Holiness Speaker Urges Spiritual Reinforcement
In Winston Salem at the Western North Carolina conference youth rally the 29th annual session of the Pentecostal Holiness Church called for spiritual reinforcement in postwar economic recovery. Dr. Thomas L. Aaron led as principal speaker and nine ministers were named for ordination in an upcoming service.
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Winston-Salem
Western North Carolina
Penecostal Holiness Church
Thomas L. Aaron
Emmanuel College
Franklin Springs
Dan T. Muse
Oklahoma
Okla
Fred Speers
Mount Airy
A. D. Evans
Star
B. D. Shelton
Dry Fork
N. O. Edgerton
North Willkesboro
C. J. Purdue
Elkin
B. L. Brewer
High Point
J. Elmo Hopkins
Buffalo Ridge
Curtis W. Stowe
Harry B. Carroll
Burlington
Ralph Williams Marion
Sident
A. H. Hudson
Rham
Phillip Genetti
Asheville
Williams
T. A. Melton
Durham
Clyde H. Herndon
Danville, Va
A. F. Spain
C. D. Burchell
Auxiliary
Four Top Teams Score Big In Dominant Week In College Football
Notre Dame crushed Dartmouth 64 to 0 in Boston while Army routed Pitt 69 to 7 and Georgia Tech defeated Auburn 27 to 0. Penn freshmen led a 46 to 0 win over William and Mary as Navy beat Duke 7 to 0 and North Carolina tied Virginia 13 to 13.
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Notre Dame
Army
Pennsylvania
Georgia Tech
Navy
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Boston
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North Carolina Cloudbusters
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Iowa
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Funeral Rites for Troy Vestal Monday at North Main
Funeral services for Troy L. Vestal will be held Monday at 4 o'clock at the North Main Baptist church with Rev. B. L. Rainey and Rev. O. L. Easter officiating. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs. G. F. Cook for viewing and interment will follow at Lebanon Cemetery.
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Troy Vestal
Troy L. Vestal
North Main Baptist Church
B. L. Rainey
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Methodist Church
G. F. Cook
Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs. Alice Blanche Myers
Funeral services are held at Piney Grove church at 3 PM for Mrs. Alice Blanche Myers with Rev. Campbell officiating. The funeral procession leaves Sechrest Funeral Home at 2:30 PM and internment follows at Fairfield cemetery.
Funeral services for Hubert F. Robinson
Hubert F. Robinson aged 59 died suddenly at his home 1204 Asheboro Street at 5 o’clock Thursday morning. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:30 PM from Southside Baptist Church with Rev. W. H. Barker and M. Floyd in charge. Barker trio provided music and Rev. Barker sang. Pallbearers were W. M. Whitlow Stameaga H. H. Sechter Joedlin Maddocks Robert Aiken and M. Lewal Interment followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Asheboro Street
Southside Baptist Church
W. H. Barker
M. Floyd
Pisgah Baptist Church
Barker
W. M. Whitlow
Stameaga H. H. Sechrest
Joedlin, Maddocks
Robert Aiken
M. Lewal
Floral Garden Cemetery
Allied air on Formosa Ryukyus and China drive in Pacific war
Allied air forces reported heavy carrier raids on Formosa with vast Japanese losses. In four days of strikes they bombed Ryukyus, Formosa, Pescadores, and the Philippines, destroying 520 to 525 planes and damaging 143 ships while suffering 45 American planes lost. Chinese defense of Kweiping fell to Japanese forces, signaling a crucial battle near Kweilin. American airmen also hit Chinese shipping and in Burma targets around Tiddim indicate a last stand by Japanese troops.
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Western Pacific
Philippines
Formosa
Pacific Fleet
Ryukyus
Pescadores
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Amboina
Ceram
Dutch New Guinea
Boela
Wewak
New Guinea
Bismarck Architage
Bougainville
Shontland Islands
China
Kweiping
Kwangsi
Lichow
Kweilin
Pai Chung-Si
Stalingrad
Burma
Tiddim
Lutherans Plan Postwar Construction Boom
The United Lutheran Church in America proposes spending about a half billion dollars on church building and renovation in the immediate postwar period. ULCA committees note peak inquiries for information and list planned church projects in Jackson Mississippi to Silver Spring Maryland and other cities. A service flag with 276 stars honors chaplains in service, eight wounded and six decorated for bravery, with several missing from the banner.
