High Point Fourth War Loan Drive Falls Short of Its Goal
High Point reported Fourth War Loan sales of 269 890 50 dollars toward a 3 865 500 dollar quota due by February 28 issued value credits explained by Frank J Sizemore Vice Chairman. A rally in front of Center Theatre featured Ann Savage Lon Chaney Jr and a bond auction with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Center Theatre
Ann Savage
Lon Chaney, Jr
Frank J. Sizemore
Columbia Pictures
Chaney
Miss Savage
Daniel J. Tarr
United States Coast Guard
John W. Vendorits
Africa
J. B. Walton
David T. Collie
Rumania
Robert H. Millican
Joe Hollingsworth
Hugh Smart
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Center Theater
Austin Clark
Two Thomasville Men Are Returned To Army
Thomasville police report the arrest of two local men on a charge of being absent from the army. Jack Shores was arrested by local officers and sent to Raleigh. Shores reportedly left his post at New River. Edward M. Coltrane was taken into custody by Officers Easley Loflin and Smith and later released to military authorities at Greensboro.
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Thomasville
Jack Shores
Raleigh
Shores
New River
Edward M. Coltrane
Easley
Loflin
Smith
Greensro
Discovery: Colds Relief and Penetro Salve Ad
A historical advertisement urges mothers to follow grandma’s cold relief method using Penetro salve. It touts a medicated mutton suet base for coughs nasal congestion and muscle aches, selling 25 cents with a double supply at 35 cents.
Council Meeting to Be Held in County Building's Court Room
High Point city council plans 7:30 PM Thursday session in the county building court room to accommodate overflow. Mayor pro tem C A Lewis says the agenda includes seven department head reports a postwar city operation plan from City Manager Roy S Braden and opening bids for four new police cars with final purchase approval.
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C. A. Lewis
Lewis
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
Atlanta
Roy S. Braden
Magician Betts Delights Exchange Club Audience
R. E. Betts, local amateur magician, entertained Exchange Club members with sleight of hand at the Sheraton hotel during a weekly dinner. J. D. Ross chaired the program. A new furniture initiative for the youth center was announced, along with a refriger ator purchase funded by the club. Boyd Ward joined as a new member, Rev. T. E. Strickland attended as a visitor. A board of control meeting was set for Friday at 8 p.m. at R.oe Conrad’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Betts
Exchange Club
Sheraton Hotel
J. D. Ross
Youth Center Advisory Council
Boyd Ward
T. E. Strickland
Board of Control
R.oe Conrad
The
Elw
City Labor Conditions Stabilized Say Public Works Chief
City Public Works Director T C Kirkman reports six months of stabilized labor conditions with rising job applications. He notes reduced turnover since July and says more applicants include Negroes, with two white former employees rehired in sanitation, anticipating improved garbage collection and overall department efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Public Works
T. C. Kirkman
Kirkman
City Public Works Department
Sanitary Department
Paper Collections In Thomasville 30 Tons In One Day
Members of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce report about 30,000 pounds of waste paper collected in a city drive in Thomasville Sunday. Eight large trucks gathered paper from all streets and from Johnsontown and Fair Grove areas. The Lions Club sponsored a tin can drive at the same time and collected several hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Johnsontown
Fair Grove
Lions Club
Funeral Rites for Herschel H Kinney Held at Church
Funeral service for Herschel Harlston Kinney age 73 who died at home on Asheboro road was held at North Hamilton Street Church of Christ with Rev R M Ratzlaff presiding. Interment followed Floral Garden cemetery with pallbearers listed. Dora M Rickard dies. service at Becks Reformed church with multiple pastors officiating. Burial in church cemetery family plot.
