Negro USO Campaign Personnel Listed in High Point Drive
Complete personnel of the Negro division in the USO campaign announced by T. V. Rochelle shows several colonels and captains with named workers. The roster includes Melvin Black as colonel and multiple captains listing Misses and Mesdames among the workers, with details for several chapters and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
T. V. Rochelle
High Point
Melvin Black
George Lemons
Ester Chambers
Ora Lee Heath
Caroline March
Thoebe Houston
Fannie Alexander
Mary H. Blackburn
Callie Holmes
Connie Whorflette
Wa Steward
Davie Cunningham
Eva Townes
Nellie
Hattie Leach
Estelle Nelson
Florence Carter
Frances Spencer
Cornelia Reid
Campaign To Save Kitchen Waste In North Carolina
The federal drive to salvage fats for glycerine in munitions expands across North Carolina with housewives, butchers, cafes, and packers urged to cooperate. Dean J. W. Schaub leads the consumer division while R. W. Reid heads the industrial committee. Households save fat in pails, deliver to grocers for three cents a pound. retailers sell with trim mings for four cents to suppliers, who forward to renderers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Packer
Dean J. W. Schaub
State College
R. W. Reid
Swift and Co
Charlotte
J. B. Vogler
Edward P. Williams
Fats
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Vogler
Dean Schaub
Reid
C. L. Williams
Armour and Company
M. C. Werness
Hormel Company
N.C
Potato growers gain about 35 percent from last year
North Carolina potato growers are getting about 35 percent more for their crop than in 1941, according to A. B. Harless of the State Department of Agriculture market service. F.O.B. prices on June 1 ranged from 2.45 to 2.55 per 100 pound sack, slipping to 2.10 by week’s end, with a brief late June uptick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
A. B. Harless
State Department of Agriculture
Market Service
F.o.b
Picturing strong holds and rapid wins in puzzle list
A dense crossword style read of numbered clues across horizontal and vertical lists. Entries include father, auricle, pig pen, obituaries, and many others with varied meanings. The mix presents a themed grid of common terms and obscure references across 97 items.
Murder in Ferry Command unfolds with Dawson foiling a covert plan
In Chicago a spy ring associate Dawson learns of Carole Fiske boarding a Montreal bound plane. A tense sequence follows at Dorval where Dawson outmaneuvers a Montreal agent, retrieves the gun, and escorts Fiske onto the aircraft while maintaining a dangerous game of bluff and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exde Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
Canadian Colonial Airways
LaGuardia Field
New York
Manhattan
Montreal
War Supplies Office
Carole Fiske
Newfoundland
Halifax
Ferry Command
Army Air Force
Detroit
Customs and Immigration
Canadian Intelligence
TCA
Intelli
Potatoes 1942 Harvest and Shipments Reach Record Pace
June 4 to July 9 range sales averaged over $1.35 with most above. Favorable carrying quality aided grower returns, while minimal destination allowances due to transit breakdowns. Harvesting moved ahead of 1941, first shipment May 27, substantial progress after June 1. Through yesterday 1020 cars shipped, ahead of 4760 final light-car total. 1030 cars in 353 cities 22 army camps across 27 states and DC. Truck share 12 to 15 percent. May 22 Crap Reporting Service puts 1942 commercial potato production at 3,516,000 bushels, 7 percent above 1941 but 27 percent below 10-year 1951-40 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
District of Columbia
Crap Reporting Service
37 Rescued From Dutch Cargo Ship
A Dutch cargo vessel torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean on May 42 with 37 aboard. All survivors were landed at a Gulf port by the Highth Naval District and reported the attack occurred at 10:35 p.m. with the ship sinking in ten minutes. The submarine captain spoke to the ship’s master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Caribbean
Highth Naval District
Gulf
Vehicle Owners To Start Registering For Gas Tomorrow
Raleigh dispatch details the nationwide gasoline rationing plan as 15,000 volunteer registrants will begin issuing A to S books for cars, trucks, boats, and farm machinery. Hoffler outlines eligibility, forms, and distribution at school sites and local boards, with precise dates and required documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
W. W. Hoffler
OPA
Hoffler
U.S
ICC
Office of Defense Transportation
Hus
