Bronze Star Awarded to Former Thomasville Boy Billy Bowen
Billy Bowen, Pfc. of Charlotte, receives the Bronze Star for meritorious combat service in Germany on 16 November 1944. The 104th Division infantryman, a former North Carolina State College student, made six aid man trips under fire to aid a wounded comrade and maintain company communications.
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The
Charlotte Observer
William Bowen
O. Co. Harvey
Thomasville
Billy Bowen
U. S. Army
Wil‘am H. Bowen
Charlotte
Germany
W. J. Bowen
Vail Ave
North Carolina State College
Princeton University
U. S. Ninth Army
Pvt
Bowen
City Fruit Co Sells Fresh Produce Daily at 225 W Jax
Open daily including Sunday the City Fruit Co offers Big Fine Thomas melons hot peppers bananas pumpkins grapes ice cream new sweet potatoes and other produce at 225 West Jackson Street.
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BIG Fine
Thomas
City Fruit Co
W. Jax
No Teen Canteen Closed Sunday Afternoon
The Teen Canteen will be closed Sunday afternoon. No programs or activities will take place during this period.
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Teen Canteen
Greeks Deny Soviet Terror Charges in Greece
Soviet dispatches picture terror in northern Greece with 1000 Macedonian refugees arriving in Bitolj. Tass says monarchist terror has caused widespread village destruction and Greek forces are blamed. Athens reports British troops in Macedonia.
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Greece
London
Yugoslavia
Eee
Belgrade
Greek Macedonia
Bitolj
Tass
Associated Press
Athens
Macedonia
Princeton group to study July 9 solar eclipse
A Princeton University team led by Prof. John Q. Stewart will observe the July 9 solar eclipse from a Montana station 15 miles south of Malta. Included are Jaime Stokley of General Electric, Dr. Ira M Freeman and his wife from Princeton Physics, and Navy V-12 navigator William H Hopkins Jr of Savannah Georgia.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Malta
Montana
John Q. Stewart
Jaimes Stokley
General Electric Company
Ira M7. Freeman
William H. Hopkins Jr
Savannah
Navy
Hopkins
Royal Dukes Jubilee Singers Here July 2nd
The Royal Dukes Jubilee Singers of Tampa Florida will perform gospel in song on Monday night July 2 at 8 30 oclock at New Jerusalem Baptist Church corner Wright and Stevens Street.
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The
Royal Dukes Jubilee Singers
Tampa
Fla
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
Corner Wright and
Stevens Street
Local garden hobbyist fuels camellia grafting trend
N. B. Rolt of the Rosemary Inn pursues plant development as a hobby, grafting camellias and other shrubs to create unusual blooms. Babe White on Monticello Road likewise grafts tall camellias for rare varieties, while a proposed school planting drive could yield hundreds of camellias, tea olives, and azaleas for Arbor Day gatherings.
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Rolt
Babe White
Monticello Road
Sanford
Kiwanis Luncheon Speaker J Gorham Garrison Addresses Club
Rev J Gorham Garrison of Ochlochnee spoke at the Thomasville Kiwanis luncheon during Kiwanis week. He urged members to be builders in the community and to support laborers who sustain hospitals schools and churches. New member Albert Stringer joined. Cant J C Scarborough returned from leave. several visitors attended.
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J. Gorham Garrison
Ochlochnee
Kiwanis Club
Charlie Pittman
Garrison
Thomasville Club
Albert Stringer
J. C. Scarborough
Phillip May
Jacksonville
Kiwanis
Finney Hospital
Higginbotham
USC
Samuel Matler
Newport News
J.g
Thomas Mahler
U. S. Navy
H. R. Mahler
Jimmié Pringle
Scrap
Stob ‘Pittman
Tampa
Rudy Moser
Petersburg
Imports Through Southern Ports Show Big Gain
Mami Florida June 30 AP Imports through southern ports rose in dollar volume from 1938 to 1944. Texas ports up about 100 percent, Georgia 200 percent, Mobile area 240 percent, Florida group 345 percent, per H O Shaw president of the South Atlantic and Florida Ports Conference. Trade movement noted by the commerce department amid ship, material, and manpower shortages, boosting southern firm employment in transportation and related sectors. The conference comprises Atlantic coast ports from Morehead NC to Miami including Tampa St Petersburg and Pensacola.
