Few Surprises In Appointments For N. C. House Committees
North Carolina speakers’ committee list largely confirms expectations with Wallace likely finance chair and Stone favorite for appropriations. Education and constitutional amendments leaders Al Reynolds and Arch Allen, while other spots reflect prior cross-terms and wartime priorities including mental institutions and conservation. The piece notes vice chairmanships filled and a shift from alphabetical to named vice chairs amid a crowded talent pool.
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Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
John Kerr
F. E
Law
Wallace
Clarence Stone
Rockingham
al Reynolds
Buncombe
Arch Allen
Wake
Commissioners of Agriculture and of Labor
Council of State
Sumter Brawley
Durham
Kerr
Committee On
Wayland Spruill
Berlie
North Carolina
Alonzo Edwards
Greene
Edwards
Tom Pearsall
Nash
Pearsall
State College
State Department of Agriculture
Kennel Club
Mull
Hawley Poole
Moore
Oscar Richardson
Union
Remsey
Rowan
LeRoy Allen
Ashes
Pamlico
Burin
Henderson
Tringfield
Cumberland
Watkins
Minor League Baseball Strives Amid War Conditions
In Durham on January 13 a wartime-era outlook shows minor league baseball pressing on despite manpower and transportation limits. Officials emphasize using government spare players, prioritizing equipment needs, and avoiding special concessions while noting some leagues may consolidate territories. The piece also notes Corpus Christi’s population surge to 119000 in 1942 and recalls India’s 1929 invention of the first iron lung from improvised materials.
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Govrnment
Office of Defense Transportation
Hanes
North Carolina
News of Colored People News of Colored People by Fe Yorkely
A compact item from a historical sheet identifies a column titled News of Colored People by Fe Yorkely. It provides brief community notes and local updates pertinent to African American readers.
Meat buying tips and dressing for war era meals
Mrs R G Mason head of William Penn home economics led a meeting with parents and teachers on meat buying and preparation per OPA guidance. A surgical dressing center at Daniel Brooks Center reopened with volunteers urged to continue work for war effort. Alonzo Peggins, a William Penn High grad now at A T College Greensboro ROTC, is ill at Richardson Memorial Hospital. A Victory Dinner is set at Mt Vernon Baptist Church Friday January 15 at 8 pm, hosted by Willing Workers group. Lacy Catelle of A T College visited Miss Louise Rush. Mrs Marie Goins returns home to Baltimore after visiting her mother Mrs Mattie Ralem.
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R.G. Mason
William Penn Home Economics Department
Daniel Brooks Center
Greensboro
Alonzo Peggins
William Penn High School
A. & T. College
Richardson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Willing Workers Lab
Vol Coach Will Take Army Course
W H Britton veteran end coach at the University of Tennessee has been ordered to report to the Officers Training School in Miami for the duration of the war. A West Point graduate and former World War I major he aided Col Robert Neyland and John Barnhill in teaching the Tennessee system which led the Vols to four bowl appearances in the last five years.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. H
Bill) Britton
University of Tennessee
Miami
Fla
West Point
Britton
Robert Neyland
John Barnhill
Tennessee
Vols
Carolina Boxers Lose Coach Davis
Carolina boxers prep for a January 23 opener with Virginia's Southern leaders but drop welterweight Johnny Davis due to other duties. Davis was a leading probable starter, having earned two decisions and a draw with freshmen last year, leaving the squad thinner and the new coach facing a tougher task. Angola in east Africa is Portu gal's largest colony.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Carolina
Virginia
Johnny Davis
Henderson
Joe Murnick
Davis
Murnick
Designers Adopt 28 Named Planes in Unified Army Navy System
The article lists America s 28 types of combat planes now officially named by joint Army Navy action to replace number letter designations. Many names trace to Britain. Besides 28 battle planes, 30 other types address war roles without direct combat use, with former designations and makers shown in parentheses.
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America
Army
Navy
Mat Champs Hard Hit By Loss Of Stars
Carolina's Southern mat champions open the season with Duke after losing two undefeated stars. Bill Kemp is ill at home in Goldsboro and Irving Zirpel has been drafted into the army for January 13. The Tar Heels, though missing key wrestlers, resume practice for the Duke meet, hoping to rebound against a strong Blue Devil program.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Carolina
Chuckinsan
Bill Kemp
Goldsboro
Irving Zirpel
Washington
Army
Tar Heels
Duke
Virginia Tech
Blue Devils
Basketball results from AP slate and state games
Davidson defeats Guilford 59 to 27 while Wake Forest tops Clemson 71 to 56. Wofford beats High Point 42 to 28 and Geo Washington edges North Carolina 34 to 33. South Carolina 43, Georgia 35. Norfolk Naval Training Station 55, Appalachian Teachers 40. Note cites Governor of North Carolina lacking veto power.
Wachovia Bank Elects J W Lindsay to Local Board
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors heard a review of wartime banking in 1942 and forecasts for 1943 and 1944 at annual meetings in Winston Salem. J W Lindsay of High Point was elected to the High Point board, with officers and directors from Winston Salem present.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
Robert M. Hanes
High Point
W. C. Idol
J. P. Bolt
J. E. Millis
R. T. Amos
Lindsay
Boy runs away from Nashville to see New York sights
Twelve-year-old Evan Craig left Nashville North Carolina with ten dollars to visit New York. He was picked up by a subway guard a few hours after arriving. Police located his parents and he was taken to the Children's Shelter with less than four dollars remaining.
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New York
Evan Craig
Nashville
N. C
Evan
South French Street
Three Local Boys Enter Army Air Forces Cadet Training
Three local youths Vernon Bodenheimer Payne and George Summey reported to Maxwell Field Alabama for pre flight pilots training. Cadets Bodenheimer Payne Summey, all connected to North Carolina towns, began flight courses at Maxwell in December 1942 after prior service and schooling.
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Pat Vernon B. Bodenheimer
Ja Payne
George E. Summey
Army Air Fi
Maxwell Field
Ala
Nashville Army Air Center
Vernon B. Boden
David Keimer
Route 4
N. C
Universe North Carolina and High College
Army Air
James Frank Payne
Free booklet of doctors' opinions offered by Educational Divi
A promotional notice invites readers to obtain a free booklet containing doctors opinions. Send a request to the Educational Division at Fifth Ave New York NY. Limited supply, available while they last.
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Educational Divi
Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
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