City Officials Foresee Possible 48 Million Tax Valuation
City Manager E M Knox and City Accountant H Lake Crowe independently project a potential city tax valuation near 48 million dollars, far above prior expectations of about 42 million. They caution figures are incomplete but converge on a possible outcome, creating cautious optimism about the city’s fiscal outlook.
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High Point
E. M. Knox
H. Lake Crowe
Knox
Crowe
High Point Orn
Tax revenue foreseen to rise by estimated city tax figures
Weather Crowe and Knox discuss the approaching estimate and its implications for property taxes. If the two calculations prove correct, final proof could come in a few weeks, and the city will reap about 145000 more tax revenue this year than budgeted.
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Crowe
Knox
Telegraph Firms Aid In Defense Savings Stamp Drive
Western Union and Postal Telegraph operate sale sites for United States Defense Savings Stamps across the nation. Local managers F. W. Troy and Mrs. M. E. Harraison announce stamps at 10 25 and 50 cent denominations with staff training and strong cooperation. Secretary Morgenthau commends the effort.
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United States Defense Savings
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
United States
Postal Telegraph
F. W. Troy
M. E. Harraison
Maorgenthau
MacArthur Held On Batán Amid Philippines Battle
MacArthur remains at field headquarters on Batan Peninsula directing the struggle as a brilliant maneuver is praised by Washington. His wife and young son are believed to be on Corregidor Island where evacuations began but she stayed with him. The Philippines battle is described as perhaps the severest MacArthur has faced.
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Washington
Philippines
MacArthur
Batan
Fort Mills
Corregidor Island
Arthur
Corregidor
C E Society of Spring Hill Has Good Program
The Spring Hill Christian Endeavor Society met Sunday evening with Stanton Craven leading. Attendees included Huby Marion Milford Byerly Edna Moore Gwendolyn Moore Lois Byerly and Edna Nation. The group closed with song silent prayer and the C E benediction and presented a Bible to Mr. and Mrs. McCrary Peace. The donation honors newly married couples in the community.
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Spring Hill Christian Endeavor Society
Stanton Craven
Craven
Huby Marion
Milford
Byerly
Edna Moore
Gwendolyn
Moore
Lois Byerly
Edna }Ation
Rirs. McCrary Peace
City Hall Heads to Register for Military Service
City Hall officials aged 20 to 44, including Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and City Manager Knox, must register on February 16. Several leaders like Jarrell Black and Kearns have already registered, while others will register later or as civilian defense workers. Lois Welborn, the City Treasurer, has already registered as a civilian defense volunteer.
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E. MM. Knox
O. Arthur Kirkman
Knox
H. Lake Crowe
Harold Black
Silas H. Mmcbee
W. F. Bailey
J. S. Ingram
James B. Lovelace
Civil Service Commission
Harriss H. Jarrel
Ames R. Kearns
Jarrell, Black and Kearns
E. K. Ingram
W. G. Friddie
J. L. Perkins
Grover H. Jones
D. C. MacRae
R. A. Herring
Lois Welborn
Liberty ships to be built in Wilmington by NC Shipbuilding
The Maritime Commission awarded a contract for 43 Liberty ships to the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, totaling over 80 million dollars. The award increases 10 day ship totals to 713 vessels and 7.5 million deadweight tons, with Wilmington previously contracted to build 37 ships. most of the extra 53 ships are to be delivered by year end 1943.
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Washington, Jan
Maritime Commission
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
W. C
Ee Ie
Death notices from Randleman and Durham
Miss Amanda R McCollum 80 died at home after weeks of illness in Randleman. Funeral at Cedar Falls Methodist Church with interment in church cemetery. Willie Ernest Dickens 56 of Durham died at home after a year decline. He wed 1915 and leaves wife and daughter plus two stepdaughters, two sisters and a brother. Funeral Tuesday at Knightdale with interment in Knightdale City Cemetery.
