City Fireman Charged With Reckless Driving
William P. Surrett a 32 year old fireman of 414 Smith Street was charged with reckless driving after a crash on East Green Street. He allegedly hit an automobile driven by C. Smith of High Point causing about 100 dollars damage to each vehicle. The collision occurred after 7 o clock when Surrett, driving a Gaston Johnson owned car, reportedly crossed onto the wrong side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Surrett
Smith Street
C. Smith
High Point
Surrett
East Green
Smith
Ma- Surrett
Gaston Johnson
Soviet Gains Reported in Dnieper Campaign Near Cherkasi
Soviet communique says Red Army fighters pushed near Cherkasi and Nikopol, repelling Nazi counterattacks. Paratroopers and partisans aided the bridgehead drive along the Dnieper, capturing towns and rail hubs west of the river while inflicting heavy losses on German armored and infantry units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pripet River
Igor
Zhitomir
Bulletin
Korostyshev
Zhito
Coun
Propet
Daily Bulletin
Soviet Monitor
Tomb
Cherkasi
Red Star
Red Army
Moscow
Dneprorovsk
Nikopol
Pet River
Cherni
Retsa
Gomel
Dnieper
Ikasi
Pripet
Cen
Ces
Sev
Theitsa
Guerril
Triots
Kiev
Dnepropetrovsk
Star
Driving Drunk Charged in Vehicle Incident
J Evans, 23, white, of 1421 Welborn Street, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving without a valid license. He was held on a total bond of 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Evans
Welborn Street
American offensive in central Pacific gains early success
The American push in the central Pacific has begun with notable success as bombers and warships hit Japanese bases. Naval experts warn Japan may counter strongly, with main fleet moves possible to disrupt advancing forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Central Pacific
JAP Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Marshall
Gilbert
Caroline Islands
Dartmouth grads first V-12 officer candidates in New England
Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire has graduated its first navy and marine officer candidates. Three hundred cadets are sent to Parris Island and midshipmen's school for further training. V-12 freshmen slated to enter this month aim to restore the college’s wartime strength to about 2,000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N. H
INS
Dartmouth College
Parris Island
Midshipmen's School
Race Riot Problems And Inflation Threat To U S
The Enterprise partners with city merchants and institutions to expose black markets and inflation. It promotes Home Front Pledge guidelines and ceiling prices for meats and commodities to help readers budget and plan expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Waste Paper Drive Opens Today For War Effort
A central waste paper collection point is set behind the post office with house to house pickup starting later. Boy Scouts and Junior Chamber volunteers will staff stations, urging residents to bundle paper for the war effort and thanking local firms for truck support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esterday
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Peerless Veneer Co
Guilford OS
British Air Raid Night Over Berlin and Ludwigshafen
European airfields faced heavy bombardment as British night crews attacked Berlin and Ludwigshafen. Flak limited bomber accuracy but fires lit the skies, with Canadian airforce involvement noted as a major part of the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ludwigshafen
Royal Canadian Airforce
Negroes Not Hired At Illinois Plant
EAST ALTON IL Nov 20 The Western Cartridge Company said it never hired Black workers at its East Alton plant citing hostile local attitudes and asked an investigation. Sam H Spencer regional War Manpower official said the firm does not discriminate at other plants in cities with Black populations such as St Louis and New Haven Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Alton
Western Cartridge Company
Sam H. Spencer
War Manpower Commission
Chicago
Elmer Henderson
President's Committee On Fair Employment Practices
Spencer
St. Louis
New Haven
Conn
Fogleman on 15 day furlough from Fort Myers base
Cpl Julius E Fogleman stationed at Budkinham army air field Fort Myers Florida is on a 15 day furlough with his mother Mrs Dora Fogleman at 628 Wesley Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fogleman
Julius E. Fogleman
Budkinham Army Air Field
Fort Myers, Fla
Dora Fogleman
Wesley Place
N. L. Garner, Jr
United States Army Air Corps
Scott Field
Garner
Fort Bragg
Camp Joseph J. Robinson
Ark
Sheppard Field
Texas
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Santa Ana
Calif
Marine Lieutenant Boles Returns to Quantico for Training
Alvin Boles, a USMC lieutenant, visited his parents at 118 Mont hieu Avenue and has returned yesterday to Quantico Virginia to begin a course in aerial communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Boles
USMC
A. L. Boles
Monthieu Avenue
Quantico
Johnsons Visit Parents Before Returning to Duty
Raymond A. Johnson stationed at Glenview Illinois naval air station James Reginald Johnson 2 c seaman at Norfolk Virginia naval observation base and Pvt A C Johnson Jr Ottie at Walnut Ridge Arkansas army air forces returned to their units after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs A C Johnson 1405 King Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Johnson
Naval Air Station
Glenview
Ill
James Reginald Johnson
Seaman
U. S. Naval Observation Base
Norfolk
Pvt
A. C. Johnson, Jr
Ottie
Army Air Forces
Walnut Ridge
Navy declares McKean missing after Bougainville attack
The Navy announced that the small vessel reported lost in a Southwest Pacific communique last Thursday was the destroyer transport McKean. It went down off Bougainville on November 17 after an attack by Japanese planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
McKean
Bougainville
Solomons
Service members pictured in uniform across the nation
A collage shows Seaman George Kelly Brown finishing four weeks of basic training at Great Lakes naval station and numerous soldiers and airmen from Point area units returning to posts after furloughs or completing training. Names include Brown Hopper Gray Smith Keever Johnson Evans and many others with posts at Fort Jackson Bainbridge Camp Wheeler Shreveport and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kelly Brown
Great Lakes Naval Station
Seaman Brown
8. C. Brown
West Russell Street
High Point High School
Navy
Grass Roots Attack Ends Race Friction Across Nation
Chicago, Nov 20 The Rosenwald Fund says a countrywide roots movement has formed to ease white minority tensions. Interracial committees in 100 communities target rumor control policing, transportation, housing, recreation and employer relations, aiming for practical solutions and reduced riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Fitz Henry
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
New Jersey
Julius Rosenwald Furd
United States
Rosenwald Fund
Will W. Alexander
Alexander
Rosenwald
Edwin R. Embree
Rosewald Fund
Snow Promoted to Captain in Eighth Air Force
First Lieut. Rodney E. Snow Jr. stationed with the Eighth Air Force in England was promoted to captain. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Snow of Jamestown and has been in England over six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Thorburn
R. J. Thorburn
Greensboro
United States Army Air Forces
England
Thorburn
Kingman
Arizona
Howard M. Cecil
United States Army
North Africa
Pvt. Cecil
J. M. Cecil
High Point Route Two
Camp Wheeler
Helen Owens
Thomasville
R. E. Snow
Jamestown
Notre Dame Dominates Illinois in 53 to 6 Rout
Notre Dame overwhelmed Illinois 53-6 as Ed Bray ran 90 yards for the Illini’s lone score. Army topped field with long runs against Brown 9-0, Jack Minor 88 yards Carl Anderson 83 and Bob Dobbs 61 for touchdowns. Duke toppled North Carolina 27-6 as Georgia Tech beat Clemson 41-6 and Tulane upset LSU 26-6.
