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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
3
A June blaze destroyed the Bunch Furniture store a five story structure in Statesville withcontents estimated at 150000 dollars. Fire crews from Salisbury Hickory and Mooresville aided local fighters but the cause remained undetermined.
In England the WAC mess shifts cook and dish for the Eighth Air Force division. Pfc Marjorie Sumph from Hastings Pa leads a wry kitchen scene while Bonnie Buytas guides the first cook role. The piece notes tensions over dainty cooking and a new WAC private dining area amid humor and reform.
A crippled carrier pigeon has retired from active service to serve as mascot of Johnstown Pennsylvania's Inclined Plane railway. The bird appeared at the Inclined Plane several days ago and has perched atop a car as it travels the 900 foot runway.
In Grand Central the cheerful subway guard, a muscled Black man, uses lullaby lines to ease stampede like rush hours. Passengers smile as he tells them to take their time. A light note about prunes and a Portland shipment follows, then a local obituary for Otis Shell, 78, killed by a bus in Dunn.
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