Southern States Confront Deep Freeze Amid Broad Disruption
Southern states faced record lows with subzero readings in Mississippi and Georgia while Texas and the Carolinas reported lighter hardship. Relief efforts mounted as cities from Nashville to Atlanta funded aid, with concerns centered on housing and water in Negro areas and ongoing commerce in milder zones.
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Mississippi
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Jackson
Miss
R. C. Davis
West Point
Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
Adjt
J. A. Shipp
American films chosen for Peru audience over French titles
Due to wartime priorities in Peru, motion pictures from the United States will be shown in preference to many French films, reflecting influence of the war on cultural releases and exhibition choices abroad.
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Peru
Sea War Records Second Biggest Week Of Losses
The sea war in week 21 cost 11 nations more than 300 lives and 32 ships. England sank nine vessels including the Grenville and Exmouth with 196 dead and 68 missing. Norway lost nine ships with 40 sailors killed or drowned. Total toll for all nations rose to 344 ships and 1,199,767 tons with at least 3,074 deaths.
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Associated Press
England
Grenville
Exmouth
Norway
Wheeler Lands The New Deal
Senator Burton K. Wheeler praised the New Deal in Richmond and urged balanced budgets aligning with local needs. He suggested industry agriculture and labor leaders should convene to propose a program for industrial democracy and economic security while remaining a Senate candidate and hinting at presidential ambitions.
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Richmond
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Virginia Press Association
CI0
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
John L. Lewis
C. I. O. Chieftain
Wheeler
St Mark Ladies Aid Meet Tuesday Evening
St Mark Methodist Church Ladies Aid Circle 1 will gather at 8 o clock Tuesday evening at Mrs Ora Martin s home on East Washington Street. Funeral services for David Lilly set for today at St Stephen A M E Zion Church at 2 30 with body at Haizlip Funeral Home until burial. Irving Shadd s funeral still planned for this afternoon at St Mark Methodist Church at 2.
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ST. Mark
Ladies’ Aid
St. Mark Methodist Church
Ora K. Martin
East Washington Street
David Lilly
St Stephen A. M. E. Zion
Haizlip
Irving Shadd
January Slump Evident Across Industries As Demand Shrinks
The January decline in industrial activity shows in orders and factory output. Steel and auto sectors cut back while retail demand remains relatively firm, though weather and snow slow the pace. Aircraft firms seek expanded output. Morgenthau notes engine bottlenecks as foreign orders grow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Interment Planned at Greenhill Cemetery
The notice states an interment will take place at Greenhill Cemetery with burial arrangements and related details provided in the local notice.
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Greenhill Cemetery
Professional Club To Meet Monday Evening
The High Point Professional Men's Club will hold a call meeting at 9 o'clock Monday evening at Dr. J. J. Wilson's home on Kivett Drive.
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High Point
J. J. Wilson
Kivett Drive
Mars Hill Holiness Church Services Listed for Sunday
Mars Hill holiness church schedules include Sunday school at 9 45 morning service at 11 with Elder W C Cook pastor as speaker, afternoon service at 3 with Rev C A Williams of Greensboro, Y P H A at 6 30 and evening worship at 8 with Elder W C Cook.
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Mars Hill
Rivers Face Federal Court Over Mil ler Ouster
District Judge Bascom Deaver ordered Governor Rivers and Adjutant General Stoddard to show cause on February 14 why they should not obey a state court injunction against the military lockout of ousted highway chief W L Miller. Miller seeks a permanent federal injunction to end martial law in the highway office, while a Valentine Day hearing proceeds. The chief executive and guard head may appear by counsel. Telephone lines for defense are being strung in South Africa.
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Macon
Bascom Deaver
E. D. Rivers
John E. Stoddard
W. L. Miller
Georgia
Miller
Rivers
Deaver
National Guard
Building values hit new low with three permits issued
Week ending Saturday saw building values plunge to $100 for the fiscal year. Only three permits were issued by the city building inspector: Duke Power Company for partition work on South Main Street office building at $25, Mr and Mrs J P Redding for a residence at 800 Taylor Street at $25, and L R Spencer to erect a new garage at 1410 King Street for $50.
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Duke Power Company
South Main Street
J. P. Redding
Reoer
Taylor Street
L. R. Spencer
King Street
Wolfe's Novel Wins Dixie Book Award Posthumously
The Southern Women's National Democratic Organization of New York named Thomas Wolfe for best southern subject book of 1939 with The Web and the Rock. Since Wolfe is deceased, the $100 prize goes to runner up Hamilton Basso for Days Before Lent. Honorable mentions include Warren, Freeman, McIlaine, Niles, Noni?dez, Hellman, and Snaffers.
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New York
Thomas Wolfe
Ashevill
N. C
Southern Women's National Democratic Organization of
Hamilton Basso
New Orleans
Winifred Kittredge Nonidez
Robert Penn Warren
Baton Rouge
Douglas
Freeman
Richmond
Shields McIlaine
Memphis
Tobacco Road
Blair Niles
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High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Center of Industry
North Carolina
South
Mercury
Atlanta
Tupelo
Blairsville
Minneapolis
Montreal
Milwaukee
Atlanta Journal
Family Welfare Society
Henry B. Mays
Fulton County
Carolinas
Virginia
Florida
Charles W. Miller
Asheville
Colin G. Fink
Columbia’ University Division of
Electrochemistry
American Chemical Society
University In
Chapel Hill
Venable Hall
Parker-Brown Company
Oak Street
Bean’s Shoe Shop
Dumasse “Hood System
North Main Street
New Deal
Smith Reavis
Wall Street
South Africa
Belcher Boyle
Gutman
Tufraw
Jewelry Company
Elwood Hotel Corner
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
North Wrenn Street
Elwood Cafe
American Institute OF Laundering
Latina High Point
Wolfe
Dixie Book Award
KODAK
Smith
City Shoe Shop
Commerce
Money Savers
Atlantic Building & Loan Ass'n
Main Floor Security Bank
Bldg
C. A. Kirkman
F. C. Cridlebaugh
Sec’y
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