Soldiers Race Forward On Western Front Echoing WWI Shocks
Roger D. Greene describes Allied advance from Amiens toward Arras, noting rapid pace of 20 to 30 miles daily. He contrasts trenches gone with lingering death, observes German defeat’s remnants, and reflects on Nazi occupy zones and German kultur amid Somme battlefields.
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Roger D. Greene
Hal Boyle
Es Ee Coon
Amiens
Somme
von Richtofen
Picardy
Arras
Tommy
Earth
France
The
Gophers Honor Ward 4 War Dead At Minnesota Stadium
The Minnesota Gophers mark 70th anniversary of Memorial Stadium dedication by honoring four war dead. The 1944 season features a new memorial display amid preparations for home games. The team opened the year with a 20 to 7 victory over Illinois, boosting school morale.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Minneapolis
INS
University of Minnesota
Memorial &Dium
Minnesota
The
Gophers
University of Illinois
Electric bulb bought 30 years ago still works
In McMinnville Oregon an incandescent bulb bought by Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Ryder in Denver 30 years ago powers on after they found it packed in a trunk during a move to a new farm. The couple recently relocated to Yamhill and rediscovered the bulb.
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Mcminnville
Ore
R. A. Ryder
Denver
Yamhill
Funeral for Mrs Ophelia Blair Green Sunday
The body of Ophelia Blair Green arrives from Washington D C where she died. Survived by husband William Green son Billie Blair four brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Bethlehem Baptist church Sunday at 3 00 p m with Rev Mason officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery.
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Lucy Mae Richardson
Catherine Goode
Hurdy Street
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Rev. Mason
Green Hill Cemetery
State News Briefs Mixes Appointments and Accidents
State Industrial commission chair T A Wilson elected president of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions at Boston convention. Louisburg man Kenneth T White killed in auto overturn on South Main Street. Grady Tharrington injured. USS Suffolk launched in Wilmington after hurricane delay. Mrs. Dixon christened the ship. UNC Institute of Government hailed by National Extension Association for distinctive extension work. Governor Broughton and highway commission to visit Tennessee Valley Authority project. REA units urged to extend lines under new ruling. Rotary committee on postwar planning concludes general international relations thoughts with seven foreign delegates. Local man Ralph V Kidd reports High Point man and New Jersey resident sentenced for illegal gasoline coupons. State highway patrol reports August revenue and 2,814 convictions.
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Raleigh
T. A. Wilson
State Industrial Commission
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
Boston
North Carolina
Wilmington
Suffolk
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
W. T. Dixon
U. S. Maritime Commission
Ben F. Dixon
USMN
Tinian
High Point
Waynerville
North Carolina Electrification Authority Association
National Grange
Winston-Salem
John W. Asher, Jr
REA
Washington
David Baker
Chapel Hill
Rotary International
Luther Hodges
Office of Price Administration
James 4. Sampson
Toronto
Luis Dias Lins
Brazil
Carlos Sanchez Mejorada
Mexico
Stanley Spurling
Bermuda
Marci Belloso
Venezuela
Carlos Hoerning
Chile
Jan Ryka
Switerland
Charlotte
Ralph V. Kidd
Charlotte Opa
New Jersey
U.S. District Court
Rockingham
Kidd
Lawrence V. Whitaker
Johnson
Hayes
Angelo J. Freda
Charlotte seeks VA move back and a veterans hospital
Representatives from Charlotte urged the Veterans Administration to relocate the Fayetteville VA office back to Charlotte and to consider Charlotte for a war veterans hospital. The appeals came from Mayor H. H. Baxter and former Mayor Ben F. Douglas to Col. George E Williams.
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Charlotte
Washington
N. C
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Fayetteville
H. H. Baxter
Ben FE. Douglas
George E.liams
Veterans’ Af
Baxter
Douglas
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RIP van Winkle Bulb
First Baptist Church
Church OF God
Odd Fellows, Hall
Anna Hairston
Morning Star Quartette
Temple Memorial
Lillies
W. L. Brooks
Fairview Street
Killel
Louisburg
Kenneth T. White
South Main Street
Grady
Tharrington
White
U.N. C
National Extension Association
Institute of Government
University of North Carolina
Ihs
Tva Andrews
Broughton
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Fontana Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sept. I
State Highway Patrol
John T. Armstrong
Kaywoodie
Grabow
Royal Demuth Yello Bole
Frank Medico
Palmolive
Toni Kreml
Waterset
Zippei
Polaroid
Garter
Jergen
Ide
Vicks
Terpin
Mie Pierce
Kolron
Pertussin
Arrid
ALGOH
Toushay
Kodak Films
Italy
India
Canada
Squibb
Colgate
Lydia E
Ithaca, N. Y
Cornell University
Loren C. Perry
Veterans
Williams
Absorbine JR
Gillette Razor
Pinkham S
Samson
Schick
Kor
Peplo- Bismol
KOTEX
Pressur
Conklin
Saraka
Gillette
Phillips M. Mag
Sie
Kern
Zipper
Alophen
Heive
Serutan
IPANA
Ieet Blades
Drene
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