aboard USS Brisk noted in WWII theaters
The record mentions an individual who served aboard the USS Brisk, operating in American and European theaters during the war, highlighting wartime service in both regions.
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Assient
Brisk
Vicksburg cruiser salutes Navy Day after Tokyo Bay trip
Seaman First Class Robert Thom as Jr of High Point left 70 000 miles at sea as the light cruiser Vicksburg returned from Tokyo Bay to join Navy day observances. The ship had contributed 975 tons of projectiles in the Japan defeat and anchored offshore for ceremonies marking Japan's surrender.
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Vicksburg
Sant California
Charle Robert Thomas, Jr
Seaman
USNR
West Green Street
High Point
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Sailor recalls visit to ruined Yokohama during liberty
Seaman first class Charles F. Brewer from Thomasville had a chance to see Yokohama and Tokyo in a liberty period while serving aboard a destroyer in the occupation of Japan.
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Tokyo Bay
Charles F. Brewer
Thomasville
Yokohama
Tokyo
Navy air transport unit returns home recovering personnel
Ensign Richard D. Hartley of High Point is flying with Air Transport Squadron 11 in the Naval Air Transport Service Pacific Wing. The unit is bringing home recovered Allied Military Personnel and the fighting men who recovered them.
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Ensign Hartley
Naval Air Station
Honolulu
Ens
Richard D. Hartley
USNR
East Russell Street
High Point
Air Transport Squadron 11
Naval Air Transport Service, Pacific Wing
Cramer Honored With Discharge From Army Air Forces
Sgt Charles N Cramer of 1003 East Russell Street High Point NC has been honorably discharged from the army air forces at Tyndall Field Florida after 17 months service. He served three months in England with the 8th Air Force as a turret gunner in the 91st Bomb Group and holds the European theatre ribbon with two battle stars. Before induction he worked at L L Duggins grocery in High Point.
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Cramer
Tyndall Field
Fila
Charles N. Cramer
Russell Street
High Point
N. C
Army Air Forces
AAF
Florida
Army
8Th Air Force
England
91St
Sgt. Cramer
L. L. Duggins Grocery
Payne Joins 605th Ordnance Base Armament Unit
M Sgt John M Payne of High Point North Carolina serves with the 605th ordnance base armament maintenance battalion in the Peninsular Base Section chief Army Service Forces in the Mediterranean theater. Base commander is Brigadier General Francis H Oxx of Newport Rhode Island. The 605th repairs and assembles a wide range of military mechanical equipment.
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Sgt. Payne
Italy
Peninsular Base
John M. Payne
Rt. 5
High Point
N. C
605Th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion
Peninsular Base Section
Army Service Force
Francis H. Oxx
Newport
R. I
605Th
UCC Faces Lack of Applicants for State Jobs
Raleigh November 6. The unemployment compensation commission and welfare department struggle to fill several merit council open positions with salaries of 2100 to 2700 annually plus a 10 monthly bonus. Only one application has been received, despite veteran-friendly waivers. many Tar Heels show little interest in state jobs paying 185 to 240 monthly.
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Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Merit System Council
UCC
Merit Council
Council
Welfare Department
Equipment range spans 240 mm howitzers to wrist watches
A report notes a broad catalog from heavy 240 mm howitzers weighing 32 tons to small wrist watches, illustrating wide technological and product scale.
Parker discharged at MacDill Field in Tampa Florida
S Sgt Frank E Parker from the army air forces at the separation center in MacDill Field Tampa has been discharged. He entered service March 14 1941 and served at MacDill Field and Camp Lee Petersburg. He was a clerk for Barnwell Brothers of Burlington North Carolina. His home is Emerywood Court apartments High Point.
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Parker
Macdill Field
Tampa
Fla
Frank E. Parker
Army Air Forces
MacDillfield
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Barnwell Brothers
Burlington
N. C
Emerywood Court Apartments
High Point
Blackwelder Ends Air Force Service In San Antonio
S SGT Calvin C Blackwelder 20 son of Mr Robert L Blackwellder High Point NC served four months overseas as an armourer gunner on a B 17 with the 15th air force in the European theater has been separated from the army air forces in San Antonio He wears two heart and three battle stars He was a student before entering the service
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Blackwelder
San Antonio
Texas
Calvin C. Blackwelder
Robert L. Blackwelder
Flint St
High Point
N. C
15Th Air Force
Army Air Forces
Retirement shakeup at teachers and state employees system
Nathan Yelton resumes as executive secretary of the retirement system while Baxter Durham declines the assistant in charge role at the same salary. The move raises questions about retirement age, payroll logic, and political optics within North Carolina state government.
