Business Leaders Urged to Plan Postwar Era Now
Winston-Salem banker Hanes urged High Point manufacturers and businessmen to lead postwar planning. He warned inaction would allow the government to shape readjustment, and announced a local survey to map factory changes and postwar employment limits under the Economic Development Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ight
Committee On Economic Development
T. V. Rochelle
R. M. Hanes
Winston-Salem
Amos Kearns
High Point
Arnold Koonce
Roy Braden
Hanes
Economic Development Encour Intelligent Research and Ning
Federal Reserve
CED
Committee of Economic Development
Amos R. Kearns
Sceto
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Raleigh Builder J O Neal Craig Dies in New Bern
J O Neal Craig of Raleigh died in New Bern after a brief illness while engaged in construction work. He was twice married, survived by his widow, two children from the first marriage, two more from the second, plus his parents and a sister. Funeral services will be held Friday in Rock Hill with burial in the family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O'Neal Craig
Raleigh
New Bern
Mr. Craig
Linnie Mann
Jefferson D. Mann
City
Eva W. Mann
Johnson Street
E. Frank Craver, Jr
High T
J. O'Neal
Italy
Jones
Nathaniel Craig
BN. Craig
Rock Hill
S.C
Bernard Craig
Rockll
E.S. Mills
Fla
Craig
Women Buy Shoes Without Ration Stamp In High Point
Women in High Point may purchase shoes without a ration stamp from January 17 to January 79. The sale applies only to inexpensive shoes under three dollars per pair, with the 15 percent inventory limit as of September 30, 1943. Merchants must obtain OPA stickers and display them on eligible shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
OPA
Shreve Bill Author To Run Again
Clyde Shreve of Stokesdale, sponsor of the controversial Shreve bill, announced he will seek reelection to the general assembly. Shelley Caveness, who backer the bill last year, said in Greensboro he will run for reelection to the state house. The measure would have radically altered High Point civil service amid opposition from the council and mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokesdale
Clyde Shreve
Shreve
High Point
General Assembly
Shelley Caveness
Greensboro
State House
Air Force Aptitude Tests Held Here in January
The United States Army Air Forces mental screen test will be given at High Point Senior High School on January 18 and 19. Open to white boys aged 16 and 17 from High Point Allen Jay and Jamestown high schools, the optional test screens flying aptitude for those seeking aviation training. About 232 eligible students exist at High Point High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Forces
Army
Civil Air Patrol
High Point Senior High School
High Point
Allen Jay
Jamestown
United States
High Point High School
Suit for $5 000 Filed Against Bus Firm Here
Elizabeth Jacobs filed a $5,000 suit in Greensboro naming K Herman Fulk of High Point trading as City Transit Co. She alleges injuries from a bus ride on August 18 1943 caused by negligent and reckless operation. The action seeks compensation for medical bills and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Elizabeth Jacobs
K. Herman Fulk
High Point
City Transit Company
Falk
Father Of H. P. Man Dies In Brown Summit
J. A. Bevil father of J. A. Bevil Jr. of Tipton Street died last night at his Brown Summit home after three months illness. Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church in Brown Summit and burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Bevil
J. A. Bevil, Jr
Tipton Street
Brown Summit
Methodist Church
Nine Draft Registrants Fail To Appear For Induction Trip
Of 25 Negro registrants, nine did not show for a scheduled induction trip to report for final examinations at an induction center. Names of absentees will be turned over to the FBI if they do not report within five days. The list includes Tom Henry Williams Willie James Palmer Sonny Boy Gripper LeRoy Isaac Leon Watson Joseph Hart William Herbert McMullen Henry Amos Ingram Oscar Lewis June Warren Idwin Clarence Willie Bowman James Dorsett John Maddox Oscar Lee Williams Sylvester Cobb Ed Little Thurman Wesley Gibson August Roosevelt Torrence H. C. Jones Brawley Young Cobble Franklin Roger Christopher Good Frank McKor kle Allen Kelly Wilber Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board
FBI
Tom Henry Williams
Willie James Palmer
Sonny Boy Gripper
LeRoy Isaac Leon Watson
Joseph Hart
William Herbert McMullen
Henry Amos Ingram
Oscar Lewis
June Warren Idwin
Clarence Willie Bowman
James Dorsett
John Maddox
Oscar Lee Williams
Sylvester Cobb
Ed Little
Thurman
Wesley Gibson
August Roosevelt Torrence
H. C. Jones
Brawley Young
Cobble
Franklin Roger
Christopher Good
Frank McCorkle
Allen Kelly
Wilber Blue
Twelve Seniors Inducted Into Honor Society at High Point Senior
Twelve High Point Senior High School seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society in a morning ceremony before the student body. Jim Bulla, the society president, led the candlelight service as past members guided candidates with torches, after which inductees swore the oath and signed the roll. Induction honors high character, scholarship, leadership and service, with the listed seniors including Betty Lou Nance, Donna Burns Wheeless, Phyllis Newton, Helen Shoaf, Marietta Thompson, Dorothy Woodell, Tommy Kearns, and Lucille Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Honor Society