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Minneapolis
America
United Lutheran Church In America
ULCA
John R. Deaton
Jackson
Miss
Speedway
Ind
Oreland
Catawissa
Inglewood
Calif
Chicago
Knoxville
Brooklyn
N. Y
Army
Navy
Air Force
Funeral services for Matthew Sumner at Mount Gilead Church
Matthew Sumner 62 well known merchant and farmer of Poplar Ridge died suddenly at his Route 1 Trinity home at 2 am Thursday. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm from Mount Gil ead Methodist church in Randolph County where he was a lifelong member, with Rev G E White presiding. Interment follows in the church cemetery after the body was moved to his late residence Saturday at 11 am.
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Matthew Sumner
Poplar Ridge
Route 1
Trinity
Mount Gilead Methodist Church
Randolph County
G. E. White
Archdale Methodist Church
Church
Funeral Services for W. C Falk 65
Funeral services for W. Charlie Falk 65 who died at a local hospital Thursday morning will be held Sunday at 10 30 from the daughter Mrs R R Kirkman home in the Triangle Lake section and at 2 o clock from the Holly Springs church near Mt Airy Interment will be in the church cemetery Falk an ordained Elder and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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W. Charlie Falk
R. R. Kirkman
Triangle Lake
Holly Springs
Mt. Airy
Falk
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints
RAF Blitzes Berlin and Duisburg in Heavy Daylight Raids
Allied air force sorties hit Berlin area rail and canal networks with 8 500 tons of bombs. 5 600 tons targeted Duisburg while 1 000 Liberators and Flying Fortresses pounded Cologne and supply hubs. Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern and targets behind German lines also attacked. 14 bombers and fighters are missing. East Prussia reports follow up strikes by German radio.
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Siegfried Line
RAF
Duisburg
Cone
Cologne
Aachen
Eighth Air Force
Saarbrucken
Kaiserslautern
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Metz-Nancy
East Prussia
Allied Push Through Italian Front Advances Near Bologna
In Italy’s autumn rains the Eighth Army dries the battle lines as Canadian forces seize a bridge intact on the Bologna Rimini highway and drive tanks toward Cesena. Dominion troops trap enemy rearguards while Americans clear Gesso and Poggioli amid heavy shelling and mountain fighting near Livergnano and Mount Di Bambiana, with progress of over two miles.
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Eighth Army
Bologna-Rimini
Cesena
Dominion
Scolo-Rigossa Canal
Rubicon-Ceenate Canal
Poggioli
Bologna
Livergnano
Mount di Bambiana
Treasury secretary Morgenthau outlines war loan drive plan
Morgenthau said comparable government measures will yield long term treasury savings. He noted banks are buying short term issues, creating liquidity to prevent deflation like post World War I. He arrives to aid the sixth war loan drive set to start November 20.
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Morgenthau
Memo Shows Contrasting Viewpoints in Campaign News
The White House released a 1939 memorandum countering a GOP claim and noted Hershey's selective service remarks as his personal opinion. Truman tours Texas while Wallace praises farm registration gains and Bricker accuses Roosevelt of court packing. Name calling marks a week of campaign rhetoric and rising city voter registration.
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Berle
White House
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Dewey
Hershey
Truman
Texas
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Missouri
Los Angeles
Henry A. Wallace
Indianapolis
John W. Bricker
California
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Bricker
Sacramento
Ohio
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Midwest
Big City
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Soviet push and battles across Latvia and East Prussia report
Soviet forces push toward Memel and Tilsit as German defenses fight back. Bombardment hits Memel port with nine German transports reported and fires visible. In Hungary tank battles near Szolnok and Debrecen hint at decisive outcome while reports circle armistice negotiations. Belgrade liberation anticipated as Axis pressure mounts on the Reich frontier.
