Defense Program Discussed At Altrusa Meeting
At the Altrusa club dinner in the Sheraton Hotel, Mrs. J. W. McGuinn of the local Civilian Defense Council outlined the defense program. She emphasized attendance for each course, detailed plans to carry on the program, and noted High Point S as a proposed refugee center due to location while urging residents to stay informed on defense tactics.
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Altrusa Club
Sheraton Hotel
J. W. McGuinn
Civilian Defense Council
Club Adopts Civilian Defense Council Roles
Civilian Defense Council presented and adopted by the club. Mrs D L Rothrock, president, pledged full cooperation in any defense work the council may call for. Miss Lillian Massey named as club representative on the Civilian Defense Council and Miss Lucille Johnston Wals as representative on the Community Chest. Sixteen members attended the meeting, the first of the new year.
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Civilian Defense Council
D. L. Rothrock
Lillian Massey
Lucille Johnston Wals
Community Chest
Sewing Room at Thomasville to Be Enlarged for Relief Work
A Thomasville Red Cross meeting approved enlarging the sewing room in the Lambeth Building. A larger room was donated, new sewing machines sought, and Mrs. Hawthorne, Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Phillips named to arrange the move. Volunteers are urged. wool supplies are ordered. A recent shipment of 79 sweaters, 41 boys shirts, 88 girls dresses and 74 womens dresses was sent to Jersey City for distribution to 26 nations.
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Thomasville
Red Cross
Ea Dorseli
Ocal Red Cross
Lambeth
Joe W. Hawthorne
Carson ‘Cox
Charles Phillips
Mrs. J. E. Allred Claimed By Death
Jane Allred 26 wife of J E Allred died at a local hospital shortly before 3 am after three months of declining health. Born Marlboro County Maryland June 22 1915 she came to High Point 16 years ago from Cedar Maryland. Survived by husband four children and six relatives. Body to Oakview residence. funeral Friday 2 pm at Gospel Tabernacle. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dla Jane Allred
J.E. Allred
Allred
Watson Allred
Jerry Allred
Ronald Alred
Delores
Phyllis Allred
High Pointe
H. J. Wall
Eula Mae Andrews
Mies
Vivian Cook
H. M. Wall
High Point
Clyde Wall
Prentice Wall
Oakview
Resisture
H. P. Williams
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Oakwood Cemetery
Pan American unity urged as world war spreads
Alexander Troyanovsky warned that American republics must unite and foster good neighborly relations as a war unsettles the globe. He spoke via the Moscow News from Kuibyshev amid the Pan American Conference opening in Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Ezequiel Padilla
Colombia
Venezuela
United States
Kulbyshev
Russia
Alexander Troyanovsky
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Moscow News
Kuibyshev
Cameron Deans Elected President of Exchange Club
Cameron Deans was inducted as president of the Exchange Club at a weekly meeting, succeeding Clayton Glasgow. State President Chester E. McCallum of Winston-Salem announced new officers Don Mower and R. M. Gladstone as first and second vice presidents, with John Ross remaining secretary-treasurer. Exchangettes joined in a dinner. M. L. Patrick presented a North Carolina picture donated by R. J. Reynolds to the State Department of Conservation. The club pledged aid to the High Point Civilian Defense Council and named Dr. Glenn Perry as representative to the Men’s Voluntary Agencies and Activities Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Deans
Exchange Club
Clayton Glasgow
Chester E. McCallum
Winston-Salem
Don Mower
R. M. Gladstone
John Ross
Exchangettes
M. L. Patrick
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation
R. J. Reynolds
High Point Civilian Defense Council
Glenn Perry
Luncheon Honors Dr Tarbell Ahead of Tonight Show
Dr Tarbell famed mystery scientist will appear at the Senior High School auditorium tonight at 8 under Bay Street Parent Teacher Association auspices. He will preview the evening performance during a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel today at 1 o clock. He spoke of magic sleight of hand and remarkable letters after his shows. He performed this morning at Ray Street and Senior High schools. Bay Street PTA officials noted the balcony is reserved for colored patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Tarbell
Auditoriun
Bay Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Miy
Sheraton Hotel
Tarbell
Ray Street
Ta Kung Pao Calls for Strike Before Japan Attacks Vladivostok
Ta Kung Pao urged Russia to act before Japan assaults Vladivostok warning that if Japan takes Vladivostok she could threaten Alaska and turn the Pacific into a Japanese lake. The Central Daily News urged Allies to crush Japan first.
