Nelson Orders New Drive To Raise War Output
Washington July 31. War production chief Donald M. Nelson orders a new drive to lift U S plant output by 30 percent for the rest of the year as June gains lag. He cites absenteeism strikes and management delays and says plans are in place to overcome obstacles. By month end wartime needs show 43 percent of 1943 munition requirements produced. remaining targets require a higher average than the first half of the year. The piece also notes civil service actions on Negro policemen tests and local police promotions, with exams scheduled for Monday and a growing pool of applicants for sergeant and captain posts. Examinations for several city posts, including incinerator foreman, store keeper, and meter reader, are set for early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
America
Civil Service
James B. Lovelace
Lovelace
High Point
W. F. Kiger
Kenneth Ellington
Bruce Coltrane
Ben Ridge
J. R. Teague
Fred Snider
H. F. Richardson
B. W. Jenkins
M. T. Dowdy
J. H. Steele
P. M. Charping
W. L. Elliott
J. C. Burton
J. C. Brackett
W. L. Gurley
J. A. V. Money
J. D. Venable
J. L. Yow
Frank Shields
Vassie Wilson
Mrs. Lloyd Murphy Dies in Thomasville at 21
Mrs. Lloyd Murphy, 21, died at her home 306 Barnwell Street after a brief illness. Born October 27, 1921 in Thomasville, she was a daughter of R. H. and Lilly Reece Murphy. She married Lloyd Daly on October 31, 1936. Survived by parents, a sister, and a brother in the U. S. Army. Funeral plans awaiting relatives arrival. body at Green Funeral Home before burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
Lloyd Murphy
Barnwell Street
R. H
Lilly Reece Murphy
Lloyd Daly
R. H. Murphy, Sr
Clinton, Tenn
van Holt
High Point
R. H. Murphy, Jr
U. S. Army
Fort Eustis
Green Funeral Home
Diamond recovered from muddy Missouri river by fisherman
A month after Betty Eichendorf lost a valuable diamond in the flooded Missouri river Herman Kranert used a mud shovel and wire hook to recover the ring in fifteen minutes as river depth dropped to three feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Betty Eichendorf
Misouri
Herman Kranert
Visiting Soldiers Invited To USO Party Tonight
The second in a series of par ties for servicemen at the expanded USO center will be held tonight at 8:00. Servicemen in the city are invited, with junior hostesses admitted by registration. Senior hostesses supervise games and dancing with punch and sandwiches. Last night about 30 soldiers and 15 hostesses attended, many from the High Point College air force unit. Registration for junior hostesses remains open. the 150-person quota is not yet reached. A file for women donating sandwiches and for hosts of dinners or guest invitations is being set up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Air Force
High Point College
USC
Dunn Charged With Lens Larceny In Warrant
J C Dunn 30 white man of the Evans studio is charged by Marjorie English with larceny of a 7 inch 4.5 lens valued at 90 dollars. Dunn says the lens was switched. Police say the lens was English’s personal property. Also on the blotter Ida Hosie and Roosevelt Mickens, both Negroes, charged with violating the prohibition law with 17 quarts of non tax paid whiskey. Address for all three listed as 77 Hornet Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Dunn
Evans Studio
Marjorie English
Smith Studio
Miss English
Dunn
Ida, Hosie
Roosevelt Mickens
Hornet Street
Roy Cranes Sunday Color Comic To Start In August
The Enterprise will carry Roy Crane’s Sunday color comic in August replacing Prince Valiant which is discontinued. Crane creator of Wash Tubbs and Capt Easy has left NEA and joined King Features. Enterprise now buys its comics from King Features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Roy Crane
NEA
King Features
Mrs Soloman L Adams Dies In Randleman After Illness
ASHEBORO July 31 Mrs Soloman L Adams 71 died last night at her Randleman home after a five week critical illness Survivors include 11 children and 27 grandchildren seven great grandchildren Funeral services set for Sunday at 11 in Marlboro Friends Church with burial in the church cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enterprise
Asheboro
Soloman L. Adams
Randleman
C. S. Turner
A. P. McGhee
Norfolk
H. W. Robbins
Sophia
Homer Trogden
J. Crisco Bowers
Bosworth Infant Rites Held This Afternoon
Glenna Rose Bosworth infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Bosworth died in a local hospital early today. Born July 30 1943 she had brief services at two thirty this afternoon at Pleasant Grove cemetery with J R Reece officiating. Interment followed. Survived by parents one sister Pauline Carol Bosworth and grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Williams of this city and Jim Bosworth of Reidsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna Rose Bosworth
Floyd Bosworth
English Street
J. R. Reece
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Pauline Carol Bosworth
Paul Williams
Jim Bosworth
Reidsville
Mrs. Alice Underwood Dies in Asheboro at 72
Mrs. Alice Underwood, 72, died this morning at her Asheboro home after a brief illness. She is survived by son Otis R. Holder and brother Boc Holder, both of Randleman. Funeral services Sunday at 3 PM in Pugh's Funeral Home chapel, Randleman, with Revs. C. L. Chandler and William Garner. Interment in County Holiness Cemetery.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Alice Underwood
Otis R. Holder
Boc Holder
Randleman
Pugh
C. L. Chandler
William Garner
County Holiness
