Europe’s Blackouts Turn From Frontline Risk to Civil Toll
In five months of war, nightly city blackouts cause far more injuries and deaths than the battlefield. England faces a parliamentary debate on blackout casualties as Germany’s rail accidents add to the toll. The piece weighs morale’s fragility and the need to curb home-front dangers without compromising defense.
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Europe
Germany
England
France
London
Paria
Hitler
Prophetic views on Russia and the Battle of Armageddon
The author warns of prophetic interpretations of Russia’s westward move, linking Ezekiel’s modern war imagery to Moscow’s actions and a climactic divine confrontation in Palestine. Finite battles foretell the Lord’s triumphant return with scenes from Revelation and Ezekiel, urging preaching hope and warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel
Mesheck
Moscow
Palestine
Ferrar Fenton
Israel
Russia
Finland
Mount of Olives
Christ
UNC Educator Guy B. Phillips to Keynote Asheboro Meeting
Guy B. Phillips of the University of North Carolina education department will speak at a joint Fayettteville Street and Park Street schools meeting in Asheboro. The 7 30 p m session will be held in the Park Street school auditorium.
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Asheboro
Guy B. Phillips
Department of Education
University of North Carolina
Fayetteville Street
Park Street
End the War and the Blackout Nights Urged
Public clamor amid a parliamentary study of blackout casualties spurs calls for swift drastic action. The piece notes pedestrians using glow worms and cars with dim blue headlamps yet tolls rise. It argues for a forthright attack on the enemy to end the war and blackout nights.
Bennet and Walter Wanger marriage shocks media world
The five year partnership of Bennett and producer Walter Wanger ended in marriage described as a big surprise by newspapers. The item also notes varying spellings of Chekhov and includes snippets about Spearman Lewis winning $2,600 from a daily double and factors in Mark Hellinger and Diana Lewis anecdotes. It closes with a remark on hate groups and life dissatisfaction among would-be revolutionists.
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Bennett
Walter Wanger
Herald- Tribune
Chekhov
Tchekhov
Tchhehov
Chekov
Tchso
Spearman Lewis
Chicago Gazette
Hialeah Park
Mark Hellinger
Sticks
Knickerbocker to Lecture at Salem College Memorial Hall
H R Knickerbocker famed war correspondent will speak at Salem College Memorial Hall at 8 30 PM on January 1. He recently returned from the war zone where he traveled with the Allied Army as one of the few American journalists near French frontier fortifications.
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Winston-Salem
H. R. Knickerbocker
Salem College
Memorial Hall
Knickerbocker
United States
Canada
Forest Fires Cost North Carolina Over Sixty Thousand
Raleigh report shows last month’s forest fires burned 26 933 acres and caused damages exceeding 74 000 dollars. Assistant State Forester W C McCormick cites drought and winds as drivers with 629 blazes twenty point five percent from hunters campers and fishermen.
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Raleigh
W. C. McCormick
McCormick
Denmark Rations Coffee and Tea for Citizens
The government imposes monthly rationing allowing one pound five ounces of coffee and ten percent ounces of tea per person. Tax rules state four dollars collected in taxes for every one dollar paid to workers on a car's construction, across the vehicle's lifetime.
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Denmark
Newspaper Institute Concludes 18th Session in Chapel Hill
Attendees reach 215 as the 18th annual newspaper institute ends. Speakers include L Parker Likely of Newspaper Appraisal Corp, Don Becker of the Durham Herald, and John E Allen of Linotype News. Allen predicts war will reshape style and format. Becker praises NC news photography and explains its role and editing.
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Chapel Hill
Newspaper Institute
L. Parker
Newspaper Appraisal Corporation
Don Becker
The
Durham Herald
John E. Allen
Linotype News
Allen
Thom asville Funeral for Mrs J C Jones Held at Bethany Church
Mrs J C Jones a prominent Thom asville woman died at a local hospital Wednesday. Funeral service conducted by Rev J A Palmer at Bethany Reformed Church with a quartet singing Rock of Ages and No Night There. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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J.C. Jones
Thomasville
J. C. Jones
Bethany Reformed Church
J. A. Palmer
Heidelberg Reformed Church
Jay Howard
Walter Shirley
Hobart Lee Fouts
W M U General Meeting at Green Street Baptist Church
The W M U of Green Street Baptist Church holds a Monday 7 30 pm general meeting in the church basement with installation of 1940 officers led by Mrs Fred Culler second vice president and program chair. Full attendance requested and a social hour will follow. The government teaches Cyprus fruit growers to grow bigger crops.
