Red Cross Drives Induction Prep as 197 Leave for Exams
The first Selective Service group leaves for pre induction physicals at Fort Benning under a new plan. About 60 percent are married with children and many previously classified 4 F are now called. A large draft follows with 59,000 dollars raised for the drive and a 21 to 9 day leave before active duty.
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Fort
Atlanta
James Norman Griffin
Willieer
William Ashley Thomp
Clarence Millard Stamey
Id Arthur Holmes
Hicks Wil Lance
Hugh Jones Smart
Brown Bailey
James Rold Burgess
Chester Wilson Elliott Sherrill Wood
Rman Charles Cook
John Wade Russell
Joseph
Howard O. Williams
Hasii Jones Mabe
William Clayd
Herbert Clyde Jarrell
Grayson Kennedy
Joan Elwood Cox
Robert Iveryvett
James Shelton Moffitt
Lord Benjamin Bryant
Robert Hulin
Grover Artees Tilley
Norman Lawrence Clapp
Harery
Donald MacMillion
William Dillion
Roy Cornelius Chil
Kenneth William Royal
Roy Wayne
Harvey Paul Berrier
Lindsay Rankin, Jr
Gil Morgan Mitchell
Franklin Welch
Dennis Luther Hed
Lindsay Hugh Baker
Tobis Embler
Henry Cobb Nance
Daniel Wright
Howard Jt Holbrook
John Paul
Howard Darnsby Marsh
Hayes Rouse
Sherman Thomas William Holt
James Francis Hubbard
Ray Dewey Newnam
Courtneyard Halker
James Coe Chert
Paul Linville Mendenhall
Weeklong dedication and mission school announced at Main Street church
Pastor Rev Walter Kelly said a week of dedication services will run from a day at the Main Street Methodist Church through reh 5. Dial sermons are planned tonight and Monday at 7 30 p m with Dr O Williamson and Rev Cecil aworth as speakers. Wednesday features a mission study text The church After The War and a musical program by the Brooks Memorial Church Negro 1. L L Wilkinson will speak Thursday. Sunday March 5 closes with a 5 p m ram by the churches led by Madison kton Spach of Winston Salem.
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School of Missions
Main Street Method
Reh 5
Walter Kelly
O Williamson
Firstsbyterian Church
Cecilaworth
Central Ends
Sion
Rch
Brooks Rial Methodist Church
L. L. Wilkinson
Misry
Youngee
Ram
Madison Kton Spach
Winston-Salem
Thomas Car Works Loses War Contract Cancellation
Officials at the Thomas Car Works announced the War Department cancelled a war contract that had been active. The firm will shift to other work immediately and hire staff through the United States Employment Service. No specific reason was given for the cancellation.
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Thomas Car Works
War Department
Car Company
United States
Svice
Warrtment
Sgt Nelson Buys War Bonds for 24th Birthday in Italy
Sergeant Clarion G Nelson of the Army Air Corps in Italy marks his 24th birthday by having his mother purchase 2500 dollars in war bonds. He has served over three years and spent 19 months overseas, including North Africa and Sicily before Italy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Nelson of 313 Montlieu Avenue and formerly worked at Hillcrest Throwing Company.
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Judith Nadine McDade
William P. McDade
Judith
U. S. Army
Clarion G. Nelson
Army Air Corps
Italy
Nelson
High Point
Army
Hillcrest
W. A. Nelson
Montlieu, Avenue
Ration Tokens To Be Used Here First Time Monday
The introduction of red and blue ration tokens marks a new phase in purchasing starting Monday with stamps and tokens in book four. Blue stamps 8A to 8E and red stamps 8A to 8C become valid today through March 20. tokens serve as 1 point change for red and blue stamps and will be used only at purchase.
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High Point
George W. Hutchens
OPA
Princess Juliana Arrives in Jamaica En Route to Canada
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands arrives in Kingston Jamaica by plane on February 26 during a tour of the Dutch West Indies before continuing to Canada.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Canada
Dutch West Indies
City Seeks Action On Erosion Threat To Lake
City manager Roy S Braden and highway official Vance Baise discuss erosion along rural roads in the High Point lake watershed. A plan to protect the lake from silt is sought with a detailed study by highway engineers. The lake faces reduced capacity within years without watershed protection.
