Leinbach to Organ Program for Newton Bride-Elect
Roy Ezra Leinbach and Alma Bernice Berry Fouse Wagoner announce their marriage planned for September 8 at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Newton North Carolina. Leinback is pastor at Grace Church in Newton and the wedding will follow a August Altrusa dinner and program at the Sheraton High Point. Organist Mrs Ernestine V Strickland will perform at the post-dinner program.
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Berry Fouse Wagoner
Alma Bernice
Roy Ezra Leinbach
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Newton
North Carolina
Leinbach
High Point
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
High Point Altrusa Club
Sheraton Hotel
Ernestine V. Strickland
Ferndale Drive
Buffet Supper At YWCA Draws Many Soldiers
More than 125 soldiers attended a Sunday buffet supper at the YWCA, hosted in cooperation with the U.S.O. and the Y’s adult girls club. The service men were served between five and seven, then seated at tables in the lounge area. Mrs. Leslie Miller of the YWCA staff said the events are a popular weekly feature for local service members in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Y.W.C.A
U.S.O
High Point
Leslie Miller
W.C.A
Instructors In First Aid To Meet Wednesday
All First Aid Instructors are asked to meet Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the Red Cross Office. Harold Kearns, chairman, urges all First Aid unit leaders to attend this important meeting.
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Red Cross
Harold Kearns
YWCA Clubs Enjoy Outings and Plans for Soldiers
Two YWCA groups, the Florence Nightingale and Adams clubs, skipped the Adams Memorial building for outdoor suppers at members homes on Asheboro and Thomasville roads. Both clubs held brief business meetings led by president Margaret Burgess and outlined next week’s program including a September fourth supper for men in service. A treasure hunt ending with ice cream followed the Adams club outing.
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Adams Memorial
Y.W.C.A
Florence Nightingale
Adams Club
Lou Cagle
Asheboro Road
Misses Hazel
Yesable Hedrick
Thomasville Road
Margaret Burgess
A.A.U.W. Board Dinner Friday at YWCA
The executive board of the High Point branch of the American Association of University Women will hold a dinner at the YWCA Friday evening. The dining room will open at six thirty, followed by a business session chaired by Mrs Herring. Mrs R A Herring, branch and state president, announced the plan this morning.
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High Point
American Association of University Women
Y.W.C.A
R. A. Herring
Betty Lou Talton Recovers At Home After Tonsillectomy
Betty Lou Talton is recuperating satisfactorily at her Ardale home after undergoing a tonsillectomy yesterday morning at Guilford General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lou Talton
Guilford General Hospital
Archdale
Italian Regime Arrests Fascist Leaders Seen Amid Putsch Plot
Bern dispatch cites Italian government order for arrest of former Fascist leaders to curb an iron guard move led by Roberto Farinacci. Milan circles report worry as Pavolini shows support while Scorza is also targeted. Borghese resigns. Motta named Rome governor. Press reorganization discussed to ease neutral press return.
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Bern
Lugano
Basler Machitechten
Iron Guard
Roberto Farinacci
Milan
Alessandro Pavolini
Xx x
Carlo Scorza
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Gian Giacomo Borghese
Rome
Riccardo Motta
Galli
Italy
Florence Conrad Leads Rochambeau Unit To Africa
New York woman Florence Conrad prepares to deploy as Field Director of the Rochambeau Unit, twenty American gift ambulances and twenty French women drivers bound for the French Army in Africa. She already served on the Maginot Line and front lines in 1940, earning the Croix de Guerre and multiple bravery citations.
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New York
Florence Conrad
Africa
Rochambeau
American National War Fund
War Fund
Know
Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies
Algiers
Chicago
Paris
Maginot Line
Conrad
36Th
Luneville
Hungary Seeks Curtailment of Axis Commitments
From Bern and Budapest reports Hungary aims to curtail economic commitments to Germany as it pursues non belligerence while awaiting an opportunity to exit the war. Germany Hungarian talks on wheat deliveries are delayed, Budapest seeks to keep current quotas, and officials petition for withdrawal of thousands of troops from Ukraine. Combat troops left Russia last winter.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Germany
Budapest
Balkans
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Russia
Decency in Dress Proclaimed by Catholic Women’s Union
Springfield Illinois August 24 The National Catholic Women's Union condemns recent women’s clothing styles as offensive and immodest calling for a campaign for decency in dress led by bishops. The group urges Catholic women to pledge modest attire and boycott beaches with scant bathing suits, proposing a designers’ committee to craft decent apparel.
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Catholic Women’s Union
Springfield
Til
National Catholic Women’s Union
Pearl Harbor
Rationed Items Reserved for Old Customers
Ruth Millett argues that some shops operate like speakeasies by rewarding longtime customers with access to scarce goods. She cites film, beef, and sheer stockings kept behind counters, available only to known accounts. New residents or walk-ins face shortages and exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Joe
Flattering Anne Adams Pattern for a Spring Frock
A simple frock pattern 4446 flatters with twin ruffles and a square neck. Available in sizes 34 to 48, with size 36 using 342 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 16 cents for pattern plus 10 cents for Spring Pattern Book to The Highs Point Enterprise Pattern Department New York.