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Tilsit
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Niemen River
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Budapest
Debrecen
Riga
Latviantal
Reich
Rozan
Narew
Belgrade
Confly
Sava
Danube
France to Stand Fast for Reconstruction and War Efforts
General declares unity within the coalition, urges self-reliance for recovery, and pledges France will play the largest possible role for the remainder of the war. He notes enemy reverses but cites a restored Breda to Belfort front and heavy wartime losses totaling 300,000 casualties, destroyed ports and bridges, and paralyzed railways.
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France
Breda
Belfort
Italy
Railroad revenues to rise in postwar industrial boom
State officials anticipate increased railroad revenue in the postwar years driven by industrial expansion. The Georgia commissioner notes Southern railroad revenues per investment are higher than in any other region of the country.
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Georgia
South
Smokeless brakes promised for postwar era
A new asbestos and synthetic resin brake lining, used by the armed forces, is set to eliminate brake smoke. Developed over four years, the lining has been tested on nearly a million jeeps in combat zones.
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Detroit
Oct
Two Men Stabbed in Free-For-All Fight
Clyde Williams and James Owens were stabbed in a large street brawl at North and Washington Streets. Both men were taken to Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment. none are seriously injured. Police issued warrants for their attackers as they withheld names.
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Railroad Street
James Owens
East
Washington Street
Boulevard
Memorial Hospital
North
Washington Streets
Williams
Owens
Mrs. Roosevelt Reported as PAC Contributor
Dorothy Rockwell president of the Washington Newspaper Guild said Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt contributed 25 to the CIO political action committee via the guild. The First Lady’s check for that amount was received at the guild’s office.
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Washington
Dorothy Rockwell
The
Washington Newspaper Guild
CIO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Newspaper Guild
German POW Janz Bacher Recaptured in New York
The FBI announced that 28 year old German prisoner of war Janz Bacher, who escaped on August 3 from Camp Stark in Percy New Hampshire, was recaptured in a Union Square store while purchasing artist supplies.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investiation
Janz Bacher
Camp Stark
Percy
N. H
Union Square
Allied Forces Press German Strong Defense In Aachen Area
Allied troops advanced toward Cornimont near the Schlucht pass and cleared three quarters of the Parroy forest east of Nancy. U S Seventh Army reportedly attacked near Retiremont as German boasts of a spring offensive echoed. Aachen fell under heavy air and ground assaults with civilians fleeing. 1 000 prisoners taken by the veteran assault division and water and power shortages reported.
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Leopold Canal
U. S. Seventh Army
Retiremont
Belfort
Pass
Cornimont
Schlucht
Vosges Mountains
Rhine
U. S
Third Army
Forest
Parroy
Nancy
Paris National Radio
France
Aachen
Germeter
Hurtgen
Fall of Corfu and Allied advances in Greece
British relief moves pace German collapse in Greece as Corfu surrenders with minimal resistance. Balkan Air Force reports German morale broken, Corfu nearly empty of troops, while Sarande and Delvine fall amid unexploded ordnance. Corinth and Athens area actions and Aegina bombardment noted with limited enemy coastal guns lingering.
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Greece
Corfu
Balkan
Big Island
Sarande
Delvine
Peloponnesus
Corinth
Athens
Aegina
Gulf of
Saronikos
Colombo
North Wales Seawalls Hit by Heavy October Gale
A north westerly gale on October 4 sent 40 foot waves sweeping the north Wales coast. Promenades, coastal bungalows, and golf courses were flooded, with livestock drowned as seawalls were ripped and waves lashed the shore.
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London
North Wales
Philadelphia Democrat offers 25000 for honest Dewey read
James P. Clark, Philadelphia Democratic chairman, pledges 25000 to any charity Dewey designates if he will be honest and read full speeches. He accuses Dewey of twisting a mid sentence from quotes to misrepresent President Roosevelt and Senator Barkley. Clark says the offer is to ensure the true meaning is heard.
