Tribute Paid To Former Gov. Bickett
Exercises in Raleigh honored Thomas Walter Bickett former North Carolina governor with a portrait presentation. A J Maxwell praised his wartime and postwar reforms and leadership to strengthen health education welfare and state finances. Portrait funded by Louisburg schoolchildren and accepted by Governor Broughton.
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Raleigh
Iribute
Thomas Walter Bickett
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwe
State Highway Commission
State Budget System
Department of Public Welfare
Bickett
Maxwell
Broughton
Santford Martin
Winston-Salea
T. W. Bickett
L. R. Varser
Lumberton
FE Malone
Louisburg
Jones Fuller
Durham
Unclear Football Scores From Military and Colleges
Reading shows a list of scores with teams including Naval Air Station versus Warrensburg Teachers and Lubbock Army Air Field versus Normal Air Station, plus Earlham 50 Franklin 20. Other pairings indicate Hampton Institute 7 Howard University 0 and Central 14 Luther 0.
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Naval Air Station
Warrensburg
Normal Air Station
Lubbock Army Air Field
Hampton Institute
Howard University
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Normal
Ille
Central
Luther
Earlham
Franklin
Union member dissent over maintenance dues in war labor disputes
Edwin Witte, public member of the board, argues no provision of the Smith Connally act authorizes strikes. He notes major labor groups support honoring pledge not to strike during the war. The cases involve millwork and joiners locals in Wisconsin and Illinois with 67 members.
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Edwin Witte
Witte
Wisconsin
Iown
Illinois
United Brotherhood of Carriers and Joiners
AFL
War dead honors mark Armistice Day across nations
President Roosevelt and Churchill led tributes at Arlington and the Arc de Triomphe while London veterans and royal mourners remembered the fallen. James Byrnes urged continued mobilization to shorten the war, and Gen. Doran warned victory would not be quick or easy.
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Roosevelt
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Churchill
de Gaulle
France
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
London
White Hall
James F. Byrnes
Columbia
S. C
United States
Charles R. Doran
Meuse-Argonne
Funeral Rites for Mrs Clara Stanton Sherrod Held
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Stanton Sherrod wife of W A Sherrod of 1106 North Main street were held from the home at 2 30 PM conducted by Dr C Excelle Rozzelle and Dr W A Lambeth with a quartet sing ing O Love That Will Not Let Me Go Pallbearers named J E Millis J C Sheloff H A Mills H F Hunsucker Carter Dalton and C T Ingram Sr Interment at Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery in the family plot Flowers carried by friends.
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Clara Stanton Sherrod
W. A. Sherrod
North Main Street
Bowman Hospital
Winston-Salem
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. A. Lambeth
Greensboro
Dorothy Hoskins
Mary Miller
J. Gurney Briggs
Crawford Phillipps
J. E. Millis
J. C. Sheloff
H. A. Millis
H. F. Hunsucker
Carter Dalton
C. T. Ingram
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral for Fred M. Burhans at Sechrest Friday
Funeral services are set for Fred M. Burhans 66 of 611 Montheu avenue at Sechrest Funeral Home Sunday at 2 30 conducted by Dr F L Conrad pastor of Emanuel He was a long time Adjutant General office clerk and served in three wars He will be sent to Washington D C for further services with interment in Rock Creek Cemetery Surviving are son Thomas H Burhans of Washington D C a brother R Burhans of Washington and sister Louise Reilley of Hyattsville Md
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Fred M. Burhans
Montheu Avenue
Sechrest Funeral Home
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel
H. Burhans
Washington, D. C
The
H. Hines Company
Rock Creek
Burhans
Adjutant General's Office
High Point
King David Lodge
F.A.A. Masons and Oriental Council
Royal Arcanum
William A Ella A. Reilay Burhans
Mary Ema Nyman
Thomas H. Burhans
the R. Burhans
Louise Reilley
Hyattsville
De Gaulle Named French Delegate as London Hosts Commission
Churchill and De Gaulle attend Armistice Day events in Paris with multiple wreaths at the Arc de Triomphe and Invalides. Censorship eased to reveal Eden and Churchill arrived by plane the day before. Mrs. Foch and family watch ceremonies honoring World War I figures.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Arc de Triomphe
Churchill
Champs Elysees
Anthony Eden
Paris
France
Hitler
British Empire
Urchill
de Gaulle
Clemenceau
War Office
Foch
the Invalides
Virgin Hardwood Timber Sale Near Asheville
The U S forest service announced the sale of 2332 board feet of virgin hardwood timber from the Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina to Ed Pate of Bald Creek NC Four companies in NC and Tennessee bid on the timber to be cut under good forestry practices to keep the cut over area productive near Asheville.
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Atlanta
Pisegah National Forest
North Carolina
Edd Pate
Bald Creek
N. C
U. S. Forest Service
Joseph C. Kircher
Corner Rock Creek
Asheville
Tennessee
Sinbad the Coast Guard Mascot Returns From Sicily AWOL
Sinbad the Campbell mascot was declared AWOL after a liberty breach in Sicily. The epic voyage included 310000 miles at sea and a return by destroyer to the East coast where he faced the captain and was forbidden future foreign-port liberty. His charm with port mistresses may complicate this ruling.