High Point Senior High School
Jim Bulla
Serice
Betty Lou Nance
Donna Burns
Wheeless
Phyllis Newton
Helen Shoaf
Marietta Thompson
Dorothy Woodell
Tommy Kearns
Son
Lucille Clark
Public Invited Meeting Of City Council In High Point
City Manager Roy Braden announces the first public invited High Point city council meeting next Thursday night January 13 in the county building courtroom. A full calendar of matters is filed and department heads will give semi annual reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Roy Braden
Asheboro Man Dies In Crash Of U S Bomber
Six crew members died when a four engine bomber crashed near Wendover Utah late Monday. The Wendover base said 31 airmen have died in Wendover crashes in the past week. The dead include Second Lt. Clarence R. McRae son of W McRae of 502 South Fay Street Asheboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendover
Utah
Clarence R. McRae
W. McRae
South
Fay Street
Asheboro
Treasury Agents Invited to Fourth War Loan Meeting
United States treasury representatives who handle payroll deductions for war bonds and stamps invited local industry plants to a 4:30 Friday meeting at the Sheraton. High Point chairman Ed Mendenhall said the event, a lead up to the January 18 Fourth War Loan, will feature a film Baptism of Fire and talks by J. O. W. Hall and T. C. Abernathy on payroll savings. The aim is to boost local savings through payroll deductions and explain benefits to industrial workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Sheraton Hotel
Ed Mendenhall
High Point
Mendenhall
J. O. W. Hall
Washington
War Finance Division
The
Treasury
T. C. Abernathy
Goldsboro
Finnte Committee
North Caro
Mendeall
Dr. Humphreys Reappointed President Of Methodist College Association
Dr Gideon L Humphreys will preside for a second year as president of the Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist church at the annual meeting January 11 at the Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati The postwar focus will be on Postwar Problems in the Colleges with V 12 units in operation and army training programs in place. The event marks a rare second consecutive year for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Schools and Col of the Methodist Church
Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Gideon L. Humphreys
High Point College
Association
Army
Brother Of Local Woman Dies At Home In T'ville
B R Pruitt 58 of Thomasville died at 605 Fisher Ferry Street after a three months illness. Survived by mother Mrs B F Pruitt, wife Ruth Janes Pruitt, two sons Robert and James, daughter Mrs John Stratton, two sisters Hester Jones and Betty Heffinger, four brothers W J Pruitt Charlie Hollis and J O Pruitt, four grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2:30 pm at Fairgrove Methodist Church conducted by Revs Flowe and Lanier. Interment in church cemetery. Body to return to Stratton home at 417 Hill Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
B. R. Pruitt
Fisher-Ferry Street
B. F. Pruitt
Leakesville
Ruth Janes Pruitt
Robert
James Pruit
Thomas B. Flowe
Walter Lee Lanier
John Stratton
417 Hill Street
January Term Of Superior Court Here Cancelled
The January term of the High Point division of Guilford county superior court was cancelled due to too few cases ready for trial. Jurors and witnesses summoned are asked not to appear and will be notified when their cases are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Division
Guilford County Superior Court
Joseph P. Shore
Shore
Seaman 2c Charles Auman on Seven Day Leave
Charles L. Auman is spending a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs C L Auman at 120 State Street. He has served seven months in the naval reserve and is attached to the med unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Auman
C.L. Auman
State Street
Naval Reserve
Med
Dorothy Woodell Wins Junior Division Prize
Dorothy Woodell a High Point High School senior wins first prize in the November bookkeeping contest junior division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Woodell
High Point High School
Inquiry Into Nylon Yarn Theft Extended In Greensboro
Two bankers and a telecom supervisor ordered to provide accounts of two Greensboro hosiery brokers over 13 cartons of nylon yarn stolen from a trucking station June 30. The yarn valued at seed of pre freeze prices was turned into 100000 dollars worth of nylon hose sold on the black market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Charles H. Stafford
Ed Sweetnam
Security National Bank
E. C. McLean
Guilford National Bank
G. C. Cauthen
Telec Company
Robert A. Baker
Charles Harding
Draft Board Seeks Negro Who Failed To Report For Induction
John F. Ryan a 22 year old Negro who recently transferred from draft board 8 Bamberg South Carolina failed to report to local board 5 this morning for induction into the armed services. Ryan was employed by Atlantic States Motor Lines. Call draft board office at 2940 if you have information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Ryan
Draft Board
