A Johnson Head Association Forms in High Point
A newly formed A. Johnson Head Association in High Point held a meeting with most members present. Directors elected include A. Johnson as president and Amos as vice president with N. T. Praigé as treasurer. By laws were adopted. Carter Dalton chaired the drafting committee. The group aims to support city industry and civic advancement without taking over existing organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inos High Point, Inc
A. Johnson
Amos
Farrell
N. T. Praigé
J. E. Millis
Hen Ce. T. Ingram, Sr
H. P. W. T. Powell
L. Paul Ingle
Garrison
Amos R. Kearns
Purof
Preby Carter Dalton
Johnson
Wade S. Smith Dies at Randolph Hospital
Wade S Smith 43 died at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro last night. He is survived by his wife Lula Smith two daughters Mrs Flynt Jr and Pauline a son James all of the home three brothers and several sisters. Funeral set for Friday at 11 at Chapel Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Smith
Randolph Bos
Asheboro
Lula Smith
Flynt, Jr
Pauline
James Smith
A.L. Smith
New Lea
Flada Pecola Smith
New London
Claude Elliott
Denton
Val Davis
High Rock
Smith
Thomasville
Chapel Methodist Church
Church
Display Price Signs For Meat Dealers Staged By Officials
Officials from the Office in Charlotte announced new meat price posters replacing the old charts. J. F. secretary of rationing said the February 1 posters should be used and extra charts are available from the office. The notice follows a municipal court sale in High Point involving City of High Point and local corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
J. F
Jones
SALE
County
Carolina
High Point
Annie Floyd Held In Larceny Case
Annie Floyd was arrested at 711 South Main Street and held on charges of aiding and abetting larceny. She allegedly helped E. Buck Harris steal 400 dollars from a truck driver in Charlotte. the warrant was issued there. Harris is in a state hospital for treatment after a local court found him guilty of violating health laws.
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Annie
South Main Street
E. Buck Harris
Charlotte
Ollince
Harris
Aviators Describe Mediterranean Service at Rotary Luncheon
Two young aviators and Mediterranean theater veterans spoke at a Sheraton Hotel Rotary Club luncheon. Sergeants Francis Donahue and Harry Kechter shared prep work before missions and a bombing run over the Naples area. Both are decorated at No. 10 Greensboro training future pilots while Sheraton manager R B Curran joined as a new club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Francis Donahue
Harry Kechter
Sgt
Donahue
Kechter
Naples
No. 10
Greensboro
R. B. Curran
Sheraton
Eddie Knox
Dick Butt
Richmond
Carlyle K
Winston-Salem
Koonce Names Post War Planning Commission
Mayor A J Koonce announced a postwar planning commission list to work with the city planning and zoning board. Appointees include J E Mills George Hutchins Joe Boyd Mrs W C Idol Rev Wilson Weldon Jimmy Bulla C L Amos and E C Burford Negro high school principal. The planning and zoning commission comprises Joseph D Cox B C Clark Dr P E Lindsey Louis Voorhees and Ed Mendenhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Koonce
Planning and Zoning Commission
J. E. Millis
George Hutchins
Joe Boyd
W. C. Idol
Wilson Weldon
Jimmy Bulla
C. L. Amos
E. C. Burford
Joseph D. Cox
C. Clark
C. Clark, Dr
P. E. Lindley
Louis Voorhees
Ed Mendenhall
Soviets Press Rumania Gate and Brest-Litovsk Target
The narrative details Nazi blockers at the Bessarabian border and the potential Soviet sweep from Lutsk toward Lwow. Berlin reports claim shifts near Rovno and Luzk with new Soviet drive, attacks on Shepetovka, and heavy fighting southwest of Dnepropetrovsk. A separate note cites 1942 US church membership at 68 percent.
