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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1945
Page
8
Richard Montgomery once helped craft a rule using ration books for identification when obtaining a liquor permit in 1945. A clerk asked for his ration book, and the former OPA director realized the flaw after leaving it home.
Barney Baxter Birney Baxter flies into a blizzard in an ill equipped plane seeking his missing parents. The crash lands in the Canadian Rockies where a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot rescues him from a burning ship and ferries him to a remote cabin.
A speaker argues that Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt have set a framework for enduring peace after resolving differences. If Parliament and Congress fully back their plans, war may be abolished for a long time as nations pursue a better world for all people.
High Point Red Cross chapter launches its annual fundraiser aiming for 59500 in donations. As part of the drive, the city’s public list reveals local POWs receiving parcels, including John A. Beck Nelson L Cecil Dorris A Cornelie and others, with shipments previously limited to three through December.
Lt Col Rustice R Smoak awarded the Legion of Merit for leading a Marine battalion in two attacks on Guam. Cpl William G Hutchens and others receive Bronze Stars and Air Medals in Belgium France and Italy. Promoted privates and corporals in France Italy and the Pacific. Families note furloughs and home visits as service continues abroad. Over 190 men named across multiple units with awards and postings in Europe Africa the Pacific and the Mediterranean theater.
S Sgt. Jack N. Kimble S8 S Sgt. Henry Madaris Pvt. Clarence F. Peatross S/Sgt. George W. Searce Pvt. Kerney Shipwash Sgt. James L. Stutts Pvt. Charles E. Summey Pfc. Robert Surratt 5 Set. Charles F. Thorburn Ist Lt. Arthur M. Upshaw dr Sgt. Francis A. Watson Sgt. Wilson A. H. Wiley Ist. Lt. J. Edward Woollen. Two others T/Sgt. James C. Borland and 8 Sgt. Carl F. Gibson repatriated. Pvt. Walter P. Armitage Jr. and Pvt. Dixie B. Palmer, whose relatives moved away from High Point, receive parcels through other Red Cross chapters. R. R. Fountain heads State College alumni in this county.
The report lists US Marines and Army personnel from Thomasville and Trinity with statuses including killed in aircraft accidents in the Philippines on Feb 1, wounded in action in Germany and the Pacific, prisoners of war in Italy and Germany, and recovering at hospitals in England and Asheville. Names include Raymond Nance Grayson La Mar Rayford Richardson Lee Hancock Walter Halstead James Lawes William Wall James Warren Bernard Shufelt.
Death notices from High Point and vicinity list Frances Blake Burchette 77 of 802 Vail St D Frank Dennis 42 of 811 Woodrow Ave John Robert Hudson 67 of Shady Grove area William P Hester 62 Rt 1 Kenneth Mashburn infant son of Mr and Mrs R L Mashburn Asheboro Rt 3 W Garland Slack 41 formerly of High Point Chester H Thompson 36 522 Parkway Lula Price Wagner 80 Thomasville Clarence Saintsing 41 Thomasville Rt 1 W H Dickens 74 Thomasville Blanche Wilson Whitted the Black community school teacher after 17 years service. The Farmers Family Center on N Main St grows in popularity with 253 visitors last week and 377 in the first week of February. Horace Haworth reelected president of Community Chess and United War Fund with H N Willard treasurer and budget chairman.
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