New York Stocks Elec Auto Lt Bloc Power & Lt
New York stock list for July 7 shows price quotes for numerous issues including Penney 99, Penn Dix 35, Pepsi Cola 45.5, Rem Rand 18. , Reynolds 31, Seab Owl 23.3, Sears 41, Std Oil Ind 36.5, Std Oil Cal 37.54, Studebaker 124, Swift 26.5, and others as of 1 p.m. trading.
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Penney JC
Penn Dix
Penn
Pepsi Cola
Phillips Pet
Pitt
Ind
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Swift
Greensboro County Sets 1943 Budget At 1 977 835 For Next Year
County Commissioners approve the 1943 44 operating budget totaling 1 977 835 with a tentative 72 cent tax rate per 100 property value. Increases cover salaries and new sheriff deputy with two way radio. welfare and institutional costs rise. debt service drops. Final adoption planned for August 2 meeting or July 26 adjourned session.
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Greensboro
Willis Booth
High Point
Booth
Sheriff's Department
County Santorium
Welfare Department
Troy R. Short
Greensboro-High Point
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Outlook
Little change in temperature this afternoon to night with a few scattered showers. In North Carolina, expect brief showers mainly this afternoon. South Carolina sees similar scattered showers over the northern portion tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
North Portion
Allied air assault on Messina boosts plane losses estimate
Cairo dispatch reports 85 American Liberators in Monday’s Messina raid dropping nearly 500000 pounds of bombs. Observers estimate hundreds of enemy planes destroyed on the ground, ratio 6 to 1 or 7 to 1 in favor of Allies. Italian report cites 40 killed and six wounded at Catania Province near Gerbini airfield. Ostia port near Rome reportedly closed after Saturday raid.
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Cairo
Messina
Sicily
Middle East
Catania
Gerbini
Unts
Alermo
Trapani
Porto Empedocle
Marsala
Algiers
Associated Press
London
Ostia
Tiber
Rome
Venereal Disease Education Program Planned in High Point
Capus Waynick state director of venereal disease education announces an immediate program for High Point. He met with Dr. A. R. Herring and other officials, and with Mayor Arnold J. Koonce and Acting City Manager Grover H. Jones to outline plans. The initiative includes Miss Douglas Doak and S. Buchanan as educators and H. J. F. Nanton leading an institute for local African American residents.
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High Point
Capus Waynick
Waynick
A. R. Herring
Health Department
Arnold J. Koonce
Grover H. Jones
Douglas Doak
S. Buchanan
H. J. F. Nanton
More Fuel Than Needed Seen In New Applications
A fuel oil clerk reported many applicants will accept less fuel than last year. The register covers heating needs while cooking registrations are separate. Most cooking registrations expire October 31. Also, Pfe. Joel B. Pendry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pendry, is home on furlough from Keesler Field where he serves as an instructor.
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High Point
Joel B. Pendry
W. G. Pendry
Route One
Keesler Field
Roosevelt Sends Greeting To Chinese On Anniversary
President Roosevelt broadcast a radio greeting to China on the sixth anniversary of resistance to Japan. The message, read from San Francisco to Chungking, cited United States promises kept and pledged support, and included excerpts from past addresses praising China’s wartime resolve and the Allied effort led by Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Roosevelt
People of
China
Chungking
United Nations
Chiang Kai-Shek
Asia
Europe
Americas
Store Robbed of Sixty Dollars Worth of Cigarettes
Police report an unknown thief entered the Washington Street Big Bear store last night and pried open a rear window to steal only cigarettes worth sixty dollars. Owner George Hutchens filed the report and by noon today no suspects had been named.
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Washington Street
Big Bear
George Hutchens
Emily Herring Becomes City Lake Lifeguard
Emily Herring, 20, daughter of Dr and Mrs R A Herring, is the first girl lifeguard on duty at the city lake. Acting Parks and Recreation Director Reese Snyder notes she holds Red Cross swimming instructor certificates and has taught for the YWCA.
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Emily Herring
R. A. Herring
City Lake
Parks and Recreation
Reese Snyder
Miss Herring
American Red Cross
YWCA
Local Soldier Completes NCO Course at Camp Haan
Cpl Lester F Stone son of Mrs L G and the late Mr Stone of 1209 Franklin Street has completed the non commissioned officers course in antiaircraft artillery at Camp Haan California. He entered service December 18 1942.
