Forest Fire Losses Rise in North Carolina Areas
Statewide figures show 1945 forest fires causing $465 363 in losses, with timber destroyed at $315 055 over 63 counties. Carelessness by smokers and debris burners drives most damage while protected counties report lighter impact than unprotected Rural land faces heavier risk as counties join the protection program. officials seek to expand coverage and tighten prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Spratt
Forest Fire Control
Fuquay Springs
Forestry Division
Iton
Governor Cherry to Visit Camp LeJeune Open House
Plans at Camp LeJeune set an open house with Governor Cherry as honor guest likely on the 26th. He will be escorted by state officials and prominent citizens for a tour of the largest marine base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp LeJeune
Governor Cherry
Fort Macon not to be destroyed says state officials
Rumors of planned destruction of Fort Macon due to removal of surplus war materials prompted a denial from the state forestry and parks division. The fort at Atlantic Beach near the eastern end is expected to be returned to the state for park development after wartime use. Fort Macon began in 1824, served as a military site, was restored in 1941, and loaned to the government for wartime use shortly after.
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Fort Macon
State Prestry and Parks Division
Atlantic Beach
Local Firms Hit 100 Percent in Red Cross Drive
Fourteen High Point firms have qualified for 100 percent stickers in the 1946 Americana Red Cross fund campaign which opened yesterday. The status means every employee donated at least one dollar. Firms listed include The Dean Company Mahon and Schwabenton Bedford Sales City Fuel Co and others.
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High Point
Americana Red Cross
The
Dean Company
Mahon & Schwabenton
Bedford Sales
City Fuel Co
Guilford Mill Picket Line Kept Open by Police
Police ended a morning picket at Guilford Hosiery Mill on Grimes Street as non striking workers entered through a rear gate. About 65 knitters and fixers walked out February 25 over piece work pay, sought union protection with the United Textile Workers, AFL affiliate, while management reported operations continued as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Grimes Street
United Textile Workers of America
AFL
Mrs Housakos Dies In Her 91st Year
Mrs Georgia A Housakos died at her daughter’s home 419 North Hamilton Street after a year of declining health. Born October 17 1855 in Seloyouth Greece she moved to America in 1910 to live with daughter Lena Drakulakos. Survived by seven grandchildren two great grandchildren and two daughters in High Point funeral set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at the Drakulakos home with two deacons officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia A. Housakos
Lena Drakalakos
Hamilton Street
Seloyouthi
Greece
Ze Saahent
Alexis Housakos
America
Drakulakos
James
Alex
George
Charles
Elaine Sue Drakulakos
Mary Francis Chakales
Anna Paulos
High Point
Angeline Drakulakos
Anne Chakales
North
Hamilton St
Mr. Thalasinos
Winston- Salem
Mr. Papalambrou
Charlotte
Oakwood Cemetery
Poultrymen Pursue Meatier Chicken in National Contest
North Carolina poultrymen plan to enter a national $5,000 contest to develop a meatier fowl. C. J. Maupin heads the state committee promoting a three year effort starting with 1946 stock. Regional awards totaling $5,000 will be given. Entry blanks from State College Poultry Department in Raleigh. American armed forces used trained dogs of war for the first time in the marine landing on Bougainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
C. J. Maupin
Extension Service
State College
Maupin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Eugene Brown
Rich Square
Lester Brown
Pilot Mountain
E. P. Hettiger
Wilkesboro
Henry Britt
Tarboro
Charles G. Fox
Lacy Thomas
Durham
H. Bernard Helms
Monroe
Bundy Beck
S. J. Childs
Hendersonville
C. M. Harris
Valdese
J. B. Wood
Siler City
Henry Hearn
Roy S. Dearstyne
Poultry Department
L. J. Fourie
W. W. Kever
State Department of Agriculture
A. & P. Tea Company
Bougainville
CROSSWORD Clues from Eugene Sheffer themed puzzle set
Readable crossword clues span horizontal and vertical entries with numbered items across categories game marbles stigmatizing and more. Answers likely include common terms such as modish, reckon, shelter, and ram as well as meteorological and botanical terms fitting standard puzzle conventions.
