Guard Battalion Headquarters Ready For North Carolina City
The 540th separate field artillery battalion will locate its headquarters in High Point with Battery A here and Batteries B and C in Thomasville and Monroe. The unit includes a medical detachment and a service battery, plans for 48 drills annually and a two week summer encampment, and will be commanded by Captain E J Phibbs with staff drawn from local officers.
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National Guard Field Artillery
High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Tomasville
Monroe
Ststi
Phillips
van B. Metts
E. J. Phibbs
540Th Separate Field Artillery
Thomasville
Aptain Phibbs
Oficer
Jamestown
Entire Panel For Town Meeting Of Air Named
Harold Stassen and George Denny Jr lead discussion on Can we have a 25 percent wage boost without raising prices on America Town Meeting of the Air to be broadcast from High Point High School January 23. Robert Nathan will support the affirmative with James Carey of the CIO in the negative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Harold FE. Stassen
George W. Denny, Jr
Robert R. Nathan
Stassen
Emerson P. Schmidt
United States Chamber of Commerce
Schmidt
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
James D. Carey
CIO
Casey
Robert Nathan
ABC
Latin America
Armed Forces Radio Service
George - Denny, Jr
High Point
Hi Point
Doors Open Monday For First Time Since 1942
High Point’s furniture exposition will open tomorrow marking the first show since 1942. Crews worked nights to ready the building and exhibitors arrange samples as hotel rooms fill with buyers from across North America. Approximately 285 exhibitors will present, with a surge of international attendees and a record two week market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Paul Casey
Casey
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Salisbury
Canada
West Coast
Midwest
Ity
Ifeharth
Watts Bakery Seeks Foreclosure On Ward Car Note
Watts Bakery filed suit in the local municipal court to foreclose on an automobile belonging to Robert Ward of Greensboro. The bakery says Ward secured a $200 note with a chattel mortgage on the car and the note remains unpaid and past due. C. E. Young sues Bertha Young alleging a separation since December 6, 1942. Claude Matthews answers a bed and board divorce suit from Georgianna Matthews, admitting a scuffle with his wife and denying provocation. He claims she left him six times previously without cause and asks that her action be dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts Bakery Company
Robert Ward
Greensboro
Ward
C. E. Young
Bertha Young
Claude Matthews
Bed and
Georgianna Matthews
Sugar Bowl Pictures To Be Shown By UNC Alumni
Official sound movies of the Sugar Bowl game will be shown Tuesday January 28 at a UNC alumni association meeting. Coach Carl Snavely will present the footage and discuss the game. Curtis Smithdeal president of the local chapter announced the event for 322 alumni with a dinner at 6 45 in the Sheraton ballroom and a viewing at 8 30, each alumnus may bring one guest. Guests include coaches and players from High Point college and high school, Red Shield clubs and the Educa program.
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UNC Alumni Association
Carl Snavely
Curtis Smithdeal
Alumni Association
Sheraton Hotel
High Point College
Red Shield
Educa
Jamestown Oakdale Seek Rebirth as Incorporated Town
Residents of Jamestown and Oakdale circulate a petition to restore Jamestown as an incorporated town. If signed by 51 percent of voters and property owners, the plan goes to the General Assembly for approval. Oakdale’s past includes a Civil War gun plant and a Stoneman raid that failed to destroy it.
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High Point
Greensboro
James Mendenhall
Deep River
Jamestown
Oakdale
General Assembly
Mae Town
Lee
Stoneman
Persistent Rain Keeps Soaking City Weather Office Report
Rain is forecast to continue today tonight and through tomorrow with a steady drizzle daily. The weather bureau at Friendship records shows the damp pattern began Saturday night at 9 35 with no heavy downpours but persistent showers and temperatures a few degrees above normal.
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Weather Bureau Atriendship
Weather Bureau
Davidson Plans Oratorical Contest in February
Davidson county will hold a county contest in Lexington on February 8. Twelve entries have been filed. The event, part of a 45 county program by the North Carolina Bankers Association, offers 200, 100, and 50 dollar savings bonds as prizes with a trip to Asheville for top winners and coach. May Neal notes potential entry growth and broad public interest. Local contests precede group eliminations with county and district winners advancing to final in Elkin on February 20.
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Davidson County
Lexington
Harry Newland
The
Soil Conservation Service
High Point
North Carolina Bankers Association
Association
Asheville
N. H. Neal
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
N. C. Extension Service
N. C. Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Elkin
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Davidson
Davie
Iredell
Rowan
Cabarrus
High Point ruling sets precedent for hosiery fixers unionization
Manufacturers say the NLRB denial of the CIO petition to represent knitting machine fixers creates a nationwide precedent. The decision bars separate fixer bargaining units and requires inclusion of production workers, affecting 11 local mills and similar cases in other hosiery centers.