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HW. H. Kinney
Herschel Harlston Kinney
Asheboro Road
Hamilton Street
Church of Christ
R. M. Ratzlaff
R. F. Saunders
H. B. Blizzard
R. B. Silliman
Co. C. Gable
J. A. Bennett
J. JC. Willis
Floral Garden Cemetery
Dora M. Rickard
Thomasville
Beck's Reformed Church
H. P. Williams
O. C. Conroe
Hiatt
Lawrence Ferguson
Charles Ferguson
Edward Rickard
Cletus Pope
Alex Pope
Leonard Stanley
Marlene Lowe
Clair Bixler
Melvin Howard
Chinese Cadets Observe New Year at Lowry Field
Chinese airmen at Lowry Field Denver mark the New Year with restrained study of bombsight maintenance amid rationing. Lieut. Kung Liu notes China has no celebration today while Larry Chen and Yang Wei Wu recall full holidays. The cadets, part of allied training, will return to China after graduation.
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Denver
Lowry Field
China
Kung Liu
Army Air Base
Larry Chen
Yang Wei Wu
Oldsters
United States
Arizona
William L. Snowden
Draft Delinquents Named By Local Board Four
Local draft board No 4 announced two delinquents this morning. Sonny Boy Gripper and Wilbur Blue, both colored, failed to report for induction January 6. Attempts to reach them by mail have failed. Anyone knowing their location should contact board four officials.
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Sonny Boy Gripper
Wilbur Blue
Board Four
New Eta Sigma Phi Headquarter Located at Lehigh
Bethelhem Pa Jan 25 Eta Sigma Phi national headquarters moves to Lehigh University. Rhys Williams a Lehigh junior is named president of the classical language honorary fraternity.
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Bethelhem
INS
Eta Sigma Phi
Lehigh University
Lehigh
Rhys Williams
Dr Flagge Delivers Bats Talk to Civitan Club
Dr. P. W. Flagge spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon in the Sheraton on bats. He reviewed bat habits with a partly technical focus, noting a bat occupying the same cave spot night after night. Visitors included J. R. Burton of High Point and Lt. D. P. Whitley of the U S Navy. Severn Regar won the attendance prize.
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P. W. Flagge
Civitan Club
Sheraton Ho
J. R. Burton
High Point
D. P. Whitley
United States Navy
Severn Regar
Portal to Portal Pay Ruled Out by Judge Barksdale
Judge A D Barksdale ruled the fair labor standards act does not require mine operators to pay underground miners for travel time from portal to portal. The decision affects Jewell Ridge Coal and United Mine Workers of America cases and could bar back pay claims before April while travel from mine entrance to work is not counted as work time.
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Lynchburg
A.D. Barksdale
U.S. District Court
Barksdale
Southwest
Virginia
Jewell Ridge
National Union of the United Mine Workers of America
Southern Coal Operators’ Association
Three Sentenced On Drunkenness Charge
In Thomasville judge Carl Wilson sentenced several individuals on drunkenness charges. Virginia Rich received 60 days, Samuel E Hill 30 days plus a suspended 60 day term, Lonnie Gray 30 days plus a suspended 30 day term. Fred Snider and Banner Boggs faced fines and costs for reckless driving and prohibition law violations. One PT boat requires about 28 000 board feet of lumber.
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Thomasville
Carl Wilson
Virginia Rich
Samuel E. Hill
Lonnie Gray
Fred Snider
Route Two
Dillon Jones
Banner Boggs
Men and Women in Service Update from Miami Beach and San Antonio
Cpl Sam F Ridge son of Mr and Mrs W P Ridge now at the U S N air corps base Miami Beach underwent a minor operation and is listed in satisfactory condition. Wallace R Skeen of 654 Wesley Place is among 44 cadets at the San Antonio aviation cadet center in a nine week course preparing for flight training.
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Cpl
Sam F. Ridge
W. P. Ridge
U. S. N. Air Corps
Miami Beach
Wallace R. Skeen
Wesley Place
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Cadet Center
James H. Stone Enrolled in Nine-Week Pre-Flight Course
James H. Stone of Route One attends a nine-week pre flight training program at the San Antonio cadet center in Texas as part of military aviation preparation.
