Hong Kong’s young doorboy Kong rises amid hardship
The 13 year old Kong, bright red cap and crimson jacket, works as a doorboy in a Hong Kong cafe. He trained from poverty after the Japanese occupation forced his family to live in a temple. He earns tips, has no salary, and hopes for a kitchen job with his older brother while facing an uncertain future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Kong Dan
Kong
Herbert Wong
Telephone Company
Hawaii
Rebecca
Kitch
Weather outlook for Carolina through Thursday night
Mostly cloudy today with light forenoon rain and mountain showers tonight. warmer tonight and Wednesday with more rain. Forecast calls for showers in the mountains, a brief warm spell, then a cool period beginning Thursday afternoon, with moderate rain and little other precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Caro
1946 Clothing Output To Be Greatest In History
The men's clothing industry predicts a record year with output of 1.5 to 2.0 million suits monthly and about 28 million for 1946. Inventories are depleted after wartime shortages, veterans drive demand, and rayon supply limits plus 1945 priority rules slow distribution. Firms expect a 12 month catch up period to rebuild stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Carew
New York
International Statistical Bureau
Statistical, Bureau
Discharges At Charleston Naval Center Highlight Three High Point Men
Three High Point men were discharged to inactive duty or honorably discharged at the Charleston Naval Separation Center over the weekend. George Franklin Saunders of 523 Ames Street completed 34 months in service, Ottis W. Thrift Jr. of Rt. 1 finished 26 months, and Conley Wilburbell of 508 Kearns Street completed 19 months in service.
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Naval Separation Center
Charleston
S. C
High Point
N. C
George Franklin Saunders
Ames Street
J. R. Carrick
Ottis W. Thrift, Jr
Rt. 1
Navy
Conley Wilbur —— Bell
Kearns Street
Burchet te Johnson serves on Laysan Island salvage base in Manila
Eugene Burchette Johnson, seaman first class from High Point North Carolina, served aboard the USS Laysan Island a converted LST used as a floating salvage base in Manila Bay. Her crew raised the sunken SS Jungo Maru on November 12 and towed wrecks to a graveyard of hulls downs bay, gradually clearing the congested harbor of Japanese ships sunk during air raids.
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Manila
P. I
Eugene Burchette Johnson
High Point N. C
Laysan Island
Manila Bay
Spaul Discharged From Army Air Forces at ORD Greensboro
Cpl Willie F Spaul son of William H Spaul Highland Station received an honorable discharge from the army air forces at ORD Greensboro.
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Spaul
Cpl
Willie F. Spaul
William H. Spaul
Highland Station
Army Air Forces
Ord
Greensboro
Promotion for Soldier Mason in Japan amid Nagoya demilitarization
Huey S&S Mason a driver with headquarters battery 89th field artillery battalion of the 25th Infantry Division in Japan has been promoted to technician fifth grade. His wife Loraine lives in High Point North Carolina while he serves in Nagoya where the 25th Division works on demilitarizing the area once a major aircraft production center.
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Japan
Eighth Army
Nagoya
Huey S&s. Mason
89Th Field Artillery
25Th Infantry Division
Loraine
Rt. 3
High Point
N. C
25Th Division
Discharged Sailor Charles F Bryant Honored at Bainbridge
Charles F Bryant has been honorably discharged from naval service at the separation center in Bainbridge Maryland after 34 months of service. He last served in Brooklyn New York and his mother resides at 509 West Green Street.
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Charles F. Bryant
Src
Separation Center
Bainbridge
Maryland
Bryant
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. Green Street
Scientists Push Release of Atomic Bomb Data
A seven member committee appointed by Maj. Gen. Groves recommended to the army releasing basic scientific and technical information from the atomic bomb project. Dr. Richard C. Tolman of Caltech, head of the committee, said disclosure would promote national welfare and safety. Tolman advised Groves on the project.
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Pasadena
Calif
Army
L. R. Groves
Richard C. Tolman
California Institute of Technology
Tolman
Gen. Groves
Fort Fisher Buildings Put Up For Sale In Bids
The war department will accept bids March 6 for about 1000 Fort Fisher buildings near Wilmington with a government investment around 2 million dollars. W F Williams, project manager, says it is the largest sale in the South Atlantic since the war and all cash bids are required with removal by August 1, 1946.
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Wilmington
War Department
Fort Fisher
W. F. Williams
Engineer's Office
South Atlantic
Ligget and Myers tobacco value tops $45 million in 1946
Durham readers learn the county tax supervisor lists Ligget and Myers tobacco company value at 45 947 472 up 2 835 490 from 1945. The firm will pay city and county taxes totaling 563 554 75 for the year or about 1543 90 daily.
