Memorial service in Jamestown honors fallen community members
The annual Id Memorial service at the town Methodist Church remembers residents who died in the past year. Reverend C M McKin presides with Lord C Frazier delivering the memorial. program includes singing, readings, solos, a memorial list of dozens of local names, and notes service with the United Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argie Wood
Gertrude Potter Lam
Charles Edward Lance
Johnard
William A. Long
Sam A. Long, Jr
Eva Jane Marsh
Mattie Mott
Lloyd McClure
Cicerolin Noah
Robert Blakrer
Ida N. Penticost
Dean Richardson
William Shelley
Judith Henrita Smith
le Jester Smith
Ernest J. Son
Lucy Ford Vickrey
Mat Hayworth Ward
Emily Janey
Laura Loftlin Young
United Army Air
City Council Discusses Appointment of Full-Time Juvenile Court Judge
Arnold J. Koonce says the city council will appoint a full-time juvenile court judge. He notes informal discussions and consensus to fill the vacancy with Grover H. Jones, while Bailey resigns to join the navy. Delinquency rises despite no local war industry, prompting action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold J. Koonce
Orday
Grover H. Jones Ting
Koonce
Best Leave morrow For Mexico
Fred Flagler Jr 1943 graduate at High Point High School and Best faculty advisor will depart tomorrow for summer study at the University of Mexico in Mexico City. Flagler will study intercultural relations and Spanish as part of an exchange program reflecting good will between the United States and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Flagler, Jr
High Point High School
Best
Unty of Mexico
Mexico City
Gler
Iss Best
Mexi
United States
Flagler
Mexican Unity
United Tes
Mexico
Aerial attack raises Britain fears over passenger planes
The report notes an air threat as a British passenger flight carrying actor Leslie How and 12 others was shot down on Tuesday. Churchill travels with Anthony Eden and Sir Alan Brooke for North Africa talks as authorities search for How's plane and passengers amid Allied war strategy developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Howand
Gers
Britain
Howard
Portugal
How
Churchill
Anthony Eden
North Africa
Alan Brooke
Rial General Staff
Ashington
P C Smith Elected To Elk Post In North Carolina
Curtis Perkins of Greenville was unanimously elected president of the North Carolina Elks Association in Wilson. Hendersonville selected as 1944 convention city. Other officers include Ed W. Davis vice president at large Z L Edwards vice president Eastern District P C Smith vice president Central District B A Whit mire vice president Western District J F Bowen secretary W S Burris treasurer and J A Kelly trustee for three years. President Glenn submitted his annual report as the convention closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendersonville
J. F. Bowen
Greenville
W. S. Burris
Raleigh
J. A. Kelly
Salisbury
Glenn
Office Equipment Firm to Open in High Point Monday
W F Griffith, ex manager of a major Winston-Salem equipment firm, will launch High Point’s first Office Equipment Company on North Wrenn Street Monday. The independent local business will repair office machines, purchase for WPB typewriters, and sell typewriters, adding machines, calculating machines, and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Griffith
Winston-Salem
High Point
North Wrenn Street
War Production Board
Sizemore
Griffith
Death of J T Dickens in Archdale at 73
John T Dickens aged 73 died at his Archdale home Saturday night after a seven week illness. He was born June 26 1869 in Silver Hill Davidson County son of John and Mary Workman Dickens. Survived by wife Bettie Rickard and eight descendants including daughters Nannie Clodfelter Ossie Blackburn Onota Slate Mary Moore Willie Lee Dickens son Lonnie A Dickens and Sgt J C Dickens. Funeral Monday at 4 from Yows Funeral Home with burial in Floral Garden cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Dickens
Archdale
Mr. Dickens
Silver Hill
Davidson County
John and
Mary Workman Dickens
Bettie Rickard
Nannie Clodfelter
Ossie Blackburn
Onota Slate
Mary Moore
High Point
Willie Lee Dickens
Rutherfordton
Lonnie A. Dickens
J. C. Dickens
U. S. Marine
Yow
L. G. Cashen
A. C. Lovelace
Floral Garden
War industry control fights in conference over union rules
Senate talks on Connally Smith bill provisions blocking strikes in war industries until 30 days notice and secret ballot. unions would register file finances and be barred from political contributions with civil damages for violators. rights under NLRA could be withdrawn for a year. Reed criticizes racketeering leaders and supports workers’ rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally
Reed
Alias
Kansas City, Kan
P2c Dress Ed Carcasses Subsidy Detail