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Roy S. Braden
Vance Baise
High Point City Lake
Raleigh
Baise
High Point
Highway Commission
High Point City
Braden
Burial awaits on daughter for Mrs. Nannie Weathers
The body of 69 year old Mrs. Nannie E. Weathers lies at her daughter Mrs. G W Cooper’s home at 1609 Franklin Street awaiting the arrival of another daughter Mrs. Naomi Allen from California before burial.
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Nannie E. Weathers
G. W. Cooper
Franklin Street
Naomi Allen
California
Heavy docket of 158 cases slated for trial in jury session
One hundred fifty eight cases are set for trial at High Point Municipal Court during the criminal jury term opening Tuesday February 29. The docket shows 96 white defendants and 62 Black defendants with major categories including immoral conduct and assaults. Numerous driving drunk and prohibition cases appear, with lists of defendants and charges such as assault driving drunk resisting arrest and occupancy of immoral rooms noted.
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High Point
J. O. Syes
J. O. Sykes
O. Sykes
Floyd Reeves
Ella Mae Owens
Chris Bambalis
Junior Grubb
Carlos Johnson
Lindsay Hunt
Virginia Hiatt
5 687 Persons Cooperating In Share Ride Program Here
A survey by J. F. Jones shows 5 687 persons cooperating in High Point OPA share the ride plan. About 1960 cars are used with an average of three riders per car excluding the driver. The program has expanded from 30 plants to 69, with a transportation committee guiding car occupancy.
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High Point
OPA
J. F. Jones
Rationing Board
Jones
Rd Jones
Slents
Te Eaten Furniture Co
R. L. Day
Shelton Foran -Shwth
W. D. Manerson & Phillips
Roy E. Week
Willis Crown Hosiery Hill
Amos R. Kearns
Charles Kearns
O. M. Ballinger
J. M. Dodson
R. R. Kearns
Diamond Hosiery Mill
W. D. Harrison
Norma Cox
J. C. Sanders
Furniture City Mfg. Co
Herman Billing
Hoyt Yarborough
A. L
Miner
Glenn Hosiery Co
Glenn Smith
Hoyt J. Jernigan
E. Price
Globe Parlor Furn
Lucy G. Peace
Worth Lewallen
Vernon Hepler
Guilford Hosiery
Joe Skeen
Jack Saunders
Robert H. Bain
Harris
H. P. Harrison
I. Paul Ingle
Cameron Deans
C. L. Easter
B. L. Phillips
Bill Samuels
Albert Jones
Hillcrest Throwing Co
A. V. Guyer
D. S. McGuire
J. B. Davis
Highland Cotton Mill
C. M. Hunsucker
Dan H. Monroe
John J. White
Haltom Hosiery Mill
W. W. Idol
Ruth Harris
Jackson Jery Mill
R. F. Laws
Edna Logan
G. Walser
Kearns Furn, Co
Grady Clark
O. Sheffield
J. W
Manning To Describe Air War On Nazis
CBS foreign correspondent Paul Manning will lecture at High Point Senior High School Thursday night after arriving Wednesday. The talk, plus a two reel film and an open forum, follows his arrival hosted by the Exchange Club with Brownie Wagner coordinating arrangements.
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RAF
Paul Manning
CBS
Germany
Europe
France
Manning
Exchange Club
Topnotch
High Point
Brownie Wagner
Wagner
Boarders Strike Halts Army Sock Production At Five Mills
Five North Carolina mills Guilford O E Kearns and Son Crown Amos and Harriss and Covington halted work on U S Army socks as boarders refused to process certain styles A wage dispute with the War Labor Board and AFL officials tied to the strike affected five to seven million pairs of socks with civilian orders diverted to keep production moving.
