Statement For Condition Of Banks Ordered
The comptroller of the currency ordered a year end statement for all national banks as of December 31. The call reaches 5,086 national banks, 1,592 Fed Reserve state banks, and 6,738 other state banks. Agencies coordinate to avoid duplicate reports. In Raleigh, North Carolina, Commissioner Gurney P. Hood followed with a similar call to all banks in the state for December 31 conditions.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina
Defense Questions Defense Questions
The Enterprise Raleigh bureau answers weekly civilian war effort questions. All replies are officially verified. Send questions to The Enterprises Raleigh bureau P. O. Box 1309 Raleigh North Carolina.
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Enterprise
Raleigh Bureau
Sena
Enterprises
Rah Bureau
P. O
Raleigh, N. C
Public rationing Q and A on autos fuel and food
Government rationing guidance covers buying new cars for public welfare workers, gasoline credit card use limited to one outlet with T ration holders allowed until Feb 1 1943, reemployment rights for former federal employees entering essential wartime work, range burner prohibition, and timeline for actual point rationing with updates via newspapers radio and OPA posters.
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United States
War Manpower Commission
Plan to Care for Children of War Workers
A Raleigh plan directs care for children whose mothers work in war industries or whose fathers serve abroad. Preschoolers aged two to six receive 24 hour care. older children use 12 hour school sessions. W F Credle leads, with specialists Etta Sledge Dora Cates and Mildred Poole. Federal grants fund salaries and local services.
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Raleigh
Clyde Ewin
Erwin
W. F. Credle
Etta Sledge
Dora Cates
Mildred B. Poole
Departments of Education, Welfare and Health
Six Mystery Men Behind The President
Washington reports on the six administrative assistants chosen for anonymity around President Roosevelt. Niles, McReynolds, Currie, Mellett, Casey, and Coy form a discreet group, each with distinct roles from labor policy to China contact and wartime information work. Casey, the youngest, serves as eyes and ears while Currie and Coy mold communications to fit the boss.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
David K. Niles
William H. McReynolds
Lauchlin Currie
Lowell Mellett
Eugene Casey
Wayne Coy
Office of Emergency Management
WPB
OCD
OPA
Massachusetts
Harvard
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
WPA
Secretary of Commerce
OPM
National Emergency Council
Mellett
South
NEC
Office of Government Reports
OGR
Office of War Information
OWI
Motion Picture Division
Federal Security
McNutt
Security Agency
Casey
Maryland
Currie
Duplicated Names Drop in 1943 Legislature and Oysters Capitalized
The 1943 North Carolina legislature shows fewer name duplicates among senators and representatives, with five twin pairs in the House. Veterans dominate the duplications. several pairs share surnames across Wake Greene Swain Scot land Guilford Iredell Johnston Lenoir. Tar Heel Oyster Farms, Beaufort, chartered to operate hatcheries with $100,000 capital, $400 paid in. State college notes county farm agents forming machinery exchanges to boost farm efficiency. Grange supports broader exchanges for labor and supplies. Soybean oil gains in war effort. NC production rises from about 300,000 bushels in 1941 to over 3.5 million in 1943, urging seed procurement for 1943.
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House of Representatives
Abernathy
Allen Horner
Hughes
Pitman
Pritchett
Rogers
Taylor
Wallace
Edwards
Moores
Turners
Allen
Arch T
Leroy
Wake
Greene
Swain
Moore
Scotland
Wilson
Turner
Guilford
Iredell
Johnston
Lenoir
Shearon Harris
Oysters
Tar Heel
Beaufort
Chicago
State College
State Grange
Grange Committee
North Carolina
Triple A
Jefferson’s early automat idea in his dining room
Thomas Jefferson reportedly used a self-serve contraption in his home dining rooms. A set of wall shelves carried food to diners and would return dirty dishes to the kitchen by a spring mechanism.
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Thomas Jefferson
Tax on fireworks sales approved by High Point council
High Point city council votes to impose a 1000 dollar tax for each fireworks sales opening day within city limits. The 20 plus year old prior tax was 250 dollars, with past seasons showing dealers’ avoidance of the limit amid busy Christmas periods.