Guilford County Realty Transfers In High Point areas
Realty transfers listed include L M Donnell to Melton L Porter on Fairview street and multiple transfers among Stutts Byrd Crowell Royer Turner Priest Creasey Mitchell Thayer Ferrell Garner Callaway Gold Suits Brown Carroll Johnson Varner Mendenhall Hunt Lain and others across Northpark Blair Jones lands and Hunt City of High Point with various undesignated lots and parcels in High Point developments.
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High Point Township
L. M. Donnell
Melton L. Porter
Fairview Street
S. P. Stutts, Jr
J. T. Byrd
J. W. Johnson
W. J. Crowell
Mary Frances Crowell
Spring Valley
Nancy G. Royer
Itoward
T. B. Turner
East Farriss Avenue
Teddie Priest
Lester Harold Creasey
Rufus Brown
J. T
High Point Development Company
S. W. Carroll
Darius Boroughs
Northpark
Bettie E. Varner
Ge. FE. Mendenhall, Jr
Bettie E
Private Shortage Hits San Francisco Harbor Defense
The nine topkicks in battery G of the harbor defense face a week without privates as the last private Walter Orndorff of Cumberland Maryland departs, leaving 26 sergeants, about six corporals and four privates.
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San Francisco
Harbor
Walter Orndorff
Cumberland
Seven Day Work Week Approved for Marianas
The Marianas command authorized a seven day work week as a wartime measure to move surplus property back to the United States. Applies to Guam Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas and Manus in the Admiralties as surplus stock is cleared. Army losses from a fire at Livorno depot exceeded 1 million dollars with equipment destroyed.
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Guam
Marianas Islands
United States
Navy News
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Manus
Admiralties
ARMY
Rome
Stars and Stripes
Livorno
Leghorn
Hardin To Conduct College Services
The Rev. Paul Hardin Jr. of Wesley Memorial Methodist church High Point will lead religious emphasis week at East Carolina Teachers College from March 31 to April 2. Sponsored by the YWCA and YMCA, the series centers on "The Christian fe." Hardin is noted for similar campus events and has spoken at Greensboro College Ford College and Tennessee State Teachers College in the past year.
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Greenville
Paul Hardin
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
East Carolina Teachers College
YWCA
YMCA
Christian Fe
Hardin
Greensboro College
Ford College
Tennessee State Teachers College
Ministers Alliance Meeting Honors Local Birthdays
The Ministers Alliance will meet at the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Jones Thursday at 5 p.m. They will honor the birth days of Mrs. J. B. Jones and Mrs. Ballard. Funeral in Catawba Wednesday for Sallie Mackey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministers Alliance
A. M. Jones
J. B. Jones
Ballard
YMCA activities prompt meets for Gra Y boys and board
The Gra Y boys from Fairview Street and Leonard Street schools join YMCA gatherings this afternoon and Thursday at 4 pm. The YMCA Board of Directors schedules a 6 pm call meeting with guest speaker David N Howell from the National Council. Boxers Club lines up at 8 pm for action, announced by Theodore Walker.
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Ymca News
Fairview St
YMCA
Leonard St. School
Ymca Board of Directors
David N. Howell
National Council
Southern Area Council of Ymcas
Howell
Atlanta
Georgia
Boxers Club
Theodore Walker
Crusaders Club Meets at First Baptist Tonight
The Crusaders club of the First Baptist church will meet at 8 p.m. in the Sunday School department this evening. President Luther Kimbrough urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusaders Club
The
First Baptist Church
Luther Kimbrough
Basketball Tonight Wm. Penn vs Reidsville in Conference
Wm. Penn hosts Reidsville in a 7:30 conference game at the school gym. It is the final conference matchup of the season and both girls and boys teams will play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Penn High School
Reidsville High School
Pearson Memorial Service at First Baptist Church
A memorial service for Rev. A. M. Jones will be held Sunday at 3 30 pm at the First Baptist Church with choir and congregation. The public is invited. Also at Mathews C M E Church the Seventh Trumpet Gospel Tyers of Charlotte will sing Wednesday at 8 30 pm with public invited. Sgt. Macon D Clark has been honorably discharged after 38 months in the army and will live locally. Mrs. Louise Threadgill and Mrs. Mattie Saunders are mentioned in notices. Pfc Este Meinhusband of Mrs Accie Lee Smith is discharged after 32 months and will move to Wadesboro March 16. Pfc Frank Bright will visit family for his birthday March 16. A thanks note from Mrs Maude Little follows for kindness after her mother’s death.