Escaped Negro Sought State Prison Officials
State prison officials hunted William Henry James alias Chesterfield a 45 year old Hertford County Negro who escaped from a road gang near Archdale about 2 PM yesterday. He is serving 20 years for house breaking and larceny and had not been located at noon today despite a wide dragnet involving prison and police. The convict is from the Asheboro camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry James
Chesterfield
Hertford County
Archdale
James
Asheboro
Negro Escapee Captured By Detective Madden
Detective Lester C Madden yesterday apprehended Mack Redwine a Negro who was serving a 12 month sentence for bicycle larceny after he escaped from Greensboro county jail on July 11 Madden tracked him to the railroad tracks in the Negro section and captured him in High Point following a tip Redwine was sentenced here to serve his term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester C. Madden
Mack Redwine
Greensboro
Redwine
High Point
Madden
Laundries in High Point Declared Not Essential
Mrs. Rachel Shiplett, manager of the employment office, said today that laundries in High Point are not essential industries. Only laundries in regions 1, 2, and 3 as set by the War Manpower Commission are regarded as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Rachel Shiplett
Employment Office
War Manpower Commission
Wage Order Sets 40 Cent Minimum in Key Industries
Atlanta July 31 An order establishing a 40 cent per hour minimum wage in the cottonseed and peanut crushing industry and the vegetable fats and oils industry, effective August 16, was signed by L Metcalfe Walling administrator of the wage and hour and public contracts division U S Department of Labor. James G Johnson regional director for Georgia South Carolina and Florida announced the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
L. Metcalfe Walling
U. S. Department of Labor
James G. Johnson
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Six To Watch In Italy As Mussolini Falls
A U S A P Features profile outlines six Italian figures once tied to Mussolini now rising in prominence. Suave ex-minister of justice Pietro Badoglio, 48, served as ambassador to London and later to France. Vigorous, a former foreign minister and opponent of fascism, has campaigned for Free Italy and anti fascist conferences. The piece notes Badoglio’s role as potential strongman and his influence on Italy’s military path, with the 71-year-old soldier-statesman emphasized as shaping Italy’s direction after Mussolini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suave
Mussolini
London
France
Italy
Montevideo
U. S
Benito Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Il Duce
Autopsy Planned For New York Heiress Janet Gill
The body of Janet Snowden Gill 29 heiress once prominent in New York society was removed from Ferncliff cemetery for an autopsy today Acting District Attorney Sol Gelb said. Gill died two months earlier found on a Savoy Plaza Hotel roof after a fall or leap from a 16th floor suite exhumation ordered by Justice Felix C. Benvenga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Janet Snowden Gill
Ferncliff Cemetery
Sol Gelb
Savoy Plaza Hotel
William Sherman Gill
Army Intelligence Division
Gelb
Supreme Court
Felix C. Benvenga
Jacob Grunet
Homicide Bureau
Groups Urge Return Of U. S. Operated Mines
Appalachian mine operators urge immediate return of government operated coal mines to private owners. Representatives R. L. Ireland Jr and Edward R. Burke told Secretary Ickes that it is his duty to reclaim the mines seized during last spring’s walkout. They say Appalachian mines have substantially reached full production since workers returned.
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Washington
Appalachian
Ickes
R. L. Ireland, Jr
Edward R. Burke
Ireland
Burke
Herring receives silver star posthumously
Mrs. J. H. Herring of Route Two New Bern received the silver star awarded posthumously to her son, Cpl. Elvin A. Herring, killed by a Japanese sniper after locating and destroying a Japanese machine gun nest in the Pacific war zone. Brig. Gen. John T. Kennedy of Fort Bragg presented the award. Herring was recently awarded the Purple Heart as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
J. H. Herring
Route Two
Cpl
Elvin A. Herring
Pacific War Zone
John T. Kennedy
Fort Bragg
Herring
Aviation Cadet Lawrence Gray Arrives at N C State College
Aviation Cadet Lawrence Gray son Venable formerly of 209 Best Street has arrived at North Carolina State College for instruction in the army forces flying training command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Grayson Venable
Best Street
N. C. State College
Army Forces Flying Training Command
Army air forces transfer and promotions noted
Pfc. Calvin Blackwelder moves from Miami Beach Florida to Keesler Field Mississippi for aircraft mechanic training. Pic James C. McGill son of Carl McGill Route Two named an instructor at Seymour Johnson Field. Cpl Vivian F. Linthicum promoted to sergeant at Bolling Field D C son of Dewey V. and Mrs Linthicum of 317 Boulevard.
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Calvin Blackwelder
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
Keesler Field
Miss
McGill
James C. McGill
Carl McGill
Route Two
Seymour Johnson Field
Cpl
Vivian F. Linthicum
Army Air Base
Bolling Field
D. C
Dewey V. Linthicum
317 Boulevard
Soldier Reunites With Wife After 15 Day Fur Lough
Cpl. Paul J. Shaver returns to Amarillo Army Air Field Texas after a 15 day furlough spent with his wife on Route One.
