Carolina cooler tonight brings light rain in places
Weather bureau records show cool, damp conditions across major cotton areas and several cities. Readings for 7:30 a.m. list temperatures from 44 in Chicago to 92 in Atlanta with light showers reported for Charlotte, Richmond, Norfolk, and Wilmington among others.
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Air Raids Reported Over French Cities and Britain
A Rome sourced report details RAF raids on Vichy and Lyon with strong anti-aircraft fire in the French towns and alerts across Britain. Bombs caused large fires and damage as UK authorities say planes, including four motored Stirling types, carried out long range missions.
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Lyon
Neva
Air Ministry
Turin
Rome
Ity
Africa
Ido Works
Rehibald Sinclair
Air Minisold Commons
France
Cripps and Gandhi clash over Indian self rule during war
Cripps argues for 100 percent self government for Indians while praising Gandhi as a major leader. He notes Congress must remain non-violent and non-cooperative with a war-time government. Sir Stafford Cripps sees potential for settlement but warns prospects are uncertain. The discussion centers on creating an Indian council with the viceroy.
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Cripps
India
All-India Congress
Congress
Sir Stafford
Allied forces press near Kokoda in heavy jungle fighting
British dispatches say Allied troops in New Guinea advance toward the Kokoda base nine miles away as they fight through jungle, rain, and rugged mountain trails. The reports note no major change in the overall war situation while Allied assault gains momentum on the Owen Stanley range.
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Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Kokoda
Owen Stanley Range
High School Victory Corps outlined for wartime citizen guidance
Dr J Henry Highsmith spoke for the Department of Public Instruction about the High School Victory Corps aims to boost functional mathematics physics and universal physical education. Plans prepared by the office of education seek to guide students into wartime services or civilian roles, reinforcing citizenship responsibilities during the war effort.
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J. Henry Highsmith
Department of Public Instruction
Clyde A. Envin
Office of Education
North Carolina Education Association delegates discuss school reforms
In the North Western District gathering, Dr Highsmith urged stronger school programs from first grade through twelfth, including physical fitness, selective drill, pre flight aeronautics, and community service. Carroll outlined tentative state legislative priorities: a ninth month, higher salaries, earlier compulsory attendance, health education, and vocational training.
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Charles F. Carroll, Jr
North Carolina Education Association
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Ethel Perkins
Lexington
Sheraton Hotel
Guy B. Phillips
University of North Carolina
State School Board Association
State Board of Education
Jamis S. Tippett
Fred Greene
State Association
Fred C. Hobson
Lockhart
Two Marijuana Farms Raided Near Raleigh
Raleigh October 23 federal agent John D. Dixon aided by ABC officers raided Wake County marijuana farms. They seized a quantity packed for shipment and arrested three men named Hubert Turner Walter Jones and Lee Pryor who allegedly furnished seeds and handled marketing. Dixon quoted Turner and Jones claiming the weed was grown for chicken feed.
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Wake County
John D. Dixon
ABC
Dixon
Hubert Turner
Walter Jones
Lee Pryor
Turner
North Carolina educators discuss unit uniformity and standards
The document records remarks on improving unit uniformity in programs and reorganizing units under the N C ELA. Warren spoke on teacher insurance under the N C E A plan while Greene presented local unit standards. District presidents listed numerous unit heads across Alamance to Yadkinville and related regions.
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Ruth McKee
Burlington
Elizabeth Matthews
Alleghany
L. K. Halsey
Piney Creek
Caswell
F. B. Hartin
Ruffin
Davie
Helen P. Crenshaw
Mocksville
Davidson
E.W. Rentz
Lexington
Verona Blalock
Thomas Ville
Lucile Kirkpatrick
Winston- Salem
Ned Smith
Guilford
Boone
Wilkes
S. R. Spruill
Bonds
N.wilkesboro
Lucile Young
Yadkin
Frank Mullins
Yadkinville
War Production Board members discuss munitions and tank shifts
President Roosevelt named Land, Vickery, Douglas, Nelson, and Hopkins to discuss production problems and luxury goods limits. He recalled shifting munitions goals after Libyan war activity, noting tanks moved from M-3 to M-4 and that overall output weight remains, with planes gaining power and range while acknowledging regional suitability of aircraft types.
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Howard L. Vickery
Lewis O. Douglas
Maritime Commission
Donald M. Nelson
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Nazi Prisoners Rebel Against Shacklings in Canada
German POWs at Bowmanville Ontario resisted reprisal shackling on October 10 barricading themselves in barracks and resisting orders. Guards sprayed with a fire hose. one prisoner wounded in the leg and two lightly bayoneted. Minor injuries reported at other camps. overall compliance at 15 camps. The measure followed Germans’ claim to have bound 1,375 British officers in Dieppe. Government delayed reporting to avoid German retaliation.
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Ralston
Canada
Dieppe
Bowmanville
Germany
U.S. Bombers Hit Linsi Mine in Hopeh Province
U S Army bombers struck the Linsi Mine installations in Hopeh Province China on Oct 21 causing serious damage with high explosive and incendiary bombs. All American planes returned to base. Kailan Mining Administration operated near Ky Yuen and exported coal via Chin Wangtao to Tianjin.