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Robert Lee Truesdell
High Point
N. C
U. S. Marine Corps
Quantico
Lt. Truesdell
O.E. Truesdell
Cpl
Lester F. Stone
L. G
Mr. Stone
Franklin Street
Camp Haan
Calif
Permit Issued for Odd Fellows Repairs
Fire Chief K Ingram said a permit was issued for repairs to the Odd Fellows building at 114 Virginia Avenue, amounting to 50 dollars.
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K. Ingram
Odd Fellows
Virginia Avenue
Chicago Produce Market Highlights July 7
Butter receipts 1 245 557 with steady prices from Chicago price current. Eggs receipts 21 923 unsettled. current receipts 37. dir ties 3542. checks 35. others unchanged.
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Chicago
War garden thrives in tropic isle
Staff Sgt. Yorkie A. Walters from Sheridan reports in the South Pacific that his unit planted seeds his mother sent, and their victory garden prospers amid palm trees, sarongs and orchids. His mother, Mrs. Karl Walters, initially doubted the request for watermelon cabbage and tomato seeds but now believes his seriousness. The sergeant notes cutworms were a bigger worry than the Japs.
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South Pacific
Sheridan
Wyo
Yorkie A. Walters
Far South Pacific
Tropic Isle
Karl Walters
Community Sympathy Club Meets at Nellie Brown Home
The Community Sympathy Club held its regular meeting Monday night July 5 at the home of Mrs. Nellie Brown. A repast was served with Mrs. Katie Moser assisting. Bishop K. Mingo and his congregation will render service at Mars Hill Thursday night at 8 p m. The public is invited. Mrs. Helen Cureton was weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Revels at 9 A Daniel Brooks Homes. Cureton from Winston Salem.
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Nellie Brown
Katie Moser
K. Mingo
Mars Hill
Helen Cureton
F. N. Revels
Daniel Brooks
Cureton
Winston- Salem
Funeral Rites for Mrs Minnie C Davis
Mrs Minnie C Davis 64 widow of James W Davis died at 1408 English Street. Funeral services were held at West End Baptist Church with Rev R R Jackson Rev O L Ruth and Rev H O Miller officiating. Interment in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Minnie C. Davis
James W. Davis
English Street
West End
E. C. Sechrest
W. A. Copley
G. D. Rumsey
C. C. Harvey
B. L. Pierce
J. L. Hollingsworth
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
War outlook urges rapid victory as Nippon nears exhaustion
The speaker argues now is the opportune moment to reap great results and shorten the final war. He says Nippon is at its weakest with resources nearing exhaustion, urging Allies to push for decisive action to drive Japan from China and other regions, warning against complacency at home.
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Nippon
China
Five more apply for city manager post
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce announced five additional applicants for the city manager job. The list includes John F. Willmott of the U S Bureau of Budget in Washington D C and R B Meserve, current Marianna Florida city manager. Also named are William B Schnuhl former Pontiac Michigan city manager J H Rauch Rock Hill South Carolina city manager and P F Hopkins Des Moines Iowa board of control chair. Applications close in coming weeks as a committee reviews candidates and emphasizes formal applications.
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Arnold J. Koonce
John F. Willmott
U. S. Bureau of Budget
Washington, D. C
R. B. Meserve
Marianna
Florida
William B. Schnuhl
Pontiac
Mich
J. H. Rauch
Rock Hill
S. C
P. F. Hopkins
Board of Control of State Institutions
Des Moines
Iowa
Koonce
Seek New Group To Take Charge Of Scrap Drive
Meeting with Mayor Arnold J. Koonce Civilian Defense Coordinator Charles Carroll and others postponed action on appointing a group to promote the salvage campaign. Attorney J E Lyon who headed the first campaign has resigned. The Junior Chamber of Commerce has asked to be named to back the group. No decision yet on American Legion sponsorship.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Charles Carroll
Citizens Service Corps
John Peacock
C. of C
Frank Sizemore
J. E. Lyon
American Legion
The
Three Apply For Golf Job Eight Seek Tax Collector Post
The civil service commission reported three applications for the city golf professional post and eight for the city collector position. Golf applicants are Fred Sappenfield Fred Beck and Fred Allen Sechrest Jr all of High Point.
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Civil Service Commission
Fred Sappenfield
Fred Beck
Fred Allen Sechrest, Jr
High Point
R. S. Long
C. S. Bedford
Paul Wood Clapp
Robert C. Soyars
Mearly Crooks
Ernest J. McDowell
Morris Edward Brown
H. A. Knight
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At&t
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Woolworth Yel
Ta&c
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T Bae
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Mickey Evin
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