Death Dodgers Add Cyclists To Daring Show
The Death Dodgers thrill show by Jimmie Lynch troupe comes to High Point speedway on Sunday afternoon in North Carolina. Daredevils perform motor cycle stunts and a death diving crash with Horton circling a stock car to 12 feet and jumping a bus. other feats include a long truck jump and firewall plunges. Bonnie Walker of Greensboro and Harry Woolman of Elkton headline motorcycle acts accompanied by George Mison and Jimmie Kelley in various automobile thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Lynch
High Point Speedway
High Point
High Point Mercury
Hiotic Clb
North Carolina
Death Dodgers
Irish Horan
Bill Horton
Daredevil Horton
George Mison
Jimmie Kelley
Harry Woolman
Elkton
Bonnie Walker
Greensboro
Navy appeals to ordnance manufacturers to accelerate deliveries
The Navy asked manufacturers to run three shifts seven days a week to speed up output. Rear Admiral Blandy urged drastic measures and resourcefulness to meet production schedules and said revisions to contracts could be considered if changes boost production. Taxicabs in the United States are owned by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
W. HH. P. Blandy
Ordnance Bureau
Naval
Blandy
Avy
United States
Greenland patrols and Nazi radio threat deepen Atlantic tension
The seizure of a Norwegian vessel by the U S Navy near Greenland sparks debate on international response while noting German plans and weather data risks to Britain. Berlin cites Greenland as strategic, with Nazi radio stations potentially aiding U boats and bombers. Officials warn of hemisphere defense needs as ships and bases loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fense
Congress
Vorys
Ohio
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hitler
Western Hemisphere
Greenland
Hill
London
United States Navy
England
Atlantic
Britain
RAF
Berlin press silent on navy seizure of Nazi radio station
Sunday reports from Berlin show no mention of the U S navy seizure of a Nazi radio facility on the Greenland coast. Officials gave no indication how the news should be treated and remained silent on the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States Navy
Greenland
Berlin Front Reports Massive German Encirclement Push
German forces broke the Red Army front and pushed through shell torn fields amid hundreds of thousands of Soviet dead. Spokesmen noted large operations from Vyazmin to Orel with signs of encirclement near Rzhev and Tula as battles raged and weather favored mechanized movement. Leningrad defense held with repeated counterattacks while German bombers attacked Moscow Odessa and rail lines. News from Odessa and Lake Ladoga described ships bombed and mines laid to aid the eastward advance. Travel salesmen average 18 791 miles yearly in a recent survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Vyazmin
Moscow
Orel
Valdai Heights
Rzhev
Upper Volga
Tula
Bryansk
Vyazma-Bryansk- Orel
Leningrad
Odessa
Lake Ladoga
Black Sea
Large Scale Simulated Air Incidents On State Oct 20
Large scale air warfare drill planned for October 20 in the Southeast under Brig Gen Walter H Frank will involve hundreds of two motor bombers from Army and Navy, with Charlotte serving as command post and bases from which mock raids over North and South Carolina and Georgia will be conducted. Civilian observers will report the enemy approach to filter centers while interceptors and U S fighter planes mount defense. The exercise, labeled Battle of the Carolinas, uses B-25s B-26s B-17s Havocs A20 A24 P-40 P-38 and P-39 aircraft based at Savannah Augusta Columbia Charleston Charlotte Wilmington Pope Field and other sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Newfoundland
New York
Germany
Sweather
Europe
North Atlantic
Panama
Greer
Montana
United States
Bkc
Charlotte
Carolina
Army
Navy
Walter H. Frank
Frank
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Charlotte Army Air Base
Bermudas
Bahamas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Wilmington
Charleston
Carolinas
RAF
Battle of the Carolinas
Savannah
Augusta
Columbia
Pope Field
Fayetteville
Nippon Would Get Tough With U S If Hitler Whips Russia
The three senators on the Foreign Relations Committee warned that a Nazi victory over Russia could push Japan toward friction with the United States in the Pacific. They said Japan might move to assert itself if Germany dominates in Russia, with potential interference in shipments to Russia. State Department noted exchanges of nationals and planned evacuee movements between Japan and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Ardery
Washington
Russia
Pacific
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
George
D-Ga
Gillette
Iowa
Japan
Adams
Dcole
State Department
Yokohama
San Francisco
Seattle
Honolulu
United States
U. S
Coolidge
Germany
Siberta Connally
Siberia
Dutch East Indies
Great Britain
Gillettle
Hull
Greeks Cause Grief To Axis War Coverage
