Vanaman Captured. First U.S. General Held as POW
Brigadier General A. W. Vanaman of Millville New Jersey was reported captured by Germany becoming the first U.S. general officer to be a prisoner of war. The War Department announced his capture after he was listed missing on June 27 while serving as an observer in an air action mission and confirmed as a POW on September 16.
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Washington
US War Department
A. W. Vanaman
Millville
Germany
Eral Vanaman
Legion of Merit
Couder
Oklahoma City Airice Command
Ing
Vanaman
Artment
South
West
Declarer
East
Germans Prepare Fortifications to Defend Hamburg
Pro German travelers arriving in Halsingborg Sweden report Nazi fortifications rising in southern Holstein east of Hamburg. Antiaircraft guns have been moved there as German forces feverishly strengthen defenses along the Elbe River area below Hamburg against a potential Allied landing.
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Halsingborg
Sweden
Holstein
Hamburg
Elbe
German capture claims shift in World War II notes
The War Department reported a shift with General Vanaman identified as the first general captured by the Germans, while many Japanese prisoners remained from the fall of the Philippines. The item notes the complex fates of military leaders during the early Pacific and European theater engagements.
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Philippines
War Department
Vanaman
4 H Honors Won By Dolly Hedgecock at Garden Contest
Dolly Ann Hedgecock former Oak View 4H Club president won first place in the Sears Roebuck sponsored 4H garden contest and county champion in canning. Her exhibit at the Greensboro fair featured canned meats vegetables soups fruits juices jellies and pickles. She will receive a cash prize at Achievement Day in Greensboro in November. Hedgecock is daughter of H V Hedgecock with the War Department and niece of Mrs Blanche Owen Route 1.
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Dolly Ann Hedgecock
Oak View
Searsadoebuck
High Point
Greensboro
Blanche H. Owen
Route 1
The Safety Play in a Bridge Deal
The article explains a bridge hand where the right safety play yields a favorable outcome. It details declarer decisions, defensive signals, and a precise sequence of plays showing how the diamond and club finesses, plus timing of discards, secure a near flawless result.
Laval to Be Tried in Absentia in Paris Broadcast
Paris radio reports Pierre Laval former head of the Vichy government will face trial in absentia for intelligence with the enemy. A Marseille court finished cases against Laval and three pro Nazi French news editors and sent them to the Marseille regional commissioner who will set the trial date.
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New York
Paris
Pierre Laval
Federal Communications Commission
Laval
Marseille
Car collision injures girl. Leon Trynham charged
Lilly Grant, a young Black girl from 800 East High Street, was struck by a car driven by Leon Trynham of Kernersville last night. She was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as not serious. Trynham is jailed on a 50 bond, charged with faulty brakes.
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Lilly Grant
East High Street
Leon Trynham
Kernersville
Trynham
Judy Brannan Weds Rev Carl Judy in Asheboro Church
Miss Margaret Taylor Brannan became the bride of Rev. Carl Wesley Judy in a double ring ceremony at Central Methodist Church Asheboro. The couple, after a Western North Carolina wedding trip, will reside in Franklin. Judy has Korea birthplace and Christian education ties. Carl Judy serves in the Waynesville district and Franklin Methodist circuit.
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Asheboro
Margaret. Taylor Brannan
Lyman Coy Brannan
Ashford
Ala
Carl Wesley Judy
Franklin
Walter M. Judy
Charleston
W. Va
Central Methodist Church
J. W. Braxton
Garland P. Pritchard
W. C. Clark
Weaverville
Helen Green
Rainelle
West Va
Jay Braxton
Braxton
William Benvon
Hayesville
C. Roy Everett
Newsoms
Preston Hughes
Gadsden
Aln
Judy
North Carolina
Korea
United States
Japan
Pyongyang
Berea College
Berea
Westminster Choir College
Princeton
N. J
Scarritt College
Nashville
Morris Harvey College
Duke University Divinity School
John C. Campbell Folk School
Waynesville
Macon County
Methodist Youth Fellowship
L. F. Ross
Esther Ross
Robert W. Wood
United States Lines head forecasts postwar jobs growth
Basil Harris, president of United States Lines, says a strong American merchant marine will create millions of postwar jobs by boosting foreign trade. He cites benefits to steel, lumber, auto, farm machinery and related industries through export and import activity.
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New York
Basil Harris
United States Lines
Big Steamshin Operating Company
Sheriff Pratt Hints Birthday Sadness Over Card
Portland Oregon on October detective notes a birthday bouquet from staff carries a sympathy card suggesting sorrow. Sheriff Martin T Pratt considers the message, reflecting a somber mood on his 64th birthday and prompting questions about the occasion.
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Portland
Ore
Martin T. Pratt
Pfc Donald Horne Stationed in Germany After Paris Arrival
Pfc Donald A. Horne son of Mr and Mrs Horne Jr 611 Chandler Street is now stationed in Germany with the First Army. He has previously served in Belgium and was among the first troops to arrive in Paris.
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Donald A. Horne
Mr. and
Mirs
Horne
Chandler St
Germany
Pfc
Belgium
Paris
Winslow Rizoti Announces Sept 30 Wedding
Mrs Ed Rizoti of Sparta announces the marriage of daughter Victoria to Pfc William H Winslow son of Mr and Mrs W T Winslow of High Point. The ceremony occurred Sept 30 at the First Pilgrim Holiness church.
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William H. Winslow
Pika” Rizoti
Ed Rizoti
Sparta
Pika” Victoria
W. T. Winslow
High Point
J. A. Grout
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Winslow
Las Vegas Army Air Field
Nevada
Lincoln Army Air Field
Lincoln
Neb
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Sheraton
Duncan Phyfe
North Main Street
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Merchant Marine
Glenda Kay Guyer
Mrs
Irvin Guyer
Route One
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Fekerd
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Jersey City
Oct
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
Frank Hague
London
Hinebert Gilbert
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Copenhagen
Berlin
Ashley
Ashley Automatic Wood Stove CO
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Xwood Sale
Kivett Drive
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N. F
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Austin's Nursery
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Rimy
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