Milk Fund Exceeds $2000 But Falls Short of Goal
Total milk fund contributions in High Point surpass $2,000 with a $2,500 target set by the Junior Service League. Donations from local residents include amounts from Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kearns and others, bringing the total to about $2,038.60 as officials stress the need to support underprivileged children with a wholesome dairy diet.
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High Point
Junior Service League
Seivine
Sei Service League
da Presious
Tom Kearns
Ru Pickens
Betty Lou Jackson
Jeannie Min
W. J. Fraley
Wm. M. Jarrell
Mary Alexander
Nina
Billy Burris
J.s.welborn
W. P. Phillips
Governors Cherry appoints four to law officers fund board
Gov Cherry announces the appointment of four members to the board of commissioners of the law enforcement officers retirement fund. Appointees include C Vulkner Nashville representing sheriffs and Walter F Anderson Charlotte representing police chiefs. Auditors are named statutory members with George Ross Pou as chairman.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Board of Commissioners
C. V. Ulkner
Nashville
W. B. Sy
Asheville
B. F. Joan of
Saxshaw
Walter F. Anderson
Charlotte
George Ross Pou
Charles Johnson
William P. Hodges
Pou
Funeral Rites for Children and Adults Held in Thomasville
Funeral services were held in Thomasville for Donald Lanier 10 died from drowning at Balti Saturday night. Also honored were Mrs. Viola B. Miller and Ervin F. Smith with church ceremonies and military honors. Interments followed at local church cemeteries.
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Donald Lanier Thomasville
Donald Lanier
Lester Lanier
Balti
Lineberry Mothe
C. E. Ridge
John A. Cox
Leon Jones
Bill Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
Don Lloyd
Bobby Smith
Bill Jarrett
Viola B. Miller
Thomasville
John Samuel Miller
Rt. 2
Liberty Past
C. K . C. Roach
Prems
C. H. “S Vann A Yates
Owen Tal
W. B. Crawford
Frank Lamaend Julius Kennedy
Ervin F. Smith
Ervin F.smith
Yow
C. B. Weaver
ORC
Greensboro
J. A. Grout
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Ord
McLeansville Woman to Receive 7000 From Government
Mrs. James Arthur Wilson of McLeansville North Carolina will receive seven thousand dollars from the United States government following her husband’s death. A 1944 Greensboro New Jersey traffic accident led to a congressional bill authorizing the payment, which Congress sent to the president for signature. The original bill sought twenty five thousand dollars for Mrs. Wilson.
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Washington
James Arthur Wilson
McLeansville
N. C
United States
Wilson
Gorrell
Bennett
Greensboro
N. J
Congress
White House
Rep. Durham
D-Nc
McLean
Franklin D Roosevelt Birthday Observed as Holiday
Ill local organizations tied to the Upholsterers' International Union will observe Roosevelt’s birthday January 20 as a holiday. Sol Hoff man, USU international president, announced the policy was adopted by unanimous vote of the general executive board in Philadelphia. Local unions are to seek employer recognition of the holiday.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearce Plays Piano at Funeral Service
Robert M Pearce performed a piano piece as flowers were carried at the funeral. The interment took place at Guilford Memorial Park.
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Robert M. Pearce
Guilford Memorial Park
John W. Erwin Newton Dies After Illness at 73
John W. Erwin, 73, a retired insurance salesman of Newton, died in a local hospital today after several weeks of illness.
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John W. Erwin Newton
John W. Erwin
Newton
Full Day's Work Of All German Prisoners At Valley Forge
German prisoners of war at Valley Forge General Hospital are kept to full day work only in menial tasks with no civilian labor replacement. They receive strict discipline, hygienic provisions, and are paid 80 cents daily while about 153,071 prisoners worked in late 1944 and early 1945, generating 23,879,126 man days of labor and more than 25 million dollars in wage differences covered by contractors.
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Phoenixville
INS
Valley Forge
Col. Vaughan
Col
Vaughan
Pew
War Department
Army
Penicillin Scores Again Camp Carson War Wound
Medical officers at Camp Carson General Hospital report more than 2800 trench foot patients are being treated with penicillin the so called wonder drug.
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Camp Carson, Colo
Ins
Camp Carson General Hospital
Camp Carson's Hospital Center
Oldest UNC alumnus to attend Chapel Hill meeting
George McCorkle of Newton, UNC class of 1878 and former Federal Trade Commission member, plans to attend the university alumni gathering at Chapel Hill next week. Now retired, he is described as the oldest alumnus.
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Newton
George McCorkle
University of North Carolina
University At
Chapel Hill
McCorkle
Federal Trade Commission
Pfc. Odom Webb Killed On Okinawa
Mrs. Edith J. Webb learns from the War Department that her husband Pfc. Odom Webb was killed on Okinawa May 1 while serving with the 165th Infantry. He enlisted August 21, 1943 and had been overseas since April 28, 1944. he trained in Siebert Alabama and saw action on Saipan. He is survived by his wife, a son Ronald, his father Dan Webb, five brothers, and six sisters.
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Edith J. Webb
South Main Street
War Department
Pfc
Odom Webb
Okinawa
Webb
Siebert
Ala
165Th Infantry
Saipan
Ronald
Dan Webb
Thorpe Enlists in Merchant Marine at 57
Jim Thorpe, once a famed athlete, has joined the merchant marine at age 57. His wife says he enlisted last month, following his son Phillip’s Navy enlistment, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Jim Thorpe
Merchant Marine
Navy
Phillip
Vaudevillians Realize Dream Establish Ranch in California
Lake Malibu hosts the 3-W Ranch owned by the Wiere brothers Harry Sylvester and Herbert with dancers Stu Morgan Leta DOray and Bill Williams as key partners. The venture operates as a weekend volunteer farm with cattle chickens alfalfa crops and gardens. Williams Hale and Morgan run the ranch duties while the family plans to turn it into a profitable base with tours and club engagements.
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Lake Malibu
Cal
California
Pacific Coast
Vaudevillians
Wiere Brothers
Harry
Sylvester
Herbert
Hollywood
Stu” Morgan
Let
Barbers Abners
Barbara Hale
Milnois
RKO
Williams
Miss Hale
Panione
Morgens
Herhera Wiere
Peter
Josephine
Ville
New Garbage Truck Bodies Await City Installation
Four new garbage truck bodies ordered by the city last September are due to arrive within days. City Public Works Director T C Kirkman says the bodies are being shipped from a supplier, priced at 1416 dollars each FOB Raleigh, to be installed on converted Army trucks. The city recently awarded a $500 contract for the conversion work, with no trucks to Raleigh. In Nago, marines recovered a bank book from Baldwin Park’s First National Bank.
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City Public Works
T. C. Kirkman
Con
Raleigh
Nago
First National Bank of
Baldwin Park
California
Playing Safe Okinawa Propaganda Fails to Win Trust
The Japanese covered Okinawa with wartime propaganda claiming victory in stability but were unable to convince locals of its truth.
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Okinawa
Five Police Vacancies Open In Norristown Department
Norristown PA police department seeks five new officers to help ease manpower shortages. The call invites qualified applicants to join the force as it faces staffing gaps.
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Norristown
INS
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W. Betts
R. D. Beam
N.C. State College
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Franklinville
F. Y. Floyd
H. W
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W. H. Rogers
John F. McNair, JR
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English Motor Co
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Victor Gunson
Central Press
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Bill Wiliama
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