Drop Shown In Enrollment As 6,946 Pupils Back In School
High Point city schools opened with a drop in attendance totaling 132 across white and Negro schools. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll cited senior high declines due to students delaying graduation to five years and wartime work opportunities, while elementary attendance rose slightly from last year. Total white attendance stood at 5,723 and Negro attendance at 1,225, with specific school totals listed for Ada Blair Brentwood Cloverdale Elm Street Emma Blair Johnson Street Oak Hill Ray Street junior and senior highs. Carroll noted the first year with a small elementary drop in recent years and warned that true attendance will emerge as students continue to enroll later in the week.
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High Point City
Charles F. Carroll
Carroll
William Penn High School
Ada Blair
Brentwood
Cloverdale
Elm Street
Emma Blair
Johnson Street
Oak Hill
Ray Street
Junior High
Fairview
Leonard Street
William Penn
War and Russia's stance on Japan in the postwar era
The article discusses whether the Soviet Union will join Allies against Japan after Europe ends. It notes the non aggression pact with Japan signed April 13 1941 and renewed automatically unless denounced, and argues Russia is bound by honor and interests, with air bases and potential airport access depending on Japan's actions and the pact.
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Vladivostok
Manchukuo
China
Russia
Britain
America
Siberian
Japan
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Moscow
Allied air raid report from Italian targets in daylight
Allied fighter bomber formations based in North Africa attacked targets at Sapri Cetraro and near Catanzaro in daylight. The headquarters communique said six enemy planes were destroyed and two allied planes were lost, while the Cairo bulletin noted one American plane missing from the raiding group that hit Pescara and downed ten enemy fighters.
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Catanzaro
Sapri
Salerno
Cetraro
Reggio Calabria
Cairo
Pescara
New terror raid hampered by heavy anti air defense
German radio claims the RAF assault was repelled with heavy losses and that British bombers were dispersed by reorganized anti air defenses. German defenses allegedly inflicted very heavy losses on the RAF while Britain and Germany exchanged night raids on England and Berlin. A new destroyer escort vessel is to be launched at Bethlehem Steel in Hingham, Mass., just after keel laid, marking a launch record.
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England
Berlin
Germany
Washington
Hingham, Mass
Bethlehem Steel Company
Navy
Funeral Rites for Harrison J Boggs Held at Spring Hill
Harrison J. Boggs of near Thom asville died suddenly Sunday afternoon. Funeral service was held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Spring Hill Methodist Church, with Rev. C. O. Plyler officiating. Pallbearers were Joe Thurnburg, Earnest Wood, Homer Good, Vernon Kearns, Leonard Barrer, and Frank Wall. Flowers were arranged by Mrs. J. W. Sowers. Music by church choir under Mrs. J. R. Meredith. Interment in church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Harrison J. Boggs
Spring Hill Methodist Church
C. O. Plyler
Joe Thornburg
Earnest Wood
Homer Good
Vernon Kearns
Leonard Barrer
Frank Wall
J. W. Sowers
J. R. Meredith
Eighth Airmen Set August High in Europe Operations
The U S Eighth Air Force reportedly reached a new August record with 307 German fighters shot down in two Schweinfurt Regensburg raids. Most missions targeted France and the Low Countries while medium bombers logged 14 raids on 21 targets with four ships lost. Fortresses conducted seven raids on 21 targets, downing 114 aircraft versus 108 in July.
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U. S
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
North Africa
France
Low Countries
Pearson Is Called Chronic Liar By The President
President Roosevelt denounces columnist Drew Pearson as a chronic liar over his charge that Secretary of State Hull held an anti Russian attitude. Pearson responds to urge the administration to clarify its deeds after his remarks. Hull calls the column monstrous and diabolical while defending Russian policy.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Hull
Roosevelt
Pearson
Secretary Hull
Eisenhower Promoted and Decorated for North Africa Victory
President Roosevelt announced General Dwight D. Eisenhower, then holding temporary full general rank, was promoted from colonel to major general and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his leadership of Allied forces in North Africa and Sicily. General George C. Marshall to continue as chief of staff beyond his term.
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Dwight David Eisenhower
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Africa
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Sicily
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Eisenhower
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George C. Marshall
Danish Resistance and Scuttled Navy Amid Danish Crisis
Eyewitnesses tell of Danish efforts to resist Nazi occupation as lawless riots turned into deadly clashes. Admiral Vedal ordered scuttle ships or flee to Sweden while princes and officials were detained. Copenhagen faced food shortages, bans on travel, and widespread German control as civilians fled to Malmö and refugees described submerged Danish submarine and escalating tension.
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Denmark
Sweden
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Vedal
Navy
Scuvenius
Prince Knud
Christian
Axel
Hotel D'Angleterre
K. A. J. Munk
Frederick Schyberg
Isterhon Idhport
Weas
CORSAIRS SUPERIOR claim test in Pacific air battles
Marine flyers report U S Corsairs superior in the South Pacific with Japanese pilots avoiding head to head duels. Japanese planes remain well built and heavy combat losses have not halted Allied patrols at Vella Lavella Arundel Island and Bougainville. Cleanup of Japanese forces continues and barge traffic is being managed. The mole salamander is noted as the largest land salamander on the Pacific coast at 10 inches.
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U. S
Arundel Island
Kolombangara
Arundel
Solomon Sea
Bougainville
Halsey
Pacific Coast
Liberators strike Wewak area as raids press Salamaua fight
Allied air forces pounded Wewak and Salamaua areas with heavy bombs. In six waves, Liberators destroyed most aircraft in the Wewak sector and damaged airfields while ground forces renewed limited advances near Salamaua. Patrols and reconnaissances swept key spots across New Britain and nearby islands.
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Tadji
Wewak
Archie Leazer
Greensboro
N. C
Shelby Griffin
Pennell
Tex
Salamaua
Raid on Marcus Island Recounts Silent Battle in War
War brief notes a 1942 Marcus raid led by Admiral William F. Halsey. American planes delivered 96 bombs, damaging hangars, fuel dumps, and runways on the isolated island while anti aircraft fire raged. No enemy forces appeared and one American aircraft was lost.
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Tokyo
Marcus
Truck Island
Tokyo-Yokohama
Heart of Japan
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Weather outlook North and South Carolina
Continued warmth dominates the forecast for North Carolina this afternoon tonight and Thursday forenoon. South Carolina mirrors the pattern with persistent heat through today tonight and Thursday forenoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Russians claim push along Taganrog front repulses German trap
The Soviet press said German attempts a Dunkerque in the Taganrog sector failed while Russians were liquidating last pockets of resistance. At Kharkov 250 miles north, Soviets reported gains with six villages captured seven tanks destroyed and 600 Germans killed.
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Stalino
Dunkerque
Taganrog
Kharkov
Anti-Fascist Strike In Rome Reported a Failure
Berlin radio quoted a Rome dispatch saying an anti fascist appeal for a 15 minute peace strike failed with no work interruptions observed. The report, recorded by AP, notes the action did not disrupt normal operations. Buckwheat cutting note follows about binder operation and dew.
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Berlin
Rome
Associated Press
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