Red Cross Expands Support For Occupation Forces Worldwide
Overseas American Red Cross services will aid occupying forces in Japan China and Europe while expanding club recreation and welfare programs. New clubs in Third Army Germany bring total US service clubs to 910 with 100 field staff on Okinawa aided by more personnel and improved facilities.
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American Red Cross
Syre
High Point
Red Cross
Japan
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Apan
Bass O'Connor
Menor
Europe
Pacific
Red Cross Club
Army
Navy
Third Army
Germany
U. S
Guam
Marianas
Okinawa
Caribbean
Canal Zone
Hoodlums Now Taunt Chicago Police Dept
The Chicago Police Department endures a wave of daring thefts and vandalism as thieves loot the seventh floor vault of police headquarters, steal a Mayor’s escort car, and raid police bakeries and homes. Officers vow to catch those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Jarrell
al Capone
Lake Michigan
Department of Chicago
Coppers
Edward J. Kelly
South Side
Funeral Rites For Folwell And Richardson Held
Funeral services for William Smith Folwell 77 of High Point were conducted at Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church followed by interment in Springfield cemetery. Pallbearers included Percy Weaver J S Huff Russell Hill Stamey Housier Richard Truesdale and Vance McNabb. A large crowd attended the service with choir and solo performances. Also funeral services for Mrs Dora E Blair Richardson prominent High Point woman were held at Friends Church with interment in the church cemetery. Rev Milton Hadley and Rev Harold Hadley led the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. S. Folwell
William Smith Folwell
High Point
Rt. 4
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
E. W. Jones
O. L. Ruth
Melvin Howard
Springfield Cemetery
Percy Weaver
J. S. Huff
Russell Hill
Stamey Hoosier
Richard Truesdale
Vance McNabb
Alvin Brown
Margaret Crowson
Jordan Spencer
Juanita Ingram
Jesus
Dora Richardson
Dora E. Blair Richardson
South Main Street
Friends Church
Milton Hadley
Springfield Friends Church
Harold Hadley
American Society of Friends Committee
Philadelphia
Obituary notices from Forsyth county and surrounding areas
Funeral services announced for Mrs J C Pepper at Trinity Methodist Church with interment in Trinity Cemetery. Emory E Pitts of Kernersville dies in Virginia. services at Kernersville Baptist church with burial Mount Gur. Annie K Brown dies. services at Central Friends church with burial Floral Garden. Also a clothing care reminder about removing non washable trims before laundering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory E. Pitts
Charlotte Courthouse
Virginia
Baptist Church
Kembersvile
Mount Gur
Evelyn
Brady Rushing
Ee Bertha Rice
High Point
Rice
Forsyth County
Pitts
Kernersville
Julie Atkins Pitts
Surnors
Thomas Pitts
Allen Pitts
Wallburg
Floyd
Francis Pitts
Rushing
Marion Garrett
Mayock
Bertha Rice
Richardson Street
Annie K. Brown
Charlie C. Brown
Clyde Ayers
Asheboro Road
Central Friends Church
Cecil F. Haworth
Julian S. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
Walter Stout
J. W. Foust
James Blackwell
Jack Dunn
Williard Eldridge
Reuben Davis
Floral Garden Cemetery
Baby birthday notices span city families in birthday roundup
Joyce Ann Dobbins marked her second birthday as her father recently left the army. Judith Hadine McDade and Brenda Jean Brawley also observed second birthdays, while Vicki Lynn Burton and H Floyd Bosworth Jr. celebrated first and second birthdays as their fathers served in overseas military posts. Other children including Clifton Delk Piner Philip Larry Poole Patricia Dane Smith and George Franklin Hedrick Jr. are named with home addresses and serving parents in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Franklin Hedrick, Jr
Pfc
G. F. Hedrick
Okinawa
High Point
Mississippi River has carved twenty ancient beds, study finds
Aerial photos and 50 000 wells reveal twenty prehistoric river beds formed by the Mississippi over 2 000 years. The long buried channels lie along a 50 mile width, guiding safer levee foundations and informing river control as the river now sits in its most favorable developmental stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Vicksburg, Miss
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Cairo
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Harold N. Fisk
Louisiana State University
Max C. Tyler
Lil
North America
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
New Orleans
Delta
Nazis Worked Hard For Own Atomic Bomb
London reports detail daring 1942 43 parachute and glider missions that slowed Germanys race to build an atomic bomb. Saboteurs destroyed heavy water at Vermork Norway and more than 3600 gallons were lost in a ship sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norway
War Office
Vermark
Norsk
Vermork
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Germany
State Press To Convene Thursday In State Capital
The North Carolina association will hold its annual meeting in Raleigh September 20 21 drawing editors and publishers. Opening remarks by Governor Cherry and Dr Julian S Miller are planned at the Sir Walter hotel Thursday night. Friday sessions cover weeklies and dailies with speakers Carl Gazier New York ABC official and Randall Harris Asheville. Lunch at the Carolina hotel features Dr Miller. A Friday dinner at the Sir Walter closes the session with Dr George D Heaton as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Association
Sir Walter Hotel
Governor Cherry
Julian S. Miller
Charlotte
Harvey Laffoon
Elkin
Association
John Harris
Albemarle
Carl Gaziey
New York
ABC
Association of Dailies
Randall. Harris
George D. Heaton
High Point police evolve with modern crime control drive
High Point’s 50 member police department expands into a modern setup with a new bureau of identification. A safety advisory committee urges better housing for the division a new jail and extensive training for officers to curb political favoritism and improve crime control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Police
Public Safety Advisory ‘Committee
Fbu
Thorn
Sergeant Everett Hall Dies By Suicide At Camp Butner
Sergeant Everett Hall of Baltimore hanged himself in the aeropsychiatric ward of the U S Army General Hospital at Camp Butner. He served in North Africa Sicily France Germany Belgium and Luxembourg and earned the Bronze Star Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation. He leaves a wife in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Everett Hall
Cedley Street
Baltimore
U. S. Army General Hospital
Camp Butner
Hall
North Africa
Sicily
France
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
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Margaret Pepper
J. C. Pepper
Trinity Methodist Church
Yow
W. L. Jackson
John Payne
Hugh Phillips
Dewey Nelson
Jances White
Charlie Hiatt
W. Lee Meredith
F. D. McLeod
Asheboro
Our
Joyce Ann Dobbins
W. W. Dobbins
Edgewood Avenue
Judith Hadine McDade
Brenda Jean Brawley
4. E. Brawley
North Main Street
Vicki Lynn Burton
Henry S. Burton
English Street
H. Floyd Bosworth, Jr
H. F. Bosworth
Bosworth
Pickett Street
China
Clifton Delk Piner
L. ©. Piner
High Pointe Route Five
Philip Larry Poole
Coyte Poole
Forrest Avenue
Patricia Dane Smith
Center
Vance W. Smith
North Hamilton Street
Marilyn Marie Walters
Robert M. Walters
Ennis Street
Mexico
Butner
Benjamin Franklin
Man
Edicon
Pai
Marvel
Reddy
GeelPethe
Neccaaing
Duke, Power Company
Lealtest Village
Jack Haley
NBC
Southern Dairies
Division of
National Dairy Products Corporate
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