Weather data snapshot from varied U.S. stations on July 13
Continental warm spell extends into the Carolinas and Georgia. Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperature highs and rainfall readings for major stations including Asheville 64, Atlanta 91, Birmingham 96, Charlotte 93, Chicago 92, Columbia 90, Fort Worth 99, Jacksonville 100, Little Rock 99, Louisville 87, Memphis 96, Miami 90, Mobile 97, New Orleans 98, New York 85, Norfolk 84, Richmond 90, Savannah 100, Tampa 94, Wilmington 97. Rainfall figures listed alongside temperatures.
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Daughters of Liberty L Council Wins High Honors
Daughters of Liberty L Council No 52 in Guilford and Randolph counties added two more honors at a Greensboro meeting. The council won the trophy for largest membership gain and the attendance banner for best delegation. North Carolina actions include a state trophy for membership gains and two state officers J R Lee and John Causby. A meeting is planned at 8 PM at 12845 West Commerce Street.
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Ioned Council
Loris Daughters of Liberty
Guilford
Dolph
Ndance
Ecently
North Cara
Bioneer Coun
J. R. Lee
John Causby
Westmerce Street
Final day for Jamestown ration cards in Allen Jay area
Jamestown residents have until tomorrow afternoon to obtain gas and sugar ration cards. Troy Short, chairman of the local Rationing Board, said two days remain for Allen Jay community residents with registrars on duty at Jamestown School tomorrow and Thursday starting at 1 p.m.
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Torrow
Troy Short
Hort
Allen Y
Kart
Jamestown Ool
Allen Jay School
Walter Tice Not Here July 17 Induction Postponed
Walter T. Tice, newly commissioned in the U S Army Medical Corps, will not be at Fort Bragg on July 17 for induction. He now awaits further orders as a group of High Pointers proceed without him.
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W. T. Tice
Walter T. Vice
United States Army Medical Pa
Fort Bragg
Thomas Griffin
Son
RGE W BRADY RITES HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services for George W. Brady, 67, of near Coleridge, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Christian Church. Burial details follow in the Pine hospital report section.
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Rge.w. Brady Rites
George W. Dy
Coleridge
Pine
Thc Christian Church
Brady Kinfolk Remain After Passing at Homeplace Church
Surviving relatives include sister Louella Brady of the homeplace and brother Lewis Brady of Le Noir City Tennessee, plus several nieces and nephew led by Mrs. Walter Lawrenson of High Point. The obituary notes the funeral will follow in the church cemetery.
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Lewis Brady
Lenoir City
Tenn
Walter Lawrenson
High Paint
Columbus Jefferson to Go In Service This Week
Columbus Jefferson of 320 Col trane Street enlisted last week through the local draft board and will leave Friday July 17 at Fort Bragg. He has applied for Coast Guard service.
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Columbus Jefferson
Coltrane Street
United States Armed Forces
Fort Bragg
Coast Guard
Four Firms Tied to Scrap Rubber Profits, Simpson Says
Elliot E. Simpson, counsel for a House subcommittee, accuses four large firms H Meuhlstein and Company Inc A Schulman Inc Nat E Berben Inc and the Loewenthal Company of reaping huge profits in the scrap rubber drive. He cites commissions of 1.50 per ton and profits from sorting and separating high value items after resale.
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Elliot E. Simpson
House
Simpson
H. Meuhlstein and Company, Inc
A. Schulman, Inc
Nat E. Berben, Inc
Loewenthal Company
Rubber Reserve Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rubber Reserve
RAF expands daylight raids reach over Germany
New icing for hours over Germany's defense-studded home precincts shows daylight raids smaller than prior campaigns but still pressuring air defenses. RAF fighters now strike widely from Danzig to cities in Poland Italy Slovakia Hungary and Yugoslavia, erasing Danzig as a safe German target and signaling the RAF's long reach beyond Uboat hubs.
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Bremen
Cologne
Essen
RAF
Long Arm
Danzig
RAF targets in spring and summer raids on German U-boat hubs
The report lists RAF targets this spring and summer aimed at Hitler's U boat hatcheries including Bremen Emden Wilhelmshaven Kiel Rostock Hamburg Stuttgart where undersea navigation instruments are made. Bad weather over the continent prevented follow up after the Danzig assault last night the British said.
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Hitler
Bremen
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Kiel
Rostock
Hamburg
Stuttgart
Danzig
Germany
Secret hearing eyed for rapid close at Justice Dept
Report notes the panel of seven generals may wrap up within three to four days. No outside visitors observed near the fifth floor corridor as a federal agent resumes cross examination begun Saturday. Only prosecution and defense staffers appeared, with FBI messengers delivering more papers on a wheeled cart.