CBS war correspondent James Leigh White, wounded in Greece, reports anarchy after conquest. He cites continual sabotage against troops and deep dissension between German and Italian soldiers, noting greater strife among occupiers than with Greeks. White returned on the Dixie Clipper from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Leigh White
Columbia Broadcasting System
Greece
Europe
White
St. Louis
Corinth
Lisborn
Bermuda
Tribute at University Marks Vance Aycock Osborne
In Chapel Hill the first state university celebrated its 148th anniversary with memorial tablets for Adlai Osborne Zebulon B Vance and Charles B Aycock. Dr Archibald Henderson praised Osborne's lifelong service and contribution while Judge Robert Winston lauded Vance and Aycock as exemplars of merit guided by popular approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Adlai Osborne
Zebulon B. Vance
Charles B. Aycock
Memorial Hall
Archibald Henderson
Osborne
Vance
Aycock
Robert W. Winston
God
Vance and Aycock
R. B. House
America
Travel Record Set At Yellowstone Park Visit
A new travel record was set in Yellowstone National Park with 581,761 visitors in the season, surpassing the previous 526,437. The report notes the park as the nation’s largest playground and references ongoing wartime policy and global tensions involving Japan and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Russians Hold Central Front Amid Ten Day German Offensive
Report reviews the ongoing battle on the Moscow front as German tanks and infantry push in multiple sectors. Red Star cites heavy German losses near Vyazma and Orel, while Russian reserves flood in and defend key positions.
Army Crewman Burned In Plane Rescue At Fort Sam Houston
Technical Sergeant T Brools Sergeant J Bruce Private M M Newcomer Fasco Marlin 29 civilian employee at Duncan was burned severely when a gasoline tank on the plane exploded as he worked to rescue the injured. Three other craft workers were hurt. Fort Sam Houston officials did not identify the unaccounted passenger nor release home addresses. The plane, on a stopover between Bolling Field Washington D C and Albuquerque, carried 2000 gallons of gasoline. Morgan a Texas native is survived by his widow and 18 month old daughter. Reichstadt a parachute and technical supply officer at Albuquerque base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Brools
J. Bruce
M. M. Newcomer
Fasco Marlin
Duncan
Fort Sam Houston
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Albuquerque
Morgan
Texas
Reichstadt
Omaha
Reorganization of State Department Integrates Action
Washington reports a major internal reorganization of the State Department to unite economic warfare activities and strengthen ties with the Caribbean area. A 10 man board of economic operations led by Dean Acheson will coordinate economic defense, with six divisions and a Caribbean office to interpret treaties and boost U.S. relations with Caribbean nations and possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Carribbean
Dean Acheson
Hull
Wallace
Department
Caribbean
United States
Coert du Bois
Foreign Service
Cuba
A. A. Berle
Herbert Feis
Board of Economic Operations
Leo Pasvolski
Hui
Emilio G. Collado
Amercan Republics
Harry C. Hawkins
Fire destroys depot in Laurinburg on October 11
A massive fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Atlantic Coast Line depot at Johns, obliterating a warehouse with 310 bales of cotton and 3,000 cases of canned vegetables. Two refrigerator cars and two box cars were incinerated, and the blaze damaged a utility pole, telephone, and telegraph lines. Loss estimated at 75,000 to 100,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurinburg
Atlantic Coast
Johns
Soviet forces claim heavy aerial battle results near Moscow
The report says Soviet raids on German targets near Moscow claimed up to 21 raiders in three days and 20 German planes destroyed over Bryansk in recent operations, with several aircraft downed during approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murnyansk
Moscow
Bryans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Drr
Philip B. Davis
Wrenn and
Howell Streets
RADIO
Norway
Copenhagen
Great Island
British Isles
Guilford Cleaners
English St
South Main
North Main Street
Nippon
U.S
Far East
Osborne, Vance and
So :T Union
Lozovsky
Adolf Hitler
Vyazma
Red Star
Lénin
Smolensk
Bol Hevik
Soviet
Semenen Timoshenko
East
Krasnaya Zvezda
Pravda
Communist Party
Metropol
Crimea
Azov
Melitopol
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Oct
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Birmingham
Boaton
Buttaloss
Burlington
Charlottes
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Duluth
EL Paso
Galveston
Maore
JacksonviNe
Kansas City
Kry West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Ag Minn
St. Paul
Mobile
New Orleans
Norfolk
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
San Antonio
Bayannas
Vicksburg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!