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Nathan Yelton
Baxter Durham
Durham
Yelton
Budget Bureau
State Division of Commerce and Industry
North Carolina
Cherry
National Association
New York
Outfit
Moore County
Wayne County
Jarvis
Russell
Capitol
Executive
McLean
Bickett
Craig
Kitchin
Aycock
Carr
Holt
Innocent Looking Powder May Solve Plague Problem
Washington reports that the white powder sodium fluoracetate 1080, a wartime rat poison, may curb bubonic plague by killing plague carriers. The article notes plague’s historic tolls, US disease control efforts, and the wartime shift from standard poisons due to supply cuts, plus the broader rat damage and distribution.
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Washington
Hisory
Europe
India
United States
San Francisco
New Orleans
Galveston
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Germany
Belgium
France
Mediterranean
Far East
Pomceon Te Governmenit
Ynt Office of Scientific Toolates and Development
Missing California toddler Dickie Suden footprints found on mountainside
Search for 3 year old Dickie Tom Suden continues after footprints linked to his disappearance were found on a Sierra County mountainside near Downieville. Soldiers and civilian volunteers press on as the boy remains missing after three days.
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Downieville
Calif
Dickie Tom Suden
Sierra County
International Soundphotos
Science Body to Be Reorganized in South
Richmond Va Nov 6 The southern association of science and industry plans reorganization at Raleigh on Thursday Nov 8 with a board expanded to about 200 leading businessmen scientists and educators in fifteen southern states An executive committee will be named to plan a program aimed at postwar south development led by President Lloyd C Bird
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Richmond
Southern Association of Science and Industry
Raleigh
Lloyd C. Bird
Association
South
Bird
Ex-governors’ portraits to be displayed after funerals in NC
Discussion in the legislature highlights that North Carolina now has more ex-governors than at any time since the four year term began. Named ex-governors Cameron Morrison of Charlotte Max Gardner and Clyde Hoey of Shelby and Washington J C Ehringhaus and J N Broughton of Raleigh are listed as examples. Portrait eligibility in the capitol and mansion is postponed until after their funerals.
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North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Max Gardner
Clyde Hoey
Shelby
Washington
J. C. B. Ehringhous
J. N. Broughton
Raleigh
Capitol
Workers Quit Atomic Bomb Project Over Uncertainty
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves said hundreds of workers scientists and key men are leaving the atomic bomb project due to job future uncertainty. He cited losses at Oak Ridge Tennessee Hanford Washington and Los Alamos New Mexico as field reports show uncertainty of the future as a primary or secondary reason.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
General Groves
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Hanford
Wash
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Considerate Thief Returns Car With Fishing Tackle
Toby Younis of Santa Fe reports his sedan stolen on August 22. A garage storage bill for 5.10 revealed the car was returned with fishing tackle and a new suit inside, prompting Younis to question how the vehicle ended up back at the storage facility.
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Santa FE
N. M
Toby Younis
Younis
Investigation Of Ticket Sales Delayed For Army Navy Game
Washington reports the military committee delays its probe into Army Navy football ticket sales until late this week or early next. Acting Chairman Johnson Cole plans to call for a report from Point graduate manager Lawrence McC Jones dated November 1. Senator Langer of North Dakota accuses scalpers of offering tickets at 25 dollars and selling in blocks of 500 direct.
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Washington
Military
Johnson Cole
Lawrence McC
Biff” Jones
Johnson
Jones
Langer
North Kota
Senate Military Fairs Committee
Gehringer Leaves Baseball for Navy Duty
Former Detroit third baseman Gehringer declared he was through with baseball and reported for duty at the Jacksonville naval air station. He had served 43 months in the navy and attained the rank of lieutenant, with plans to return to Detroit to work at a manufacturing agency.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gehringer
Detroit
Jsonville Naval Air Station
Navy
Arrives on West Coast
Thomas B. Wood Jr of Asheboro was scheduled to board the SS Botetourt for a voyage to San Francisco arriving around October 31.
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Thomas B. Wood, Jr
Asheboro
San Francisco
Domestic rat search prompts 1080 ment outcome
A search for a new domestic rat led to the ment of 1080. Readable fragments indicate a pursuit focused on acquiring or testing a rodent for a specific chemical or method.
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Wade
Edwin Holt
Alamance County
Piedmont
Alamance
Neddlers
Phildalphia
Eacket
Wanderin
Mr. Holt
Carolina
Meee Power Companying
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Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Powde
Joseph Tum Suden
Dickie
Woodland
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
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Trailways
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