Postwar Housing Boom Forecast by Architect Royal Wills
Royal Wills, famed architect, predicts homes will rise at about one million dollars per year for five to ten years after the war, starting a year after hostilities end. The estimate implies a large construction surge and expansion of urban housing.
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ING Boom
Boston
INS
Royal Wills
Hostilies
Ithaca, N. Y
Food Information Service
State College of Agriculture
Red Cross Relief Work and Community Aid
The Red Cross funds its humanitarian relief through public contributions and offers aid for family problems illness disasters and death. Volunteers staff canteens blood plasma collection and field support while aiding flood victims along the Mississippi and assisting prisoners of war through International Red Cross contact.
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Red Cross
International Red Cross
Mississippi
Song Published For Mrs Mundy Inspired By Missing Husband
Mrs Margaret Mundy of 1512 Johnson Street celebrates publication of her song Dear Jim inspired by her husband Corporal Jack C Mundy listed as missing in action. She and her daughter Patricia Dianne live with her parents at the same address. The Red Cross War Fund drive in High Point has reached the halfway point, with $59 500 sought.
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Margaret Mundy
Johnson St
Cpr
Jack C. Mundy
Jim
Red Cross War Fund
High Point
Police Short Report from High Point Highlights Drunkenness and Odd Jail Delays
Last week in High Point officers answered a range of minor incidents from a locked jail cell needing a locksmith to a drunkenness and disorderly conduct case. Clarence Jordan was jailed for drunk and disorderly behavior until the locks failed and a locksmith was called. Ernest Hudspeth faced drunken driving charges, while his wife and another woman were charged after a car wreck on Keu Avenue. Charles Murphy faced possession of non tax paid whiskey, with 22 gallons found. A search with bloodhounds and FBI and local officers continued for Davie Kendall who jumped from a train near Greensboro while en route to Wadeboro. the FBI did not disclose charges.
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High Point
Clarence Jordan
Washington St
Jordan
Ernest M. Hudspeth
Main St
Stella Hudspeth
Herman Gac Ois
Keu Ave
Hudspeth
Charles P. Murphy
Thomasville
Salem St
Liberty
Davie Kendall
Greensboro
Wadesboro
FBI
Enjoined Upholstery Firms Restricted From Sales
Three High Point manufacturers McGhee Upholstering Co Modern Upholstering Shop and Art Chair and Repair are enjoined from selling upholstered furniture until they comply with OPA record keeping and pricing provisions.
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High Point
OPA
McGhee Upholstering Co
Harmony Ticket Emerges In Quiet High Point City Race
Local Democrats avoid primaries as they hunt a harmony ticket to unite factions. Republicans likewise seek no primary, with Mayor Arnold Koonce’s decision to run or not potentially fracturing GOP unity and inviting an opposing candidate. insiders note a rift with former Councilman John Kalte could ignite a rival bid.
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Lor St
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
City of
N. C
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Taylor St
Taylor and Fairview St
Fairview St
High Point ‘Township
Hawthorne St
Wrightenberry
Rosa Stowe
Xanie
Ward St
Highland Ave
Arnold Koonce
GOP
John Kalte
Ec. A
Koonce
War Casualties and POWs From Thomasville Area
Casualties from World War II list includes Killed in Action Pfc Early Glenn Lambeth near Thomasville Germany Feb 24 and his twin brother killed in Germany in December. Cpl Dolan L Rogers Thomasville killed in a plane crash at Chatham Field near Savannah Ga. Missing in Action Pfc Wyman J Bolin Thomasville Rt 1 since Feb 2 in Germany and Pfc Lloyd Junior Jr Thomasville Rt 4 since Feb 2. Wounded Pfc Henry Edward Bizzell 1815 Welborn St Germany Feb 11 and Pfc Marvin C Reece Rt 1 Germany Feb 12. Pfc W T Green Jr 200 W Main St Thomasville third time in Belgium Feb 15 and Pfc James S Dickerson 610 Wise St Iwo Jima Feb 27. Prisoner of War Pfc James Arnold Clark 524 Cable St Luxembourg since Dec 20 now POW in Germany.
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Dolan L. Rogers
Thomasville
Chatham Field
Savannah
Wyman J. Bolin
Rt. 1
Germany
Lloyd Junior, Jr
Rt. 4
Henry Edward Bizzell
Welborn St
Marvin C. Reece
Russell BE
Church
Belgium
W. T. Green
W. Main St
James S. Dickerson
Wise St
Iwo Jima
James Arnold Clark
Cable St
Luxembourg
Prision Camp Letter From Sgt Stutts Details Munich Raid
Sgt James Leroy Stutts writes to his parents from a German prison camp after his bomber was shot down over Munich on July 12 1944 He is the sole survivor of his crew and notes fellow High Point boys are likely interned there though names are not released.
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James Leroy Stutts
Germany
T. R. Stutts
Stutts
Munich
High Point
Crissman Bill Prompts Debate In High Point Legislature
High Point's sole General Assembly representative Walter Crissman sponsors a local bill to fund a new law library by adding 1 to court costs. Critics say it shifts costs to defendants. supporters point to aiding lawyers. The session in Raleigh winds down amid other calls for higher mayor and council stipends and a statewide liquor referendum far off in time.
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Walter Crissman
High Point
General Assembly
Raleigh
Rose
Cumberland
Brothers and Messer Die in State Gas Chamber
Electrocuted Elmer Hardie Biggs 22, William Dalton Biggs 20, and John Edgar Messer 20 died in the state gas chamber on Feb 19 1943. The three youths, twice convicted and twice reprieved, held hope to the end that they would be spared.
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Elmer Hardie Biggs
William Dalton Biggs
John Edgar Messer
E. J. Swanson
Jamestown
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Early Glenn Lambeth
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