Senators Press Vigorous Peace Policy Across Axis War
A Senate group urged a strong peace stance after victory over the Axis. Senators Lucas Davis Norris Clark and McCarran propose harsh terms for Germany Japan and Italy, with plans to disarm Axis powers, secure raw materials, aid China, and reshuffle Germany into small states while warning against separate Soviet peace.
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Associated Press
Wask Wgton
Lucas
DNL
Japan
Germany
Italy
Illinois
Davis
R-Pa
China
Orient
Norris
ind-Neb
Clark D-Ida
McCarran
Dnew
America
Nevada
van Nuys
D-Ind
Berea Bible Class Holiday Party at Deep River
Mrs. R. V. Weston hosted the Berea Bible class Christmas party at her Deep River home with about 20 attendees. gifts were exchanged and Santa Claus Rev. Reuben Payne of Archdale delivered them. Mrs. Annie Smith will host the next meeting. Several local residents and guests are noted visiting family and attending church events in the area.
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Deep River
R. V. Weston
Santa Claus
Reuben Payne
Archdale
Annie Smith
Nora F. Lloyd
High Point
A. Wood
Asheboro
Grady Bennett
Henry Veach
Fr. Bragg
Deep River Church
Claudia Thornton
A. D. Ridge
R. V_ Weston
Fr. Screven, Ga
Herbert
T. £. Jones
SW. B. Jones
Emini Pope
Trinity
Richard Neaves
McKenney on Bridge Aces and Kings Not Everything
A Christmas note to 14,999,999 bridge players explains a hand where high cards alone fail to guarantee a grand slam. South bids four clubs to offer North a path to diamonds or hearts, with a spade rebid indicating readiness for North to move to four spades if length is held.
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United States
South
North
Soud
Bridge slam missed as hopeful South misplays hand
The fire club response encouraged South to aim for a North hand slam but miscounted. West kept a club exit, East failed to access the needed king of diamonds, and a single misstep left de Carer down one. A different card in South’s sequence could have let dummy cash clubs and diamonds for a grand slam.
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Fire Club
South
King of Hearts
West
Danny
de Carer
Ricks
East
Probation Work Marks North Carolina 4 Year Savings
North Carolina began statewide adult probation in 1937 and by 1941 had 6,011 cases with 722 revoked. The program saved nearly 3 million in support and over 2 million in other costs, projecting strong social and economic benefits nationwide and highlighting John Augustus’s early influence.
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J. Warry
North Carolina
Sample
Associated Press
Raleigh
United States
John Augustis
John Augustus
Boston
Nazareth
Massachusetts
Recorder Court
Army
Death of Mrs Dora Eckel Pierce at 76
Mrs Dora Eckel Pierce 76 died at 3 45 this morning at her daughter’s home 606 Locke Street High Point after several weeks illness She was born in Baltimore Md daughter of William J and Mary Eckel married James C Pierce who died in 1924 She lived in Greensboro 32 years and High Point eight years with her daughter Survivors include daughter Mrs Lidie P Horton two sons Edgar Pierce and Charles A Pierce granddaughter Mary Newsome Pierce sister Miss Virginia Eckel Towson Md brother Slyton Eckel Norfolk Va Funeral services 11 o clock Sunday at Hanes Funeral Chapel Greensboro burial Green Hill Cemetery Greensboro
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Dora Eckel Pierce
Lidie P. Horton
Locke Street
High Point
Pierce
Baltimore
William J
Mary Eckel
James C. Pierce
Greensboro
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Horton
Edgar Pierce
Charles A. Pierce
Raleigh
Mary Newsome Pierce
Virginia Eckel
Towson
Slyton Eckel
Norfolk
Hanes Funeral Chapel
Green Hill
Sergeant Hinkle ofrcar on furlough here
Sergeant Willie Hinkle of the Royal Canadian Air Force arrived Wednesday to spend the Christmas holidays with his brother Winford at 439 West Lexington Avenue. He has been stationed at Montreal and recently graduated from Mountain View Ontario Gunnery and Bombing School. After his furlough he will proceed to Halifax for duty.
