Knox Lake named by city council in memory of Edward M
City council in regular session curtails fire protection outside city limits to within 500 feet of hydrants. They plan to fund a new pumper and name the north fork Yadkin River project lake Knox Lake in honor of late City Manager Edward M Knox.
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Yadkin River
Knox Lake
Edward M
Roy Braden
E.K. Ingram
Ingram
National Board of Fire Underwriters
W.P. Ricks
Theasville Road
Ricks
Arnold Koonce
Grover Jones
Yadkin
James Greensboro
McClamrock
Edward M. Knox
Gate City Motor Company
Fire Department
Red
Leonard
Joe A. Leonard
Ton
Mass
Marilda Cecil
High Point
Minnie Carter
Jamestown
Further E Bond Sales Are Urged By Mendenhall
Ed Mendenhall, point chairman of the Fourth War Loan drive, urged High Point to buy more E bonds to lift Guilford County over its $375000 county target. He stressed that money and applications must reach the federal reserve by Tuesday to count toward the drive and noted the county’s emergency in meeting obligations. Additional canvasses will continue in Greensboro and rural Guilford as servicemen overseas and at home feel the backing from their community.
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High Point
Guilford County
Ed Menderhall
Federal Reserve Bank
Guilford
J. T. Warmath
Chainiancas
Greensboro
Mendenhall
RED Cross
WAVES Recruitment Highlighted At Forty and Eight Meeting
Miss Ann McGill spoke in High Point on a WAVES recruiting drive urging women to join Navy duty. She cited 91,000 to 100,000 positions needing fill and long shifts as men remain at sea. Age limits are 20 to 36 enlisted and 20 to 49 officers with minimal education requirements.
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High Point Volture
American Legion
D.C. MacRae
Ann McGill
N.R
Atlanta
Navy
Motor Club to Close Saturday Afternoons
The Carolina Motor Club will close Saturday afternoons at 1 o clock due to staff shortages, ending the 5 pm hours. Jimmie Allen Bell, three day old son of Pvt. and Mrs. Charles G. Bell, died in a local hospital. The funeral was held at Young's funeral home with Rev. Harold Hadley officiating, burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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Carolina Motor Club
Thelma Ryan
RED Cross
Jimmie Allen Bell
Charles G. Bell
Iints
Thomas Bell
Margaret
Charles Bell
Pvt. Bell
Camp Blanding
Fila
Yowg
Harold Hadley
Springfield Friends Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Penetro vapor rub marketed as soothing for colds
An advertisement extols Penetro as a comforting remedy for cold symptoms. It claims mothers’ touch and a modern science base with old fashioned mutton suet, rubs in easily without blistering, and offers a double supply at 35 cents with a refund if not delighted.
Red Cross Delivers Plasma Through Mountain Trails
The Red Cross transports life saving plasma to Fifth Army aid stations despite rugged mountain routes. Pvt. William J. Peters, a mule skinner, escorts the supply. The drive calls for more than 5,000,000 pints of blood in 1944, with 35 centers nationwide and Atlanta and Washington as nearest in state.
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RED Cross
Fifth Army
Mule-Skinner
William J. Peters
Army
Navy
United States
Atlanta
Wash
Big Crowd Attends Brotherhood Week Meeting at HPC
A large crowd of High Point residents gathered for a city wide Brotherhood Week event at HPC. Leaders Rabbi Mihatey Father J Colgan and Dr C Excelle Rozzelle spoke on cooperation across races and creeds. Army Air Force cadets from the college joined the gathering as Horace S Haworth read Roosevelt's Brotherhood Week proclamation.
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High Point
Ar Ata
G. M. Nichols
Norma Mae Brooks
Lena Sale
Helen Upshaw
Horace S. Haworth
Roosevelt
Army Air Force Aviation
RED Cross
Tax Estimate Filing Period Extended to April Fifteenth
Harold N Graves acting commissioner of internal revenue announced the filing deadline for the 1944 estimated income and victory tax has moved to April 15. He stressed that 1943 tax returns are due by March 15 and that only a limited number of taxpayers must file estimates this year.
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Harold N. Graves
Internal Revenue
Graves
RED Cross
Stop Sign Violation Leads to Court Costs in High Point
R P Saunders of 505 Tate Street appeared in High Point Municipal Court after allegedly running a stop sign while claiming a gasoline shortage caused his excitement. He told Judge D C Mac Rae he had just visited the rationing board and received his A book. The court ordered Saunders to pay 3.50 in costs as a calming measure.
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High Point
R. P. Saunders
Tate Street
D. C. MacRae
Saunders
RED Cross
Lions Club speaker outlines origins and aims of Lionism
John H. Kalte deputy district governor Lions International spoke at the Lions Club dinner in the Sheraton. He traced Lionism to 1917, noting about 4,380 clubs in the U.S. and 12 other countries with around 170,000 members and highlighted eye care as a major project. He praised fellowship and civic service as benefits of membership.
