Guilford Negro Gets Paroled by North Carolina Governor
Governor Broughton pardoned six prisoners in Raleigh on September 9. The list includes Dock Ross from Union county for assault and serious bodily injury. Samuel Linton from Mecklenburg for larceny. Calvin Groce from Wilkes for assault with a deadly weapon. Scott Rogers Sellers from Caswell for larceny of property. James McDonald from Guilford for assault on a female with a deadly weapon. and Jessie McCall from Cumberland for violation of the prohibition law and possession of paid liquor.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Dock Ross
Union County
Samuel Linton
Mecklenburg
Calvin Groce
Wilkes
Scott Rogers Sellers
Caswell
James McDonald
Guilford
Jessie McCall
Cumberland
Cleveland Plan aims to give veterans rehabilitation farms
Veteran industrialist Isaac Evans unveils the Cleveland Plan to place large farms in Ohio for nerve shattered veterans. The program offers six months to a year of rest on rehabilitation farms near home, with minimal costs and flexible daily activity, financed by community contributions and without compulsory farm work.
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Central Press
Cleveland
Eland
Basileader
Isaac
Master Me- Co
Lile Means
Evans
Men and Women in Service Update
Second Class Herman French arrived to visit his wife and children at 505 Oak Street. He is stationed at Peary, Virginia, after completing boat training. Sergeant Milford H. Byerly, formerly technical, promoted to master sergeant with the 161st Liaison Squadron.
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Herman French
Rench
Bar and
Judy French
Oakstreet
Peary
Milford H. Byerly
161St Liason Squadron
Army Air Field promotes Mansfield airman to sergeant
QO G Taylor aged 19 formerly a corral with the 15th Army Air Force in Italy has been promoted to sergeant at Army Air Field Mansfield Louisiana. He enlisted April 14 1943 and served as tail gunner on an RAF Flying Fortress with the 15th Air Force flying missions across Europe from bases in England North Africa Russia and Italy. He is part of the oldest heavy bombardment group in the Mediterranean theater. Next station to be chosen by Air Service Command will involve duties supporting liberation of occupied Europe.
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QO. G. Taylor
15Th Army
Aiir
Italy
Henry L. Neuberger
Aaf
J. Taylor
15Th Air Force
Mediterranean
Europe
England
North Africa
Russia
James A Duncan Commissioned as Second Lieutenant
James Aubrey Duncan of Trinity was commissioned second lieutenant in the Army of the United States on September 5 after completing the officer candidate course at Fort Benning Georgia. He previously enlisted May 29 1942 and served with the 54th Battalion 2 RTC Camp Walters Texas, rising from corporal to officer. He attended Kernersville High School and State College Raleigh majoring in agriculture and was a Pi Kappa member.
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James Aubrey Duncan
Trinity
Army of the United States
Infantry
Fort Benning
Duncan
L. A. Duncan
RTC
Camp Walters
Tex
State of
State of Kernersville High School
State College
Raleigh
Pi. Kappa
Orientation Course for Lt William R Gorman Completed
Second Lieutenant William Reeve Gorman son of Mr and Mrs Daniel J Gorman of 701 Mont lieu avenue has completed an orientation course to bridge training in the States with combat service in France according to PRO headquarters.
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William Reeve Gorman
Daniel J. Gorman
Montlieu Avenue
States
France
PRO
Air Service hero Varner receives honors in England
T/Sgt James K Varner, son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Varner of 1504 Franklin Street, reported to an Air Service Command station in England en route to rest after serving as an engineer. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters before returning to the United States.
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James K. Varner
Charles A. Varner
Franklin Street
Air Service Command
England
States
T Set. Varner
Army air forces formality marks Davis’s orientation
Sgt. Minnie Lucille Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Davis 1204 East Green Street completed an orientation course at an air service command station U S Strategic Air Forces in Europe disclosed by the PRO Before joining the Army Air Forces she worked as a seamstress for Tomlinson at High Point The item notes her training and prior employment in brief sentence.
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Minnie Lucille Davis
J. T. Davis
East Green Street
Air Service Command
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Army Air Forces
Tomlinson
High Point
Overseas Sgt Swanson to Visit Wife After 12 Months Abroad
S/Sgt Wayne S Swanson returned from twelve months overseas with RAF in the Mediterranean theater and was expected to arrive last week at Fort Bragg to visit his wife Mrs Wayne S Swanson at 610 Hedrick Street.
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Wayne S. Swanson
RAF
Fort Bragg
Hedrick Street
Local air base promotes John P. Morgan to corporal
John P. Morgan son of J O Morgan Rt 4 received a promotion from private first class to corporal this week announced by the commanding officer at Ame No Army Air Field Amarillo Texas He has served in the Air Forces 19 months and prior to service was employed as a freezer man at Gibson Ice Cream plant in this city
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John P. Morgan
J. O. Morgan
Rt. 4
Ame No. Army Air Field
Amarillo
Tex
Cpl. Morgan
Air Forces
Bfore
Gibson Ice Cream Plant
Simone Tery Sees France Proclaim Free Press Rebirth
New York Sept 9 Simone Tery a French journalist and war correspondent discusses the French committee of liberation and the establishment of a French news agency with exclusive rights to distribute news in France She defends the move as defending freedom of the press not threatening it and says it will last until France has an election and a government is chosen She notes prewar French journalism aided by Nazis and Mussolini and argues for new laws to secure freedom and accountability in the press She spent years in Mexico City and is en route to Algiers for wartime work.
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New York
Simone Tery
Jour Toraef
Nce
Mme. ‘Tery
Committee of Liberation
France
Mme. Tery
Algiers
Ministry of Information
Havas
Gustav Tery
Paris
L’oceuvre
Paris A
Andree Viellis
le Journal
L’oeuvre
le Petit Parisien
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eeivien
Mexico City
Ian Gee
Rom Hitler
Mussolini
Petain
Mme
Tory
Behind the Scenes Mollywood Pinch Hitting for Carroll
Hollywood writer Helen Forrest recalls how celebrities act as "characters" off screen. She highlights Martha Raye’s bold support during a solo at the Orpheum and Vera Shea’s unpredictable artistry when she performed with Benny Goodman’s band.
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Helen Forrest
Hollywood
Webster
Martha Raye
Martha
The
Orpheum
Harry James
Zavier Cugat
del Mar
Helen
Nick Condos
Carole Landis
New York
Benny Goodman
Vera Shea
Vera
Vera Shea and the Char acters of Chicago Nightlife
The memoir-like account recalls Vera Sheas late 1930s Chicago shows with George White's Scandals. It highlights star personalities like Ann Miller Ella Logan and Lola Andrews and notes Vera’s bold finale of blackened teeth. It also reflects on figures such as Artie Shaw Benny Goodman Harry James and Billy Burton as defining local characters.
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la Martinique
Vera
George White
Chicago
White
Ann Miller
Ella Logan
Marie MacDonald
Frances Neal
Carol Bruce
Lola Andrews
Vera Shea
June
Artie Shaw
Benny Goodman
Harry James
Artie
Harry
Soldier returns to Missouri after training abroad
Pfc. O Wiley Kirkman of Route 1 has returned to Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri after attending a machine shop school at Camp Stewart Georgia. His wife Mrs Claudine Kirkman remains at their Route 1 home.
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Missouri
Pfc
O. Wiley Kirkman
Ft. Leonard Wood
Camp Stewart
Claudine Kirkman
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