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San Antonio
James H. Stone
Route One
Texas
Elected President of NCO Club at Hammer Field
Staff Sergeant Bill Langley son of Mr and Mrs E G Langley of 107 Howell Street has been elected president of the Non Commissioned Officers club at Hammer Field Calif He was formerly vice president A native of High Point he studied chemical engineering at High Point College.
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Bill Langley
E. G. Langley
Howell Street
Hammer Field
Calif
High Point
High Point College
Pfc. Erskine Kindley in English Army Hospital
Army officials report Pfc. Erskine Kindley of High Point is a patient in an army hospital in England. His mother Mrs. Emma Kindley of 109 Worth Avenue was notified by message.
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Kindley
England
Pfc
Erskine Kindley
High Point
Emma Kindley
Worth Avenue
Peeler Returns from Five Day Furlough
Corporal John E. Peeler has returned to the Marine base in Jacksonville Florida after a five day furlough with his mother Mrs Ronk of 300 Fourth Street.
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Peeler
John E. Peeler
Marine Base
Jacksonville
Fla
Armed Forces
Mrs. Ronk
Fourth Street
Texas Soil Imported For Camp Davis Plot
A 1300 pound chunk of Texas soil heads to Camp Davis North Carolina where Texan troops plant a flower bed around the flagpole. With Governor Stevenson’s permission the Dallas News sent 12 sacks of Dallas yard dirt to the camp as a symbol of home.
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Dallas
Texas
North Carolina
Camp Davis
N.C
Dallas News
Coke R. Stevenson
Camp
Davis
Officer Loses Teeth In Land Mine Eruption
Fort Devens Massachusetts January 25 A reception center officer in a live fire infiltration course was crawling under barbed wire when a land mine simulating artillery fire exploded beside him. His false teeth shot into the air, he located them buried in dirt, and continued toward the finish line with grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Devens
Mass
Shelby Soldier and Two Crew Die in Air Field Crash
Toledo report states First Lieut. William Henry Byers 35 a ferrying unit member and two other crewmen were killed when their twin engine Army plane crashed and burned at the municipal field yesterday. Byers is survived by his widow and his mother Mrs Arrie D Byers of 801 W Warren Shelby NC.
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Toledo
William Henry Byers
Municipal Air Field
Byers
Arrie D. Byers
W. Warren Street
Shelby
N.C
City plans lease for victory gardens with $1 fee
Public works officials outline final steps for leasing city owned land for victory gardens. Citizens without property may secure a lot by paying one dollar and must maintain plots or risk city takeover. Applications available at the public works department, city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
City Public Works Department
High Point
Roy S. Braden
Jaden
Braden
Public Works Department
T. C. Kirkman
Works Departmentwl Office
Rkman
City Hall Names Edna Surrett as City Legal Clerk
City hall announces the addition of Mrs Edna Mae Surrett of 205 Meadow Street to the legal department as a second class clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Mae Surrett
Meadow Street
City Legal Department
Cox Sentenced Four Months for Liquor DUI
Silas Cox, 40, of High Point Route Two, received four months in jail and a $100 fine plus costs from Judge D. C. MacRae for driving while intoxicated. He is banned from operating a motor vehicle for two years. Joshua Funderbirk, 36, an escaped Cumberland County prison convict, was bound over to superior court on larceny charges after taking a pearl revolver from the collection. Carlan Call, 47, Negro, had assault and hit and run charges dismissed for insufficient evidence.
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Silas Cox
High Point
Route Two
D. C. MacRae
Joshua Funderbirk
Cumberland County
Funderbirk
Robert Moore
Buchanan
Forest Road
Carlan Call
Kivett
MacRae
McCall
Austin Williamson
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Parker-Brown
UT Oak St
Max Bones
Greensboro
N. C
Eedri Sus Poh
Janua County
T. R. Short
DR. B. F. Thomas
Arcade
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Magician Betts
Paul W. Clapp
USIL
Ture
Dr. Flagge
Judge Barksdale
Shelby Man
City Hall
Cox
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Iin
ICE Delivery Company
West Greed Street
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
H. FP
N. S. Gamer
Agency
N. Greene St
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