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Amanda Aicollusatt
the Enterprise
Randleman
Amanda R. McCollum
Cedar Falls Methodist Church
Randolph County
Pugt’s
Willie Ernest Dickens
Durham
Woodrow Street
Tnis City
Davidson County
Ephham
Adeline Shirley Dickens
Wake County
Dickens
Erwin Mls
Louie Wilder Hagwood
Billie Dickens
N. G. Blake
Raleigh
Louise Huff
Pearl Dickens Pearce
J. H. Bridgers
Walter T. Dickens
High Point
Knightdale
E. Morris
West Durham Baptist Church
Mr. Hendricks
Knightdale Baptist Church
de Marlo
Knightdale City
Japanese convoy sighted off Endau amid Britain’s retreating lines
Japanese seek to press toward a vital naval base as artillery fire stalls on the British right flank near the Mer Sing River, 65 miles north of Singapore. A convoy of two merchant ships and several warships was seen off Endau, with Endau itself previously evacuated on the east coast 85 miles away. It remains unclear if the move aims to outflank the British by landing behind their lines.
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Mersing River
Singapore
Endau
Peninsua
Endaw
Four Axis Ships Sunk in Mediterranean by British Submarines
London January 26 British submarines sank four Axis vessels in the Mediterranean according to an admiralty communique Two of the ships were large fully laden tankers one was a medium sized transport and the Italian salvage vessel Rampino The report notes the sinking as part of ongoing Allied naval action in the region Times archive.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Rampino
Daily Radio Schedule For Monday January 26
A dense, vintage radio timetable lists programs by hour from afternoon to midnight. Entries include musical orchestras, serials, dramas, news roundups, dance music, and guest segments featuring The Lone Ranger, Captain Midnight, The Three Suns Trio, and Orson Welles Theatre among others.
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Hasle
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Beuy Yews
Serla
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Red Lanny Ross
Morgan
Danci Noceved
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Mbs-East
James Melton
Vox Poppers
Parks and Wally
Cal Tinney
Mbs
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Dr. Hagen
East Lone Ranger
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Elmer Davis
Abte Red Radio Forum
Blue Radio Theatre
Gabriel Hextter
News of Mexico
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Brewster
America
Orson Welles
Raymond Gram
Spoulgit
Ted Steele
Juan Arvizu
Blondie
Dagwood
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Nhe
Fred Waring
Bive
Cba
London Radio Newsreel
Abe-Red
Funeral Rites for Linthicum Beloved Citizen Held
Funeral services for W. E. Linthicum’s widow were held at 4 pm yesterday from her home at 225 Boulevard Street with Rev. E. C. Excelle Rozzelli and Dr. Em bree H. Blackard officiating. A church quartet sang several hymns while granddaughters and Women’s Wesley class members presented flowers. interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. Funeral services for Iris Hussey Haynie, 30, were conducted at 11 am Monday at Springfield Friends Church with Rev. O. L. Ruth and Rev. E. W. Jones presiding. flowers were carried by friends and six pallbearers. Interment followed at Springfield Cemetery.
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Dorothy Hoskins
Sarah Head
W. Chase Idol, Jr
Roy Padgett
Grace
J. F. Hayden
J. Gurney Briggs
Ben Rook
R. K. Rovals
Lee Craven
William Rush
Claude Embler
Cc. C. Craven
Wesley
Oakwood Cemetery
Iris H. Haynie
Iris. Hussey Haynie
Springfield Friends Church
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
E. W. Jones
Providence Wesleyan Methods Church
Jis Vance
Marie Strother
Alvin Brown
Elma Warner
Jesus
Robert W. Myers
Norman Kivett
M. ©. Hines
F.L. MecCullock
H. ©. Wilson
Lee Morgan
Springfield Cemetery
Smith Waives Preliminary Hearing in Embezzlement Case
Harford G. Smith, 30, of 1305 Centennial Avenue, waived the preliminary hearing at a High Point Municipal Court arraignment on embezzlement charges. He was bound over to Guilford Superior Court under $300 bond after a warrant from Blue Bird Cab Company. Smith appeared at police headquarters following the warrant issued Wednesday and was booked on the charge for allegedly taking $56.25.
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Harford G. Smith
Centennial Avenue
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Smith
J. F. Beck
Blue Bird Cab Company
Ember
Superior Court
Barricade Burns Around Building on Hamilton Street
A barricade around the west side of a crumbling furniture storage building on South Hamilton Street caught fire after a warning flare was knocked under a wooden railing. The blaze was extinguished by the fire department which also tackled a small fire at 502 Etili Street started by an oil stove.
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Hamilton Street
Etili Street
Lottery raid nets four arrested at Smoke Shop
Police arrested Thurman Kemp Bob Jones L C Taylor and Willie Glover at the Smoke Shop corner of North Main and West Washington on charges of running a lottery and operating a gambling house. A box of tip boards was seized. Kemp faces a motion on a prior suspended sentence as others await jury trials. The shop had reopened under court conditions after a prior padlock.