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Willie Hinkle
Royal Canadian Air Force
Winford Hinkle
West
Lexington Avenue
Hinkle
Montreal
Mountain View
Ontario
High Point
Halifax
Nova Scotia
St Pierre Votes For Free French By Big Majority
St Pierre et Miquelon residents favor Free French rule in a plebiscite with 98 percent support among a 3 500 strong cod fishing population. Vichy opposition was minimal as Emile Muselier seized the islands for General Charles de Gaulle. The United States and Britain reported surprise at the action, stressing adherence to the Martinique agreement. De Gaulle extended congratulations to Muselier from Free French headquarters.
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St. Pierre
St. Pierre-et-Miquelon
Atlantic
Stapeton
New Foundland
Vichy
Emile Musellier
Free French
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Martinique
France
U. S. State Department
London
Bettin
Jean Darlan
Toulon
Mediterranean
Washington
Muselier
Textile Institute Planned for Gaston County
In Shelby, NC, the North Carolina Textile Institute is set for construction in Gaston County with work to begin early 1942. Bids will be invited next month as the project receives an A-10 defense enterprise priority, ensuring materials are allocated to national defense needs.
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Shelby
North Carolina Textile Institute
Gaston County
O. M. Mull
Trustlees
Mull
Washington
Identify Paramount Stars For Center Theatre Prize Contest
Readers are invited to name 20 favorite Paramount Players pictured by The Enterprise and Center Theatre. Prizes include 12, 8, 6, or 1 ticket passes based on accuracy, with judges final on ties. Send your list to the Paramount Contest Editor by December 30. winners announced January 1.
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Enterprise
Center Theatre
Paramount Players
Paramount Organization
Paramount Pictures
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Madeleine Carroll
Jack Benny
Claudette Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Preston Foster
Veronica Lake
Dorothy Lamour
Fred MacMurray
Joel McCrea
Ray Milland
Robert Preston
Union Pacific
Wings
Virginia
Northwest Mounted Police
Center
Broadhurst
Palm Beach
Rosalind Russell
Gale Senderpaard
Ernest Hemingway
Paramount
Cave
High Point Enterprise
REXL
Enterprise Office
Stolen Auto Found Burned On Winston-Salem Road
An automobile stolen from W. F. Austin at 709 Morriss Street was found burned yesterday on the Winston-Salem road by state highway patrolmen. Valued at 600 dollars, the car had been parked in front of Burrus Memorial Hospital earlier and this marks the second theft recovered after burning in recent days.
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W. F. Austin
Morriss Street
Winston-Salem
Austin
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Eleven Killed in North Carolina Holidays
North Carolina records eleven holiday deaths from Christmas through the holidays. Six were in traffic accidents, five by other causes. Notable cases include Charles Dunham, 24, in a McDowell County auto crash. James Walter Carroll, 50, a pedestrian struck near Raleigh. Austin S. Bryant, 52, killed between Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. Pvt. Benjamin Birnbaum, 23, hit by a locomotive near Charlotte. Mary B. Sowers, 49, who fell into a Lexington well. A gas explosion at the Blankenship home in North Wilkesboro killed Stella Blankenship and injured three others. Other incidents include a hunting accident near New Bern that killed Wilbur Simpson Jones, 25. and Beatings under inquiry in Lexington and Wilmington auto injuries. Coroner and police reports detail the varied fatalities across several counties.
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North Carolina
Charles Dunham
Mull Creek
McDowell County
James Walter Carroll
Raleigh
Austin S. Bryant
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Benjamin Birnbaum
Charlotte
Mary &. Sowers
Lexington
Grady Nichols
James Evans
Marion
Wilbur Simpson Jones
New Bern
Jones
Ralph Myers
Wilmington
Adah Campbell Nichols
Willie Bannerman
Whiteville
J. D. Sikes
Lloyd Brown
Sikes
Brown
Bannerman
Deeseee
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