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High Point
Piedmont Baptist Association
Greensboro
Rotary Opposes City Lot Sale in Local Session
Twenty years ago on January 4 1923 the Rotary Club opposed selling the city lot adjoining First Baptist Church. Charles S Welborn sold his stake in Welborn Furniture to J A Marsh ending Welborn's 18 month role as secretary and treasurer. The Chamber of Commerce seeks a directory of local industries and businesses with new firms noted. Personal notes mention Gladys Rivett resuming studies at Oxford College and visits of UNC and Goucher College affiliates. General news notes Senator Mendenhall has introduced a bill.
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Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
Charles S. Welborn
Welborn Furniture Company
J. A. Marsh
Chamber of Commerce
Gladys Rivett
Oxford College
James
Charles McAnally
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Helen McCrary
Lexington
Nellie Muse
Ruth Bowne
Goucher College
Sophia Youth Graduates From Army Air Force School
Pvt. Dennis J. Farlow son of Mr and Mrs J D Farlow of Sophia has graduated from the U S Army Air Forces technical training command school for airplane mechanics at Gulfport Field Mississippi. He formerly worked as a miller at Somers Roller Mill in Gibsonville.
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Dennis J. Farlow
J. D. Farlow
Sophia
U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Gulfport Field
Miss
Pvt. Farlow
Somers
Gibsonville
Special Call Meeting At First Baptist Church
A list of Mesdames and Messrs is asked to meet tonight January 4 at 8 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. Attendees include C N Parham M H Blackburn Sylvia Alford W F Elliott Alice Eccles Theodore Walker FE V Baldwin H M Kirkpatrick Charles Whitted Robert Davis Ruby Williams Catherine Clarion Joan Brooks Young.
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First Baptist Church
Mesdames C. N. Parham
M. H. Blackburn
Sylvia Alford
W. F. Elliott
Alice Eccles
Theodore Walker
Messrs
H. M. Kirkpatrick
Charles Whitted
Robert Davis
Ruby Williams
Catherine Clarion
Joan Brooks Young
Master Singers To Perform At Pilgrim Church Tonight
The Master Singers will present a musical program at Pilgrim Congregational Church tonight at 8 15 p m. The concert features choral works and solos under the direction of the choir director.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church
Major McLendon Delivers New Year Address In Thomasville
Major L P McLendon Greensboro attorney addressed New Year's gathering at Main Street High School in Thomasville. Sponsored by Recreation and Morale committee, he urged realistic resolve for victory in 1943 as the Mills Home band played.
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Thomasville
L. PP. McLendon
Greensboro
Main Street High School
Major MacLendon
Mills Home Band
W. B. Lord
Thieves Abandon Stolen Car After Gasoline Is Used
A 1941 Plymouth sedan owned by G. Frank Murr was stolen from Spring Street Saturday night and found abandoned near Randolph Street Sunday morning. Two men rolled the car from the yard but fled after being seen by Cicero Cox. Police sought fingerprints but made no arrests. about half a tank of gasoline had been used.
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Thomasville
G. Frank Murr
Randolph Street
Murr
Spring Street
Jack Jones
E. R. Richardson
Cicero Cox
Cox
Ministers Elect New Officers in Thomasville Meeting
The Thomasville Ministerial Association elected officers for the new year. Rev. E. E. Snow becomes president, Rev. W. C. Lyerly is vice president, and Rev. Charles D White serves as secretary and treasurer. The officers will take office at the January association meeting. Mexico issues stamp to fund malaria fight.
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Thomasville
Cross of Lorraine in the Sky Honors French Allies
British Spitfires form the Fighting French emblem the Cross of Lorraine as a tribute to allied forces. An inset highlights the Fighting French insignia in the sky display.
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Lorraine
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Indiana
William H. ME Reynolds
Capital Square
Lynn Nisbet
Grange
Grange and Extension Service
Jefferson
Adele Inge
Adele
Clayton
Broadway
Hotel New Yorker
Clarence Cochrane
Baltimore
Ruth Bray
FE. G. Langley
James T. McLaurin
Wanna Mary Huggins
Wilesville
Irene McAnally
John J. Parker
Charlotte
State Alumni Association
Illinois
Shankaiwan
General Assembly
Paris
John L. Armitage
Newark
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson League
Essex County
Armitage
Mendenhall
Army Air Force School
BE. Yorely
American Legion
John McClain
Legion Hall
East Washington Street
Taior
Tommy
Sidi Barrani
Major McLendon
Mexico
Elwood Cooke
Pensasola
Miss Cooke
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Frankie
Adeline Sinkwich
University of Georgia
Adeline
Dorothy
Hollywood
Mrs. Sinkwich
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
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