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North Main
West Washington Streets
Thurman Kemp
Campbell Street
Bob Jones
Morris Street
L. C. Taylor
Richardson Street
Willie Glover
West Street
Kemp
Harriss H. Jarrell
D. C. MacRae
Jones and Turner
Venore Sunk After Two Torpedoes Off Atlantic Coast
A Navy report describes the tanker Venore torpedoed twice and sunk off the Atlantic coast. It notes seven ships sunk or attacked along the seaboard in two weeks, with 75 lives lost so far, and lists survivors from earlier incidents. The Venore, built 1921 at Sparrows Point, was 550 feet, crew of 41, formerly the Standard Oil tanker Charles G Black.
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Navy Department
Atlantic
Ore Steamship Company of
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Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk
Navy
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Sparrows Point
Tex
Cartagena
G. Harrison Smith
Army general Hartle among youngest majors from Camp Claiborne
General Hartle, 52, formerly commander of the 34th Infantry Division at Camp Claiborne Louisiana, is noted as one of the youngest officers to hold the rank of major general. His long service spans France in World War I and duties in the Philippines among other assignments.
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United States
Hartle
34Th Infantry Division
Camp Claiborne
Louisiiana
France
Philippines
Teachers Will Hear Fred W Greene In Address Tuesday
Fred W. Greene, secretary of North Carolina Education Association, will address the High Point Unit Tuesday at 5 30 PM at the Friends church. More than one hundred teachers and school board members are expected at the dinner session led by Mrs Elizabeth W Kelley and supervised by Superintendent Chas F Carrall. Special music by city schools faculty under Carl G N Cronstedt stedt provides the program.
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North Carolina
Kelley
Chas. F. Carrall
Greene
City Schools
Carl G. N. Cronstedtstedt
War reflections and Libya puzzle in wartime column
A reflective wartime column cautions against complacency and urges full mobilization of all resources. It notes a perplexing British reverse in Libya, hints at Rommel’s reinforcements, and suggests Britain may shift forces to Singapore, illustrating the delicate balance of war theater demands.
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Rome
Rommel
Singapore
Orient
British Reports on War Moves and Reclaimed Positions
British coverage notes Hitler moving his headquarters west of Smolensk while a Stockholm report confirms the shift about 200 miles. Russians claim Moscow region and area around Tula are German free and Kalinin sector being cleared. Nelidovo retaken on the Moscow Riga line, near Rzhev. Russian ships claim sinking a 3,000-ton German transport in the Barents Sea.
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Puerto Rico native and Maryland graduate profile
A Chewsville Maryland native, he is identified as a Puerto Rico resident and a 1910 graduate of the University of Maryland.
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Puerto Rico
Chewsville
the Unversity of
Maryland
New York Stocks Sees Large Shifts After Early Gains
In New York today January 26 traders faced sharp swings as early gains faded amid selling pressure. The Associated Press reports notable moves across major indices with several blue chip stocks taking large percent losses while others rebounded, signaling heightened market volatility for the session.
Macassar Strait battle report from Allied forces
The Macassar Strait action between United Nations and Japanese forces produced heavy losses. Destroyed nine transports and one destroyer, with six transports probably sunk and multiple ships damaged. Dutch air and naval units joined US forces, claiming major Japanese transport and cruiser hits as they engaged near Soerabaja and the Dutch islands.
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Strait of Macassar
Philippines
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Southwest Pacific
MacArthur Celebrates Birthday With Western Pacific Counterattack
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces struck the Japanese on his far right flank, driving them from positions as the War Department hailed a smashing success. Japanese losses were heavy with hundreds killed and supplies left behind. British and Thai actions near Singapore and Burma indicated wider fighting as Thailand declared war on Britain and the United States. An Atlantic clash saw Norwegian tanker Varanger sunk off New Jersey with 42 crew saved.
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U.S. War Department
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
War Department
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Batu Pahat
Mai
Domei
Japanese War Agency
Bangkook
Thailand
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Burma
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Ka Vieng
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Tokyo
Atlantic
New Jersey
No Change Reported On Tenasserim Front In Burma
Burma January 26 British command reported no change of the front along Tenasserim as British lines east of Moulmein hold firm against the Japanese invasion from Thailand. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor are noted as English literary figures.
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Rangoon
Burma
Moulmein
Thailand
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