Former High Pointer Wins Bond For Work
Mrs. Catherine James McMillen, once a High Point resident and daughter of Mrs. Oriana B. James, received a $500 war bond from Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp in San Diego California. The monthly Work-to-Win contest rewards promptness and she has worked at Vultee since September 9 1941 alongside her husband W T McMillon.
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Catherine James McMillen
High Point
Oriana B. James
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
California
McMillon
James McMillon
Vultee Aircraft
W. T. McMillon
Grandi in Portugal Said to Be in Diana Village
The Swiss Telegraph Agency quotes Munich radio reporting that Count Dino Grandi, former Italian ambassador to Britain, is in the small village of Diana in Portugal during October.
Eddy Paper workers strike first under Smith Connally act
In White Pigeon Michigan 220 workers at the Eddy Paper Company remained off the job a 17 day strike despite a regional war labor board order to return by 9 am. The action is described by a WLB official as the first union authorized strike under the Smith Connally act.
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WLB
Mich
Regional War Labor Board
The
Eddy Paper Company
Senate to probe U.S. communications firms for foreign blocks
Washington October 20 Senate group to investigate the international wire and radio communications field. The probe aims to determine if American companies face foreign restrictions hampering operations.
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Washington
Senate
Prisoner seeks habeas corpus relief over relocation across Illinois
A Stateville prisoner filed in Will County circuit court for freedom arguing distance from St. Louis relatives justifies release. He was sentenced in October 1933, originally to Chester, then moved to Menard, Stateville, back to Menard, and again to Stateville in a back and forth transfer sequence.
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Joliet
Stateville
Will County
Illinois
St. Louis
Chester
Menard
Meanest Thief Robs Woman After Street Help
Mrs. Harriet Gill a 28 year old war worker halted to aid a man lying in the street believing him hit by a car. The man sprang up pointed a gun at her and robbed her of two rings and sixty dollars in cash.
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Chicago
Harriet Gill
Weather Report for North and South Carolina Continues Mild
The forecast notes continued mild conditions in North Carolina with extreme west portions cooler and central and east portions moderately cool through this afternoon to Thursday forenoon. In South Carolina the weather remains mild this afternoon tonight and Thursday forenoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Detective trial scrutinizes body discovery at Westbourne
Testimony details Christie and De Marigny in Westbourne case as Higgs drills timeline and bloodstain notes. Witness describes finding the body, door stains, and attempts to contact others including Hubbard, Lord Wind Sor, and Lady Oakes while contrasting statements about the scene and pillow placement.
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Higgs
Christie
Aloye
Oakes Nassau
Sir Harry
Westbourne
Mr. Higgs
Charles Hubbard
Hubbard
de Marigny
Derey
Duke Windsor
Bahamas
Bar Harbour
Eunice Oakes
Walter Foskett
Oakes
Palm Beach
Lady Oakes
Associated Press
War-Wearied Invasion Planning Faces Hefty Defenses
The piece notes the extensive fortifications along the invasion coast and the threat of heavy fire and barbed wire. It questions if the Allies should risk an amphibious assault now or wait for a shift in wartime conditions as Moscow weighs the viability of proceeding.
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Channel
Dippe
Hitler
Moscow
Airfield raid claims heavy loss for enemy forces
The report states 24 Japanese planes shot down and three Mitchells lost, with 36 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground at Rapopo and Tobera. A destroyer and gunboat sank, a 6,000 ton cargo ship went down, another vessel and a corvette were damaged. A Liberator off Kavieng sank an 8,000 ton troop transport. Postwar costs rose 63 percent above 1914.
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Tles
Rapopo
Tobera
Liberator
Kavieng
New Ireland
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