City digs through blizzard as temperature stays below freezing
City residents dig out after a blizzard with overcast skies and temperatures lingering below freezing. Forecasters predict cloudy weather with more snow while emergency crews remove snow from downtown cores using trucks and a Caterpillar scraper. The city continues 24 hour operations through the night to clear Main Street and other major arteries despite ice lingering after the storm.
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Main Street
Sheraton Ho
Penick to Speak at Episcoal Auxiliaries 58th Convention
Salisbury January 25 Bishop Edwin A Penick was set to speak at the 58th annual convention of the Episcopal Church Women’s Auxiliary North Carolina. Officers installed included H B Hutchinson of Winston-Salem as vice president Miss Nic Grimes of Salisbury treasurer and E G Peeples of Ford secretary of Christian education Rt Rev Emmet Gribbin urged reading Christian obligation.
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Salisbury
Ishop
Edwin A. Penick
Women’ Auxiliary, Episcodiocese of
North Carolina
H. B. Hutchinson
Winn-Salem
Nic Grimes
E. G. Peeples
Ford
Christian Ucation
Emmet Gribbin
Episcopal Church
Estern North Carolina
Elderly matriarch sacrifices life to save grandchildren
A 78-year-old great grandmother died attempting to rescue three grandchildren as a house in Lon destroyed by a blaze. Firefighters found the woman unresponsive inside the structure and could not revive her. The three children escaped with minor injuries and are under care. Investigators are not yet releasing the cause.
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Lon
Ex-service men seek revival of Jamaica's Western Regiment
Jamaican veterans plan to revive the famed West ern Regiment, tracing a route that began about 150 years ago as they organize a new drive to restore the historic unit.
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Jamaica
Western Regiment
Funds Update Shows Small Rise Since Tuesday
Only one additional contribution has been made to the fund since Tuesday. To date the fund stands as follows: Previously acknowledged $53.55 and Allen Welborn $1.00, totaling $54.55.
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Allen Welborn
Birthday Ball Postponed One Week To February 2
Snow and bad weather prompted the Infantile Paralysis Campaign to postpone the President's Birthday Ball to Friday night February 2. The event remains at the city armory with John Peddicord and his Winston-Salem orchestra. buttons will be sold on street days. tickets are available at local drug stores and the Sheraton and Elwood hotels.
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H. L. Coffield, Jr
Eme Place
Coffield
City Armory
John Peddicord
Winston-Salem
Sheraton
Elwood
Compton Advanced For Naval Position
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Lewis Compton of New Jersey to be assistant secretary of the navy. The move follows his service as special assistant to Secretary Edison. Roosevelt also nominated Carroll Miller of Pennsylvania for another term as Interstate Commerce commissioner ending December 31, 1946.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Lewis Compton
New Jersey
Navy
Compton
Charles Edison
Carroll Miller
Pennsylvania
Veneer Company In Receivership
Judge D C MacRae appointed a receiver for the Caddell Veneer Company after Edna E Blake trading as City Fuel Company filed a $200 open account claim for coal and alleged imminent insolvency. Byron Haworth, vice president, consented to the receivership and Haworth was named attorney for the receiver with Ma Crissman named state court receiver and required to post a $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
Caddell Vener Company
Hamilton Street
Edna E. Blake
City Fuel Company
Walter E. Crissman
Fuel Company
Veneer Company
Byron Haworth
MacRae
Wilma P. Crissman
Mr. Haworth
Richmond Grid Stars Aid Mercy Mission
Six University of Richmond football players walked four miles through heavy snow to donate blood for the wife of coach Glenn F. Thistlethwaite. Mrs. Thistlethwaite, ill since December, needed transfusions as physicians reported improvement. Players included captain elect Harold McVay and others from Virginia and New Jersey.
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Richmond
University of Richmond
Gleen F. Thistlethwaite
Frank Baker
Pittsburgh
Thistlethwaite
Harold McVay
Norfolk
Fred Brodbose
Bound Brook
N. J
Vincent Collins
Spout Springs
Dave Robertson
Pelham, N. Y
Ed Sinar
Clifton Forge, Va
Mrs Walter Toy Dies at New Hampshire Home
A notice from Laconia New Hampshire reports the death of Mrs Walter Toy wife of the president of Scott and Williams Company hosiery machinery makers. She died suddenly last night in Laconia and funeral details are unavailable. Mr Hallenbeck Southern representative for Scott and Williams Company conveyed the news.