Former Revenue Deputy Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Raleigh reports that M. H. Jones, 56, a former deputy commissioner, was arrested in Asheville on charges of embezzling 503.40 of state tax collections. Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill said the arrest reflects the department’s push to publicize shortages and prosecute, noting past practices allowed resignations to cover shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
cPr
Edwin Gill
M. H. Jones
Asheville
Jones
Rutherford County
Department of Revenue
Gill
Allen J. Maxwell
Gend
C R Johnson Enlists in Navy V-5 Cadet Program
Atlanta July 7 Gra ham Eugene Bethune of Greensboro and Carl Roscoe Johnson of High Point have enlisted for Naval Aviation training joining the growing ranks of young Americans signing up to fly war planes. Bethune 20 is an airplane mechanic with a private license, Johnson 22 a former High Point College student now an airport serviceman. Enlisted at the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board in Atlanta they join the Navy V-35 program open to single 18 to 27 high school graduates. They will begin instruction at indoctrination centers at the Universities of Georgia and North Carolina with further training at Naval Reserve Aviation Bases and then at Pensacola Jacksonville or Corpus Christi for advanced training to earn Navy Wings of Gold and commissions as Ensigns or Second Lieutenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Graham Eugene Bethune
East Whittington Street
Greensboro
Carl Roscoe Johnson
Amos Street
High Point
Bethune
J. E. Bethune
Johnson
Mrrs
W. C. Johnson
High Point College
Naval Aviation Cadet, Selection Board
Navy
Bethune and
Johnson Wi
Georgia
North Carolina
Naval Reserve
Naval Air
Pensacola
Fla
Jacksonville
Corpus Christi
Texas
Navy Wings of Gold
U.S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Oyster yield may triple at state farm study
MOREHEAD CITY July 8 North Carolina oystermen may learn to raise threefold yields from beds after a visit to the state experimental oyster farm during the board of conservation and development annual meeting. Director Etheridge hailed the plan, saying two years could see each acre producing three times as many oysters. Forester Holmes praised late Col Joseph Pratt as a founder of state forestry policy. A postcard from Wilson asks for a sugar card as fruit ripens for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
North Carolina
State Board of Conservation and Development
R. Bruce Etheridge
J. S. Holmes
Joseph H. Pratt
Geological and Economic Survey
Department
Prant
School Bus Tires Worry North Carolina Commission
North Carolina's rural consolidated school system faces tire shortages as the State School Commission races to secure hundreds of tires before school opens. Secretary Nathan Yelon urges county superintendents to apply to rationing boards while noting worn or retreaded tires endangering tens of thousands of students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Nathan Yelon
State School Commission
Yelton
Commission
North Carolina
Consolidated Schools
Victory sewing pattern saves fabric for the war effort
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4034 a fabric conserving sunfrock and bonnet for size 6 costing minimal fabric and includes a 32 page Summer Pattern Broak with 10 cent price. The notice urges sending fifteen cents plus one cent for mindling to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department New York. UK RAF aircraft use includes one fourth overseas and 18 percent at home made in the United States per British information service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise, Pattern Department
Weslth Street
New York
LC. S
British New York UK
RAF
United Kingdom
British Information Service
Consolidation Drives Bus Service to Reach Farther Schools
The article notes that big country schools will serve distant students while old small schools are torn down. Charles Johnson, a commissioner, says consolidation was done and the task now is to get children to the remaining schools, whether right or wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
McEeiver
Commission
Some Donts for Pimples in a Quick Relief Ad
Pimples should not be scratched or squeezed to avoid infection. Eczema and irritated skin respond to Peterson's Ointment which provides quick relief and improves skin appearance. Priced at 35 cents at all druggists with a money back guarantee if not delighted. It also soothes tired or itchy feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
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