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Mami
Fla
Texas
Georgia
Mobile, Ala
Florida Group
H. O. Shaw
Florida
Shaw
Department of Commerce
Department
South Atlantic
Atlantic Coast
Morehead
N. C
Miami
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Pensacola
Final agreement on occupation zones in Germany reached
The Supreme Headquarters announced that final agreement on German occupation zones was reached in Paris. Readjustment between the Russian Army and Allied Expeditionary Forces begins tomorrow and should finish by Wednesday with Russian troops moving into the area from which British and American forces withdraw.
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Germany
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Tomorow
Weather forecast for Thomasville and vicinity June 30 1945
Forecast for Thomasville and nearby areas calls for partly cloudy skies hot and humid this afternoon tonight and Sunday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Moderate westerly winds. Observations at 8 p m show 75th meridian time with prior high 96 and low not shown. Precipitation: 0.29 inches in last 24 hours and 3.39 inches since the first of the month. Normal values listed for comparison.
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U. S. Department OF Agricul
Thomasville
Csnesen
Tommie Deen Returns Home After Three Years Overseas
Mrs. Byrd Wood of Pavo Ga informs that Tommie Deen of China and Daytona Beach Fla returned to Tampa after over three years with the Marine Coast Guard. The 47 year old son of Lewis and wife of Moultrie has a son in the Pacific, and after visiting his sister in Pavo he heads to Chattanooga for work in a war plant. Deen was wounded and missing part of a hand but remains hopeful to contribute to the war effort.
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Thomas
Colquitt Counties
Byrd Wood
Pavo
Nellie Deen
Moultrie
Tommie Deen
China
Daytona Beach
Fla
Marine Coast Guard
Tampa
Deen
Pacific
Lewis Deen
Rte 3
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mr. Deen
Lost purse with over $100 returned to owner
The Times-Enterprise reports a pocketbook with over one hundred dollars and papers was found and returned. Raymond L. Sherman near Boston had advertised in the paper in May. Mrs. B. Turner delivered the purse from a country finder. A reward will be paid to the finder.
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Diogenes
Times-Enterprise
Raymond L. Sherman
Boston
B. Turner
Sailor Survives After 83 Percent Burns In Navy Report
The unnamed 19 year old Americas sailor burned from head to toe in a tropical gasoline blast survived after 62 days of treatment using plasma and penicillin. Skin grafts followed and he returned to duty, illustrating wartime advances in burn care. A final line notes a domestic reindeer introduction to North America from Siberia via Alaska in 1991.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
John R. John
Navy Medical Corps
Naval Medical Bulletin
Tropics
North America
Siteria
Alaska
Belgium Monarchs Status Unsettled Amid Abdication Talk
Brussels June 30 AP reports anti Leopold newspapers push for delays in King Leopold II abdication decision. Liberal and royalist papers clash over royal adviser Pirenne and the king's vague message to Parliament. A mass meeting is planned at the royal circus in Brussels to debate Leopold III's constitutional situation.
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Brussels
Leopold II
Leopold
Libeal Pess
Jacqués Pirenne
Liberty Party
Pirenne
University of Brussels
Royal Circus
Leopold III
Britain to Pay Current Poland Army Expenses
A British Foreign Office commentator said Britain intends to cover the ongoing expenses of Poland's foreign army at least temporarily. He added Britain does not want to penalize troops who fought gallantly with the Allies while the future of the Polish forces is discussed with the Polish exile government.
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Britain
London
Poland
British Foreign Office
Bainbridge Catholic Church Services
Rev. Michael Manning will preside at St. Joseph's Catholic Church for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Mass at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday with confessions heard immediately before. This is the only Mass said in Bainbridge on Sunday.
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Michael Manning
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's
Bainbridge
Canada among world’s top producers of base metals
A brief note highlights Canada as a leading producer of common base metals on the global stage, emphasizing its substantial output and regional mining activity. The statement points to the country’s strong industrial sector and mineral resources contributing to metal supply.
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Canada
Partial Government Recognition Discussed in Warsaw
A fragment notes ongoing talks about recognizing a government in Warsaw with plans to discuss further later. The text indicates international engagement and pending formal acknowledgment. The exact parties and context remain unclear in the fragment.
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Warsaw
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