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High Point Hosiery
National Labor Relations Board
CIO American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Amos Hosiery Mills, Inc
Crown Hosiery Mills, Inc
Glenn Hosiery Company
Jackson Hosiery Mills, Inc
E. Kearns and
NLRB
CIO
High Point
Hosiery Workers Federation
Silas Casey Elected President of Local Bar
The High Point Bar association elected Silas Casey president at its annual dinner at the Chateau Supper club. Officers include Charles McAnnally as vice president and Irvin Coffield as secretary treasurer. The group adopted five resolutions opposing a domestic relations court, curbing municipal court power, and illegal practice by justices of the peace, while endorsing higher salaries for court staff and funding tuberculosis bonds.
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High Point Bar Association
Chateau
High Point
Silas Casey
James B. Lovelace
Charles McAnnally
Irvin Coffield
Lovelace
E. A. Wright
R. D. Dixon
Death of Mrs. James C. Gibson in Gibson
Mrs. James C. Gibson dies at home in Gibson early Saturday morning. She is mother of Mrs. Ivan Hill of 707 Fourth Street High Point. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. today at St John’s Methodist Church Gibson with burial in the family plot church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Gibson
Gibson
Ivan Hill
Fourth Fourth Street
High Point
St. John's Methodist Church
Willowbrook Street Bridge Opening Delayed By Weather
Inclement weather halted bridge openings across the Southern railway with only railings incomplete. By Monday or Tuesday temporary rails will be added and the bridge deemed ready for use. High Street at Main and Willowbrook at Commerce opened to through traffic despite ongoing dispute over High Street widening costs with Tomlinson of High Point.
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Willowbrook Street
Southern Railway
High Street
Main
Commerce
Biltmore Hotel
City
Tomlinson
High Point
Aftermath of Virginia air disaster provokes national scrutiny
In the wooded hills near Galax Virginia an airliner crashed killing 18. The week saw multiple major air mishaps and a surge of front page reports. Mountain locals collected wreckage and shared vivid scenes while journalists filed sensational accounts.
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Galax
Virginia
News World
Interview Round Confirms Broad Participation
The report notes interviews conducted with a wide range of individuals including participants and organizers. It records self interviews as part of the process, reflecting extensive outreach across the page.
Clapp Awarded Trophy Wins Mail Contest
C L Clapp city letter carrier won a trophy in a national air mail contest held Oct 27 to Nov 2. He processed 512 air mail letters to top rival D F Payne 416 and Stokes Gallimore 385. Gilbert W Paul presented the plastic Capital Airlines trophy at the local post office with Postmaster S C Clark and George Krausse in attendance.
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C. L. Clapp
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
National Air
S. C. Clark
Clapp
D. F. Payne
Stokes Gallimore
Capital Airlines
Gilbert W. Paul
Airlines
George Krausse
Air Mail Week
Clark
License Tag Sales Lagging in State and City
Thelma Ryan of the Carolina Motor Club reports license tag sales lagging several thousand behind last year with 11 days left before mandatory use of 1947 plates. State and city tags may trigger citations starting February 1 for drivers with 1946 plates.
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Thelma Ryan
Carolina Motor Club
Ministers Conference in Charlotte To Address Public Issues
More than 100 Methodist ministers from western North Carolina gather at a luncheon in the First Methodist church in Charlotte. The informal session aims to discuss vital public issues with a committee led by Dr. Mark Depp Rev Red Wall Rev Howard Wilkinson and Rev Wilson Weldon among organizers.
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North Carolina
First Methodist
Mark Depp
Centenary Church
Winston-Salem
Red Wall
Main Street
Thomasville
Howard Wilkinson
First Church
Charlotte
Wilson
Weldon
High Point
Medical Doctor to Speak at First Methodist Forum
Dr Glenn G Perry will address the First Methodist Church adult forum at 6 45 PM tonight in Burgess Memorial chapel. The topic is Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn G. Perry
First Methodist Church
Burgess Memorial Chapel
Permits Required for Food Handlers in Guilford County
Rural Guilford county health officials announce that all food handling establishments must have permits for operators before serving food. Dr. R M Buie says permits, issued to operators, have been required by state law for years and are issued free of charge. Prosecution looms for those operating without permits.
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Guilford County
R. M. Buie
Why Ungraded Milk Sells in Local Schools
High Point health chief W S Teachy explains ungraded pasteurized milk is used in city schools due to a statewide shortage of grade A milk. About 25 percent of North Carolina milk is grade A, with import needs and wartime price controls contributing to the supply gap and emergency waivers.
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W. S. Teachy
High Point Health Department
High Point
B. L. Jessup
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Teachy
State
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
CPA
OPA
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