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Sea
Britain
Russia
Japan
Vladivostok
Alaska
Pacific
Central Daily News
Red Army advances and Crimea raids mark wartime momentum
Soviet forces push within 12 miles of Kharkov and 25 miles northeast of Simferopol as cavalry raids target Karasubazar and Perekop Isthmus. German garrison withdraws from a 130 mile baseline near Leningrad under pincer pressure while parachute troops hit behind-lines targets. In North Africa, British command notes increased Axis air activity but says Rommel retreat continues, with Imperial troops pressing forward south of El Ageheila toward Agedabia.
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Leningrad
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Moscow
Crimea
Karasubazar
Simferopol
Perekop
Ervin Rommel
el- Ageheila
Agedabia
Cairo
Nelson Leads War Production With One Measuring Stick
Nelson preaches democracy and efficiency to industrialists and officials, pushing a program large enough to win the war. A former Sears Roebuck executive, he heads the War Production Board with long hours and a reputation for discipline, self denial, and steady temper while driving priorities and allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Sears Roebuck
Washington
Defense
Hannibal
Katy
Missouri University
OPM
Fireboat James Duane Returns After Alert at Pier
The seagoing crew of the fireboat James Duane may bring a week of atlons on the next drill. The vessel berthing today exactly 116 hours after answering last Thursday’s alarm for a Hudson River pier fire, during which it remained at the scene wetting down ruins.
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New York
James Duane
Hudson River
Weather Update Across Four States
A brief forecast notes colder conditions tonight across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Virginia with light winds and a mix of rain and sleet in some coastal areas. Temperatures dip slightly with the potential for frosty stretches inland tomorrow morning.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Fats and Slightly Armer
District Kiwanis Meeting Draws 77 Clubs Here
CHAPEL HILL Jan 14 Representatives from 77 Kiwanis clubs in North and South Carolina gathered for a district conference to align 1942 Kiwanis activities with the war effort. International president Charles S. Donley of Pittsburgh will keynote tonight’s dinner. The program opened with a luncheon for district officers and committee chairs, with installation of officers and a Civilian Defense Council message from Col J W Harrelson of Raleigh.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charles S. Donley
Pittsburgh
J. Maryon Saunders
Herbert W. Henning
Darlington
S. C
T. W. Crews
Spartanburg
C. W. Armstrong
Salisbury
Tom. P. Pruitt
Hickory
Temple Gobbel
Chapel Hill Club
R. B. House
University of North Carolina
Col
J. W. Harrelson
Raleigh
North Carolina Civilian Defense Council
Latin American students to be welcomed Saturday
Thirteen Latin American students arriving to attend the Inter-American Institute at the University of North Carolina will be welcomed in Raleigh on Saturday by Secretary of State Thad Eure, Mayor Graham H. Andrews, and Dr. J. C. Lyons. The group includes six Peruvians, three Chileans, two Brazilians, and two Bolivians, with some plans altered by the war.
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Raleigh
Inter-American Institute
University of North Carolina
Thad Eure
Graham H. Andrews
J. C. Lyons
Institute
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Bolivia
Patricia Gale Brower Claims Death
Patricia Gale Brower two month old daughter of Lloyd and Francis Webster Brower died at their home 413 Fischer Street about 9 this morning born in High Point October 20 1941 she had been ill for days Survived by her parents one sister Judith Ann Brower grandparents Mr and Mrs P S Webster Trinity and O L Brower High Point Funeral from Koonce Funeral Home Thursday at 3 PM
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Patricia Gale Brower
Lloyd and
Francis Webster Brower
Fisher Street
High Point
Judith Ann Brower
P. S. Webster
Route 1
Trinity
O. L
False Teeth and Age Are Waived by Army Hendersonville
Edward Freeman Hull, age 51 with false teeth, enlisting after passing the physical exam. He had six years of prior service and a suitable replacement for dentures was secured. Hull left for Charlotte for final examination and enlistment.
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ARMY
Hendersonville
Edward Freeman Hull
Wull
Charlotte
German General Listed Missing in Istanbul
Information reaching here tonight said Field Marshal Siegmund Wilhelm List, the German conqueror of the Balkans, had disappeared and friends in Berlin were concerned for his safety.
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Germian
Istanbul
Turkey
Siegmund Wilhelm List
Balkans
Berlin
Airstrike Hits British Airdrome Near Rangoon
Heavy Japanese bombers attacked a British air base on the outskirts of Rangoon Burma last night setting two large bombers ablaze on the ground according to an AP dispatch from Maleya.