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Durham
Ligget and Myers Tobacco Company
Admiral Leigh Dies In California At 75
Admiral Richard Henry Leigh 75 former commander in chief of the U S fleet and Navy Board chairman died at a Long Beach naval hospital after a private funeral. He headed anti submarine operations in World War I as chief of staff to Admiral Sims and served as fleet commander in chief in 1932 33 before retiring in 1934 for health reasons. Born Batesville Mississippi he rose from Annapolis to admiral in 1925 and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Long Beach
Calif
Richard Henry Leigh
U. S. Fleet
Navy Board
Washington
Naval Hospital
Arlington National Cemetery
Leigh
William S. Sims
Batesville
Miss
Annapolis
Mental Cases Overcrowding Hospitals
North Carolina mental hospitals at Raleigh and Morganton are crowded with 300 patients beyond capacity and 400 more on waiting lists. Dr. David Young, state superintendent of mental health, cited the figures to urge support for a larger Army hospital at Camp Butner to provide adequate care for mental patients.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Morganton
David Young
Raleigh Exchange Club
Army
Camp Butner
Bodies Of Pair Not Recovered In River Tragedy
Charlotte. Efforts to recover the bodies of two drowning victims from the Catawba river renewed. William Shields 22 and William Stewart 22 both of near Charlotte remain missing two days after a motorboat capsized killing four. Police and searchers had recovered the bodies of companions Sue Tummire 19 and Helen Overcash 20. Mildred Overcash 20 swam to safety.
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Charlotte
Catawba River
William Shields
William Stewart
Ecklenburg County
Sue Tummire
Hickory
Helen Overcash
Miss Overcash
Mildred Overcash
Man Reunites With Stolen Dog After Impromptu Puppy Swap
In Hogansville Georgia Will R Perkins says Fiji his stolen dog two years ago has been replaced by a new puppy left on his door a note claimed I took your little dog but am leaving you a little puppy in the place of it. Perkins considers this a settlement of the old case and believes the matter is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogansville
Will R. Perkins
Fiji
Perkins
Appointment Confirmed Raleigh Youth Services Secretary
William Curtis Ezell of Raleigh, a war veteran and former employee of the state department of public welfare and the federal security agency, is named executive secretary of the state planning board's committee on youth services. Dr. I C Greer of Thomsville is chairman of the committee, which met yesterday to confirm the appointment.
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Raleigh
William Curtis Ezell
State Department of Public Welfare
Federal Security Agency
State Planning Board
I. C. Greer
Thomasvile
Negotiations Stalled in Durham Strike After Four Months
Talks between Erwin cotton mills officials and the striking textile workers union reached a complete stalemate in Durham today. The labor department conciliation service in Washington will be sought to end the strike, which has kept operations shut for four months.
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Durham
Erwin Cotton Mills
Textile Workers’ Union
Labor Department
Washington
Veterans welcomed home after Japan service in Portland
Five thousand veterans from Japan aboard the troopship Chanute were greeted in Portland with banners saying Hello USA Glad To Have You With Us and The Fifth is Back You Lucky Girls. A harbor pilot delivered a welcome proclamation as crowds cheered the 11 402 veterans on board and banners proclaimed a patriotic homecoming.
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Portland
Ore
Fifth Air Force
Japan
Chanute
USA
Population Surges in War-Ravaged Warsaw
War ruined Warsaw adds about 300000 people in four months as Polish repatriates from Soviet Russia and Western Europe surge into the capital. Officials face housing shortages for 400000 residents already here while planning to relocate many to Poland’s western territories to aid rebuilding.
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Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Germany
Ships Armor May Resist Atomic Bomb
The Bikini atoll tests will test ships against atomic blasts with armor showing greater resistance than buildings. Neutrons pierce steel, but water shields, and sea water's salts can become radioactively active. Underwater blasts may harm vessels more than air bursts, while radioactivity in water and near-surfaces remains controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bikini Atoll
South Pacific
Navy
New Mexico
Gildersleeve and Wife Separated Amid Personal Turmoil
Hollywood report notes Harold Peary and his wife announce separation after 17 years of marriage. Ruby Keeler, ex-wife of Al Jolson, marries broker John Lowe and books hospital space likely for Friday birth of her third child. Willis E. Hunt, yacht broker and ex-husband of Carole Landis, is accused of cruelty by his current wife following their marriage.
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Hollywood
Harold Peary
Gildersleeve
Carole Landis
Curtis
Births in North Carolina Outpace Deaths in 1945
North Carolina births in 1945 totaled 88,352, a drop of 4,054 from 1944, while deaths numbered 28,917, down 643 from the previous year. The board notes the record high of 95,251 births in prior years, highlighting the birth excess.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
State Expects Big Enrollment at North Carolina State College
Raleigh February 5 An enrollment of 3000 students a record breaking number is expected at North Carolina State College for the spring term Registrar W L Mayer says 600 to 900 new students will matriculate on March 19 the registration date The college now has 1100 students about 1300 of them World War II veterans Mayer notes housing could raise September enrollment to as much as 5000 if arrangements are made
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Raleigh
N. C
Oliver to lead North Carolina Association of Fairs
W M Oliver of Reidsville is chosen to head the North Carolina Association of Fairs for the coming year in Richmond at the annual meeting held with the Virginia Fair Association gathering. The selection occurred February 5 during the joint session of both organizations.