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John H. Kalte
Lions International
Lions Club
Sheraton Hotel
R. H. Smith
Kalte
United States
Ren
Lions
Job Quitters May Have to Wait 60 Days for New Job
War Manpower Commission warns that workers who quit without good cause face up to 60 days deferral before seeking new employment. Local office director Rachel Shiplett says no availability certificate is issued if leaving was unjustified. Workers must remain on current jobs until a certificate of availability for another job is issued.
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The
War Manpower Commission
Rachel Shiplett
RED Cross
Urgent Help Sought for Truck Mechanics and Drivers
Local U S Employment Service reports an urgent demand for automob and truck mechanics drivers sewing machine operators and railroad track workers. Employers including truck and trailer operators and factories have joined the call. Contact through the employment office advised for those seeking work or already in critical roles.
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U.S. Employment Service
Purse snatcher given 18 months and bound over in court
Jerry Ock 19 year old Negro of 1201 Leonard Street was sentenced to 18 months for simple larceny after admitting to stealing pocketbooks from two local women. He was bound over for trial on larceny from the person in superior court, with a March 6 hearing set.
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Wasim
Jerry Ock
Leonard Street
Mack
Elizabeth Hughes
West High Street
Miss Edwards
Lucille Bartlett
West Broad
Charles Hill, Jr
Route One
Hill
North Main Street
RED Cross
Brotherhood Theme at Kiwanis Meet
Kiwanis Club noon luncheon at the Sheraton featured Rev. Wilson O. Weldon Father Bernadine Watson and Rabbi Eugene Mihaley speaking on Brotherhood Week. Mihaley tied brotherhood to unity across faiths while stressing shared human stakes amid totalitarian threats.
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Brotherhood
Meet of Kiwanis Club
The
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Bernadine Watson
Christ the King Catholic Church
Eugene Mihaley
Synatie
Mihaley
Germany
America
Bernadine
Lawton Dutton
Sortee Haworth
Milford Byerly
W. D. Armstrong
Stanly Gilbert
Arch K. Schoch
Broadus Casey
J. P. Laux
Bethlehem
Elm And Johnson Gra-Y Cagers Cup Games
Elm Street defeated Bay Street 13 to 9 and Johnson beat Ada Blair 12 to 9 in Gra-Y league action. Three Saturday morning games will close the regular season with finals to follow next week.
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Elm Street
Johnson Street
Bay Street
Johnson
Ada Blair
Cloverdale
Ray Street
Emma Blair
Oak Hill
Braden
Grover Jones
Raleigh
Local Government Commission
City of
Paramushiro Route Looms As Path For Attack On Japs
New York reports Allied planners eye Paramushiro in the Kuriles as the next possible route toward Japan. American and Allied forces push from Attu and other fronts as air and sea power probe the Arctic corridor, aiming at disabling Japanese industry and cutting supply lines. Red Cross appeals for greater war-time support.
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Paramushiro
New York
Pacific
Japan
Kurile Islands
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Adm
Chaster Nimitz
Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Arctic
Attu
Aleutians
Tokyo
Army Navy
Tok
Navy
Rene Seeo
Five Permits Issued For Repairs And Alterations
Five permits for repairs and alterations were issued this morning by the city building and plumbing inspector. J. H. Pritchard to reroof a seven room dwelling on West Bay street for 216 dollars. Lawrence Freeman to repair at 302 Phillips street for 56 dollars. Max Lamet to repair a dwelling at 707 West Green for 500 dollars. De Oonneny to waterproof and repair a building on Main street for 500 dollars. Frank Riggs to reroof a dwelling on 212 N street for 105 dollars.
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City Building and Plumbing Inspector
J. H. Pritchard
West Bay Street
Lawrence Freeman
Phillips Street
Max Lamet
West Green
Ee Main Street
Frank Riggs
N Street
Marines In Pacific Cheer Gene Tunney
Comdr Gene Tunney USN spoke to Leathernecks sailors and Sea bees at a Pacific outpost. He recalled his Devil Dog days and noted he entered the Marine Corps as a private in World War I, leaving two years later still a private. He praised morale and urged continued physical readiness.
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Pacific
INS
Comdr
Gene Tunney
USN
Navy
Marine Corps
Tunney
Marine Corps Service
Paul Manning Set for Early Arrival for European Air War Talk
Paul Manning the foreign correspondent will arrive a day early for a March 2 lecture on the European sky war. J D Ross said Manning will speak at the Senior School auditorium after arriving via the High Point Exchange. Manning is one of eight air observers trained for bombing missions over Germany and is recognized by Ed Murrow and other war commentators as well informed on the air war and its effects. He plans to show two films, one technicolor, one from a Tripe.
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Paul Manning
J. D. Ross
Manning
High Point Exchange
United States
Germany
América
Ed Murrow
BCS
London
Bremen
Europe
Kernersville Man Hurt In Goodyear Plant Explosion
Edward Clark formerly of Kernersville was seriously injured in an explosion at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plant in East Akron last Friday. He worked in the pump bores where the blast occurred and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ly Clark of Kernersville. He is married to Virginia Perdue of this city.
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Edward
Kernersville
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Clark
Ly Clark
Virginia Perdue
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R. P. Gorrel
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Carvirese
Elm and Johnson
Ghandi
Mohandas Ghandi
Aga Khan
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Nat Walker
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