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Anne Adams
Pattern Department
West Lith St
New York
N. Y
Substitutes for Exotic Oils Reducing Cosmetic Costs
Washington reports Department of Commerce findings show postwar cosmetics rely on domestic oils like cottonseed peanut and soybean replacing imported exotic oils. Castor oil shifts to wartime uses as waterproofing and gear fluid. Beeswax diverted to ointments and polishes, with warm uses unaffected and face powders limited to five percent of production. Milk distribution plans target essential consumers first. An Alabama experiment yields caramelized sweet potatoes from overheating, and older tarnished pots may outlast newer scouring tools. Egg consumption and production are rising, boosting the egg department.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Alabama
Birth of Vickie Lene Dilworth at Burrus Memorial
Mr and Mrs James F Dilworth of 500 Fisher Street announce the birth of a daughter Vickie Lene at Burrus Memorial Hospital on Monday August 23 Mrs Dilworth is formerly Miss Willa Bell Thompson of Wampee South Carolina
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James F. Dilworth
Fisher Street
Vickie Lene
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Dilworth
Willa Bell
Billie) Thompson
Wampee
S.C
Pacific Zone Of Security Seen After War
Melbourne report quotes Herbert Evatt Australian external affairs minister outlining a Southwest Pacific zone of security after the war Implementing the Atlantic charter to secure Pacific and Asiatic regions he calls for disarming Japan and planning postwar opportunities and responsibilities for Australia Islands like Timor New Caledonia and the Solomons would be involved and he warns against weakening defense areas that invite attention.
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Melbourne
Herbert Evatt
Evatt
Japan
Commonwealth
Australia
Timor
New Caledonia
Solomons
Netherlands
France
Portugal
County to roll back burials fee under OPA ruling
San Diego officials rescind the earlier increase in county indigent burial costs from 40 to 850 after funeral directors petition. The directors argue continuing at the old rate saves on required statistical data for OPA approval.
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San Diego
Calif
County Board of Supervisors
Morticians’ Service Bureau
OPA
Beauties Hint at Cream Rouge as Eye Shadow
Stage and screen star Sara Ann McCabe from The Ziegfeld Follies explains cream rouge can substitute for dark eye shadow. She notes pink on the upper lids brightens eyes and reduces fatigue, but warns against daytime use to avoid aging effect.
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Sara Ann McCabe
Ann
State Of Emergency Declared In Danish Towns By Germans
Six Danish towns were placed under a state of emergency by German occupation authorities amid a sabotage wave. The move followed theft of thousands of rifles from a Nazi arsenal and the destruction of a power plant supplying northeast Jutland, with clashes reportedly killing 15 Germans. Towns including Flensburg Odense and Aarhus were affected. Swedish reports had noted increased sabotage in Denmark.
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New York
United States Broadcast Intelligence Service
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Jutland
CBS
Flensburg
Odense
Aarhus
Denmark
New Bidding System Spells Doom for McKenny?
Springfield pair Fd Tierney and Jack Kushner test their T N T system in New York. A forcing one no trump start leads to a diamond response, East doubles, redouble signals consent to diamonds, North’s jump to 3 spades hints strong spade holdings, and the bidder advances to 4 no trump seeking a slam.
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Fd Tierney
Jack Kushner
Springfield
Mass
New York
T.N.T
East
North
Fast Double Pass Puzzle Clue on Chessboard Code
A compact note presents a puzzle clue titled Fast Double Pass with codes K108642 K9852 AQ AK987 AQ65 m43 a .X presumed as chessboard or cipher hints. The fragment hints at a sequence or key pairing across lines, inviting readers to decipher a path or move.
Six Spades Bid Leads to Complex Squeeze Play
In a six spade contract, the defense begins with clubs and a club return. North, fearing three trumps to the jack, ruffs a heart and later uses a trump squeeze on Rast after dumping clubs and hearts. The declarer then cashes hearts and trumps to force Fast to guard the singleton king of diamonds or discard a club.
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Ner
T.N.T
Blackwood
West
North
Declarer
Director Dies in Wilson at 59 During Market Opening
T. W. Blackwell of Winston-Salem a director of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was found dead in his Wilson hotel room. Coroner W. C. Martin attributed the death to a heart attack. Blackwell aged about 59 had come to Wilson for the tobacco market opening.
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Wilson
T. W. Blackwell
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
W. C. Martin
Blackwell
Fragment from memoir scene with alarm over Nazis landing
The narrator recounts a chance meeting with Walter Reisch on a lawn. A light prompts him to call out to extinguish it. A third voice from the dark asks in astonishment if the Nazis have landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Ernst
Kirkwood to Face Hagen in October Benefit Match
Philadelphia Aug 24 Joe Kirkwood the Huntingdon Valley trick shot artist may meet Walter Hagen in a Red Cross benefit tourney Oct 3 at Torresdale Frankford Country Club Henry Ahurst arranging the event said Hagen would play and that he was contacting Kirkwood who offered to raise 2000 dollars by beating Hagen after the Ryder Cup dispute in Detroit two weeks ago.
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Philadelphia
Joe Kirkwood
Huntingdon Valley
Walter Hagen
Red Cross
Torresdale-Frankford Country Club
Henry Ahurst
Hagen
Kirkwood
the Haig
Detroit
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A.A.U.W. Board
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkhem
Florence
Adelaide
Kerrap
By Anne Oddams
Pacific
Miss McCabe
Alicia Hartner
McKenney
McKenny
Redoubt
West Pass Pass
Ng—& Q
Winchell
Walter Reisch
National Bureau of Standards
Ath
Elsie Robinson
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