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Sinbad
Coast Guard
Campbell
Sicily
Mediterranean
Sp’s
The
Ageng
Allied air and ground actions stretch Japanese lines in Visayas and China
U.S. forces drive south from Carigara Bay as heavy rain hinders operations east of Ormoc. American air power claims 19 Japanese planes down over the Visayan islands and Ormoc sector while B-29s strike Kyushu Omura factory and targets at Nanking and Shanghai. China reports Japanese advances near Liuchow threatening a land supply route from Manchuria to Singapore.
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Ormoc River
Carigara Bay
Pinamopoan
Visayan Islands
Leyte
Ormoc
China
Radio Tokyo
Kyushu
Saishu
Shanghai
Kwangsi
Liuchow
Chienkiang
Yungni
Nanning
Manchuria
Singapore
Kweilin
Asiatic
London
War Fronts Advancing Across Europe and Pacific
The Saar and mid Rhine are urged as targets with American Seventh Army pressure in the Vosges. Northward the First Army pushes toward Cologne while British and Canadian forces prepare a new push at the Dutch gateway. In the Pacific, Leyte holds the center of gravity as MacArthur presses toward the Philippines. China areas show Tokyo claiming gains in Kewilin and Liuchow amid a bleak outlook.
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Saar
Middle Rhine
Vosges
First
Cologne
Maas
Hanoverian
Pacific
Philippines
Leyte
China
Tokyo
Kewilin
Liuchow
Song Wins Freedom in Glenside Prison Escape
Paratrooper George P. Nawkins, once a German POW, says he sang to freedom. An Austrian guard and former opera singer heard the aria from Rigoletta and joined the escape.
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Glenside
INS
George P. Nawkins
Norway's Span Measures 260 Miles at Broadest
The article notes Norway covers about 260 miles in width with an average breadth near 60 miles and a length around 1,000 miles, outlining its far reaching geography.
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Norway
V Twelve bombs and rockets in German V weapon blitz
Allied dispatches report V-2 rockets reaching up to 70 miles high and speeds over 700 mph, with limited destructive power due to small craters. V-1s also used against Belgium France and Holland while London alerts recount seven deaths and American injuries from robot bombs.
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Munro
Belgium
France
Holland
England
London
North Sea
Channel
Ang Sg
Antwerp
DNB
Woodard Gunter Vows Announced In Asheboro
Miss Lanie Ruth Gunter of Asheboro and Aberdeen wed Cor poral Thomas Holland Woodard of Selma at Page Memorial Methodist church Aberdeen in a November 4 ceremony. Rev J O Long officiated with organ music. The couple gave a reception to family and out of town guests after.
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Asheboro
Lanie Ruth Gunter
Aberdeen
Hardin Gunter
Thomas Holland Woodard
U. S. Army
Ernest V. Woodard
Selma
Page Memorial Methodist Church
J. O. Long
Ernest Pleasant
Marie Craven
Brice
Lucille Cox
Desot
Cpl. Woodard
Cpl
Ernest W. Woodard, Jr
Fort Bragg
W. P. Raiford
W. P. Raiford, Jr
Greensboro
Gunter
Two Percent Royalties in Broadway Shows
The article explains the standard two percent baseline for music, lyrics, and book in Broadway musicals with higher cuts possible for celebrated writers. It outlines varying percentages for authors, set designers, directors, and stars, plus other costs like press agents and stagehands, illustrating why producers often struggle to turn a profit.
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New York
Cole Porter
Iwner
Cole Porters
Oscar Hammersteins
Richard Rodgers
Jerome Kerns
George S. Kaufman
Jed Harris
Moss Hart
Life With Father celebrates five years on stage
New York reports a lavish backstage party at the Empire Theater as Life With Father marks five years. The show has grossed over 7.76 million total from New York and road companies, with Empire parent company earning 644 thousand and road grosses 700 thousand last year. Over 5 million people have seen the play.
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New York
Empire Theater
The
Empire
Abbotts Snafu to Open Chicago Rehearsals
George Abbott will bring his new production Snafu to Chicago after strong critical reception. Rehearsals start once casting is finalized with a young returned soldier needed for the role. On Broadway, Billy Redfield drew unanimous praise for his first-night performance.
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New York
George Abbott
Boyd sisters charm at Waldorf Astoria floor show
The Boyd sisters, triplets and daughters of Panama’s ambassador Jorge F E Boyd, entertain in the Wedgewood room at the Waldorf Astoria New York. All are brown-eyed blondes, 5 feet 6 inches, 115 pounds, known for translating latin tunes into English and singing in Spanish. Elena collects stamps. Mildred favors Lloyd Douglas and plays executive duties and hair styling.
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New York
Boyd Sisters
Wedgewood Room
Waldorf-Astoria
Jorge FE. Boyd
Panama
Mexico
United States
Elena
Mildred
Lloyd Douglas
Douglas
Utility squadrons behind great aviation feats revealed
Little known airmen in New York based naval utility squadrons perform reconnaissance rescue and odd jobs. One squadron earned a South Pacific tribe’s loyalty by flying the injured tribal chieftain from a dynamite fishing accident to a naval hospital and saving his life.