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Cpl
Paul J. Shaver
Amarillo Army Air Field
Texas
Final Rites Held For Clarence Barnes
Clarence Barnes Jr died at home Thursday morning. Funeral held Friday at 4 PM at First Wesleyan Methodist Church with Rev. Roy H. Parker officiating. Pallbearers included Calvin Britt Ceph Harris Charles Clodfelter Carson Saunders. Music by Gladys Childress Leonard Boyd Sadie Jones Eunice Gibson. Interment in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Clarence Barnes, Jr
Clarence Barnes
First
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Roy H. Parker
C. B. Carter
Calvin Britt
Ceph Harris
Charles Clodfelter
Carson Saunders
Gladys Childress
Leonard Boyd
Sadie Jones
Eunice Gibson
Liberty Baptist Church
Missing in Action Albemarle Fly Fortress Co pilot
MISSING IN ACTION ALBEMARLE JULY 31. MR. AND MRS A F HINSON SAID THEY HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT THEIR SON LIEUT CHARLES G HINSON CO PILOT OF A FLYING FORTRESS IS MISSING IN ACTION.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle
A. F. Hinson
War Department
Charles G. Hinson
WLB Denies Shipyard Wage Hike Across War Era
The War Labor Board refused a general raise for over one million shipyard workers citing its wage stabilization policy. It urged a detailed review of current wages and job classifications by either the WPRB shipbuilding commission or the WLB shipbuilding commission. Unions had pushed for nine percent gains or a 5.83 percent added annual sum. past boosts ranged from eight to thirteen percent in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee of the War Production Board
WPRB
WLB Shipbuilding Commission
Metal Trades Department
AFL
CIO
International Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Woman Admits Slaying Mother With Tomahawk
Los Angeles report says Edna McCabe, 51, confessed to killing her 81 year old mother Rowena McCabe with an ancient tomahawk. She then tried to stab herself 50 times, wounds mostly superficial, and fainted upon summoning a doctor. No charges filed yet.
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Los Angeles
J. C. Dearman
Edna McCabe
Rowena McCabe
Dearman
Construction volume falls sharply in June report says
Washington July 31 The commerce department reported that new construction in June slid by more than 50 percent from the August 1942 peak of 1.486 billion dollars, and warned that further sharp declines are likely as the shift from plant production to material production intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Goofy stationmaster antics and vitamin talk in casual column
A humorous column sketches a Grand Central Station scene where a stationmaster sings trains to Albany and Chicago drawing a family's amusement. It shifts to reflections on vitamins, diet then to Henry Ford's milestone age, noting his "people's car"impact and a friend’s wry Ford joke.
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Grand Central Station
New York
Albany
Buffalo
Chicago
New York Businessman Buys Blue Network
Edward J. Noble a New York businessman and former undersecretary of commerce has purchased the Blue Network Company Inc a nationwide radio station chain for 8 000 000 cash Announcement by David Sarnoff president of RCA which owned the hookup says the sale comes a year and a half after Blue was formed as a coast to coast network in line with FCC ownership rules RCA will keep National Broadcasting Company and operate the Red Network
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Noble
Blue Network Company, Inc
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
FCC
National Broadcasting Company
Turkey gobbler hatches as turkey hen deserts nest
In Ottawa Kas a turkey hen on the Roy Busby farm deserted her nest of 17 eggs. The gobbler took over and worked to hatch them. In five weeks he had broken all but two eggs but stayed on the nest even after two eggs were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kas
Roy Busby
Busby
Women Always Have the Last Word Phrase
A compact saying notes that women tend to have final control in conversations though they seldom get to speak last in practice, reflecting social dynamics and voice power in debates and decision making.
Weed Mart Prices Stay Near Ceiling in 1943 Opening
The War Food Administration reports Georgia and Florida tobacco markets opened near the government ceiling, with total first week sales pacing above last year. Georgia sold 6.32 million pounds at 41.44 cents per pound and Florida 1.02 million at 41.85 cents, lifting early-season value and signaling record-like volume through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
Valdosta
M. T. Almand
Rev Wilson Weldon To Preach Union Service At First Presbyterian
Rev Wilson O Weldon pastor of the First Methodist Church will deliver the sermon at a Union Service in the First Presbyterian Church Sunday at eight o clock. The topic is What Is the Heart of Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Weldon
First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Textile Workers Union Meeting Tonight At Local Hall
A meeting will be held at the Textile Workers Union hall tonight at 7 30 o clock. National representative Barney Henley of the Tobacco Workers Organizing Committee CIO will address the gathering on war and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Workers Union Hall
Barney Henley
Tobacco Workers Organizing Committee
The
CIO
Caldwell Cafes Close as Lions and Toastmasters Meet
Caldwell Idaho reports that the restaurant hosting both the Lions Club and the Toastmasters has closed. Harold Cheese, operator of the town’s only other cafe, says he is too busy serving meals to take on club catering duties.
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Caldwell
Idaho
The
Lions
Toastmasters
Harold Cheese
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