Captain Bob Proud of His Rebuilt Ear After Surgery
Army officer Captain Bob underwent a Walter Reed plastic surgery to reconstruct his ear after a jeep accident in Texas. The upper ear was rebuilt from chest and abdomen skin grafts, restoring nearly normal appearance and hearing. Other cases at Walter Reed include a MP in Casablanca who received a rebuilt lower jaw and neck realignment, a wounded sailor with a knee heel transplant, and a pilot facing mobility recovery.
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Washington
Bob
Texas
Capoe
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Walter Reed
Casablanca
New Guinea
Captain Tests Tank-Carrying Ships For Navy
Captain Richard Hiernaux of Pittsburgh tests LST tank landing ships at Dravo Corporation Neville Island yards. He runs them through speed, maneuver, and equipment checks with 100 percent success, earning Navy commendation and a record of never sending a non ready ship to action.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Richard Hiernaux
Hiernaux
Dravo Corporation
Neville Island
United States Navy
Lst’s
Sicily
Navy Department
LST
Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Navy
Second Scrap Drive Plans Completed in High Point
Plans are complete for the opening of High Point s second scrap drive. Co Chairman P D Morrow and George W Hutchens say all is ready to move scrap metal to the front. Public help is urged to collect metal items and call 2271 for pickup. Junior Commandos will gather scrap at city grade schools Saturdays from 10 to noon.
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Jaycees
High Point
George W. Hutchens
Cochairman
Vance Kester
A. G. Whitener
Sherman Aycoth
Edgar Snider
L. H. Baker
Irvin Black
Walter Hedrick
Ted Sorge
Herbert Mitchell
D. A. Rawley
Harold Leach
Bud Copeland
Charles Mendenhall
Ralph E. Olivas
P. D. Morrow
Bright Side Quips and Dotted Opinions Across Nations
Winchell muses on optimism amid others troubles while Burke cites a rat drowning a nation by gnawing a dyke. Lewin, Gale, Eden and Klaw offer wry lines on summer, hits, Navis, pin ups. Canada ships about 64,000 tons of bacon to the U S in normal years.
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Burke
R. M. Lewin
Summer
Alan Gale
Joan Eden
Irwin Klaw
Canada
United States
Marshall Transfer Likely Amid Boardroom Politics
A Washington debate centers on General George C. Marshall's next command with Lieutenant General Breckinridge Smith Somervell and Lieutenant General Joseph T. McNarney as leading candidates. OWI reforms stir Capitol Hill as wartime agencies face budget cuts and reorganization.
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Ray Tucker
George C. Marshall
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Works Progress Administration
New York City
Harry Hopkins
la Guardia
Churchill
Army
Marshall
Joseph T. McNarney
Joe
Ground Gang
High Point Backers Honor 4 107 Servicemen Bond Drive Grows
The people of High Point rally for 4 107 servicemen with red stickered boards at the chamber of commerce. Bonds honored names as over 90 men are already named. Sizemore notes names come in faster than scouts can affix stickers and mentions many listed servicemen by full names.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce Citren
Frank Siemorre
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commercce
Chamber
Sizemore
Jack Henry Albertson
Wray Amos
Joe Abercrombie
James Allen Austin
Jr Ra
Vh M. Branch
Chester Darrell Bizz
Navy Men See US Fleet Superior To Japan In War Tests
Advance base in the South Pacific reports that over twenty officers with battle proof say the American navy outmatches Japan by a wide margin. They cite better gunnery and tactics, with Romoser and Meyer stressing first punches and mobility as keys to U.S. success.
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South Pacific
INS
Japan
Uncle Sam
William F. Halsey, Jr
United States
Cmmdr
William Killian Romoser
Romoser
Baltimore
Middletown
R. 1
Cently
Commdr
Floyd B. T. Meyer
St. Paul
Meyer
Admiral Cunningham Personifies the British Sailor
Clarke Lee profiles Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham at an Allied command post in the Mediterranean. The piece portrays him as a ruthless, brilliant yet admired naval leader who embodied the fighting British sailor and who pressed to draw the Italian fleet into decisive action.
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Clark Lee
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Cunningham
Italy
Bailey backs Broughton for vice presidency described as well qualified
Senator Bailey of North Carolina said Governor J. M. Broughton is unusually well qualified for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. He noted newspapers in his state had suggested Broughton and predicted a magnificent campaign if nominated.
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Washington
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Bailey
Broughton
Harvest Moon Signals Large Moves to Market for Farm Produce
Chicago report notes livestock poultry grains and potatoes moving to market in record or near record volumes. Hog numbers reach an all time farm level as receipts at major centers hit highs unseen in 15 years. Frost free window boosts corn production to nearly 3 billion bushels. Northwest spring wheat up 23 million and poultry output above 1942. Prices dip under ceiling levels in some cities while a record potato crop creates storage demand.
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Chicago
Caltion
Tobacconist Lawson Jordan Dies in Mullins
Mullins South Carolina September 25 Lawson Jordan 56 a famed Carolinas tobacconist died today in Mullins Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at a local high school football game He was secretary of the South Carolina Tobacco Ware housemen's Association and supervisor of sales on Mullins and Asheville markets His widow Miss Gladys McLucas of Marion and two children survive the funeral is set for tomorrow at 4 PM
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Mullins
Asheville
Gladys McLucas
Marion
S. C
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Palmer
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Auto Empire
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Secandinavia
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Rhine
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Sweden
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Lloyd
George
Lombard Street
John Albert Evans
Lloyd R. Evans
Irving Biseman
Charles Bickett Ellington
Floyd J. Evans
Rudolph C. Frith
Clarence Ernest Frazier
Robert C. Floyd
Edward Earle Forward
Robert Leo Frazier
Myles A. Gayle
Grover C. Garland
Donald A. Horne
William Brannon Hall, Jr
J. Welch Harriss
Joseph Cree Hucks
Benjamin Franklin Hucks
H. E. Hutto
Horace S. Haworth Jr
Daniel Vernon Hoskins
Leo Brown
Madden
Errett
Dennis Miller
Benjamin Roland Montgomery
Oscar McMillan
Harry Alva Maust
William Penn Moffitt, Jr
Ernest Dennis Miller
Charlies
Vester Morris
Lester C. Madden, Jr
Samuel Stanton Winslow
Lloyd Henry Warren
Jr Elmer Charlies Warren
James Arthur Weich
James A. Wood
Natal National Park
South Africa
NEA Service Inc
MI. R. E. Dids
Reo
Sally Admiral Cunningham
Royal Navy
Nelson
Eyties
Africa
Northwest
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