States Rights Clash Over Balloting Procedures Debate on federal control of absentee ballots for World War II servicemen
Washington reports a sharp dispute over states rights versus federal power in structuring absentee voting for the 1944 national elections. Rep Rankin accuses federal overreach. supporters cite overseas servicemen voting needs and gaps in state absentee laws.
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Washington
Tes
Bal
House Committee
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Frank Walker
Army
Navy
Ntro Rankin
South
Walker
First Aid Device For Invasion Barges From San Diego
Navy salvage innovation by Captain McCandless at the San Diego destroyer base yields the Jimmy device a mobile drydock to lift hoist and tow stranded landing barges on beaches at Attu and Sicily saving vessels and reducing losses. The invention grew from a machine shop effort by a small crew and proved effective in combat zones. Captain McCandless and his family have a history of naval contribution including his son receiving the Medal of Honor for commanding the carrier San Francisco’s rescue run.
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Harold Keen
San Diego
Calif
Attu
Sicily
Byron Mece- Candless
Navy
Special Express
Jimmy
Johnny
Jeremy
Geeheebee
McCandless
Silver Strand
Massacre Bay
Tee Spee
Jimmy Voight
Captain McCandless
Rence
Colo
Great Britain
Behind the Scenes Be HOLLYWOOD in Wartime Film Work
Hollywood feature work shows wartime morale and production details with Betty Grable leading chorus girls in Pin Up Girl. Bruce Humberstone directs 64 dancers training with Springfields and Marines. Warners builds a full scale freighter set with men rescued from a sea ordeal. Credits include Curtiz, Bogart, Lorre, Dantine, Tobias and Boyer in combat themes.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Bruce
Lucky” Humberstone
Bert Strickling
Raleigh
N. C
Army
Marine Corps
Humberstone
Warners
Mike Curtiz
Marseilles
Humphrey Bogart
Helmut Dantine
Peter Lorre
Phillip Dorn
George Tobias
Devil's Island
Curtiz
Mike
Real estate transfers recorded in Guilford County vignettes
Property transfers in several townships including High Point Oak and Russell streets and North Hamilton Street. Transfers involve D H Myers, T G My ere, H D Sears, Paul B Thomas, Bendnt lands, Yadkin Warehouse, Harold McKee, W C Gray, and various buyers like G Boren, Joan Seals, M Wall, J A Doggett, L A Stafford, Nathan Markowitz, and P A Bowman. Local lenders and development parcels appear in Deep, Morehead, Center Grove, Gilmer, and New Market townships.
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High Point
D. H. Myers
T. G. Myere
Oak and
Russell Streets
H. D. Sears
R. D. Fowler
Ragan and Harmon
Prudential Insurance Company
Paul
Thomas
Hamilton Street
S. BE. Hatcher
P. B. Cavarnos
E. D. Steele
Arthur Kirkman
Yadkin Warehouse and Resity Company
Tomlinson Street
Harold
McKee
Pfanale
Deep Township
W. C. Gray
High Point Mortgage and Investment Corporation
Burley Irol
Center Grove Township
L. A. Stafford
C. T. Davenport
J. W. Williams
Nathan Markowitz
James Bass
James Brown
Gilmer Township
Johnsie Rankin
Paul B. Shaw
Broughton Speaks Today At Methodist Conference
Statesville turnover reports two addresses at the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference session led by Governor Broughton. Dr. Benjamin G. Childs discussed church roles in youth education and the Four Freedoms as temperance and moral issues sparking debate. Several delegates were named to the general church conference, with the event concluding Friday.
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Statesville
Governor Broughton
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
E. W. Fox
New York
General Board of Missions
Board of Education
Benjamin G. Childs
Duke University
Nain
Childs
I. G. Greer Ofsville
North Carolina Allied Church League
The
of Temperance
Greer
Paul N. Garbre
Kansas City
R. C. Bunch
Statseville
J. B. Ivey
Charlotte
Happy Valley Association Opens Tonight In High Points News
High Point notes children and adults gather for the Happy Valley Association opening hosted by the First Baptist Church Men’s Club. R C Palmer presides with devotions by M C White and H W Watkins and music by Calvary Baptist choir. The event runs through Friday with speakers on Christian growth amid war and a closing sermon Sunday.
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Happy Valley Association
First Baptist Church
R. C. Palmer
M. C. White
H. W. Watkins
Calvary Baptist Church Choir
E. Simmons
M. H. Blackburn
C. FE. Yokely
L. D. McRae
Andrew Corbitt
Walter Dyer
Jubilee
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Union
Theodore Walker
F. R. Mason
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
Crusaders Club
Mothers Council
Mother's Council
Fairview Street
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Salt Lake City
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Moskins Clothing Company
North Main St
Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Charles Boyer
London
Joseph Cotten
George Cukor
Boyer
Wonderland Museum
Guilford County Realty
Morehead Township
L. H. Hole
G. 8. Boren, Jr
Granville Road
Cornwallis Drive
Joan Elizabeth Seals
J. A. Doggett
Glenwood Avenue
New Market Township Co
M. Wall
Frazier, Richardson and
C. Wall
R. C. Coltrane
Broughton
Methodist
High Point College
War Food Administration
North Carolina
WFA
A. Newman
R. L. Edwards
C. O. Love
BR. L. Edwards
Emma Portee
Vail Street
William Penn High School
Lexington High School
Albion Millis Stadium
United Club
Wallie Fair
UN Ils Avenue
Frank Ross
Hall
William Hall
Winfred Ralston
Burrus Hospital
Daniel Brooks
Pastor's Aid Circle
the First Barist Church
Camp
Pfc
Nathan Williams
Camp Stewart
Wesley Williams
U. S
Leu
Wes
Licoerr
Mvans
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