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Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
Dumei
Maleya
Unusually Large Cast To Be Seen In Local Musical
A cast of about 175 performers will take part in the four act musical Glad Rags, presented by the American Legion Auxiliary at the Junior High School auditorium Tuesday night at 8. Miss Allen Grace Bro. directs. Leading roles include Jack Burris as Eli Boggs and Ruth Goodman as Garrie Boggs wife. Mrs Chester Greer plays an old maid stenographer with a notable song and dance. C. E. Lehmann also appears as a foppish foreign nobleman.
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American Legionuxiliary
Chester Greer
C. E. Lehmann
Car Rationing Plans Outlined by Henderson
Washington January 14 AP Price Administrator Leon Henderson told the House small business committee plans exist to ration 600000 to 700000 new automobiles. Cars produced later this month will be held for at least a year. Estimated total new car output this month is 130000 to 140000 units. Rationed stock includes 550000 to 600000 from January 1 and 65000 to 75000 produced this month. Program awaits final approval by the supplies, priorities and allocations board.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House
Small Business Committiee
Henderson
Floyd V. Odlum
OPM
Annulment sought in case of 11-year-old bride Downs
Shelby Jan 14 A hearing will be held by Juvenile Judge Everett Houser on the status of Mrs Estelle Pruitt Downs the 11 year old bride of the 62 year old Downs Guardians for Mrs Downs and the Cleveland County welfare chief petitioned the court that the child remain in welfare custody The annulment action tied to a marriage last November 23 at Gaffney S C will be decided at the March term The welfare department moved the young wife to a private home amid custody proceedings and investigation by the sheriff and state records show the husband has a history of insanity upon hospital confinement and probation
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Shelby
Everett Houser
Estelle Pruitt Downs
Tae Downs
Gerald Goforth
Downs
Burns Parker
Cleveland County
Goforth
Horace Kennedy
John Pruitt
Caser
Houser
Morganton
Welfare Department
Tokyo charges American sub sank hospital ship Harbin Maru
Imperial headquarters charged in a communique that the hospital ship Harbin Maru was sunk on January 10 by an American submarine in Chinese waters. It said wounded aboard were saved except for nine sailors and denounced the sinking as a flagrant breach of the Geneva convention of 1912 and humanitarian principles.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Police seize eleven and half pints liquor in High Point
John Gibson of 414 Otteray Drive was released on a 300 bond pending a High Point Municipal Court hearing on liquor law violations after officers seized eleven and a half pints of whiskey at his home in response to a disturbance call from Mrs. Gibson. A note mentions a 201 story Bethesda Maryland naval medical center shaped like a Geneva Cross.
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John Gibson
Otteray Drive
Liberty
High Point
Gibson
New
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda, Md
High Point Savings And Trust Company Had Very Good Year
The 34th annual meeting of High Point Savings and Trust Company heard H N Willard report a very good 1941, with deposits up 26 percent from four years prior and gross income up 11.3 percent. W J Carter was promoted to cashier. other officers re elected and dividends declared on preferred and common stock. The talk noted defense spending, civilian and military demand, rising costs, and taxes affecting future earnings. The Bethesda Navy Medical Center lobby feature is noted in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Savings and Trust Company
H. N. Wibiard
W. J. Carter
H. N. Willard
W. D. Spurgeon
Woodsrock
F. Haywood
Dr. C. S. Grayson
F. H. Murray
R. R. Ragan
R. H. Sechrest
W. J. Spurgeon
Robbins Tilden
H. N. Williard
Air
Williard
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Center to Broadhurst Movie Listing Fragment
Fragmented film schedule listing several titles with times and codes. Center keeps flying while others include Ladies in Revirement Kiss the Boys Goodbye and Shepherd of the Hills with varied runtimes and no clear narrative. The OCR text appears partial and contains several misreads and dashes.
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Broadhurst
Paramount
Wee R.alto
American Mutual Liabil ity Board Stages Meeting
Charles E Hodges Jr president of American Mutual Liability Insurance warns at Charlotte Country Club luncheon that carelessness risks war effort and safety. Carolina advisory board of NC and SC business leaders, including J E Millis of Adams Mills Corp, gathers to advise on company affairs and employer concerns.
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Charlotte
Charles E. Hodges
American Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Carolinas
Charlotte Country Club
American Mutual
North Carolina
South Carolina
J. E. Millis
Adams-Millis Corporation
High Point
Moose Lodge Backs Local Defense Plan in High Point
The Moose Lodge approved full cooperation with the Municipal Defense Council program in High Point and named a representative to a defense council committee. It bought three subscriptions to The Enterprise for High Point soldiers, sending two to Fort Bragg and one to Fort Screven.
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Moose Lodge
Defense Council
High Point
High Pont
Fort Bragg
Fort Screven
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American Mutual Liability Board
Municipal Defense Council
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