Local notices and events span dinner talks and conferences
Dr. J Henry Highsmith will speak to junior and Lenin high school faculties tonight at a dinner meeting. Carollinas building material dealers plan their annual meeting tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel. E A Resch and James S Goode direct Furniture South, now in its 12th year. Bill Curry Jr is influenza bound. Mor gan lecture trip to Greensboro with Dr G Campbell Morgan. Freezing temperatures threaten the region and a landslide trap endangers seven men in Fletcher. Roosevelt to convene governors at the White House two days after inauguration.
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J. Henry Highsmith
North Carolina
Carolinas
Sheraton
E. A. Resch
James S. Goode
Furniture South
Fletcher
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Acting Secretary Of State Polk Dies In New York
New York Feb 8. Frank Lyon Polk 71 long served as acting secretary of state under Wilson. He died after a brief illness at his Fifth Avenue home. Polk led the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference after World War I, during Lansing and Wilson administrations.
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James Jones
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emile Coue
Walter Kropf
Chicago
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Cove
New York
Frank Lyon Polk
Wilson
Fifth Avenue
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Balkans
Kaiser Wilhelm
Romania
Winston Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Bucharest
Antonescue
Stalin
Crimea
Reichswehr
Weather Summary for Southern States and Charlotte Report
North and South Carolina remain cool and cold through this afternoon and tonight. Georgia stays rather cool with slightly higher western temperatures. Charlotte notes official weather bureau records for the 24 hours ending 7:30 am show temperature and rainfall data.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Rutledge weighs $25 monthly pay boost for teachers
Rep Carlyle Rutledge of Kannapolis says he is considering introducing a bill in the legislature to raise pay by $25 a month for public school teachers principals and superintendents. He prefers this plan now to the proposed nine month term.
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Kannapolis
Carlyle Rutledge
Fiber flax farming expansion in wartime Oregon
Wartime demand drives rapid growth in Oregon fiber flax. Corn cultivation widespread across American republics and many nations. Southern Chile shows extensive Patagonian archipelago areas. Manitoba forest area officially estimated at 137000 square miles.
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Chile
Patagonian Archipelago
Manitoba
Canada
Rev J A Palmer Honored On 25th Pastorate Anniversary
Rev J A Palmer pastor of Heidelberg Reformed Church in Thomasville is honored by the congregation and city ministers on the 25 year anniversary. Two services feature tributes from Dr J Leonard and others. Palmer, born near Albemarle, educated at Crescent Academy, Catawba College, and Central Theological Seminary, has led growth and a future church site at Salem and Forsyth. He has served on the Thomasville school board and welfare board and held multiple community roles.
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J. A. Palmer
Heidelberg Reformed Church
W. C. Lyerly
C. C. Wagoner
J. C. Leonard
Lee F., Tuttle
W. K. McGee
Banks Peeler
E. E. Snow
Charles F. Lambeth
J. W. Boyles
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Stanly County
Crescent Academy
Rowan County
Catawba College
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Ohio
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Beaulah
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Etna Little
Newton
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Salem
Forsyth
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Davidson County Welfare Board
Red Cross Commission
Thomasville Ministerial Association
Masonic Order
Violent Deaths In State Take At Least Three Lives
North Carolina records at least three violent deaths in a single week end. A Lumberton taxi driver, Laurence Tew, 22, died when his car veered off a highway and into the Lumber River swamp near Whiteville. Pvt. Herman W. Angel, 35, was killed in an accident near Carolina Beach, as notified to his father in Stokesdale. John Eller, a Wilkes County resident, died by suicide in the Doyle community.
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North Carolina
Laurence Tew
Lumberton
Whiteville
Lumber River
Herman W. Angel
Carolina Beach
J. Wirt Angel
Stokesdale
B. M. Myers
John Eller
Doyle
Wilkes County
Today’s Radio Programs Schedule Summary
Radio schedule lists programs and corrections across networks with time shifts. Notable items include Captain Midnight and The Ben Bernie Musical Bow serials, Fred Waring, Amos and Andy, Luxurious headliners, and a mix of news, dramatic serials, and concert broadcasts from 6 PM to midnight.
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Farrell
Biu
Ben Bernie
Cbs
Shrednick
Newa
Cbs Dixie
Joe Rines
Blu Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Nbe
Jack Armstrong
Blu
Walter Cassel
Bill Stern
Ube
Lowell Thomason
Midnight
Fred Waring
Col Stoopnagle
Blu Amos and Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Ceiling Unlimited
Cbs the
Dinning Sisters
Blondie Dagwood
Buffalo
Kaltenborn
the Cavalcade of America
Earl Godwin
Vox
Poppy Parks
Warren
Lum
Abner
Blu Barry Sisters
Willard
Alfred Wallenstein
Dr Hagen
Voorhees
Cecil B. de Mille
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs
Blu Alexander
Dale Carnegie
People
Raymond G. Swing
Screen Guild Players & Guests
Raymond Clapper
Gracie Fields
Dean Pardue
Nbe Basin Street
Cbhe-East
Cbs-West
Paul Schubert
Dancing Music Orchestra
Nbe-East
Dhs
London
Radio Newsree
Wilmington rent chief named state officer
George W. Jeffrey, rent director for the Wilmington New Bern Jacksonville area, has been named chief state rent officer of the Office of Price Administration WV. The report notes over 100 million tons of coal will be used to supply chemicals in 1943.
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Raleigh
George W. Jeffrey
Wilmington
New Bern-Jacksonville
Office of Price Administration
Blue Monday reflections mix faith and history notes
A Sunday diary recounts a string of travel mishaps from missed buses to a funeral, ending with reflections on resilience and faith. The writer intertwines memories of William Henry Harrison, his campaigns, and the idea of Firsts in North Carolina, touching on civic pride and historical anecdotes.
Political tide shifts on Capitol Hill election aftermath
A Sixth Missouri District vote to fill a vacancy boosts GOP hopes for a 1944 comeback. Philip A. Bennett wins by 28 points in a district once strongly Democratic, with his 55,000 voters and 83,000 total showing a mounting anti New Deal sentiment.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Missouri
Norally
Philip A. Bennett
Democrats
North Africa
Solomons
New Guinea
G.O.P
Bennett
Grand Old Party
War Stamp Sales Reach Over 559 Million in War Bonds Drive
Treasury report shows War Savings Stamp sales from May 1941 to November 1942 totaling 559,777,000. Monthly average rose from under 3 million to about 50 million as citizens prepare for a January February push to convert partially filled albums into War Bonds.
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Ashington
D. C
Treasury Department
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