Reconversion Plan Speeds Peacetime Industry Shift
Washington moves to finish a five point reconversion plan guiding the shift from wartime to civilian production. WPB will remove production controls as soon as feasible while guarding price and wage stability and maintaining essential materials for civilian goods. The plan, directed by President Truman, aims to cushion industry from a sudden surrender and uses wartime priorities to ease bottlenecks in consumer goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pacific War Production Board
Offin
Russia
WPB
John W
Mobiliza I
Truman
J. A. Krug
No Mystery Deepens as I Fathom My Saddest Heart
Fragmentary note describes a Meadowbrook Inn trailer near N Main street and bus line one block from city limits. Adviser readings referenced but unclear context.
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Meadowbrook Inn Highway
Guilford County Real Estate Transfers in High Point
Real estate transfers reported in Guilford County include A B Powell and wife swapping two East Street lots in High Point Township to Beulah C Powell. City of High Point sales to James Vege and Ella Hout and to Ella B H Gantt. C M Gantt to R B Gantt. T L Parker to Lloyd K Clodfelter. S F Smail to Herbert C Setzer. A E Stone to F A Myatt.
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High Point Township
A. EB. Powell
Beulah C. Powell
High Point
James Vege
College City
Ella H.out
Chestnut Street
Ella BH. Gantt
Brown
Eile BH. Gantt
Sherwood Park
C. M. Gantt
R. B. Gantt
Black skim mer and tin alloy pairs cited
The text notes the black skim mer is unique for slit eye pupils. It also claims tin teams readily with other elements to form hundreds of useful alloys.
CED Program Gets Under Way Tonight
Noble T Prraigg appeals for city wide listening to the first national CED broadcast on ABC WMFR at 7 pm Saturday. The 15 minute program titled Jobs After Victory features leaders from government business and labor discussing postwar planning and economic issues.
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Noble T. Praigg
High Point
Committee For Economic Development
CED
ABC
WMFR
CBC
Eric Johnson
Fred M. Vinson
Paul G. Hoffman
Beardsley Rumi
Craigg
Japan
Wm. A. Boyles Earns Third Battle Star in South Pacific
Corporal William A Boyles of the 15th antiaircraft artillery group receives his third battle star for participation in the southern Philippines campaign. The WMFR evangelist and former chaplain's assistant has also earned the good conduct medal. Inducted January 1943 at Camp Croft he trained at Camp Haan and other A A centers in southern California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J M Boyles and has three brothers in the army.
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South Pacific
William A Boyles
Philippines
15Th
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Cpl. Boyles
Camp Croft
S. C
Camp Haan
Calif
Califrnia
WMFR
William Boyles
Iam
Derita High School
Carr School of Theology
J. M. Boyles
Charlotte
Charles W
Robert
L. G
Not superstitious airman wears cold weather gear in raids
Lt. David Rinzler, a Bronx B 24 bombardier, says his red baseball cap and white scarf helped him endure 60 below during 47 combat raids. He dismisses superstition while at RAF redistribution station No 1 in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N. J
David Rinzler
Bronx
Thomasville Man Receives Suspended Sentence and Fines
Moody Hinkle was given a suspended six month sentence for assault on a female, conditional on complying with a deed of separation and paying $25 plus court costs. Other locals faced sentences for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, assault, and reckless driving with plus fines and costs.
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Thomasville
Moody Hinkle
Earnest Floyd
Wilhelmen Ia Harris
James Skeen
Charlie McKelvey
Lacy Poole
William Grave Yarborough
Lexington
Third Commencement Of Year At Davidson
Davidson announces its third commencement of 1945 on August 24 with Dr. Walter L. Lingle delivering the principal address. Ten diplomas will be awarded under wartime regulations, including several Bachelor of Science and Arts degrees plus one summa cum laude.
Strickland Receives Croix de Guerre in Paris Ceremony
Lt. Col. Samuel H. Strickland of High Point North Carolina and 145 U S officers were decorated with the Croix de Guerre in Paris for exceptional services during the liberation of France. General Revers and General Rhodes presented medals in the court of honor. Strickland earned a Croix de Guerre with the silver star among twenty such awards.
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Comp Headquarters
France
Samuel H. Strickland
High Point
N. C
United States
Paris
Revers
Rhodes
Strickland
Postwar package design mirrors military can in shape
American Can Company researchers describe a frozen fruit package for housewives that resembles a TNT demobilization grenade can. The package opens by cutting the paraffined paper body, revealing a composite fibre metal look. The quirky analogy compares domestic packaging to military cones, with Oregon-bound pioneers and road grades included as metaphor.
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New York
INS
American Can Company
W H Hall 73 Dies After Illness at Home
William Henry Hall age 73 longtime resident of 706 Scott Street died at 9 03 AM after an illness beginning last December He was born June 8 1872 in Plymouth son of William and Court ney Ann Todd Hall He left a widow Caroline Bonner Hall a daughter Anne Montague Hall High Point a son William Bonner Hall Greensboro two sisters Mrs G H Harrison Plymouth and Mrs A W Swain Raleigh three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral from his home Sunday at 1 PM burial in Cary Cemetery near Raleigh He was a member of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.
