Prize list set for Tin Can drive for city schoolchildren
Director J K Lyon announced 17 prizes for children in the Tin Can salvage campaign. All students are eligible. 15 cans earned a ticket to the Paramount show on March 13, 1943. Prizes include watches, jackets, dress, and trade certificates from local merchants. Citizens urged to turn in cans via school centers or grocers. aim is 36,000 pounds for a carload shipment to aid High Point and Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K.yon
Lyon
Ast
Washington Street
Paramount
Elks Club
Mann Drug Co
Nash Jewelry Co
J. C. Penney Co
Zealand
Efird’s
Harllee’s
Cinderella
Charles
Richardson's
S. H. Kress & Co
Ruby's
Walgreen's
Perkinson's
Woolworth’s
McClel
Lan’s
Eckerd’s Drug Co
Belk-Stevens
Dart
Target
High Point
Charlotte
India Offers Thanksgiving To Ending Of Gandhi’s Fast
New Delhi reports a prayerful response to Gandhi's fast ending with little sign of wide protests against British rule. Newspapers publish notices of prayers already said and expected across the subcontinent from Ceylon to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ceylon
Virginia Senate Leader Henry Wickham Dies at 93
Henry Taylor Wickham, 93, long time Virginia public figure and president pro tempore of the state Senate, oldest alumnus of Washington and Lee University, died in Richmond early today after a career dating to 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry Taylor Wickham
Virginia Senate
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
H P Hero In Great Victory Over Japanese
First Lieut Harlan Reid son of Mr and Mrs John Reid of 801 Park Street gains acclaim as a hero of Allied airmen in the South west Pacific. His Mitchell squadron helped destroy a convoy of 22 Japanese ships and 15 000 warriors bound for New Guinea during a two day assault that disrupted the Japanese campaign and reduced threats to Australia. He previously trained at High Point College and attended local schools before joining the U S Army Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Reid
John Reid
Park Street
Southwest Pacific
Reid
New Guinea
Australia
Lieut. Reid
Lieut
High Point College
U.S. Army Air Force
Mercury A C Will Honor Bison Cagers
The Mercury Athletic Club plans a dinner and awards presentation to honor the High Point Black Bison basketball squad. Roy Sullivan, committee chair, said a prominent speaker and Big Five coach may be secured. Dinner date and meeting details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Black Bison
Roy Sullivan
Mercury Athletic Club
Sullivan
Durham
Chapel Hill
Cliff Koonce
R. G. Garland
Gatewood Shipman
Pug Thomas
First Purchases In Forsyth Of Land For Hydro Project
Judge Oscar O. Efird reports the first Forsyth county land purchases for the high Point hydro electric project are complete. Additional buys in Yadkin county follow next week with federal authorization to accelerate surveys and acquisitions across Forsyth Davie and Yadkin counties. High Point transfers project control to the federal government for a favorable lease to the city upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
Efird
Winston-Salem
Mar
Oscar O. Efird
Forsyth County
High Point
Yadkin County
Washington
Davie
Yadkin Counties
Income Tax Instruction on Farm Expense Deductions
This instruction outlines deductions for farmers including costs for livestock feed, seeds, minor repairs, fuel, and machine maintenance as business expenses. It distinguishes capital investments like machinery and buildings from deductible items, and covers depreciation, farm dwelling limits, vehicle use, hired labor, labor rations, and preproduction capital expenditures.
Lions Club Hears Talk On Chemistry By J W Van Loan
John W. Van Loan chemist spoke at the Sheraton Hotel in the Lions Club meeting on The Chemist's Contribution to the War Effort. He noted chemical munitions gasoline and oxygen for airplanes and explained chemists help supply substitutes for natural rubber castor oil chlorine and glycerine and TNT. He called chemists behind the lines passing the ammunition. Attendance prizes went to Joe Taylor and L F Ferree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. van Loan
Lions Club
Sheraton Hotel
van Loan
Germany
T.N.T
Bill Carter
John Kalte
Joe Taylor
L. F. Ferree
Walter Lambeth Fined and License Revoked in High Point
former congressman J Walter Lambeth of Thomasville was fined 50 and court costs and had his license revoked for twelve months after pleading no contest to a drunk driving charge in High Point Municipal Court Judge D C MacRae waived appearance due to a letter from Lambeth's physician stating he is in a New York hospital. Robert Howard Sykes faced highway robbery charges and was bound over to Superior Court with a 500 bond. A nol pros with leave was issued in Lawrence Sykes case. Abaca is the source of Manila hemp fibres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walter Lambeth
Thomasville
High Point
D. C. MacRae
High Point Municipal Court
Lambeth
New York
Robert Howard Sykes
Dorris Street
Superior Court
MacRae
Sykes
J. F. Anderson
Anderson
Lawrence Sykes
Our Men In Service In February Pvt Canipe Stationed At Miami Beach
Pvt B Y Canipe son of Mrs J B Canipe Route Three entered the U S Army Air Corps in February and is now stationed at Miami Beach Florida undergoing a special training course Thomas W Ring promoted to corporal at the RAF advanced flying school Seymour Indiana formerly lived in High Point Cpl Ring 207 Phillips Street Durromd in New Mexico Pvt Warren C Durromd reported for duty at Carlsbad Army Air Field Carlsbad New Mexico wife the former Miss Hazel B Beades of High Point
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Pvt
B. Yates Canipe
J. B. Canipe
U. S. Army Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Thomas W. Ring
RAF Advanced Flying School
Seymour
Ind
Cpl
Ring
High Point
Phillips Street
Durromd
New Mexico
Warren C. Durromd
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
Hazel B. Beades
Cochran Completes Aviation Mechanic Course
Robert C. Cochran son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cochran Route Two has completed his course of studies as an aviation mechanic in the AAF technical training school at Amarillo Texas.