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D. E. Anthony
D. FE. Anthony
Owen Reese
G. F. Wilson
Wilson Motor Company
Fannie P. Wilson
N. A. Davis
Evelyn Wilson Davis
George T. Wilson
Charlcie Wilson
Frank E. Wilson
James R. Wilson
Lee Wilson
Nere Wilson Smith
James C. Smith
John F. Wilson
City of
High Point
D. BE. Anthony
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point Township
Superior Court
J. P. Shore
J. William Shore
Mary ‘Ring Yarborough
Lelia Ring Weatherman
Bruce Weatherman
Mack Ring
Minnie Johnson
Herbert O. Johnson
Warren Ring
Annie R. Ketchie
Robert Howard Ring
Daisy D. Ring
Charles D. Ring
Margaret Ring
Oscar
Mary Ring Harvey
Dault Harvey
Maggie Ring Patton
John Patton
Ila Ring Valentine
A. L. Valentine
Bessie Ring Horner
O. B. Horner
J. W. Ring
Ece T. Ring
Ada W. Ring
Frank L. Ring
Mildred Ring
Willie Clemmon Ring
Grace R. Ring
Raymond Calvin Ring
Nannie Shore Hedrick
Wiley Hedrick
Eliza Shore Cecil
J. B. Cecil
C. D. Stout
Carson C. Stout
Catawba
Sallie Mackey
Walnut St
S. C
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Amzi Mackey
Janie White
Greensboro
Josephine White
Bennett College
Bessie Williams
Arrie White
Pearlie Mackey
Rosa Barber
ST. Mathews Cc. M. E
Seventh Trumpet Gospel Tyers of Charlotte
Mathews C. M. E
Macon D. Clark
Army
Louise Threadgill
Gardy St
Mattie Saunders
Darmel Brook
Este Mein
Accie Lee Smith
Grayson St
Wadesboro
N. C
Pfc
Frank Bright
Congress weighs 15 percent rent hike across nation
Washington march 12 congress juggled a mandatory 15 percent increase in general residential rents. Property owners urged the boost to ensure a fair return and to extend OPA price controls beyond june 30. Details included exemptions for new units and states adopting own controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
House Banking Committee
George M. Englar
Baltimore
National Apartment Owners Association
Arthur D. Koppel
Metropolitan Fair Rent Committee of
New York
OPA
Koppel
Royall Finds Five Parachutes Were Destroyed
Tokyo March 12 Under Secretary of War Kenneth Royall said he verified only one instance of unnecessary destruction of army surplus goods during the first leg of his overseas tour to study surplus handling Five good parachutes were destroyed by mistake when mixed with deteriorated property, he said at a press conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Mar
Kenneth Royall
Oil Well Reaches Mile-Deep Stage On Outer Banks
Buxton reporters note Standard Oil drill has passed the mile mark and advances about four feet daily. Geologists report core samples from the Scaloosa stratum after reaching this depth about 3,500 feet, with oil possible in that layer. Panama City history cited as oldest European settlement on the mainland.
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Buxton
Standard Oil Company
Panama City
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Capitol Square
Department of Conservation and Development
National Highway Users Conference
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Orth Carolina
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Columbia College
Chicago
Council Chamber
City Hall
Park Street
Wheeler Street
Kearns Street
Grace Street
Nathan Hunt Dr
Nathan Hunter
South Main Street
Beinning
South Main St
Agriculture Department
Rialto
Venice
Red Cross
Guilford Mill
Eugene Sheffer
Shelter
Father
the Ram
Outfit
Canal
Belgium
Istr
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Los Angeles
Guilford County Realty
Ministers Wives Alliance Meeting
Maude Little
Royall
Thornton & Minor
Mann's
Drag
Walgreen's
ORKIN
South
Reddy
Vous
Duke
Power S&h
Company
Crobnas
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