Disabilities After The War To Be Lower
New Orleans reports two surgeons predict fewer postwar disabilities with greater independence for veterans. They credit advances in orthopedic surgery and chemotherapy like sulfa drugs and penicillin for improved recovery and broader return to work.
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New Orleans
Tulane University School of Medicine
J. E. M. Thomson
Bryan Memorial
St. Elizabeth Hospitals
Tincoln
Neb
C. L. Miller
Charlottes N. C
Memorial and
Mercy
Charlotte
Men and Women in Service Cited for Distinguished Duty
Cpl Grover Lyrick of High Point among service members cited for distinguished performance of duty from May 12 to July 18 aboard a B 24 Liberator bomber. Major William E Kepner, 2nd Bombardment Division commander, announced the recognition.
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Cpl
Grover Lyrick
High Point
William E. Kepner
Pvt Culler Receives Combat Infantryman Badge for Italy Service
Pvt. Egbert Culler of 410 Otteray Drive has been cited by the 88th Infantry Division for actual combat participation on the Fifth Army front in Italy and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for his fighting in the war.
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Pvt. Culler
Egbert Culler
Otteray Drive
88Th Infantry Division
Italy
U S Supply Troops in France Move Tons of Vital Cargo
Sgt Alvin Tyson of Fairview Street serves with U S supply forces in France. Since seven days after D Day a crack amphibian truck company of the Army Transportation Corps unloads thousands of tons daily at a French port using the Dukwas system to deliver food and ammunition for advancing American armies.
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France
Alvin Tyson
Fairview Street
U. S
U. S. Army Transportation Corps
Pfc William Webster Returns to Fort Worth
Pfc. William Webster son of Mrs J K Webster 1304 West Green returns to Fort Worth Texas after a fifteen day furlough at home. He serves in the medical detachment.
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William
Bill) Webster
J. K. Webster
West Green Street
Fort Worth
Texas
Pfc
Webster
Davidson Service Men Honored By Ambulance
On Monday October 16 a hospital ambulance funded by the Thomasville Society and blood plasma donors will be presented to the army in Washington D C. The ceremony in front of the Administration Building will honor Davidson county service members now in the armed forces with North Carolinians invited to attend.
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Washington, D. C
Thomasvvile Society
Children of the American Revolution
John R. Myers
Thomasville Society
Davidson County
D Street
17Th
18Th Streets
N.W
Myers
Washington
Church 204 Years Old in West Virginia
Christ Episcopal Church at Bunker Hill near Charles Town celebrated its 204th year, the first church founded in what is now West Virginia with founder Morgan Morgan. In farming news, apply 7 to 15 of cryolite per acre to corn ear worm on soybeans. Do not use lead arsenate or calcium arsenate. A note mentions codfish can reach eight feet in length and 100 pounds.
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Carole Landis
Miss Landis
Hades
Landis
Charles Town
W. Va
Christ Episcopal Church
Bunker Hill
West Virginia
Morgan Morgan
Rochester Ends Five Day Newspapers Strike Settlement Reached
Rochester daily papers plan to resume publication after a five day strike ended. State Mediator John Forster and U S Conciliator Verne S Follansbee announced the agreement which reportedly settled to mutual satisfaction. Union 15 International Typographical Union members had left the press over a contract interpretation dispute.
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Rochester
N. Y
John Forster
U. S
Verne S. Follansbee
Gannett Publications
Forester
Times-Union
Morning Democrat and Chronicle
Union 15
International Typographical Union
Nters
Beekeepers to Hold Annual Federation Meeting in Greensboro
The Southern States Beekeepers Federation will meet in Greensboro October 25 and 26. Acting secretary P. G. Craddock of the North Carolina Beekeepers Association cites major industry issues to be discussed at the event. A nearby note mentions European contact with the Solomon Islands marked by native cannibalism.
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Raleigh
Southern States Beekeepers Federation
Greensboro
P. G. Craddock
N. C. Beekeeper Association
Craddock
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Ca Cross
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Jamaica Plain
Mass
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Wausau
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Chicago, Il
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Atlanta
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Astoria
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Charleston
Coe Gelea
Flushing
Joseph Kucielski
N. Sun Nees
Ben Youngman
Chicago
Jack
Carole
Adier
Caroline
Guilford
City of
Lula Childress
Wivert J. Childress
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Thomas Polk
Blanche Polk
State of North Carolina
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G. A. Foster
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Willis Park
Eastern Air Lines
Curtiss Commando
Air Transport Command
Americas
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division
Eddie Rickenbacker
G. W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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Solomon Islands
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