Civitan Hears Miss Briggs And Miss Wagner
At the Civitan luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel today Vester Sale, committee chair, introduced Miss Briggs and Miss Wagner who spoke on bureau services for children with mental and physical handicaps. Briggs described nursing, family unity, domestic aid and financial support efforts and explained social case work philosophy and bureau connections evaluation.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton
Vester Sale
Iss Briggs
Bureau
One Minute Test Answers and Etiquette Hints
The piece asks three questions on animal blows usage and fox terms. It then offers baby christening etiquette notes and a wisest proverb about necessity. The One Minute Test Answers give: 1 a whale’s tail stroke can smash boats, 2 a monkey uses tools, 3 a female fox is a vixen.
North Carolinians Named Among Navy Casualties
Navy releases 119 new casualty names including North Carolinians Laudermilk William Howard missing George Hunter Morton Jr and Mark J Rattler dead. Parents listed in Nebo Walnut Cove and Tomoda. The item notes somerset ma ugh am later mentioned as a physician by choice.
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Washington
Navy Department
U. S
Laudermilk
William Howard
Seaman
U.S.N.R
William Robert Laudermilk
Nebo
Morton
George Hunter, Jr
George Hunter Morton
Walnut Cove
Rattler
Mark J. Pfc
U.S.M.C.R
John Rattler
Tomoda
State Jobs Outlook After War Faces Shortfall
Felix A. Grissette warned to expect over one million job seekers in North Carolina after the war, with public works and agriculture providing about 460000 positions. He spoke to the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Felix A. Grissette
Chapel Hill
State Planning Board
Grissette
North Carolina Association of Nurserymen
Tobacco prices rise on old and middle belt markets
On opening day after the Christmas holiday, prices on the old belt rose by 1 to 7 dollars over December 15 levels, and middle belt gains were about 1 dollar. The old belt closed December 15 at 43.30 and the middle belt at 42.55.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
War Food Administration
Old Belt
Private in Camp Butner Stockade Faces Court Martial
LA Pvt. Floyd M. Abbott of Keystone Oklahoma is detained at Camp Butner post stockade awaiting a general court martial on the charge of raping a Durham white woman on November 18. The relations office announced last night.
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Durham
Floyd M. Abbott
Keystone
Okla
Camp Butner Post Stockade
Paratrooper Faces 25 to 30 Years in Robberies
Pvt. William Black of Camp MacKall paratroopers faces a combined sentence of 25 to 30 years after a string of robberies in Charlotte and Durham. He earlier received 10 years for a November 19 holdup here and already had a 15 to 20 year term for a Charlotte robbery.
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Durham
William Black
Camp Mackall
Charlotte
North Carolina to open third redistribution center
Rep. Graham A. Barden announced that a third redistribution center will be established in North Carolina at the former Camp Davis site in Holly Ridge. The site, abandoned after three years as an anti-aircraft firing center, will be converted into a convalescent center for Army Air Forces personnel, joining centers already in Camp Butner and Asheville.
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Holly Ridge
North Carolina
Graham A. Barden
Camp Davis
Army Air Forces
Camp Butner
Asheville
Causey Receives Combat Infantryman Badge with 2nd Division
Private Clarence B. Causey 24 receives the Combat Infantryman Badge for superior performance in combat in Germany. Son of Corine E. Causey of 306 Centennial Avenue High Point North Carolina. He has served 18 months and prior worked at Point Overall Mill.
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2Nd Infantry Division
Clarence B. Causey
Germany
Corine E. Causey
Centennial Avenue
High Point
North Carolina
Aly Thee
Navy Seaman Hayworth Returns Home on Leave
Seaman second class Claude Reitzel Hayworth of the United States Navy recently spent a ten day leave with his parents on route one in High Point. He trained at Bainbridge Maryland and is now stationed at Davisville Rhode Island.
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Post
Claude Reitzel Hayworth
United States Navy
Ruffen Hayworth
High Point
Seaman Hayworth
Bainbridge
Davisville, R. I
Sgt David Corry Transferred to Moody Hill Georgia
Sgt David S. Corry has been transferred from Stuttgart Arkansas to Moody Hill Valdosta Georgia. His wife and daughter Melba reside at 408 Smith Street.
Austrian Refugee Eva Hahn Joins WAC to Seek Revenge
Eva Hahn, 25, an Austrian refugee, has joined the WAC to avenge her father killed by Nazis. She vows to confront the war’s dangers should it endure.
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Vengeance
Philadelphia
INS
Eva Hahn
WAC
High Point Legion Post To Honor Deceased Service Men
The High Point American Legion post launches a bulletin board project at the Chamber of Commerce on Northam Street to list and honor local service members who died in armed conflict. Each week the U. S. flag will fly at half mast. certificates will be sent to families, with about 90 names listed and expectations of 125 or more.
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American Legion Post
Chamber of Commerce
Northarn Street
U. S
High Point
Armed Services
Post
Abbott
Lloyd B. Fater
C. E
Graham G
P. B
Grace Street
Bass
Clyde H., Jr
C. H. Bass
Avondale St
Charlotte
N.C
E. Lexington Ave
N. C
Daisy Lee Butler
Thomasville
Collier
Samuel M., Jr
S. M. Collier
Elizabeth Ave
Coltrane
Perry Lonnie
Nereus L. Coltrane
W. Green St
Construction of New Homes Here Limited
Historical High Point building data shows only three new residences built in 1944 amid overall restraint after 1941 levels. Spending on new homes fell to $1.7 million in 1941, with non residential and repair costs plunging as permits for repairs rose to 909 while new construction halted during wartime.
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High Point
Howoven
Spector
First Phase Of Ward Case Is Terminated
In Chicago on January 10 the first phase of the ward case ended as Judge Philip S. Sullivan heard pleas on the government's injunction to restrain Montgomery Ward & Co from interfering with Army operations in seven cities seized by Roosevelt order of December. A decision is not expected for weeks and the loser will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Co
Roosevelt
Philip S. Sullivan
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Thief Returns Stolen Wallet After Long Wait
In Doylestown Pennsylvania Mrs Romauld F Mich received her purse contents after a December theft. The giver returned the items soon after her husband again entered the hospital, prompting a late twinge of conscience.
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Doylestown
INS
Romauld F. Mich
Ration Roundup and Obscure Fun Facts from Ohio Mystery
Ration notes detail Book Four red and blue stamps validity through March and February with upcoming validations. A Mark Twain aside claims his grandfather owned 119 acres in Mason County, Virginia, later West Virginia. The cement remark notes Portland cement origin lies in England.
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Mark Twain
Gallipolis
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Ohio
Twain
Mason County
Virginia
West Virginia
Clemens
Samuel
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Beulah James
West Point Avenue
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