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United States Army
Guilford
O. E. Kearns and Son
Crown
Amos and Harriss
Covington
United Textile. Workers of America
U.S. Conciliation Service
War Labor Board
Little Steel
WLB
AFL
Youth Drafted in Chemistry and Engineering Ages 18 to 22
Dr. A B Newman of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers says fifteen thousand men aged 18 to 22 with training in chemistry engineering and physics face the draft under a new ruling. He argues they will benefit the nation more in industry than in uniform. U S milk production rose from 46 billion quarts in 1929 to 55 billion in 1943.
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New York
INS
A. B. Newman
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
United States
Letters From Home Aid For Service Men By Volunteers
Families unable to write to loved ones in service can have letters written for them by volunteers from the Writers Bureau of the CDVO. Miss Alice Caldwell says letters will be dictated and read back, with free paper provided. Volunteers from the Service Corps and YWCA Girl Reserve will staff the Civilian Defense office at 102 West Washington Street.
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Writers Bureau
CDVO
Alice Caldwell
Miss Caldwell
Service Corps
Girl Reserve Division
The
YWCA
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
West Washington Street
WACs May Replace Some Demobilized Records Officers
War Department communication suggests World War Two and Demobilized Records branches may see transfers. Lt. Col. Lee Ward notes seven officers in WW2 and one in Demobilized Records could be affected, with WACs available for assignment to High Point branches.
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Lee Ward
War Department
Washington
D. C
High Point
Col. Ward
Marriage Licenses Issued by Deputy Horney in Guilford and Forsyth
Deputy Regis ter Gene Horney issued two marriage licenses yesterday. Private Richard D. Shaver and Elaine Phillips of Guilford county appear with Charles E. Carter and Amy Ophelia Morgan of Forsyth county.
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Gene Horney
Richard D. Shaver
Guilford County
Elaine Phillips
Charles E. Carter
Forsyth County
Amy Ophelia Morgan
Comprehensive Gardening Plan For High Point Schools
Dr. W. J. McAnally in High Point leads a comprehensive gardening program for local schools this year. He teams with Superintendent Charles F. Carroll and will bring in experts from A. and T. College for Negroes Greensboro to direct field work and advise on seeds and canning, with Governor Broughton backing the effort as a statewide demonstration.
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High Point
W. J. McAnally
McAnally
Charles F. Carroll
Carroll
A. & T. College For
Greensboro
Broughton
Mc_Anally
Broughton And Meisel To Speak At Red Cross Kickoff
Governor J Broughton and Max E Meisel Jr will headline a Red Cross War Fund kickoff in North Carolina. Foscue notes week of conferences and last minute planning ahead of the March 7 event.
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Broughton
Meisel
Henry A. Foscue
Public Library Adds Books To Its Shelves
The public library announces new titles available for circulation including The Signpost by E Arnot Robertson Victoria Grandolet by Henry Bellamann Der Fuehrer by Konrad Heiden Corner of Heaven by Kathleen Norris and many more by notable authors.
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the Public Library
The
Signpost
E. Arnot Robertson
Victoria Grandolet
Henry Bellamann
der Fuehrer
Konrad Heiden
Corner of Heaven
Kathleen Norris
Michael Innes
Barbara Hedworth
Ben Ames Williams
Claudia
Rose Franken
Taylor Caldwell
Kay Boyle
Belfry
Norman Matson
Wallace Stegner
Elizabeth Seifert
Ruth Willock
Robert Nathan
Mannix Walker
Kathleen Harris
Rusty Carrousel
Francis Sylvia
Frances Winwar
Shade
Sycat Percy Marks
Ruth McKee
Adelaide Humphries
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Ission
Sgt. Nelson
Oorseas
Princess Juliana
J. E. Kiser
SueGober
Sue Gober
Richard Perryman
J. Irvin Lockabill
Ollie Southern
Lucille Rogers
Hazel Southard
Clara Lee Medlin
J. W. Polson
Willard Jones
Dell Allen
Alvina Campbell
J. T Sugg
Media Kennedy
Lucille Hyde
M. D. Hill
Roy Hill
U.S. Army
GOV. Broughton
Max E. Meisel, JR
Wacs
J. Broughton
Red Crest
American Red Cross
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Lae
Finschafen
W. E. Mitchell
Sheraton Hotel
W. T. Powell
Robert D. Davis
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