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Vatutin
Lutsk
Lwow
Ukraine
Rumania
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Berlin
Rovno
Luzk
Gorin
Rovyno
Shepetovka
Dnepropetrovsk
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Jordan After Truck Train Crash
Lacy Alton Jordan, a truck driver, faces a manslaughter count in the death of Elwood Smith when a Southern Railway train collided with the truck at the West Point street crossing. Jordan and passenger Junior Routh escaped as Smith died on impact. Jordan posted 1000 bond and awaits high point municipal court proceedings Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Alton Jordan
Iheath
Elwood Smith
Smith
Jordan
Southern Railway
Junior Routh
West Point Street Crossing
W. G. Friddle
High Point Municipal Court
Mrs. Mary Upchurch Fink Dies in Mooresville
Mrs. Mary Upchurch Fink 63 of China Grove route 2 died in Mooresville hospital after illness. She was wife of A L Fink and daughter of Eliza Ela and Osborne Upchurch. Funeral at Mt Olivet church Friday at 2 30 p m with Rev Liflin and Rev Newton. burial in Mt Olivet. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Harry Harthcock and Mrs Walter Daugherty and two sons J B Fink and Ralph Fink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Liflin
C. B. Newton
China Grove
Mt. Olivet
Fink
Harry Harthcock
Mooresville
Walter Daugherty
J. B. Fink
High Point
Ralph Fink
End of European War Could Swell Soviet Union Unity
The piece notes the war’s end could leave the Soviet Union with more than sixteen members, complicating League of Nations dynamics as Moscow would wield many votes while other nations hold one each, save the British Commonwealth with six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Italy
Uinion
League of Nations
Moscow
British Commonwealth
Dominions
Clapper Remembered In Public Notices And Personal Reminiscence
The obituary recounts William Clapper a former journalist and capital Grid iron club head who authored Racketeering in Washington. It notes his Pacific assignment gift of a jungle knife for his son William and a reunion with old colleagues Hunt Clement and Lieut. F C Robinson in New Guinea. Survived by widow son daughter mother.
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Washingon
Clapper
Scripps
Howard Neenuneee
United Feature Syndicate
Pacific
Wilamond
United Press
Hunt Clement
New Guinea
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Hunt
F. C. Robinson
Tacoma
Wash
Robinson
William Raymond
Janet
Julia Clapper
Kansas City
Washington
Allied naval and air actions across Adriatic and Ligurian seas
Spitfires attacked trains and trucks on the Yugoslav coast while Night Raiders hit Maribor. British destroyers Tumult and Tenacious bombarded Porto Recanati and Pedaso near Ancona to aid the Eighth Army. Two enemy schooners were sunk near Silba Island and a patrol boat off La Spezia. Focke Wulf 190 bombers attacked Allied ships. two were shot down. Allied planes ferried blood to Anzio wounded, with artillery and spotting aircraft in support.
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Maribor
Yugoslavia
Tumult
Tenacious
Eighth Army
Porto Recanati
Pedaso
Ancona
Silba Island
la Spezia
Adriatic
Ligurian
Air Force
Anzio
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New York
Ee York
Curtiss Wright
Packard
Pullman
Freeport Sul
É& Lt
Gly & Ss O's
Gen Foods Rem Rand
Gillette
Goodrich
Reynolds
Goodyear
Sears
Graham Paige
Socony Vac
Gt Nor Ry Pt
Sperry St Ti Cent
Hupp
Cal
Harvest
Ind
Nick Can
Johns Man
Stewart Warner
Kennecott
Studebaker
Grace
Swift W
Libby
Tex Co
Tex Gulf
Ligg & Myers
Tex Gulf Sul
Timken
Det Ax
Lorillard
Louis & Nash
Transamerica
Mack Truck U
Trans & West Air
Mont
Union Carbide
Hec
Union Pac
Murray Corp
United Corp
Nash Keir
United Drug
United Fruit
Nat Cash Reg
Us&s
U & Steel
Warner
Wade S. Smith
Randolph Hospital
Eat
Vss RO Bond & Mortgage CO
Wardiioke Corporation
City of
Cox Street
M. S& Russell
Russell Street
N. C
Seid Russell
Russell
Seid Rus
J. Vestal Johnson
Wilson
Coromiseloner
Annie Floyd
Rotary
Koonce
Post-War Planning Commission
United States
A.L. Fink
Near Landis
Rayon
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Efird
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