Miss Hopkins Vacation Sparks Jealous Gift For Home
In a mansion during the holidays Landry buys Miss Hopkins a fully equipped suitcase with initials, stirring jealousy in Sybil who overhears a private nurse Doctor Jones offering to examine Hopkins’ sister who is disabled and wheelchair bound. A search for a Christmas tree follows.
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Miss Hopkins
Landry
Warren
Massachusetts
Margaret
Mrs. Slyde
Janet
Lad
Mrs. Hyde
Economy Committee Named by Leonard
Statesville March 5 Announcement by J Paul Leonard secretary of the State Merchants association names the commercial economy committee of the North Carolina council of defense to push delivery curtailment. Members accepted include H. H. Cartland Greensboro A M Hall Wilmington G F Stradley Asheville and A H Arrington Raleigh. The state committee will seek one delivery daily and cooperative systems to reduce use of men and material. The one delivery a day plan aims to free up to 150000 workers nationwide and save merchant costs while preserving war needs.
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Statesville
J. Paul Leonard
State Merchants’ Association
Commercial Economy Committee
North Carolina Council of Defense
Mr. Leonard
HH. EE
Cartland
Greensboro
A. M. Hall
Wilmington
G. F. Stradley
Asheville
A. H. Arrington
Raleigh
Bickett
State Council of Defense
State Committee On
State
National Councils of Defense
Commercial Economy Board
Economy Board
Ifig
Leonard
Statesville Merchants’ Association
Myr. T Leonard
Rigid Rules Govern Discharges From Camp Sevier
Camp Sevier officials explain there have been no new discharge rules for the 30th division. Despite many letters requesting discharge for dependent relatives, married soldiers are not automatically released. Discharges depend on dependents' condition and hardship, not on status changes, with draft boards retaining final authority.
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Francis M. Hinkle
Aeval
Government Urges Taxpayers to Pay by Check
The Internal Revenue Service asks taxpayers to pay income taxes by check, money order, or draft where possible. About 6,000,000 people will pay this year under the War Revenue Act of 1917, totaling 666,000,000 dollars. Prompt payment saves time and avoids receipts. deputies visit counties to help, and cash must be sent by registered mail or express.
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Bureau of Inernal Revenue
United States
Internal Revenue
Sam
Homing Pigeons Cited For Saving Lives At Sea
London authorities cite trained homing pigeons as lifesaving messengers amid warns against shooting them. Captain Thomas Crisp died under German submarine fire but sent a final message by pigeon, saving his crew. A hydro airplane in a storm also relied on a pigeon to summon help, the bird dying from exhaustion after delivering its message.
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London
Thomas Crisp
Football Men Do Not Make Great Fighters in Trenches
A Glasgow medical man returning from France argues professional football players lack trench endurance, being trained for high game tempo and having nerves overly acute for gunfire. He compares them to linking a race horse with an artillery team, noting their fitness is far below that of ordinary soldiers.
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London
Glasgow
France
What War Savings Stamps Will Buy for Our Soldiers
War Savings Stamps values listed show items purchasable by stamps. One stamp buys small gear like tent parts or laces. two stamps cover socks or shirts. twelve stamps pay for a steel helmet. up to four stamps fund a rifle.
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War Savings
Mooneyhan Elected Raleigh Public Safety Commissioner
A. H. Mooneyhan, linked with a major Raleigh department store, was elected by city commissioners to fill the unexpired term of the late Edward M. Uzzell as Raleigh’s commissioner of public safety. The decision was announced March 5.
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Raleigh
A. H. Mooneyhan
Edward M. Uzzell
Raligh
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