Birth of University of North Carolina Sesquicentennial
Chapel Hill observes the 152nd anniversary of laying the Old East cornerstone and the 1795 opening of the University of North Carolina. The story recalls Gen. William R. Davie, Alfred Moore and early leaders, the university’s wartime role, veterans, enrollments, and a future program tied to the 1943–44 sesquicentennial celebrations.
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Chapel Hill
Cameron Avenue
Battle
University of North Carolina At
Kemp P. Battle
University
William Richardson Davie
Davie
Alfred Moore
Supreme Court
United States
William H. Hill
John Haywood
North Carolina
General Mebane
Alamance
John Williams
Thomas Blount
Nathaniel Macon
Hargett
Jones County
Old East
Association of American Universities
James B. Conant
Harvard
All American Universities
Samuel Eusebius McCorkle
Salisbury
McCorkle
Stirling
Capitol
Hill
Zion
Wilmington
Hinton James
David Ker
Joseph Caldwell
Princeton
America
Alaena
Fts
South Building
University OF
William R. Davie
Trustees
Chamber of Commerce
University At
First State University
Graham
House
Carolina
General Assembly
Fayetteville
Louis R. Wilson
Kings Mountain Man Wins Gold Star for Navy Valor
Charleston reports Lt. (jg) James Gideon Darracott Jr. of Kings Mountain North Carolina has been awarded the gold star in lieu of a third air medal for dangerous missions over Japanese forces in the Philippines during November 1944. He flew with Fighting Squadron Twenty aboard the USS Lexington and destroyed three enemy planes while aiding in the destruction of a fourth. His citation praises his daring initiative cool courage and devotion to duty reflecting the highest naval traditions.
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Charleston
S. C
James Gideon Darracott
J. G. Darracott
Battleground Road
Kings Mountain
N. C
Navy
Lexington
Philippine Islands
Darracott
Ensign
United States Naval Service
Pitt Beats West Virginia in First Radio Play by Play
Pitt defeated West Virginia 21 to 12 in radio s first play by play college football game broadcast in October 1921.
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Pitt
West Virginia
Senate approves North Carolina postmaster nominations
The Senate approved a list of postmaster nominations for North Carolina towns led by Calvin F. Perry Sr. at Archdale and including Dewitt Freeman Bat Cave Talmage Preston Belew Creek Maude White Buck ton Sadie Rountree Copperhead Carre Boykin Fairview Eugene Duvall Grassy Creek Anne Ewell Hamilton Eugenia Corbett Ivanhoe Perry Roane Kelford Lake Waccamaw Harold McGrath Linville Ina Wilson Marston Robert Pearce Micro Wade Bridges Mooresboro Mae Barber Maury John Beshel Nazareth Samuel Wilson Newell Jobie Gagan Newhill Roger Davis Pendleton Will Pitman Penland Mamie Pfaff Pfafftown Thomas Preston Pine Hall Beatrice Richardson Pleasant Garden Grace Stahl Peres Knob Alice Shavender Ransomville Rutherford College Laura Andrew Sedalia Howard Barnes Severn Alma Nelms Stemn Ida Thorp Stovall Philip Snow Sherwood Vilas Clyde McClure Wananish Carlotta Flynn Wantan? Johnson? Westfield Thelma Wheeler Whitsett James Henry Winnabow Stella Phelps Woodville Florence Hanby Wrightsville Sound.
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Washington
Senate
North Carolina
Calvin F. Perry, Sr
Archdale
Dewitt T. Freeman
Bat Cave
Talmage R. Preston
Belew Creek
Maude Miller White
Buxton
Sadie B. Rountree
Cornpeake
Carre N. Boykin
Fairview
Eugene R. Duvall
Grassy Creek
Anne R. Ewell
Hamilton
Eugenia M. Corbett
Ivanhoe
Perry T. Roane
Kelford
Katie Co. Wayne
Lake Waccamaw
Harold M. McGrath
Linville
Ina M. Wilson
Marston
Robert C. Pearce
Micro
Wade W. Bridges
Mooresboro
Mae Barber
Maury
John A. Beshel
Nazareth
Samuel B. Wilson
Newell
Jobie B. Gagan
Newhill
Roger W. Davis
Pendleton
Will G. Pitman
Penland
Mamie Pfaff
Pfafftown
Thomas D. Preston
Pine Hall
Beatrice C. Richardson
Pleasant Garden
Grace E. Stahl
Peres Knob
Alice G. Shavender
Ransomville
Robert P. Rutherford
Rutherford College
Laura’ E. Andrew
Sedalia
Howard G. Barnes
Severn
Alma ©. Nelms
Stemn
Ida J. Thorp
Stovall
Philip Y. Snow
Toast
Question and Answer Day for GI Bill Inquiries
Washington veterans ask about GI bill coverage for correspondence courses and subsistence allowances. The answer notes current law disallows correspondence study but an amendment may expand educational institutions and explains subsistence covers living costs including meals room laundry and personal items.
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South Bend
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Montgomery
Converting GI Insurance to Permanent Policies
Reader asks how and when to convert national service life insurance to a permanent policy. The answer: it remains government insurance. conversion to ordinary, 20 pay, or 30 pay life is allowed within eight years, with a 20 year period starting at conversion. Also notes options to backdate by paying the difference, and explains GI bill education benefits and income rules for the $50 training allowance.
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Fillmore
Oklahoma
National Service Life Insurance
National Service Life
R. T
San Francisco
Ex Marine War Hero Receives Medal of Honor
Washington honors Jacklyn Lucas for extraordinary valor at Iwo Jima after smothering two grenades with his body. He earned the Medal of Honor as a 17 year old Marine from Belhaven North Carolina, celebrated with his fiancée Carolyn Brown and family present. Carolyn works as a navy yard clerk in Portsmouth Virginia. Lucas planned to finish high school and study electrician work while awaiting marriage.
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Pearl Harbor
Carolina
Navy
Army
College For War Training
Washington
Carolyn Brown
Jacklyn Lucas
Iwo Jima
Luke
Truman
Lucas
Belhaven
N. C
Jacklyn
Carolyn
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Hawaii
Scientific prowler scares boy during Portland burglary
In Portland a burglar entered a home while Clem Johnson slept. The thief laid cholera form powder on the bed as a precaution, but forgot the child’s bed, prompting the youngster to wake and frighten the intruder away.
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Portland
Clem Johnson
Five Nazis Prisoners Hanged For Murder
Five German prisoners of war were hanged for the murder of Sgt Major Wolfgang Roste. The men allegedly held a kangaroo court and hanged Roste in a Scotti prison camp latrine two days before Christmas last year after his arrival at the camp. The sentences were announced by the war office tonight.
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London
War Office
Wolfgang Roste
Scotti
Latrine
Beffore
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Kemp P. Bat
Winston
Alderman
Venable
Edward K. Graham
Frank P. Graham
Robert B. House
Kings Mountain Man
Calvin Perry
U.S. Army
Jlarilee
Aare
Thomas M. Nial
Joe
Marine Corps
Margaret Jones
Tata
Jlarllee
Dinens Tona
Marvelous Gare
Jean Arlett
Millinery Dept
Revlon
Eve
Adam
Harllee
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