First Reports From Spotters In Defense Drill
Charlotte Oct 20 civilian spotters reported simulated hostile bomber activity as hundreds of interceptor planes prepared to defend the South Atlantic seaboard. Brig Gen Walter H Frank led the exercise with Marines at Charlotte air base, testing civilian warning posts, filler centers, and information centers to relay data to authorities and trigger coordinated defense actions.
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Charlotte
Third
South Atlantic Seaboard
Charlotte Air Base
Frank
Georgia
Minos
34Th Coast Artillery
Fort Bragg
N. C
Claude M. Thiele
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Fort. Bragg
Roosevelt foes and Rosenman probe housing mess in Washington
Inside Washington, insiders mock the Rosenman led inquiry into defense housing delays and costs. Palmer and Bonsees factions prepare to run construction oversight, amid cries of partisan influence and cries for independence from Roosevelt’s program.
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Faimin
Defense Housing
Roosevelt
Samuel S. Rosenman
New York
White House
Charles Palmer
Rosenman
Palmer-Straus-Carmody
Carl H. Monsees
Mr. Palmer
Palmer-Bonsees
Gettting
U.S. HH. A
Carmody
Virgin Islands
Maritime Commission
Palmer
Washington
California
Truman
Army
Navy
F. BD. R
Nazis Expand Undercover Nazi Network In North Africa
From Lisbon a reliable informant says up to September 15 about 1,000 Hitler agents lived in northern Africa. Officers note no scorekeeping beyond mission outcomes. General Frank says a mock war will be conducted to mirror real combat as closely as possible.
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Burton
Heath
New York
Lisbon
Africa
Hitler
Frank
Leonardo da Vinci’s Submarine Vision Rejected for Safety
Leonardo da Vinci imagined a submarine over 400 years ago but refused to draw it, fearing evil men would use the craft to sink ships and wreck vessels with air aboard. The painter’s speculative design shows his foresight into underwater travel and the perils of weaponized invention.
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Leonardo da Vine
Murder at Paradise continues with eerie lake murders
In a continuing serial tale set around a crime at a lakeside resort, detective work, multiple killings, and tense rival theories unfold. Jeanie, Mary, Miss Morris, and the inn’s staff swirl amid police grilling of Stash Veretti, sightings, and a wary public as new clues emerge and danger lingers.
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Denny
Herbert Cord
Alithe
Miss Morris
State Fights Over Labor Unrest In North Carolina
Shelby reports a factory fire but notes a boost to a mock air war with an enemy marker destroyed. In Raleigh, North Carolina faces intra AFL strife between Upholsterers and Carpenters and Joiners over jurisdiction in Thomasville, with allegations of beatings and a stalled national body. Rumors of $75,000 in a Thomasville bank to fund strikes surface as TWUA
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Piedmont
North Carolina
CIO
AFL
Thomasville
Carpenters and Joiners
Ving High Points Furniture Mills
Jus
George Walker
Ganzier
General Fredendall condemns troop discipline at critique
Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall told second corps officers at Morven, Camden, that cat calling by troops showed a decided lack of discipline at a time of global danger. He warned that further offenses would trigger consequences and urged intensified warning amid Japanese activity and torpedoing of a U. S. destroyer. The second corps includes guards from PA, VA, MD, DC, NY, and NJ.
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Camden
S.C
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Second Corps
Morven
Fredendal
U. S
Wearny
Memory of Deceased Chaplain Honored by Saint Edward's
A Catholic memorial at Saint Edward's Church honored Lieut. Michael J. Duggan, a Buffalo, New York chaplain fatally injured in a U S command car crash near Candor North Carolina. Two Masses were held at 10 30 and 11 15 with visiting officers serving.
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Saint Edward's Church
Michael J. Duggan
Buffalo
New York
U. S
Candor
N.C
Fathers Harkins and Watson
Rescue of Endangered Family
Lacy D. Kendall Jr credits J O R Ingrams for helping save the Kennedy family from a fire on Skivett Drive. They state the incident was life and property saving, not for credit, and recall the moment of Mrs. Kennedy, an invalid, in flames. The note ends with gratitude to The Enterprise for its appreciation.
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Enterprise
J. Or. Ingrams
Mr. I. Kennedy
Skivett
Ito
Tts
Fanny J. Crosby
Lacy D. Kendall. Jr. -S
Whiskey Looms As Definite Issue In Tar Heel Campaign
A North Carolina political piece notes that prohibition forces signal a strong 1942 liquor referendums role in elections. It cites local option wins, WCTU activity, and shifts in dry tactics affecting Governor Broughton era plans and legislative races. Glenn Pugh profile appears as a separate feature in the same column.
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Tar Heel
Henry "Brill
Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Chiristian ‘Temperance Union of
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
John Barleycorn
Next Springs
Warren
Bertie
J. M. Broughton
WCTU
Carolina Yarn Association to Meet in Pinehurst
Pinehurst will host the Carolina Yarn Association annual convention October 23 25 with about 150 members expected to attend. The program includes a golf tournament and skeet shooting.
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Carolina Yarn Group
Pinehurst
Greensboro
N. C
Gordon R. Hope
Carolina Yarn Association
Tar Heels in Air Corps at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma
Will Rogers Field Oklahoma October 10 fourteen of the sixteen North Carolina soldiers there wear stripes designating them as noncommissioned officers or privates first class. Five are sergeants and six are privates first class. The group forms part of more than 2200 officers and enlisted men at the bomber base dedicated last June 25 in memory of a late cowboy movist. The North Carolina soldiers named include Harold Gardner of Charlotte and others from Rose Hill Lillington Elizabeth Salisbury Worthville and Bladenboro.
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Glenn Jiugh
Glenn
Asheboro
First National Bank
Jess Pugh
Glenn Fox Pugh
Randolph
Standard Drug Store
First National
J. A. Neely
James Neely
Dent
Use School
Homme Ask
Young People's Assembly
Junaluska
Randolph County Youth Fellowship Group
Mike Briggs
Mike
McCrary Eagles
Young Glenn
Will Rogers Field
Okla
North Carolina
America
Ius Movist
About Meridians Pointing to Greenwich Prime Meridian
The earths prime meridian is linked with Greenwich in the London borough, serving as the reference for longitudes around the world. Longitudes for other regions are defined using this Greenwich median line.
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Greenwich
Borough of London
First Known Performance of Rule Britannia in 1740
The piece Rule Britannia was written by Thomas Augustine Arne, son of an English upholsterer. It premiered as Ode on August 1 1740 at Cliveden House in Maidenhead England.
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Thomas Augustine Arne
Cliveden House
Maidenhead
England
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Standard of Man
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Ravies Asistant Oil Co
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Douglas F. Daley
Salsbury
Arthur F. Dawkins
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Mopgood
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Odis F. McDonald
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Littleton
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