OPA set a two cent per pound subsidy on dressed carcasses through Defense Supplies Corp. for slaughterers processing 4000 pounds monthly. EEWUP slaughters, who typically sell retail, may skip the subsidy due to existing price markups with wholesalers and retailers. Large shipments of American dry goods arrived in Cali Colombia this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Supplies Corp
Reconstruction Finance Corp
EEWUP
Cali
Colombia
Board presses for miners to attend hearings in coal dispute
The board subpoenas Lewis for attendance as both sides ready to bargain. The miners back to work order angers board members who insist negotiations cannot resume during a strike threat. A telegram from the UMW national policy committee allows a limited return to work from June 7 to 20 to protect members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Appalachian Coal Conference
Charles O'eill
Edward R. Burke
UMW
Roosevelt
National Policy Committee
John O'Leary
Thomas Kennedy
Allied Bombers Hit Italian Airdromes Near Brindisi
American Liberator bombers of the Middle East air force dropped nearly 125 tons of explosives on Grottaglie airdrome near Brindisi in southeastern Italy. Additional Allied raids struck Mediterranean island strongholds and other mainland targets, splintering hangars and admin buildings with direct hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Grottalgio
Brindisi
Italy
Mediterranean
Bombing Raid Against Axis Forces Reported From Africa and Italy
Col. Keith K. Compton led a bold attack over Cairo area with four enemy planes shot down and many fires and smoke plumes observed. Returning U S crews praised bombing accuracy while additional Allied bombers struck Catanzaro Pangora Syracuse Milo Favignana Pantelleria in Sicily and surrounding targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Keith K. Compton
St. Joseph
Cairo
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Catanzaro
Italy
Pangora
Syracuse
Sicily
Milo
Favignana
Pantelleria
Woman's College Class Day Exercises Held at UNC Greensboro
In Greensboro on June 5 the senior class of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina held class day exercises at 4 30 pm on the front campus. Miss Jane Thompson of Henderson, president, opened with a call for calm and courage amid upheaval as students vowed love honor and service. Hoarding is increasing in Shanghai, China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Jane Thompson
Henderson
Steel Mills Ordered on 48 Hours by War Manpower
War Manpower Commission regional director Robert Goodwin announced to steel mills in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky that they must switch to a 48 hour week immediately where feasible. Some plants can shift without releasing workers while others need carefully managed release schedules. The announcement followed a two day meeting with mill officials and CIO United Steelworkers representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
War Manpower Commission
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
CIO
United Steel Workers
WMC
Washington
73 Day Kaiser Labor Hearing Ends
The 73 day National Labor Relations Board hearing in Portland on Kaiser shipyard labor charges concluded. CIO charges alleged illegal closed shop contracts with AFL unions before hiring. Kaiser argued AFL provided the only available labor. The examiner will prepare an intermediate report for board findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
National Labor Relations Board
Kaiser Shipyard
Robert S. Denham
CIO
Kaiser
AFL
Kaisers
Four new oil barges enter operation between Florida pipeline and Wilmington
Mayor Bruce B. Cameron announced four new barges, each carrying up to 370 000 gallons, are now in service between the Florida pipeline and Wilmington with plans for a trip by each every 18 days. The hurricane in Crizaba left eight dead and 70 injured as relief aid from Mexico is extended. Guatemala weighs airport lighting to allow night landings for military and civilian planes. Burma railways report a profit after nine years of losses amid heavy Chinese traffic. Brazil imposes high taxes on vacant lots to spur construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Bruce B. Cameron
Florida
Burma
Burma Railways
Laval Calls 1942 Class Up For Work In France
Paris radio reports Laval orders mobilization of the 1942 military class for work from March through July. He claims 20,000 workers must go to avoid arbitrariness and vows strict penalties for evasion while Hitler’s regime boasts of new arms production and Speer touts a May production peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Pierre Laval
Laval
Paris
Germany
Hitler
Vichy
Berlin
Albert Speer
Home Front
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P. C. Smith
Elk Post
J. T. Dickens
Grottalgie Airdrome
Woman’s College
Shanghai
China
Moscow
Red Army Theatre
Crizaba
Eighh
Guatemala
Brazil
Joe
Pacific
Africa
Aleutians
Uncle Sam
High Point Weaving Company
Hillcrest Throwing Company
Burlington Mills Corporation
South Africa
India
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