NC General Assembly Face Cash Surplus and War Tax
North Carolina heads into a wartime session facing a large general fund surplus of about 30 million dollars and a highway fund surplus around 13 thousand dollars. Governors and officials debate using bonds, expanded programs, or tax cuts while planning a rainy day fund as revenue is expected to fall after the war. The session will tackle school funding, pay raises, redistricting, taxes, and capital punishment laws.
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State Highway and Public Works Department
Broughton
Edwin Gill
The Little Man Who Always Was There at Short
Dick Broadus Culler, a 155 pound, 5 foot 9 inch infielder, recalls trials with the A's and a steady rise from Reidsville to Nashville and St Paul. His superb fielding record and versatility keep him in demand with White Sox hopes for a daily role next season.
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A's
Culler
Mexico City
Philadelphia
White Sox
Dodger
Reidsville
Jim Poole
Phil Rizutto
Nashville
Johnny Mihalic
Larry Gilbert
Truck Hannah
Memphis
St. Paul
Truck
Vols
Little Wizard
Rizutto
American Association
Eddie Stanky
Huck Geary
Lou Klein
Evelyn Williams
Graham
N. C
Broadus
Dickie
Richard Broadus
Chicago
Yankees President Seeks Later Season Start
Edward G. Barrows, president of the New York Yankees, urges a season opening April 27 instead of April 13 to allow clubs to train at home. Agreement comes from within the American League, while the National League favors starting on time. A travel-saving idea proposed is reducing traveling squads below the 25-man limit.
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Edward G. Barrows
New York Yankees
Ramus W. Pierce Dies At Hospital
Ramus W. Pierce 63 died at a local hospital Saturday afternoon after being a patient since Tuesday. Born August 4, 1879 in Iredell County, he lived at 803 E. Commerce Street and worked for Snow Lumber Co. He married Grace Tharpe in 1904 and leaves three sons Clarence Pierce Baltimore. Grier Pierce San Francisco. Stamey Pierce Asheboro, two daughters Ethel Pierce and Mrs. E. L. Edwards Nyack, two brothers Noah Pierce Independence and Cornelius Pierce Galax, one sister Mrs. Gus Summers Statesville, and two grandchildren. Funeral plans are pending arrival of relatives.
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Ramus W. Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Iredell County
Lewis and
Martha Jane Shaver Pierce
Statesville
E. Commerce Street
Western Avenue
Snow Lumber Company
Grace Tharpe
Clarence Pierce
Baltimore
Grier Pierce
San Francisco
Cal
Stamey Pierce
Asheboro
E. L. Edwards
Nyack
N. Y
Ethel Pierce
This City
Noah Pierce
Independence
Cornelius Pierce
Galax
Gus Summers
Terry in satisfactory condition after spine operation
Durham January 2 L R Terry High Point businessman amid Duke Hospital surgery reported in satisfactory condition given circumstances. He underwent a four hour operation with a nerve procedure on the spine to try to save his remaining leg after his left leg was amputated.
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Durham
L. R. Terry
High Point
Duke Hospital
New Year Reflections and Local Church Gatherings
On the first Sunday of 1943 the piece reflects on starting anew and hopes for a better world. It notes sermons by Rev. T. J. Houston at St Stephens A. M. E. Zion Church and lists upcoming meetings of the Ministers Wives Club, Woman's Missionary Union, Grade Mothers, Beauticians Club, and a Social Art Club New Year party with attendees.
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H. G. Wells
Mr. Wells
T. J. Houston
Greensboro
St. Stephens A. M. E. Zion Church
Ministers Wives Club
J. B. Jones
Park Street
Odessa Davis
Normal Street
Bessie Gillis
Mozelle Lander
Alice LeGrand
Anne Ingram
Decia Davis
Marris Phipher
Parnell Blakely
Fannie Kirk
Margaret Smith
Mesdames Lula Gray
Ola Davis
Marie Hood
W I C Circle and local holiday gatherings noted
The W I C Circle of the First Baptist Church met on December 31 with Mrs. S E Burford hosting. The group shared a repast and honored visiting relatives while other hometown social notes list New Year dinners and servicemen returning home.
Army Fliers In North Africa Praise P-38 Superiority
In North Africa pilots trained in varied U.S. backgrounds report the P-38 as superior to German fighters the Focke-Wulf 190 and Messerschmitt 109-G. They claim the twin-engined fighter outmaneuvers and outruns opponents, with a record of forty German planes shot down for nine lost, including long-range escort duties and ground-attack roles.
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North Africa
Wes Gallagher
Atlantic
Stephen Avery
Hollywood
Avery
Virgil Lusk
Santa Rosa
N. M
Lusk
Erving Etheil
Lawton
Okla
William Moore
Sacramento
Cal
James F. Butler
Robert N. Carlton
San Jose
Robert Eubank
Mohank
Tex
Charles I. Earnhart
Lebanon
Redmond EK. Evans
Houston
Russel Gustke
Port Huron
Mich
William J. Hoele
San Mateo
Thomas J. Morris
Los Angeles
William Working
Nashville
Missoula
Mont
Mark E. Shipmen
Fresno
John W. Singleton
Anderson
Wallace A. Sorenson
la Grade
Ore
John A. Goebel
Grand Rapids
Wade C. Walles, Jr
Port Neches
Ralph J. Watson
Centerbury
Women Heroes Were Born In Preparation To Invade Africa
Army recounts home front valor by girl workers and stenographers who packed a new de lousing device for North Africa. Despite burns from extreme cold and methyl bromide fumes, they pressed on, later aided by volunteers and improved handling methods, meeting the 25 day production deadline.