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Philadelphia
James P. Clark
Democratic
Dewey
Clark
Oklahoma City
Senator Barkley
Clare Luce Urged to Apologize to President
New York Oct 14 Rep Mary T Norton said Clare Boothe Luce should apologize for calling the president a liar or there is no truth in the woman. Norton issued the remark through the Democratic National Committee women's division after Luce criticized President Roosevelt in a Chicago speech.
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New York
Mary T. Norton
D-Nj
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Wallace Joins PAC And Waves Receipt
Indiana dispatch reports Vice President Wallace joined the CIO Political Action Committee and waved a $1 contribution receipt at a luncheon. He wore an FDR pin and a PAC button on his lapel while leaving Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Wallace
CIO
Political Action Committee
PAC Fund
Roxboro Soldier Killed Returning From Army Camp
Roxboro Pte. James W. Taylor of Roy Was killed in a motor accident near Sanford Florida while returning home from his first post since entering the army six months ago. Survived by his wife two children and and his parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Roxboro
James W. Taylor
Roy
Sanford
Fla
Durham Receives 77 800 for Venereal Disease Clinic Expansion
Federal Works Agency announced a grant of 77 800 to Durham for venereal disease hospital facilities. The funds will expand the rapid treatment clinic program in the city.
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Durham
Federal Works Agency Today
Stalin and Churchill Attend Bolshoi Ballet Encounter
In Moscow, Stalin and Churchill attend a Bolshoi command performance. The leaders sit in a reserved box as the Bolshoi Ballet performs for the British visitor, drawing a seven minute ovation from a packed audience. The Army choir joins the dancers for this notable wartime cultural moment.
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Moscow
Stalin
Winston Churchill
M Con
Bolshoi Theater
Churchill
Far Ballet Company
War Prisoners To Work In Durham Plan
Prisoners of war will be employed by Imperial Tobacco Company’s Durham plant on the night shift starting Monday, the U S Employment Service announced. Other Durham tobaccos plants have used prisoners to relieve shortages, with local sources to be tapped if needed.
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Durham
Imperial Tobacco Company
U. S
Wayne King Receives Army Discharge At Own Request
Former band leader Wayne King is discharged from active army duty at his own request under current policy. George H. Cushman of Fort Sheridan announced King’s release after more than two years as a public relations officer with the sixth service command.
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Wayne King
George H. Cushman
Fort Sheridan
Cushm
Ae. King
Sixth Service Command
Mickey Rooney Leaves Camp Sibert for Overseas Mission
Gadsden Alabama October 14 Pvt Mickey Rooney the farm movie star who recently married Miss Betty Jane Rase has left Camp Sibert for an overseas assignment the Gadsden Times reports Rooney and Miss Rase were wed in Birmingham after a six day courtship the bride is from Birmingham and Rooney is noted as a farm movie star with a year old marriage date unclear in the copy
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Gadsden
Ala
Mickey Rooney
Betty Jane Rase
Birmingham
Camp Sibert
Rooney
Rase
Inventor’s Valve Keeps Garage Open Through War Time
Erie firm led by Frank J. Tate markets a special valve developed two decades ago. Tate says the device sustains his garage business amid wartime shortages and closures faced by rivals. The invention supports his own car and service with a long mileage record of 305,000 miles.
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Erie
Frank J. Tate
Tate
Infant Daughter of Cox Dies in High Point Area
Infant daughter Mary Elizabeth, six months old, daughter of Silas Alma Cox, died at the home of her parents in High Point Route 5. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Thomasville
Mary Elizabeth
Silas Alma Cox
High Point
Salinas Socialite Acquitted in Lovett Case
Salinas California October 14 Frances Andrews socialite was acquitted by a jury of eight women and four men charged with the death of Jay Lovett a 19 year old boy in an alleged crime.
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Salinas
Calif
Frances Andrews
Jay Lovett
Beekeeper's Vacuum Snares Bees in Seattle Bakery
In Seattle a bakery faced repeated bee stings causing alarm among staff and customers. A plumber suggested using a long vacuum cleaner which successfully removed the bees from the premises.
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Seattle
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