Charley Maddry Rimmer Becomes Third Class Navy Petty Officer
Charley Maddry Rimmer son of Mr and Mrs Macy Rimmer of 1401 Tipton Street completes electrical training and is rated third class petty officer in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Maddry Rimmer
Macy Rimmer
Tipton Street
U. S. Navy
David J Caldwell Promoted To Major In The U S Army
David J Caldwell has been promoted to the rank of Major in the U S Army an announcement reported here states he is the son of Mrs A S Caldwell now residing in Spartanburg South Carolina Caldwell served as cost accountant at Globe Parlor Furniture Company before entering the service He held a commission as second lieutenant in the National Guard when he was inducted into the Army in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Caldwell
U. S. Army
A. S. Caldwell
Spartanburg
S. C
Caldwell
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
National Guard
Army
Blackout Disaster in Philadelphia Fire Destroys Warden Home
Air Raid Warden James Rush kept patrol during a practice blackout and reported all clear. After the drill he returned home to discover his house leveled by a blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James Rush
Rush
Wood Is Given 3 Years For Evading Draft
James Vaudrey Wood, 22, 911 Fourth Street, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after being convicted yesterday in Rockingham Superior Court of evading the draft. Joe Snider testified that the verdict came in three minutes. Wood claimed he was a Jehova's Witness minister and should be 4-D, but the local board did not recognize him as a minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vaudrey Wood
Fourth Street
Rockingham
Joe Snider
Draft Board Five
Wood
Jehova
Grover H. Jones Addresses Kiwanis On Victory Gardens
Grover H. Jones city attorney and garden committee chair spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon on Victory Gardens. He cited local plots feeding 300 children and yielding 40 bushels onions, 200 bushels Irish potatoes, 75 bushels sweet potatoes, and 3,000 cans of soup. Community gardens six years old will be repurposed as Victory Gardens with plots ready townwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover H. Jones
High Point
Elwood Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Victory Gardens
Jones
P. M. Davis
C. H. Willard
G. L Blair
J. I. Wagner
Effie Cox
Fred Bartlett
Japanese Submarine to Promote War Bonds Visit High Point
Local Chamber of Commerce plans to bring a two man Japanese submarine captured at Pearl Harbor to High Point to promote War Savings Stamps and Bonds. The crew will form a committee to arrange exhibits and a march 20 visit with 25 cent and one dollar defense stamps charged to children and adults respectively. The vessel, 81 feet long and 6 feet in diameter, now weighs 17½ tons after lightening for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Elwood
High Point
F. J. Sizemore
War Savings
Shubal C. Kirkman
Defense Committee
Pearl Harbor
United States
War Savings Campaign
Sizemore
Ned Shugru
Arange
Dedication Week Ends Sunday in High Point Churches
The Week of Dedication among Methodist churches in the High Point area ends Sunday. Dr. S. W. Taylor, superintendent of High Point District, delivered the final address at Wesley Memorial Church. Dr. Gredon T. Humphreys, president of High Point College, spoke Thursday night at Church School Faculty Night on The Teacher's Message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
S. W. Taylor
Wesley Memorial Church
Gredon T. Humphreys
High Point College
Wesley Memorial
Church
Humphreys
S. E. Rozzelle
God
Moses
Pharaoh
Midian
Israle
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Henry T. Wickham
Lledo Datae Finance
North Main Street
Just
MAJIC
Rep Mountain Ranges
H. P. Hero
Mercury A. C
Bison
BRT
Revere
Roger's Say
Araby
S. Main ST
West Broad Street
ROYAL
High St
Chemistry
J. W. van Loan
Walter Lambeth
Manila
Rimmer
Johns-Manville
Parker - Brown Lumber Cqo
Oak Street
Kiwanis
Salt Lake City
Trusty
Francis Reed
Mr. Reed
Victory Coal Co
Rationing Board
Tire Company
Gate City Motor CO
Wrenn St
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Siceloff
ICE & Fuel CO
Coats
East Green
Triangle Lake
City Transit CO
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