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Africa
Charles Moqlony
Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
North Africa
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. J. M. Farr at Guilford
Funeral services for 71 year old Mrs. J M Farr of Guilford College route one were conducted Saturday at 2 PM from Sechrest Funeral Home with Rev B G Whitley officiating and burial in Floral Garden Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons Leon Thompson Zane Thompson Worth White Cameron White Richard Farr and Waldo Farlow. Flowers were carried by granddaughters and friends. Miss Ann Boles Roy Padgett sang with Marlene Lowe at the piano. A large gathering attended.
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J. M. Farr
Guilford College
Sechrest Funeral Home
B. G. Whitley
Greensboro
Floral Garden
Leon Thompsons
Zane Thompson
Worth White
Cameron White
Richard Farr
Waldo Farlow
Ann Boles
Roy Padgett
Marlene Lowe
Funeral for J. W. Meredith at Archdale Friends Church
J. W. Meredith dies after brief illness and funeral services are held at Archdale Friends Church with Rev. Clifton Pearson officiating. Survivors include a widow, daughter Helen Meredith of High Point College, three brothers, four sisters, and pallbearers named John Peck, J Everett Marsh, Robert W. Russell, Forrest H. Murray, David T. Yow, F. D. McLeod. Burial in Trinity cemetery.
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J. W. Meredith
Archdale Friends Church
Clifton Pearson
Helen Meredith
High Point College
W. Lee Meredith
Clarence Meredith
Trinity
Jule Meredith
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. C. Collett
Ben White
Mary Crouse
Thomasville
W. E. Jones
Greensboro
John R. Peacock
J. Everett Marsh
Robert W. Russell
Forrest H. Murray
David T. Yow
F. D. McLeod
Funeral services for Mrs Mina G Reece at Charity Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mina G Reece aged 48 wife of C M Reece of the Trinity community will be held Sunday at 2 PM from Charity Baptist Church near Booneville. The funeral procession will leave the late residence at 11:30 AM with interment in the church cemetery.
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Mina G. Reece
C. M. Reece
Trinity
Charity Baptist Church
Booneville
Church
Hairson Family Silent Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
The Hairson Family expresses gratitude to friends for kindness shown during the illness and passing of their loved one. They sign with appreciation for support received and acknowledge the comfort given.
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The
Hairson
Purse Containing Small Sum Found Turned Over
A man’s pocketbook containing a small sum of money was found and turned over to the local police. The owner may recover the purse by presenting himself at police headquarters and identifying the pocketbook.
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Lice
Community thanks for kindness after Rev. Leo Gross
The Gross family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and flowers shown after the death of husband and father Rev. Leo Gross. Signed: Mrs. Gross and family.
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Leo Gross
Gross
Commandos and Rangers Training Plans Highlight 1943 Efforts
London reports the Allied Combined Operations Command stressing expanded training for Commandos and U S Rangers for amphibious warfare in 1943. The centers already ready thousands of UN troops who took part in North Africa landings, while a relic coronation from 600 B C.
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London
Combined Operations Command
United Nations
North Africa
The Good Teacher by Robe Watson Winston
Horace Williams native of Gates County born August 16 1858 and UNC graduate taught philosophy at Chapel Hill dying in 1940. Winston portrays Williams as a dynamic unorthodox thinker who urged truth unity and reality opposing materialism and anti evolution bills.
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University of Nort Carolina Press
Horace Williams
Gaily
Chapel Hill
Robe Watson Winston
Gates County
University of North Carolina
Yale
Harvard
Trinity College
Duke University
Randolph County
Winston
South
General Assembly
North Carolina
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Thomas Wolfe
Williams
Hegel
Cotton Patch
North Carolina firms and individuals indicted for potato monopoly
Fourteenteen corporations and 17 individuals from North Carolina Virginia and Maryland face U S District Court action in Spartanburg South Carolina on Sherman Act charges alleging price fixing and conspiracy to monopolize potato trade across the three states. Defendants allegedly lent money to farmers in exchange for crop liens and sold crops at low prices to recover funds. Meetings cited in New York Richmond Raleigh and New Bern reportedly set exclusive territories and price fixing. Pleas of innocence entered. bonds set at 1000 to 2500 dollars. Also noted: Red Cross relief workers head to Iceland and a British rayon-from-seaweed development.
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New York
Richmond
Rasleigh
New Bern
Wyche
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Ralph Howland Raleigh
United States
Halifax
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Concord
Ira Thomas
Philadelphia Athletics
Vince Barton
Wally French
Buck Redfern
Bobby Hipps
Walter Stephenson
Bud Shaney
Bill Steinecke
Shibe Park
Randma
Woman's Missionary County Union
Temple Memorial Church
Taylor Street
Leonard Ida Sharp
Leonard Street
Beauticians Club
Gertrude Saubter
Clara B. McClain
Pete
Ralph Williamson
Olga Street
Canton
Mesdames
Mary Belle Walker
Vivian Simpson
Grace Sams
Grace McDonnell
Margie Causer
Geneva Harriss
Lillian McCollum
Edith Williamson
Ella McKenzie
Cordelia BlackBurn
Augustine Morrison
Herbert Harriss
Ulysses Harriss
James Walker
Larry Bovar
Jefferson Blackburn
Inez Harriss
Fairview Street
Onilee McMurray
Washington, D. C
Wilmer Black
Garlene Hayes
City
Catherine Saulter
Fayetteville State Teachers College
Sherrod St
Anthony Seymore
Langley Field
Labertha Ford
Benjamin Davis, Jr
Station Hospital
Fort Benning
Davis
U. S. Army
Benjamin Davis
Rivette Drive
John C. Pike
Kay Francis
Portsmouth
Pike
Navy Yard
A. S. Townsend
Shelby
Charlie B. Hairston
Stripease
Margie Hart
Kansas City
J. M. Furr
Aspalut
N.C
Red Cross
Iceland
Great Britain
W. High St
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