War Savings Stamp Drive Aims to Expand Townships Committee
A meeting of the High Joint James town and Deep River war savings stamps committee is set for Monday evening at 7 30 at the official club. Chairman Wescott Roberson and members J H Adams A E Tate W M Mare and J Elwood Cox plan to enlarge sub committees and push sales through local churches schools and banks. Stamps cost 25 cents and can be exchanged for war savings stamps after purchase. no one may hold more than 100. The article notes broader thrift efforts in North Carolina amid war funding.
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Committee On
High Joint
Jamestown
Deep River
Orticicial Club
Todev Wescott Roberson
J. H. Adams
A. E. Tate
W. M. Mare
J. Elwood Cox
Hanks
United States
High Point
Ring Drug Company
Tag-Your-Shovel Day Encourages Coal Saving
W M Marr reports that North Carolina schools will join State Fuel Administrator A W McAlister in Greensboro for Tag Your Shovel Day on January 30. Students will display tags promoting coal conservation and explain that a shovel of coal equals half a loaf of bread, aiding soldiers and sailors.
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W. M. Marr
High Point Schools
A. W. McAlister
Greensboro
United States
Kidney Trouble Gone Greensboro Man Enlists U S Service
W R Bolden of Greensboro states kidney trouble vanished after taking four bottles of Dreco. He reports relief from back pain, nocturnal urination, and odor, and plans to join the government service once fully restored. He endorses the remedy to friends and cites its lack of minerals and broad health claims.
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W. R. Balde
R. F. D. Arcensboro
Big Increase in Need for Nurses Across War Effort
State health boards urge rapid expansion of nursing staff for war and home front needs. One hundred nurses are demanded for a base hospital in France by May or June, with more rural and urban positions to support farming communities, schools, and public health. The piece links nursing to lower death rates in New York City versus rural areas and stresses rural outreach to keep farmers healthy amid wartime food shortages and meatless rules.
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Red Cross
State Board of Health
State Boards of Health
North Carolina
France
Council of National Defense
The
New York
Cty
Cigar Makers Resume Work In Porto Rico
Some fifteen thousand cigar makers and tobacco workers return to work in nineteen factories of the Porto Rican American Tobacco company after representatives sign an agreement. The wage raise includes 1.50 per thousand for all cigars and about a fifty percent increase for strippers. The accord ends the island’s longest strike, with yearly increases projected to exceed 600000 dollars and prior losses around 5 million.
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Porto Rican American Tobacco Company
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Elwood Hotel
Winston
Winston, Zinzendorf Hotel
Point Rt
Kilford Hotel
Broadway Today
Carlye Blackwell
June Elvidge
Ictore
Creighton Hale
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William S. Kart
Hmmie Gregg
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