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Richmond
W. M. Oliver
Reidsville
North Carolina Association of Fairs
Virginia Fair Association
Nylon Hose Sale Triggers Police Riot Car Run
Police rushed two riot cars to a Los Angeles department store after a rumor of a 200 pair nylon hose sale. They found 800 women present, no injuries and no nylons left.
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Los Angeles
Self-Demand Method For Feeding Your Infant
A 1946 King Teatores Syndicate report outlines the self-demand feeding plan for infants, noting benefits like closer mother baby bonding and improved sleep. Studies in Detroit and Washington show feeding frequency declines with age, with gradual weaning and acceptance of new foods, but limited mother mobility for exercise.
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Genevieve Trainham
Detroit
Michigan
Frances P. Simsarian
Preston A. McLendon
Washington, D. C
YMCA Board Meeting Wednesday At 8:30 P M
The YMCA board of directors will meet Wednesday night at 8 30 p m at the YMCA. Final plans for the membership drive will be discussed and reports reviewed, and every member is urged to be present for the important session.
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Ymca. Board of Directors
YMCA
Alpha Art Club Meeting At Mrs Merritt Home
Alpha Art club schedules a Thursday 8 p m gathering at Mrs L S Merritt. All members are urged to attend this local club event. The note lists times and hosts with no additional details.
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Alpha Art Club
L. S. Merritt
Homecoming for Pfc William Lovelace After 32 Months Abroad
Pfc William Lovelace of 308 Vail Street returns from 32 months in the Pacific war. He served at Guadalcanal New Guinea and Russell Islands and wears the good conduct ribbon, the Pacific campaign ribbon, and two bronze stars. He is welcomed home by his wife Mrs Martha Lovelace.
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William Lovelace
Vail St
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Russell Islands
Martha Lovelace
Two Day Nutrition School Planned for Farmers
RALEIGH February 5 Dr W J Peterson head of North Carolina State College animal industry department announced a two day nutrition school for farmers and feed dealers still grappling with a three year feed and protein shortage. Dr R W Cummings head of the college agronomy department will discuss new feed treatment methods and D S Coltrane assistant state commissioner of agriculture will outline the growth of the feed mixing industry in the state.
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Raleigh
W. J. Peterson
N. C. State College
Up College
R. W. Cummings
College Agronomy
D. S. Coltrane
No Bail Granted in Bladen County Murder Case
In Elizabeth town on February 5, Woodrow Ewing 18 was ordered held without bond for murder after a coroner s inquest found him responsible for the deaths of his wife Camille Louise Miller Ewing 18 and her infant daughter Julia Ann 14 months old. The grand jury will reconvene with the March term of Bladen County Superior Court.
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Elizbethtown
Woodrow Ewing
Bladen County
T. W. Young
Ewing
Superior Court
H. Manly Clark
Camille Louise Miller Ewing
Julia Ann
Japanese Invention: The Sold Ing Fan Emerges in Seventh Century
A historical note credits Japanese innovators with introducing the sold ing fan in the seventh century, marking an early example of cooling devices. The claim links ancient craft to technological progress in East Asia.
Billion Dollars Worth Of Planes To Be Scrapped
Six thousand U S Army planes in Europe costing about 1 billion dollars are to be scrapped as militarily obsolete with no peacetime use. The batch includes hundreds of bombers fighters and gliders such as 427 B 17s 36 B 24s 1 159 P 47s 962 P 51s 180 P 38s 308 A 20s and 2 005 gliders. Also noted is the clearing of mines in a hundred thousand Russian towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Army
Europe
U. S. Airforce
Hitler
Executors Notice in Guilford County Estate Proceeding
Executors Dorothy Byrum Hendrix and Eugene Hendrix announce the estate of Luther L. Hendrix is open for claims. Claimants must present by February 6, 1947 or be barred. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Jamestown Route 1 is listed as the executors’ address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther L. Hendrix
Guilford County
North Carolina
Dorothy Byrum Hendrix
Eugene Hendrix
Luther L. Hennedrix
Jamestown
Calotabs Promised to Relieve Hazardous Cold Constipation
Warns that constipation during colds may trap virus-laden mucus and waste, risking complications. Promotes Calotabs as a dependable intestinal eliminant that cleanses the tract and aids Nature in fighting the cold. Advises obtaining from a druggist and using as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
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Doan
Bryant Discharged
California
Minnie
Rastus
Howard W. Blakeslee
Radio- Associated Press
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
E Navy
Kikini
Earth
Metal
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Babb
Herman WN. Bundesen, M.D
King Teatores Syndicate, Inc
Ymca Board
Heavenly Gospel Singers
Bethel Holiness Church
Kivett Drive
Business Men's Civic Club
Carl Chavis Ymca
High Point Armory
America
Johnny Long and His Orchestra
Featuring Petite
Titian Haired
Frances Lane
Nation
Junior Chamber Commerce
Clark-Hutchens Memorial
M. O
C. D. Loflin
High Point Enterprise
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