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Illinois
Eddie Bray
Illini
ARMY
Brown
Jack Minor
Carl Anderson
Bob Dobbs
Navy
West Point
Duke
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Tulane
Louisiana State
Southwestern
Texas
Arkansas A and M
Shreveport
Great Lakes’ Sailors
Notre Dame
Marquette
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Towa State
Kansas State
Ft. Riley
Camp Grant
Columbia
Princeton
Dartmouth
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Villanova
Temple
Lafayette
Rutgers
Sampson Naval Trainingatien
Muhlenberg
Boston College
Harvard
Texas A
Rice
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Southern Methodist
SGT BROWN RETURNS TO CAMP AFTER 10 DAY FURLOUGH
Sgt Jack W. Brown son of Mr and Mrs C D Brown of 220 Willowbrook Street has returned to Westover Field Springfield Mass after a 10 day furlough with his parents He finished his gunners course and will take advanced flag training He entered these February 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Roland Gray
4. H. Gray
Randolph Street
Fort Jackson
8. C
Margaret Gray
Tate Street
Pvt. Gray
Army
Jeddy R. Smith
Robert T. Smith
High Point
New River Marine Base
Pfe. Smith
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Parris Island
Fred G. Beck
Walter B. Beck
Forest Avenue
Camp Ellis, II
Sgt
Beck
Camp Lee
Adams-Millis Corporation
Carl B. Byrd, Jr
Carl B. Byrd
Salt Lake City
Utah
1801
Silk Street
Byrd
Fort Myers
Fla
United States Army Air Corps
A. Russell Ingram
J. A. Ingram
Route Three
Camp Hulen
Texas
Frances Ingram
Ingram
Sgt. Brown
Jack W. Brown
C. D. Brown
Willowbrook Street
Westover Field
Springfield
Mass
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Nikopol Ree
Dhesto
Rechit
Ann Savage
Ann
G.I
Bourainville Island
Tom Heaton
Eyyweig
Eddy Efon
Bovugainville
Empress Augusta
Boles
Virginia
Johnson Brothers
India
Charles Hopper
W. L. Hooper
West High Street
Hooper
Jack Wilson Keever
Carl W. Keever
White Oak Street
Bainbridge
Seaman Keever
Bainbridge Naval Base
Mary Johnson
Greenville
S. C
Pvt. Johnson
J. E. Lannes
Daytona Beach
John Albert
Face” Evans
W. W. Evans
Green Street
Louisiana
High Point Grid
Pfc
Evans
Lloyd R. Evans
W. V. Evans
East Green Street
Advanced Officers Armored School
Fort Knox
Camp Walters
Camp Chaffer
Edna Alice Gilbreath
Fort Worth
Clarence R. Cooke
Seymour-Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Sybil T. Greer
Effie Greer
Harmon Street
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Cpl. Greer
Jack Haley
Bessie C. Haley
Meredith Street
Camp Gruber
Okla
Haley
Robert B. Gordon
Australia
Gordon
N. A. Gordon
Keesler Field
Miss
Charles W. Causley
John L. Causley
Alred Street
Guilford General Hospital
Co. Causley
English Street
Cpl
Causley
Fort Robinson
Wiley Chandler, Jr
William J. Peirce
Cpl. Chandler
National Guard
Tropics
John R. Thrift
Pratt
Kansas
Azyles Thrift
J. R. Thrift
High Point Route Four
Pvt. Thrift
Leonard J. Cochrane
Nora Cochrane
High Point Route One
R. A. Cochrane
Dethart
Ruth von Cannon
Trinity
Cochrane
Brooks Field
Gerald W. Summey
G. W. Summey
East Russell Street
Fort George Meade
Maryland
Summey
Army Clerk and Stenographers School
The
Center Theatre
Williard Holder
L. Holder
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Pvt. Holder
Air Corps
James 8S. Summers
J. R. Summers
Archdale
Raymond Lanier
J. E. Lanier
Alta M. Lanier
Thissell Street
Lanier
Arthur R. Brown
St. Floyd J. Evans
Italy
Sgt. Evans
Security National Bank
Joe A. Leonard
Minnie Carter
Boston
Marilda Cecil
Leonard
Trinidad
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