Civil Service Row Sparks High Point City Hall Debate
James Lovelace defends a push for a full time civil service secretary and accuses Renfrew of seeking political control. He cites petitions signed by city employees, a split City Council, and alleged past promises, arguing civil service should remain nonpartisan and efficient. Wade Renfrow also responds, noting origins of the measure and party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lovelace
the Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
High Point
Renfrew
Clyde Shreve
Su- Court
Commission
Jim Lovelace
Jim Lace
Civil Service Commission
Democratic Executive Committee
James B. Lovelace
Renfrow
Civil Service Commission of
Civil Service Act
Goers
Lovelace
Emoe
Legisation
Raleigh
Wade Renfrow
Service members listed in local dispatches from World War II
Brooklyn and North Carolina families note sons and husbands in the U. S. Navy Army Air Forces and Marine Corps. Members include Stone Cary Jones in North Africa and John W. Dickens in Bainbridge Maryland, with wives and parents cited at several local addresses. Other names: James Murphey Fort Lewis. Carmis Wolfe son of late Fred Wolfe. Jack Allen and Howard Swaim. Charles Waggoner. James Wright. William Adams. Logan Bishop. Revd Whitt. Herman Poole. Nick Bambalis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmis Fred Wolfe
U. S. Navy
Seaman Wolfe
Fred
Lillie L. Wolfe
James R. Lawson
Mount Airy
Bainbridge
High Point
Mazie L. Dawkins
Bill Lawson
State Revenue Offices Open For Tax Filing Aid
State Revenue Department offices in the County Building will open 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. daily from March 1 to help residents file income and intangible taxes. Deputy commissioner W E Bayless said all filers over thresholds must submit returns. Bayless notes services are free. Corporal William B Lackey, formerly of High Point College, has been promoted and stationed at Aliceville Alabama.
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State Revenue Department
W. E. Bayless
Bayless
William B. Lackey
High Point College
Aliceville
Ala
Promoted Lt Walter L Hargett Jr In U S Army Air Corps
Promoted to first lieutenant in the Navigation Division. He is stationed at Sillman Field Monroe Louisiana where he has served as air navigation instructor since last fall. He earned wings as a second lieutenant at Kelly Field last May and was an aviation cadet at Scott Field II before that. He recently returned to Sillman Field after visiting his mother and will make his home in Monroe with his wife Ruth Krabbe of St Louis.
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Walter L. Hargett, Jr
United States Army Air Corps
Sillman Field
Monroe
Hargett
Kelly Field
Scott Field, II
Washington
W. L. Hargett
Johnson Street
Ruth Krabbe
St. Louis
Rickenbackers Talks Spark Union Action in New York
The National Maritime Union CIO announced plans to have American seamen attend every future Eddie Rickenbacker speech. A New York union resolution says his speeches aim to create disruption in the labor movement and urges joint action with other maritime unions to show that torpedoed sailors and others deserve citizenship rights.
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New York
National Maritime Union, Cio
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Union Brothers and Sisters
New Orleans
San Francisco
Great Lakes
Kalamazoo
Celler urges sky freedom as postwar aim for U S
Rep. Sidney J. Celler argues for freedom of the skies over sovereignty of the air in a Blue Network address. He criticizes isolationist tones, outlines reciprocal air agreements, and contrasts air rights with freedom of the seas, noting practical limits and international implications.
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Celler
Sky Freedom
U.S
Washington
F.b
D-Ny
United States
Clare Luce
Rconn
Russia
England
China
Holland
America
Luce
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Friddle
Ingram
Shreve
Public Works
L. J. Fisher, Jr
Continental
U. S
George J. Duggins
Camp Davis
J. C. Duggins
Park Street
Stone
Brooklyn, N. Y
Mr. and
W. R. Stone
Cpl
John Cary
Ing
North Africa
J. R. Jones
Chesterfield, S. C
Frances Myers
Cable Street
John W. Dickens
M. M. Dickens
Springfield Road
Dickens
Navy
Sgt
James
Murphey
302Nd Ordnance Regiment
Fort Lewis
J. B. Cave
Vine Street
Camp Sutton
N. C
Proving Grounds
Illinois
Dask Allen
W. H Royals
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jack
H. H. Jones
Willowbrook Street
Pvt
Howard D. Swaim
Co. L. Swaim
Route Two
High Point High School
Watt's Bakery Co
Keesler Field
Miss
394Th Technical School of Army Mechanics
Charles
Waggoner
S. H. Waggoner
Almira St
Bradley Field
Conn
Ruby Waggoner
James A
Wright
Keesler
Field
Mrs. Lillian
William H
Adams, James
Route
Rine Corps Serv
Logan Bish
Camp Irwin
Bartow
Calif
Bishop
L. E. Bishop
Allen Jay
Vite
Othe H. Doody
I. FE. Leonard
Thomasville
la Garde General Hospital
Erlanger Cotton Mill
Lexington
Whitt
Herman
Poole
Sta
White, Oregon
Ervice
Is the
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South
Kwrenn
Nick Bambalis
Medford
Oreg
Mee
Fienne Crooks
Bambal- Mm
Bambalis
Pfe
Camp White
Oregon
Raymond L
Ber
In Vogue
DRY Cleaning Company
Wallace
London
Australia
Laguardia Field
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Dallas
Los Angeles
Cunard Lines
Canal
Branch of
Automotive Research
Chamber OF Commerce
Betts Drug Store
Rialto Theatre
Oldsmobile
Highlands Motors, Inc
North Main ST
Petrolagar
Vwheatami
Hind
Alen
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