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New York
INS
Naval Hospital
Bride Weds Corporal Woodard in Ashboro Ceremony
The bride wore a light blue crepe dress and black coat during the wedding at home. The couple plans a short honeymoon before Cor pal Woodard returns to Camp Campbell Ky where he serves in the tank corps and the bride resumes teaching at Asheboro high school.
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Corporal Woodard
Camp Campbell
Tank Corps
Metz Push Gains Reported As Allied Drive Continues
Third Army reports heavy German losses with 57 artillery pieces and anti air guns knocked out or captured. Ninth Air Force claims destruction of 75 trucks 35 horse drawn guns and 11 gun positions. Forces push toward Metz from southeast with key advances near Brieux Chateau Maizieres les Metz and Haboundange while Saar river lines are disrupted and Ponte Koenigsmacher is strengthened.
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Third Army
Ninth Air Force
Metz
Brieux-Chateau
Maizieres- Les-Metz
Moselle
Koenigsmacher
George S. Patton, Jr
Saar
Saarbrucken
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Hurtgen Forest
Patton
95Th Division
Sixth Armored Division
Nied
Han-Sur-Nied
Lemud
Aube
Chateau-Salins
Third
Haboundange
Chateau- Salins
Lucy
Delme Ridge
Russians Drive On Budapest From East In WWII News
Budapest reports state that street fighting in Pest continues as artillery booms echo from eastern and southeastern suburbs. German observers note a Russian push north of the Cegled Szolnok rail line aiming at Budapest and a possible junction with forces crossing the Tisza to threaten Budapest from east and northeast.
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Pest
Danube
Budapest
Ernst von Hammer
Cegled
Szolnok
Tisza
Miskolc
Slovakia
von Hammer
Alfred Olberg
Ivan Petrov
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
RCA Victor launches two part children music program
In response to parent requests RCA Victor introduces a library of children's records with 10 illustrated story albums and 10 3-record sets categorized by age six and under up to 12 and over. The line features Disney songs Vaughan de Leath and classical selections from Stokowski Delibes and Brahms with kid friendly explanations and eye catching packaging aimed at youngsters and curious adults alike.
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RCA Victor
Victor
Vaughan de Leath
Strauss
Vienna Woods
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Teerhoet
Winnie the Pooh
A. A. Milne
Bartholomew Gubbins
Bertram
New German V-4 Tank Goes Into Action
Berlin radio announced tonight that a new wireless controlled German tank, the V-4, has entered combat service. The report was carried by CRS.
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New York
Berlin
CRS
Retired guard James Hannon Sentenced for Pocket Picking
Judge Time to Retire George L. Donnellan sentences 68 year old James Hannon to two to five years in Sing Sing for pocket picking a businessman. Court attendants note Hannon's 50 arrests over 35 years, questioning whether his hand ever had skill.
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George L. Donnellan
James Hannon
Sing Sing
Hannon
Norway and Australia Wood Production Facts
The total area of Norway is estimated at 124,964 square miles. Australia is described as the world's greatest wood-producing country.
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Norway
Australia
No Place Like Home New York Diplomats Seek Housing
Foreign diplomats arriving in New York face housing shortages. The Brazilian vice-consul recently sought help from the city vacancy listing bureau and found a five room apartment for himself his wife one child a nurse and a secretary.
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New York
INS
Sunday Radio Schedule Full Day with Variety Programs
Radio program list for Sunday November 12 in Eastern time with multiple time slots from 12:30 p.m. to after 11:00 p.m. featuring concerts, news, commentary, dramas, orchestras, and guest appearances by figures like Josephine Houston Guesta, Sammy Kaye, Ed Murrow, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Maui Lavalle
Joan B. Kennedy
Stanley Dixon
George Hicks
U. of Chicago
Noe Giuest
Sammy Kaye
Bdia
Clobe
Nbe
Philharmonic Symphony
Cebe
Charette Greenwood
Bis Hoosty
The
A.A.F
Army
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Hart
Biu
New England
America
Andre Kostelanetg
Bdin Woat
NBC Symphony
Patrice Munsel
Chaary Small
Ina
Hill Shirer
Orsie and
Harriet
Cde Hall of Fame
Paul Whiteman
Vick
Gildersleeve
Fanny Brice
Ten Close
Dick Brown
Jack Benny
Kate Smith
Drew Pearson
Cleveland Orchestra
Aig
Cal Ale Ride
Joe
de Alexander & Mediation Board
Mde
Dorothy Thompson
Joe E.wads
Ciabrie
Conrad Nagel
Coe Walter Winchell
Te Horizons
Hollywood
Nde
James Molten
Alec Templeton
de Tedric Foster
Jhemie Pidler
Phil Lottainy
Girth
Phil Baker
Britey
Wm. Bendiz
D'O Anthony
Harold Lloyd
M. C
Freling Foster
the Columbus Boys Choir
Orches
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Peace Palace
Associated Press Drama
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