Storming Hitler's Fortress Nears With Marshall Lead
Washington dispatch reports Gen. George C. Marshall is likely to be named supreme Allied commander as Allied forces prepare a massive invasion of Europe. Churchill ties Mediterranean victories to a cross-channel invasion, urging rapid progress toward the main attack.
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Associated Press
Washington
George C. Marshall
Hitler
Japan
U. S. Army
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Kirke Simpson
Europe
England
Mediterranean
Marshall
Quebec
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Joseph T. McNarney
Italy
Corsica
Sardinia
France
Low Countries
Channel
Soldier letter objects to Gallup poll on postwar pay
From a Southwest Pacific island base, Staff Sergeant Stan Gores writes to Damon Runyon defending veterans’ postwar independence. He cites readers who favored keeping soldiers in the service until they secure work, and urges homefront respect for veterans choosing civilian life after the war. He questions the idea of ongoing pay beyond discharge and asks Runyon to counter the "50 percent" figure in his column.
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Mr. Runyon
Southwest Pacific
Gallup
California
United States
Public notice and war remarks mix with ad copy
The document blends a 1943 divorce summons notice in High Point North Carolina with wartime speech fragments about Churchill and Allied air power. It also contains an odd promotional blurb about pep tonics, and ends with a car windshield maintenance tip about keeping a clean windshield to improve vision.
Congress Must Back Up War Leaders Or There Will Be No Senate
Winchell recalls distant paternals from Bunker Hill to Messina to stress that Congress should back Stimson Knox Eisenhower Nimitz MacArthur and Halsey. He warns that if the Army and Navy are asked for too much the Senate may disappear after the war. If they need fathers then the grandmothers may have to go too.
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Bunker Hill
Chveau- Thierry
Valley Forge
Messina
Congress
Stimson
Knox
Eisenhower
Nimitz
MacArthur
Halsey
Army
Navy
Senate
Public Works Funds Plan Discussed by Chamber
Local chamber of commerce discusses funding for public works with a committee appointed to study the situation. Conciliation may settle the mirror workers strike. The Yointers play Brown Williamson in Winston Salem this afternoon. Teague trio returned from Chicago after visiting the World's Fair. Mrs. Herring back in Wilson from visit with sister Mrs. McCain. Betsy Holton returns to North Carolina College Greensboro after summer at Triangle Lake home. Henry Ford will put all his workers on NRA code.
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Chamber of Commerce
Brown- Williamson
Winston- Salem
C. Teague
Chicago
Howard Herring
Wilson
H. W. McCain
Johnson Street
Betsy Holton
North Carolina College
Greensboro
N. L. Holton
Triangle Lake
Henry Ford
John
Tobacco firms propose licent price for flue-cured seal
The executive committee of the American War Mothers proposes an endowment for all dependent women who lost sons in the World War. The government considers a plan to raise 10 cents per pound on cotton for farmers who comply with the 1934 reduction proposal. Twenty years ago, 1921, teachers in High Point gathered for a banquet at the Sheraton Hotel hosted by the school board. Mrs. Lula B. Williamson receives a Silver Star medal for her son Sgt Carson Williamson, captured by Germans, as Brig Gen Jol T. Kennedy presents the award. Babe Ruth of the Yankees is praised as the game’s most valuable player by sportswriters. North Carolina leases the D C and Railroad. The Navy airship R-11 flies to Washington in poor weather but completes a circuit of the capital.
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The
American War Mothers
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Asheboro
Lula B. Williamson
Corral Falls
Carson Williamson
Jol T. Kennedy
Fort Bragg
Babe Ruth
Tyennant
New York
Spor
North Carolina
D. C. & Railroad
Navy
Capitol
Washington
Ti Dirigible
Oil Giants Unite for Victory in War Effort
Five major oil firms joined forces to design and produce toluene for explosives, supply rubber for war tires, and deliver high octane gasoline and explosives for shells. The Port Neches plant showcases these vital wartime roles, with Gulf proudly contributing to all three tasks.
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Hitler
Tojo
Gulf
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