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F. H. Hallenbeck
Walter Toy
Laconia
New Hampshire
Toy
Scott and Williams Company
Hallenbeck
Interior Migration Driven by Shanghai Cost Pressures
Soaring living costs are expected to force a migration into the interior by a still greater number of inhabitants of Shanghai, China.
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Shanghai
China
Britain Tracks World Oil to Starve German War Machine
British authorities said Britain is pressuring global oil supplies to choke Germany. The Economic Warfare Department, aided by the Foreign Office, targets fuel to German bombers while expanding anti German mail and contraband seizures. Britain eyes Romania Iran and Mexico in a bid to outbid German trade and curb oil to Nazi forces.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Economic Warfare Department
Foreign Office
Americas
Rumania
Iran
Rumanian Commission
Romania
Mexico
Funeral services held for Mrs Moss aged 73
Mrs Margaret Priscilla Moss died at her daughter's home on the Thomasville road near the Guilford Davidson county line. Funeral services were conducted at her late residence with ministers from the Main Street Methodist Church and Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church in charge. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Margaret Priscilla Moss
R. A. Teague
Thomasville Road
Guilford-Davidson County
N. C. Williams
Main Street Methodist Church
Moss
Hughey O. Miller
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
J. E. Swinson
O. E. Snow
H. J. Williard
H. F. Yates
W. F. Thomas
A. N. Browning
W. R. Moss
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Meeting of Pat Brown creditors held today
Rupert T. Pickens the trustee in bankruptcy of A Pat Brown Inc met Kenneth Brim the referee in bankruptcy and creditors in Greensboro today A dividend of 25 percent on taxes about 2000 of the 8000 taxes owed at the time of bankruptcy was declared Unsecured creditors will get nothing. only prior wage claims had previously been paid
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Greensboro
Rupert T. Pickens
A. Pat Brown, Inc
High Point
Kenneth Brim
Deaths Denison Mrs. Elliott Dies After Short Illness
Jan 25 Denison Mrs. Charles Elliott about 45 died at home after a short illness. A Denison native she lived here all her life. Funeral arrangements were incomplete this afternoon. Survived by husband one daughter four sons and mother Mrs. Ella Gallimore of High Point.
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Denson
Charles Elliott
Elliott
Denton
Ella Gallimore
High Point
Stamp series to honor arts and sciences set for 1940
Dr Samuel Grafflin of White Plains spoke in city events under the Young Men’s Christian Association. He outlined principles of progress at a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Wesley Memorial Church and led the Wednesday prayer meeting at First Baptist Church.
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Post Office Department
Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Louisa May Alcott
Brown
Samuel L. Clemens
Partley
United States
Poets Group
Henry W. Longfellow
John Greenleaf Whittier
James Russell Lowell
Walt Whitman
James Whitcomb Riley
Samuel Grafflin
White Plains
N. Y
Young Men's Christian Association
Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Grafflin
Wesley Memorial Church
Edgar Hartley
Four New Army Enlistments Reported at Camp Jackson
Sergeant Fred Wiles at the local recruiting station announced four new infantry enlistments at Camp Jackson South Carolina this morning. The report names Weldon B. Chilton of Greensboro and William F. ...
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Camp Jackson
S. C
Fred Wiles
Weldon B. Chilton
Greensboro
William F
Rotary Talk Praises Youth Leader Grafflin at Meeting
Dr. Samuel W. Grafflin addressed the Rotary Club with a defense of youth and a list of five must read books: Mother Goose Aesop's Fables Pilgrim's Progress Poor Richards Almanac and the Bible. W Chase Idol paid tribute to former member Captain A M Rankin.
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Rotary Club
Samuel W. Grafflin
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
Grafflin
Richard
A. M. Rankin
W. Chase Idol
Chamber of Commerce Board Discusses Committee Plans
The Chamber of Commerce board met at the Elwood Hotel at 12 15 p m to discuss plans for the recently appointed committees. Each committee will refine its plans in the coming days and a membership campaign to recruit new local businesses was also discussed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Elwood Hotel
Notable Names in Humble Liberty held by Hold er and Keene
The fragment mentions Humble, Liberty, George A. Holder, Liberty, and Clinton Keene in Randleman.
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Humble
Liberty
George A. Holder
Clinton Keene
Randleman
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