Housing Shortage Called City’s Most Acute In History
The High Point chamber of commerce warns the city faces its worst housing shortage ever with a gasping supply of dwelling units and retail space. Secretary Frank Sizemore says a broad survey will size the contracting firms available workers and sites while building materials tighten and more enterprise is needed City growth and postwar arrivals drive demand.
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Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Torday
Chamber of Coin
Size
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Sizemore
Ilding
YMCA board grants one month membership to veterans
In a recent meeting the YMCA directors unanimously approved a plan to award a one month membership to service men who have worn the uniform. Over 5,000 local men have served in the armed forces.
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Rd of Directors
YMCA
Tomlinson Pays Workers for Two War End Holidays
Tomlinson of High Point will pay all regular employees full base rates for the two V J holidays on August 15 and 16. Workers absent with notice and those who worked on the days will receive time and one half their rates for these two days. The policy applies to all Tomlinson furniture craft shops and offices.
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America
Germany
Japan
Tomlinson of
High Point
William A. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Tomlinson Furniture
Slaughtering Rules For Guilford County Farm Slaughterers
Local officials announce that Guilford county farm slaughterers must register with the rationing board to avoid slaughtering ungraded meat. Meat sold by farm slaughterers must be graded by the slaughters themselves and stamped. If beef is sent to a commercial locker, it must be graded and stamped by the owner or plant operator with owner consent.
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Guilford County
Office of Lconomication
United States Department For Agriculture
Local association members referenced in Uncle Sam note
A fragment notes that most individuals cited were or had been part of the local association, indicating a common affiliation among the group.
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Sam
Local Couple Mark 59th Anniversary in High Point
G Walter Hayworth 80 and wife 73 celebrate 59 years of marriage recalling life from 1886 with ten children and farming on Asheboro road. He still uses a 1927 model T to haul produce to High Point and she tends home, sews, and milks cows. They attend Wesley Methodist Church where both taught and led Sunday school for decades. They host visitors this afternoon from 3 to 5, joined by their son Nick the dog.
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G. Walter Hayworth
Mr. Hayworth
High Point
Asheboro
Carpents
Hayworth
William Richardson
Wesley Methodist Church
Fairfield Road
Oscar Hayworth
Francis Lowe
California
Jess Hayworth
J. A. Cook
W. E. Hussey
C. Q. Wright
E. L. Millikan
Vernie Rush
Carl Young
Nick
VFW Officer Praises GI Bill Talk At Kinston Meeting
Captain Bruce Carraway served as guest speaker at the Lenoir County VFW post in Kinston Tuesday night. He said he has worked with the VFW for 27 years and traveled through 17 states for the organization while presenting on the GI Bill of Rights. He noted the parcel post system began in 1913 in the United States.
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Bruce Carraway
High Point
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lenoir County
VFW
Kinston
Carraway
University Library book by former UNC librarian co authors
Former UNC librarian Dr Louis R Wilson and Dr Maurice Tauber co author The University Library a 580 page study of university library organization administration and function. The work notes library expansion cooperation among libraries and union catalogs to aid scholars and administrators.
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U.N.C
New Book
Chapel Hill
N. C
College and University Library
University Library
University of Chicago SS
Louis R. Wilson
University of North Carolina
Maurice F. Tauber
Columbia University Library
Wilson
University of Chicago Graduate Library School
Tauber
Harvard
Chicago
Library of Congress
E University
State College
Guilford Davidson
Women’s College of the University
University «Oe
Ration Books Still In Effect Says Mendenhall
Mendenhall of the local war price and rationing board says ration books three and four remain essential after V J Day. He notes ration coupons are United States currency and urges proper care to avoid loss or mutilation while replacement work continues.
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Mendenhall
New York
Japan
Ed Mendenhall
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Frankfurt
Temmiles Ein Son
Hamilton
High Streets
West High Street
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