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United States Army
China
Linsi
Hopeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army Air Force
Kailan Mining Administration
Ky Yuen
Manchuria
Wangtao
Ti‘entsin
Far East
Bar Examination In February For New Applicants
RALEIGH Oct. 23 The Board of Law Examiners met on the eve of the bar season and voted to hold special bar examinations in February for applicants who complete their law courses before that time. In a preliminary meeting the council recommended barment proceedings against W L McCoy of Franklin and Vernon D Strickland of Rich Square.
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Grass Sentenced To Die By Press For Two Slayings
In Cabarrus County, Clyde Grass, 30, was sentenced by Judge Will Press to die December 11 after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder for killing his father in law William A. Godwin and second degree murder for fatally shooting his sister in law Annie Lee Stafford. Defense plans an appeal. Police say Godwin and Stafford were killed at the Godwin home in Kannapolis after an October morning dispute over a gun. Grass claimed self defense for Godwin and said Stafford was shot accidentally during the struggle.
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Will Press
Clyde Grass
Cabarrus Superior Court
Grass
William A. Godwin
Annie Lee Stafford
Godwin
Inductees From Board 5 Report for Fort Bragg Draft
Negro draftees leaving High Point for Fort Bragg will report at 7:45 tomorrow morning to Draft Board No. 5 in the post office building for induction. White reservists returning to camp after fur loughs will report at 8:30. Chief Clerk Joe Snider notes Robert Earl Rugh, registered in Independence, Virginia, now living here, is asked to report for an important message.
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U. S. Army
Draft Board No. 5
Draft Board
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Board No. 5
Robert Earl Rugh
Independence
Funeral Rites for Mrs C C Beane Held at Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Catherine Beane age 87 who died Thursday morning at her son T B Beane s home on South Main Street extension will be conducted Saturday afternoon at o clock from St Olive Lutheran Church near Hickory Rev Walter Sigman pastor will lead the service The funeral party will leave the late residence at 10 30 Saturday morning A brief service will be held at the home by Rev F L Conrad pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church Interment will follow in the church cemetery The body was returned to the home Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
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At. Olive Lutheran Church
Hickory
Walter Sigman
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
German claims attack on British forces in Egypt front
Berlin reports German air raids on British tank and truck concentrations in Egypt with heavy bombs and air battles. Fourteen enemy planes were shot down in dogfights, while three British planes were lost to anti aircraft fire. German losses were listed at three planes. A 5,000 ton merchant ship was sunk in the Red Sea on Oct 21.
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High Command
Red Sea
Council approves action against Rockingham justice G W Williams
The council adopted a committee recommendation to institute proceedings against G W Williams justice of the peace of Rockingham county. At the bar meeting speakers include Carl McFarland of Washington chairman of the American Bar committee on administrative law John D Langston chairman of the national planning council of selective service and Governor Broughton.
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G. W. Williams
Rockingham County
Carl McFarland
Washington
American Bar Committee
John D. Langston
National Planning Council of Selective Service
Broughton
Methodist list and wartime aviation notes in brief
The article lists Methodist district and local pastors and officials across Winston-Salem and surrounding areas, followed by a note on aviation progress. An airplane maker develops an oversize electric heating pad for aluminum wings during riveting, with mobile U. S. Warplanes repair units nearby. The aircraft industry reports a 50 percent rise in employment over three years.
Italian General Bergonzoli Prisoner in India War Camp
Italian General Bergonzoli, known as Electric Whiskers, among 52 Italian generals held at a war camp in northern India. He commanded in Ethiopia and Spain and was captured in Libya in 1941. Noted for a mobile style, he traveled with a stocked larder and slept in his tunic in the back of his car.
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Dolo
East Africa
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Neghelli
Coffee Substitute Seen As Supply Grows Smaller
New York October 23 reports a widespread coffee scarcity pushing processors to seek substitutes or extenders. Roasters test blends and consider toasting bran additions while dealers propose sugar coupon cross usage and labs hunt for ways to stretch coffee supplies amid possible rationing.
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New York
Five Bomber Crew Die in Florida Crash
All five crew members aboard an Army bomber from Hendricks Field were killed when the plane crashed near Sebring Florida last night. Capt Daniel Culver Jr an instructor First Lieut Jack Dalton Little a student officer Los Angeles Calif Second Lieut Myron Mathew Malady a Syracuse N Y Second Lieut Lyle F McClelland a student officer Western Springs Ill Sgt Howard J Ginnavan an aerial engineer Baltimore were named in the Army statement.
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Army
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Daniel FE. Culver, Jr
Jack Dalton Little
Los Angeles
Calif
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Lyle F. McClelland
Western Springs
Ill
Howard J. Ginnavan
Baltimore
Medieval Italy as top haven for higher education students
In the Middle Ages Italy emerged as the premier destination for students seeking higher learning. The region attracted scholars due to its universities, libraries, and patronage, shaping European education and scholarly networks.
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