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William Henry Hall
Scott Street
Plymouth
William
Courtney Ann Todd Hall
Caroline Bonner
Caroline Hall
Anne Montague Hall
High Point
William Bonner Hall
Greensboro
Thurman Mooney Succumbs To Long Illness
Thurman M Mooney 17 died at his parents home in Oak View High Point Rt 1 after long illness. Born January 26 1928 in High Point he was a Senior high student and Oak View Methodist member. Surviving are his father Y M Mooney and stepmother Mrs Y M Mooney and others. Funeral Sunday 3 PM at Oak View Methodist Church with interment in Oakwood cemetery.
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Thurman M. Mooney
Oak View
High Point
Rt. 1
Y. M
Jessie Epps Mooney
Oak View Methodist Church
Y. M. Mooney
Pelee
W. M. Epps
Montgomery County
Y. D. Mooney
Oak View, Methodist Church
Nat L. Oliver
R. E. Ward
Oakwood Cemetery
Koonce
Parker Infant Funeral Rites Held
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Parker died at a local hospital Friday morning. Born in High Point on August 10, 1945, the child was only hours old. Survived by parents, one brother James Crawford Parker, and grandmother Mrs. A. G. Williams. Funeral services were at the graveside Friday at 4 p.m. in Oakwood cemetery.
Navy halts 95 ships in 1.2 billion construction cut
Washington announces a 1.2 billion cut in navy procurement stopping work on 95 ships including a battleship the Illinois two carriers the Reprisal and Iwo Jima and ten heavy cruisers. War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder said the move reflects procurement needs not imminent surrender. Ships affected include battleship Illinois at Philadelphia navy yard and carriers Reprisal Iwo Jima built at Newport News and New York yards.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Navy
Illinois
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Iwo Jima
New York Navy Yard
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Newport News
Tender Carrots Cooked With Careful Water Measure
Guide notes carrots require just enough water to prevent sticking. Mentions iron and heart need to be long and slowly with areare.
State News Briefs Highlights From Raleigh Area
In Raleigh Ed ward Swanson of Pilot Mountain won first in the Tri-State Future Farmers of America public speaking contest with Stewart Teal of Gassatt, S C as runner up. Tobacco output in North Carolina for the year is projected five percent higher than 1944 at about 794.55 million pounds with regional gains and losses noted. Duke University names 4 E Doxey as purchasing agent succeeding C G Sawyer who resigned. Doxey had been assistant purchasing agent since 1934 and acting agent in 1941 44.
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Raleigh
Tri-State
Future Farmers of America
Edward Swanson
Pilot Mountain
Stewart Teal
Gassatt
S. C
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
N. C
Durham
E. Doxey
Duke University
C. G. Sawyer
Doxey
Labor defended chapel hill by united veterans program call
At the Textile Workers Institute closing session William Pollock general secretary treasurer of the Textile Workers Union of America warned that enemies of organized labor aim to split the union from national defenders. He urged a veterans program to counter any such action.
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Chapel Hill
Textile Workers Institute
William Pollock
Textile Workers Union of America
Trial resumes as Green ville recall planned for state case
Aug 11 report notes R G Deyton East Carolina Teachers College budget assistant director is expected to be recalled when the Dr Leon R Meadows embezzlement trial reopens Monday after a weekend recess. Deyton testified yesterday about state funding for college improvements and lack of Dr Meadows funds. The case charges false pretenses and embezzlement over 14000 while Meadows led ECTC.
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Greenville
R. G. Deyton
East Carolina Teachers College
Leon R. Meadows
Deyton
Dr. Meadow
ECTC
Tobacco price dip seen on Carolinas belt markets
Florence notes the opening losses of the new season on North and South Carolina border belt tobacco markets with averages mostly unchanged to one dollar per hundred lower. Some grades show one dollar gains in common orange and leaf categories while quality varied across logs and cutters.
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Florence
D. C
North
South Carolina
Currie Named VP at National Carbon Company
Davidson August 11. A. V. Wilker, president of National Carbon Inc., announces Dr Lauchlin M. Currie Ph D was elected vice president in charge of research on July 24. Currie, a Davidson College alumnus and Cornell PhD, has long advised on plant locations in the Carolinas and served as reserve major in the chemical warfare service.
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Davidson
A. V. Wilker
National Carbon Company, Inc
East 42Nd St
New Yorky
Lauchlin M. Currie
Chapel Hill
Currie
Davidson College
Cornell University
National Carbon Company
Carolinas
Chemical Warfare Service
S. A
M. Laboratories
Division of War Annaged
ce _versity
Leavson
Man shot to death at tobacco barn in Smithfield
Charles Garner aged 42 a tenant farmer was shot to death on Libby Foster’s farm. Coroner Durwood Creech said Foster was arrested in connection with the death and is being treated in a local hospital for injuries from the affray. Foster claims self defense.
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Smithfield
Charles Garner
Libby Foster
Durwood Creech
Foster
Creech
Melon Feast At VFW Post 619 Tonight
A watermelon feast is set for members of VFEW and their families at the VFW home on Broad Street. The event begins at 8 o'clock tonight, announced today. Caracal fur details appear in the text but relate to lambs under two weeks.
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VFW
Broad Street
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