Bamberg
S. C
Armed Services
Joe Snider
Ryan
Atlantic States Motor Lines
Snider
Thompson Installed as 1944 Real Estate Board President
Blake Thompson was installed as president of the local Real Estate Board for 1944. Don Conrad serves as vice president and James Conrad as secretary treasurer. 1943 reports show an active year with many properties appraised and many sold at good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake Thompson
Thompson
Don Conrad
James Conrad
21 Year Old Woman Held On Bigamy Charge
Mae Brooks aged 21 of 1811 Asheboro Street Greensboro is charged with marrying James Brooks without divorce from her first husband George Hopkins Jr. She is bound on $1000 and to appear in municipal court before Judge D C MacRae on January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Brooks
Asheboro Street
Greensboro
Municipal Court
D. C. MacRae
George Hopkins, Jr
Brooks
James Brooks
I Was Saved by a Cotton Undershirt in Alaska
A B-18A crew escapes Alaska after a wing fire. Pilot Lt Oscar Cook fights to keep the plane aloft as the crew parachutes. The narrator survives aDVanced cold on Prince of Wales, lights a cotton undershirt to signal a cutter, and spends time in hospitals before buying sturdy Mississippi cotton underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Press Association
Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
David W. Smallwood
Allen C. Rankin
Aafeftc
Maxwell Field
Oxford
Miss
Anchorage
Alaska
Oscar Cook
Aleutians
Maj
Kenneth Northermar
Major Northermar
Cook
Prince of Wales
Bae and Ergy Eurpeumieps
Mississippi
Wartime Economy Discussed Today At Rotary Meet
J D Shaw chief enforcement attorney for the Charlotte OPA spoke at the Rotary Club at the Sheraton Hotel on three wartime economy phases rationing price control and black market activities. He praised local price and rationing boards urging full cooperation. He warned against persuading dealers to make unauthorized sales and noted visiting Rotarians from Altoona Seaford Washington High Point and Seaford as well as Rotarian of the month Gilbert Gray Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
J. D. Shaw
Charlotte
OPA
Shaw
Arions
Archie Slutzer
Carl Haller
Altoona
James Macklin
Seaford
Del
Col
James Totten
Washington, D. C
J. F. Jones
High Point
Gilbert Gray, Jr
Eldridge Tuggle Arrested On Work Or Fight Order
Eldridge Tuggle 40 of 707 West Green street was arrested this morning for failing to comply with the governor’s emergency proclamation of a work or fight. He was held on a $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge Tuggle
West Green Street
Tuggle
El Azucar Dam Aims To Farm 150000 Acres In Mexico
The El Azucar dam spans five miles across the San Juan river valley in northern Mexico and will bring 150000 acres under irrigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Azucar
San Juan River
Mexico
Funeral Rites For Mrs Ella Tuttle Held At Church
Funeral service for Mrs Ella Moser Tuttle 58 wife of W A Tuttle was held at First Pilgrim Holiness church. Officiating were Rev Paul Trissell Rev Thomas Strickland and Dr J D Williams. Quartet provided music and pallbearers included Odis Nance J W Whitlow Earley Boggs Willie George and Wesley Corder. Interment followed at Floral Garden cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Tuttle
Ella Moser Tuttle
W. A. Tuttle
Mangum Avenue
First
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Paul Trissell
Thomas Strickland
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
J. D. Williams
Beulah Jackson
Odis Nance
Alvin Brown
J. W. Whitlow
Earley Boggs
Willie George
Wesley Corder
Willi DeLappe
Floral Garden Cemetery
Jim Bulla Heads Youth Center Board Election
Jim Bulla was elected president of the white youth center board at a meeting last night. Brandis Leonard was named vice president Betty Lou Nance secretary and Richard Wright treasurer. Fourteen candidates were elected to a junior governing board from a preliminary election and the final four officials were chosen from the junior board. The president said committees will be appointed and the club will function within a week. Membership now exceeds 400 and volunteers are sought for chaperone service with contact persons Mrs. Kenneth Hedman and Mrs. Robert Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bulla
White Youth Center Board
Brandis Leonard
Betty Lou Nance
Richard Wright
Ourteen
Kenneth Hedman
Robert Davis
Strike At Tate Plant Being Settled
Robert T. Cottam president of the Tate Furniture Co says the plant dispute strike is being settled and that he has no statement on when workers will return. Union officials say the walkout followed a rank and pay reduction of a plant union leader and punishment of a union member. Not all workers walked out and those not striking are back at work. the firm has no war orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Cottam
Tate Furniture Company
Cottam
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Martha Warner
Wachovia Bank Trust Company
Sherton Hotel
Proor
J.o’neal Craig
Shreve Bill Author
U.S. Air Force
H. P. Man
Honor
U.S
Dr. Humphreys
T'ville
Auman
U. S
Edney Ridge
Bryce R. Holt
New Realty Board
Rotary Meet
Youth Center Board
Tate
Dean
Doan
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