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Justice Department
Prosecution
FBI
Australians Break Rommel Left Flank At El Alamein
Allied forces reported heavy fighting west of El Alamein with Australian troops tightening grip on Tel El Ejisa. Britain announced 2,000 Axis prisoners and 18 tanks knocked out during sharp combat, with captures of guns and trucks. British forward advances and additional prisoners noted. dust hindered air operations but protective sweeps continued.
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Egypt
Malta
EL Alamein
Hitle
Eighth Army
Tel el Ejisa
Erwin Rommel
Dawwin Rommert
Crissinger Dies in Marion After Illness
Daniel Richard Crissinger longtime federal official and Comptroller of the Currency in Harding's administration died after a three year illness in Marion Ohio. He served as head of the OCC during the early 1920s and was a prominent figure in banking and public finance.
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Crissinger
Marion
Daniel Richard Crissinger
Warren G. Harding
Odd Fellows Lodge to Install Officers at Regular Meeting
Repiion Lodge I O O F will install officers for the coming term on Tuesday evening during the regular meeting. Deputy G C Manley will direct ceremonies. After installation, business matters will be discussed and refreshments served during a social hour. full attendance is requested.
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Repiion Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
G. C. Manley
Registration Monday In Rental Areas
Landlords in 44 Southeastern defense rental areas must register houses, apartments, and similar accommodations starting Monday July 20, for 30 days. Hotels and rooming houses will have separate dates announced later. Areas under federal rent control began July 1, including Fayetteville NC. Registration applies whether units are rented or vacant. forms available at area offices.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Defense
OPA
Frank C. Ralls
Ralls
Fayetteville
N.C
Families of saboteurs in France threatened
The German announcement from Paris declares that males over 18 who are members of families of fugitives accused of terrorism or sabotage will be shot. Immediate relatives in both ascending lines and brothers in law are included. Women of similar kinship face hard labor and children of punished adults will be sent to reform schools.
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Vichy
Paris
Chicago produce prices and receipts July market snapshot
Chicago July 13 market report shows butter receipts at 1,321,601 with mixed quotes from creamery at 93 to 90 scores, eggs receipts 20,377 with fresh graded extra firsts local at 32 to 33 1/2, and centralized carrots and other items listed. The report notes steady prices for various egg grades and storage packed extras at 31 1/4 to 33 1/2.
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Chicago
Chicago Price
Pe Creamery
Price Control Bill Goes to Senate Amid OPA Funding Clash
Washington July 13 The price control appropriation faced the Senate with Leon Henderson warning that farm price fixing limits would cripple anti inflation efforts. The $1 856 000 000 supplemental bill would fund the Office of Price Administration at 120 000 000 for a year, 20 000 000 less than Henderson asked, with amendments restricting OPA price setting on farm products at parity or more. Senator Wagner called the Henderson funding crucial on the home front and supported capping subsidies to curb living costs.
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Senate
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Appropriations Committee
House
OPA
Wagner
Battle to hold Rostov and Don front deepens
German forces pushed from Rostov and advanced toward Boguchar and Voronezh as Soviet lines clawed back. Reports say 900 German officers and men killed, 76 tanks destroyed, and heavy fighting along a 200 mile front with Russians counterattacking and warning of a critical situation.
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Caucasus
Astrakhan
Volga
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Red Star
Moscow News
Hitler
Mikhail Gromov
California
Hosiery Workers Reemployed After Silk Embargo
Charlotte July 13. The 35000 to 40000 operatives of the South's full fashioned hosiery industry, left jobless by last summer's silk embargo, appear absorbed by war industries and the draft. Secretary Taylor R. Durham says virtually all are now at work though mills operate under 60 percent capacity after converting to nylon and rayon. The South's hosiery mills previously employed 100000 workers.
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Charlotte
South
Taylor R. Durham
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association
Southern Mills
Durham
William C Shelton Promoted Corporal In 82nd Division
William C Shelton of High Point North Carolina has been promoted from acting corporal to corporal by Brigadier General Matthew B Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Infantry Division. The promotion honors his training, as the 82nd National Guard unit rebuilds into a tough 15 000 man fighting force known as the All American Division.
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William C. Shelton
North Hamilton Street
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Union
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Difference in rose oil cost drops with synthetic methods
A historical note states that a pound of oil of roses costs around $175 and needs eight tons of roses to produce. It adds that using coal and oil products, synthetic oil of roses can be made for about $22.
Tiger orchid named after peril in Siamese jungle
A member of the Foster Mann collecting party was attacked and killed by a tiger in the Siamese jungle while attempting to collect this flower. The incident gives the orchid its dramatic name and marks a fatal chapter in the expedition.
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Fostermann
Bus Catchers Held in NYC Burglary Attempt
Patrolman Albert Fishman saw two men running toward him around 4 am and found their bus story implausible as no bus was due for half an hour. Three others recounted seeing the pair attempt to enter a closed delicatessen. Mathew Leverson and Edward Condon were held without bail on attempted burglary charges.
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New York
Albert Fishman
Mathew Leverson
Edward Condon
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