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Green Street Baptist Church
Fred Culler
Cyprus
Leaf Men Go to Washington for Tobacco Price Talks
North Carolina Farm Bureau leaders plan meetings in Washington with Congressmen and AAA officials on their five point program to bolster tobacco prices. Scheduled talks include Representatives Lindsay Warren Cooley Barden Kerr Clark Folger and Durham. Also meeting J B Hutson AAA assistant and Edward R O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Washington
AAA
Lindsay (. Warren
Washington, D. C
Harold D. Cooley
Nashville
Graham A. Barden
New Bern
John H. Kerr
Warrenton
J. Bayard Clark
Fayetteville
A. D. Folger
Mount Airy
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
J. B. Hutson
Edward R. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Halifax Blames Nazis For Invasion Of Finland
Lord Halifax, British foreign secretary, blamed Germany for the invasion of Finland via Radio-Germany. He warned Nazi Germany bears a heavy share of blame and said Germany’s failures risked Britain’s western war aims. He praised Finnish resistance and noted British aid was substantial though not publicly detailed.
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Leeds
England
Germany
Russia
Finland
Lord Halifax
Reich
Britain
Bird Club Plans Study Trip to Lake Mattamuskeet
North Carolina Bird Club members will travel to the Lake Mattamuskeet Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Hyde County next Saturday to observe geese swans and ducks. The refuge covers about 50 000 acres with shallow water and abundant vegetation. The area was acquired by the federal government in 1934 and is managed by the Biological Survey to boost waterfowl numbers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Bird Club
Lake Mattamuskeet
Hyde County
Biological Survey
Automobile taxes noted in US survey
A recent survey highlights 345 taxes levied on operating an automobile in the United States. Separately, London Zoo panda Sung, a four thousand pound animal, fell ill and refused to eat until served outmeal porridge.
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United States
Sung
London Zoo
Southern Conference Sees Economic Promise for the South
The Southern Regional Conference on Guidance and Personnel ended with Miss Bertha Nienberg stating the South is an economic promise, not a problem. About 200 attendees heard talks by Dr. Harry A. Jager Rex Cunliffe and John Lang on guidance programs and the National Vocational Guidance Association. The group supported federal aid for education and proposed renaming the organization to Guidance and Personnel Association.
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Raleigh
Bertha Nienberg
Labor Department
South
Miss Nienberg
Women’s Bureau
Harry A. Jager
Rex B. Cunliffe
National Vocational Guidance Association
John A. Lang
NVA
R. Mayne Albright
State Employment Service
Royce E. Brewster
Dr. Jager
U.S. Office of Education
Congress
Vocational Guidance Association
The
Guidance and Personnel Association
Methodists Plan Rallies Across North Carolina
Raleigh January 20. Two rallies mark the unification of American Methodism across the former Episcopal and Protestant branches. The Edenton Street Church in Raleigh hosts February 6 and Centenary Church in Winston Salem hosts February 7 as part of the Methodist Advance movement led by Bishops Peele and Purcell with eighty two rallies planned regionwide.
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Raleigh
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Protestant Church
North Carolina
Edenton Street
Centenary
Winston-Salem
Methodist Church
Methodist Advance
Council of Bishops
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Carolinas
Columbia, D. C
Long Orders Six Day Special Session For 20 Bills
Governor Earl K. Long called Louisiana's legislature into a six day special session to push 20 bills aimed at boosting his re election bid in a February 20 runoff against Sam H. Jones. He cited a 75,000 vote edge as proof of apparent reelection in the Democratic primary.
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Louisiana
Jones
Baton Rouge
Gover
Earl K. Long
Reform
Sam H. Jones
House
Senate
Long
Huey P. Long
Huey
Department of Public Welfare
Polis
Earl Long
Vters
Problem Triangle Laid Before Court in Municipal Case
In Municipal Court Judge D C Mac Rae handled a case involving Minnie Lee Turner a Negro woman convicted on a drunkenness charge. Turner appealed to stay judgment while paying fines with a bondsman demanding imprisonment. testimony said she paid the fine to Herbert Mack who failed to cover costs, leading to Mack being jailed after being ordered to pay.
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Minnie Lee Turner
Minnie Lee
Herbert Mack
Herbert
Motorists Face Over One Billion in Online Taxes in 1939
Motorists are projected to pay more than a billion dollars in federal and state taxes in 1939. The estimate highlights the combined levy from income, excise, and other levies impacting drivers nationwide.
Asheboro Center Hit In Nickels and Boards Theft
Asheboro Recreation Center suffered a theft Friday morning with twenty five dollars in nickels punch boards and other items taken. Owner Shelley Frazier reported the theft and local officers are investigating.
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Asheboro
Asheboro Recreation Center
Shelley Frazier
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