Byron Price Named To Head Wartime Censorship
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelts wartime censorship plan expanding to press radio cables and foreign mails. Byron Price of the Associated Press named director of censorship. he will set up an office in Washington and report directly to the President. Congress races to approve powers before sundown, with broad authority to control information and even redirect federal functions and contracts.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Rouse
Senate
Byron Price
Associated Press
Price
A.E.F
New York
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tremendous Rise in Defense Bond Sales at Wachovia High Point
Wachovia Bank High Point reports a sharp jump in defense bond sales for the first week of war. Vice president W. Chase Idol cites public eagerness to help. Weekly sales rose to 15000 from 1000. nationwide results show 178000 versus 57000 the prior week.
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High Point
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
W. Chase Idol
Deaths Coy Royale Dies From Fall Injuries
Coy Royale, 34, died in a Washington D C hospital Sunday night from injuries after a fall in a Washington shipyard where he worked. His body will be brought to Green Funeral Home today and then to his mother Mrs Frances Royale in Lexington. Funeral likely tomorrow afternoon. Survived by sister Mrs Essie Hauser of West Side Station High Point.
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Coy Royale
Essie Hauser
West Side Station
High Point
Funeral Rites for Cecil A. Wright Jr. Held Thursday
Funeral service for Cecil A. Wright Jr four month old child fatally burned in a house fire at 314 English Street will be at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church Thursday at 3 p m. Rev Edwin Suits and Rev H P Williams will officiate. Interment follows at Floral Garden Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the aunt Mrs E C Embler home 2013 Gilbert Street prior to the service.
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Cecil A. Wright, JR
English Street
C. Embler
Gilbert Street
Bowling matches feature high scores and close races
Piedmont swept Great Southern in three straight Commercial Bowling League games at Arcade alleys as Hayworth led Piedmont with 317 and Harvey topped Great Southern with 324. Atlantic States Motor Lines swept Watts Bakery girls. Moore had 338 for the Atlantic boys and Nell Rutledge 318 for the girls. Jaycees beat Colonial Motor Lines with Vance at 338. Black welder led Colonial with 320. Also included are notes on other league matchups and local items about Newburyport and Siamese naming, with a brief item on artificial worms for fishing.
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Great Southern
Hayworth
Harvey
Atlantic States Motor Lines
Watts Bakery
Moore
Atlantic Boys
Nell Rutledge
Jaycees
Colonial Motor Lines
Vance
Blackwelder
Colonial
Tad
Hall
Clifton
Rutledge
Mith
Bain
Atlantic States
Brinson
Baker
Kimbro Moore
Hartes
Great Southern Tat Ord
Ward
Kemp
MIT
Piedmont Ist
Barham
Sayct Istana
Greason
Hutchens
Dillon Uy
J. Lee
Fon Taeble
Newman
Ingram
Halt
Ricks Sane
Tickets Going Fast At Duke Blue Devils vs Oregon State
Duke University officials report brisk ticket sales for the January 1 game with Oregon State at $4.40 each. Coach Wallace Wade leads a 75 minute practice, with first string including Smith Piasecky Karmazin McDonough Burns Lipscomb Barnett Prothro Davis Lach Siegfried as Duke drills for the holiday period and seeks public help in housing visitors.
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Durham
Duke University
Durham Chamber of Commerce
Blue Devils
Oregon State
Wallace Wade
University of North Carolina
Trinity
Dukes
Wade
Pasadena
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Smith and Piasecky
Karmazin
McDonough
Burns
Lipscomb
Barnett
Prothro
Davis
Lach
Siegfried
Death of Mrs Della Farlow Ashboro 81
Mrs Della Farlow age 81 died at her home in Ashboro at 10 am after six months illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs C E Clark Miss Effie Farlow Miss Ada Farlow all of Ashboro one son Elisson Farlow of Ashboro three sisters Mrs Sybil Farrow Miss Abbie Davis Miss Elva Davis Sophia and one brother Cyrus Gattis Sophia. Widow of Elishne Farlow who died eleven years ago. Funeral at Mrs Clark's home at 2 pm officiated by Rev Seth Hinshaw. Burial in Asheboro Cemetery.
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Della Farlow
Asheboro
Ilness
C. E. Clark
Effie
Ada Farlow
Ashboro
Elisson Farlow
Sybil Farrow
Abbie
Elva Davis
Sophia
Cyrus Gattis
Bridge Winners Shine in Have-a-Heart-Take-a-Hand Event
The Have-a-Heart-Take-a-Hand party in New York celebrated children’s tumor and cancer treatment efforts at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Donald R. B. Tansill led the rubber bridge victory, with strategic play amid a demanding slam contract.
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New York
Memorial Hospital
Donald RB. Tansil
League
Tausill
Dummy
Dear Santa Letters From Capitol Officials Get Screened
A playful Around Capitol Square feature imagines how state leaders might write to Santa Claus during wartime. Governors to judges, quips mix requests for gifts, political jokes, and wry notes on duties, power, and loyalty in a humorous glimpse of Capitol politics.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Capitol Square
Melville
Mr. Claus
Reggie Harris
Coordination Being Studied in Allied War Plans
In London Clement Attlee announced the Allies coordinate Britain Russia and the United States military plans and held a secret wartime debate on a proposed allied war council. He said Churchill would issue no further general war statements soon. Louis begins training for Joe Louis rematch at Madison Square Garden with proceeds benefiting naval relief. An Annapolis guard incident saw Gov O Connor praised for not taking anything for granted as he was stopped and required to ID the guard commander.
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London
Clement R. Atlee
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
United States
Attlee
Christus
Allied War Council
Prince of Wales
Louis
Greenwood Lake
S. Y
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer
Madison Square Garden
Naval Relief Society
Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Connor
State Guard
Dwight H. Mohr
Mohr
O'Connor
Three Cities In Air Drills Across Southeast
Three southeastern coastal cities Charlest on South Caro lina Wilmington North Carolina and Savannah Georgia conducted blackout drills last night as part of a simulated raid. Sirens wailed and lights were out in most areas while police reported minor incidents including a taxi driver’s disorderly conduct. Only injury noted was a Charleston resident who fell in a darkened home. Defense officials praised the accuracy and results of the exercise.
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S. C
Charleton
Wilmington
N. C
Savannah
Strategic Defense
Ruby Gantt
North Charleston
Cooper River Bridge
State Is Mapping Raid Alarm Plans
Raleigh December 17 The State Civilian Defense Office plans a nationwide air raid alarm system for North Carolina. Seven new district wardens met with Director Theodore S Johnson. wardens named for Shelby Lumberton Raleigh Statesville Goldsboro Wilmington, with Charlotte Asheville and Newland to be added. The system will broadcast cover signals while state forces already track enemy aircraft for interceptors.
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Raleigh
State Civilian Defense Office
North Carolina
Theodore S. Johnson
R. G. Mauney
Shelby
E. J. Glover
Lumberton
G. E. Lassiter
L. M. Gaither
Statesville
A. I. Gurley
Goldshore
Charles H. Gasteen
Wilmington
John Farris
Gastonia
Charlotte
Asheville
Newland
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Hope Diamond” Reynolds
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