Thomasville Plans Large July Fourth Victory Day Parade
Thomasville announces plans for a large Fourth of July celebration urged by Governor Broughton to honor Civilian Defense efforts. A nine o'clock parade will feature Home Guard, American Legion, veterans, scouts, Girl and Sea Scouts, bands, and many floats by local merchants.
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Thomasville
J. A. Broughton
Fphocior Eresides J. Rey Proctor
Sea Scouts
Girl Scouts
Fire Department
T. Austin Finch
Joe We. Hawthorne
George D. Finch
Charles Janes
3. R. Blair
Gilbert File
Joyal Horse Show Association
Main Street
Charles Eanes
Thomasvilley Merchants Association
Local Merchants Association
Eanes
Teachers Institute Highlights Math in War Efforts at Duke
Durham June 17 teachers from several states began a ten day institute at Duke University focusing on the use of mathematics in war activities and the need for strengthened curriculum in elementary and secondary schools.
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Durham
Duke University
North Carolina to hold farm field days this summer
The State Department of Agriculture and North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station will proceed with annual farmers field days labeled good for victory meetings. Dates include July 9 near Oxford, July 23 near Statesville, August 13 near Rocky Mount, and September 10 near Willard. attendance may decline but remains deemed worthwhile to aid the war effort.
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Raleigh
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Tobacco Test Farm
Oxford
Piedmont
Statesville
Upper Coastal Plain
oRcKky Mount
Coastal Plain
Test Farm
Willard
Mountain
Black Mountain
Asheville
Kerr Scott
Hickory Girl Heads Children of Confederacy
Durham June 17 Miss Nancy Shuford of Hiry was elected president of the North Carolina Division of the Children of the Confederacy at the annual convention. She named Madge Pool of St Paul as first vice president and Dorothy Reynolds of Raleigh as second vice president, with Ann Llewellyn of Concord as recording secretary.
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Durham
Nancy Shuford
Hiry
North Carolina
The
Children of the Confederacy
Madge Pool
St. Paul
Dorothy Reynolds
Raleigh
Ann Llewellyn
Concord
Ruth
Will Rogers Jr Seeks Congress in Beverly Hills Bid
Will Rogers Jr. announces a run for Congress against incumbent Leland Ford as a Democrat. He plans to enter the army tomorrow and asks supporters to help his campaign while noting Ford’s obstructionist record and strong Republican alignment. Rogers also publishes the Beverly Hills Citizen with a 4,000 circulation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Will Rogers, Jr
Young Will
Congress
Will Sr
Will
Bil
Jie
Leland M. Ford
Rogers
Ford
Willkie
Bill
Beverly Hills Citizen
Greborg of Halifan and Miss Betty Rezner Durhams Officials Meeting
Greborg of Halifan named corresponding secretary and Miss Betty Rezner Durham elected treasurer at the meeting.
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Greborg of
Educators Study Reorganization in North Carolina
Durham hosts the North Carolina Education Association summer conference beginning with a dinner tonight and continuing for three days. A major item is proposed reorganization to reduce divisions and boost comprehensiveness and efficiency. Dr Clyde A Erwin Raleigh will speak at the dinner and Dr RB Childs of Duke will be toastmaster.
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Durham
North Carolina Education Association
Clyde A. Erwin
Raleigh
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
RB. G. Childs
Duke University
North Carolinians rally to scrap rubber drive
North Carolinians respond eagerly to the national war effort to collect scrap rubber. State chairman T. A. Aldridge reported 500000 pounds turned in at filling stations in two days. Raleigh official J. B. Vogter said rubber was pouring in, with sources noting tires and rubber heels among salvaged items.
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Charlotte
T. A. Aldridge
Raleigh
J. B. Vogter
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Greensboro Chosen for 1943 Lions Convention
The North Carolina Lions Clubs will hold their 1943 convention in Greensboro. The site was selected yesterday at the closing session of the 20th annual convention here. Thomas S. Payne of Washington, D. C., was elected governor of the eastern district, Wesley W. Brown of Asheville, of the western district, and John A. Navier of Winston-Salem, of the middle district.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Lions Clubs
Greensboro
Thomas S. Payne
Washington, D. C
Wesley W. Brown
Asheville
John A. Navier
Winston-Salem
Certificates Issued by Thomasville Rationing Board
The Thomasville Rationing Board announced certificates for tires tubes and recapping. Recapping certificates went to City Cab Company Frank Wilson Curtis Johnson Julius Bledsoe Grady Simpson Lee Megler Harrison Hedrick and James Tlegter, with quantities listed. New trick tires allotted to B N Beck Cunningham Brick Co C A Kaney Claude Garner Howard Segers F W and W C Lomax and Gray Concrete Co for specific tire and tube purchases.
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Thomasville
B. N. Beck
Cunningham Brick Company
C. A. Kaney
Claude L. Garner
Howard Segers
F. W. and
W. C. Lomax
Gray Concrete Company
City Cab Commuany
Frank Wilson
Curtis Johnson
Julius Bledsoe
Grady Simpson
Lee Megler
Harrison Hedrick
James Tlegter
Comelback
Rent Ceiling Expansion Across NC Counties Urged
Enterprise Bureau reports that mandatory rent ceilings begun in Wilmington may be extended to most populous North Carolina counties. Cumberland and Hoke counties could see updates by July 1 with further areas by August and September. In New Hanover the policy already reduced rents sharply, while several counties remain on probation. Prosecutions are expected as rent administrators operate with lawyers attached.
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BOB Thompson Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Wilmington
Office of War Information
Cumberland
Hoke
The
OWL
North Carolina
Bill Sharpe
Guilford
Durham
Pasquatank
Wayne
Wilson
Lenoir
Surry
Carteret
Craven
Mecklenburg
Onslow
Union
New Hanover County
New Hanover
Burned body found in cedar chest in Brooklyn lot
The smoldering body of a young man, about 23, was found early today stuffed into a leatherette cedar chest in a vacant Brooklyn lot near downtown. Discovered at 5:20 a.m. by laborer Ernst Schrimpe, the victim had both hands and feet burned away. Police described him as unrecognizable.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ernst Schrimpe
Card club receipts given to hospital
Mrs. Donald B. Stansil, chair of the Havie-A-Heart Take-A-Hand Committee for Memorial Hospital in New York, was a member of the team finishing second in the recent Eastern States mixed bridge championship.
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Donald B. Stansil
Memorial Hospital
New York
Treiss
Bridge hand shines as Mrs Tansill guides team
One half point behind the winning Philadelphia team, Mrs Tansill and teammates Doris Fuller Peter Le ventritt and Joseph E Low faced a hand where the opening lead was won by the ace of clubs. Playing East, Mrs Tansill saw South hold the hearts ace, allowing the contract to be made with only two trumps and the spade ace spent.
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Philadelphia
Doris Fuller
Peter Leventritt
Joseph E. Low
Radio system cuts NC bank robberies says patrol chief
Major John Armstrong, commander of the State Highway Patrol, credits the patrol radio network with sharply reducing bank robberies in North Carolina. In a report to the Motor Vehicles Commissioner, he notes only four robberies or attempts since 1937, down from about one per week before the radio system.
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Raleigh
John Armstrong
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina
T. Beddie Ward
Armstrong
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Thomasville Rationing Board
McKenney
William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
Inaga
Noneval
West North
Jose
Mrs. Tansill Ace
Maisie
Broadhurst
Paramount
Sullivan
Rialto
Highway Patrol
Sam
High Point Enterprise
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