Governor Sees Ten Million Surplus Gain for North Carolina
Governor Broughton, in a fireside address from the executive mansion, predicted an additional 10 million dollar surplus for the 1943-45 biennium despite a Revenue Department forecast of a deficit. He praised the 1943 assembly for large appropriations and reforms, noting substantial increases for state schools and mental and correctional institutions.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Revenue Department
North Carolina
General Assembly
Board of Education
Board of Control
Bureau of Mines
Council of State
Commissioners of Agriculture, Labor and Insurance
Mure
Raleigh State Hospital
Morganton
North Carolina Assembly Keeps Faith Through 1943 Session
The speaker urged lawmakers to keep faith with tens of thousands of young men on active duty. He said the 1943 General Assembly has kept the faith and marked an historic advance in North Carolina's progress.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
Service Men's Center To Open At East High Street Site
The Citizens Service Corps will open a Service Men's Center at the corner of East High and Wrenn Streets within two weeks. Mrs. J. F. Hayden chaired the committee, and remodeling is underway to provide a comfortable space for service men visiting High Point. The center is a revival after last summer's Wo mans Club center closed due to heating issues.
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East High and
Wrenn Streets
Citizens Service Corps
J. F. Hayden
Citizens’ Service Corps
John Peacock
High Point
Woman's Club
Death of L Hollifield at 427 Mangum Avenue
L Hollifield 78 dies at home after 18 months of declining health. Born April 9 1864 in Fannin County Georgia he came to the city 23 years ago from Copper Hill Tennessee. Survived by wife five sons two daughters 28 grandchildren seven great grandchildren funeral Monday 4 pm Green Street Baptist Church Oakwood Cemetery burial. Titian the Italian painter dies at 99.
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L. Hollifield
Mangum Avenue
Mr. Hollifield
Fannin County
Thomas
Mary Hollifield
Copper Hill
Tenn
J. S. Hollifield
Floyd Hollifield
Thomas Hollifield
Portsmouth
L. E. Hollifield
Hoyt Hollifield
Greensboro
Ethel Bogle
Pearl Summer
Miami
Fla
Julian S. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Koonce Funeral Home
Military News From Camp Croft and Nearby Areas
Multiple service notices list men and families from the area. Charles B. Loflin and H. C. Vaughn are stationed at Camp Croft with Air Corps and Fort Leonard Wood respectively, with sibling ties to Pvt. Colon Loflin and Pvt. James D. Vaughn. Other locals serve in Hawaii, Alaska, California, and Madison Wisconsin, including Pvt. Lee F. Clodfelter in Alaska and Sgt. J. S. Smith Sr. at home. The piece also notes civilian employment changes and historical notes on birth rates and early South Carolina exploration.
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Pic
Charles B. Loflin
Enterprise
J. S. Loflin
Oak Street
Air Corps
U. S. Army
Camp Croft
S.C
Hope Brown
Chestnut Street
Pfc. Loflin
Pvt
Colon Loflin
Marines
H.C. Vaughn
J. W. Vaughn
Branch
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
James Dr. Vaughn
California
Mme Kai-Shek Receives Fan Mail Rivaling Stars
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, visiting first lady of China, attracts vast fan mail equal to Hollywood stars. Since her arrival three weeks ago, thousands of letters and telegrams pile up daily, with requests for interviews autographs and photos. Messages praise her world peace views and Christian principles, while health and home remedies are also discussed.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mme. Chiang
Mme Chiang
Madison Square Garden
Missionary Society
Wall Street
VFW Department Council Meeting Set In Greensboro
The Veterans of Foreign Wars schedule a department council meeting and post officers conference in Greensboro on Saturday and Sunday in March 2021. A general post meeting with Poppy chairmen will discuss the annual sale, and the date and place of the department convention will be decided. The High Point Post plans a Wednesday evening session at the VFW hall to discuss securing the convention.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department Council
Greensboro
High Point Post
V.F.W. Hall
Funeral Rites for Robert M. Clapp in Greensboro
Funeral services for Robert M. Clapp who died in a Greensboro hospital will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Forbis N Murray Chapel with Dr. Charles F Myers officiating. Interment will be in Leaksville Cemetery. Survivors include his widow two sisters Mrs Maude C Blair and Mrs Hunter Sechrest of High Point one brother James C Clapp Colorado Springs Colo and a sister in law Mrs J L Clayton Leaksville.
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Greensboro
Robert M. Clapp
Forbis N. Murray
Charles F. Myers
First Presbyterian Church
Leaksville
Maude C. Blair
Hunter Sechrest
High Point
James C. Clapp
Colorado Springs
Colo
J. L. Clayton
Guard Officers To Be Trained At Fort Bragg
Four High Point officers from the N C State Guard depart for 80 hour intensive training at Fort Bragg under Brig Gen James W Jenkins and senior U S Army officers. The course aims to prepare them for active service and to train local unit members afterward. Attending are Capt Clyde A Morrison First Lt Merlin H Watson Second Lt Willie P Morehead and First Sgt John T Bruton.
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High Point
U2nd
North Carolina State Guard
Fort Bragg
James W. Jenkins
N. C
Clyde A. Morrison
Merlin H. Watson
Willie P. Morehead
John T. Bruton
Phillip Named Most Valuable In Big Ten
Phillip, Illinois star forward, was named the Western Conference most valuable player. He scored 255 points in 12 Big Ten games, breaking the 15 game records, and led Illinois with 40 points in the final game of the season.
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Chicago
Andy Phillip
Llinois
Phillip
Johnny Kotz
Wisconsin
John L. Griffith
Big Ten
Inlllinois
Byllinois
Bill Hapac
Senators to press postwar plan for united world order
Democratic and Republican senators will urge President Roosevelt to back a postwar plan for a permanent allied organization and a temporary United Nations framework to govern reconquered territories and coordinate relief. The resolution follows weeks of bipartisan talks and is thought to have Welles’ tentative approval. The piece notes the vast rise in Allied air power since the war began.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
Sumner Welles
United Nations Organization
Navy Reports Rubber Saving In Aircraft Materials
The Navy reported that 2,000,000 pounds of crude rubber were saved by substituting reclaimed and synthetic rubber in self sealing airplane tanks. Replacing rubber in parachute seat cushions with hair freed 500,000 pounds of crude rubber under 1942 contracts. About 2,000,000 pounds of aluminum alloy were saved via plastics and plywood in place of aluminum metals.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
4-H Draft Reclassifications Delayed Until May First
Local draft boards announced reclassification of about 4,300 men aged 38 to 45 now deferred due to age will not start until May 1. Immediate reclassification to 2-C or 3-C will occur for those eligible for essential agricultural work, though only a small portion are expected to qualify.
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Powder Town
Victor Mackaglen
Jame Havok
Pvt. Thurman EF. Culler
Mt. Airy
Hang
Chang Bunker
Pvt. Culler
H. L. Culler
Trinity
Route Two
U.S. Army
Robbins Field
Macon
Service Men
Titian
Loflin
Lin
U. S. Army Air Corps
S. C
Howard L. Davis
John L. Davis
Mill Street
Hawaiian Islands
Fort Eustice
Highland Mills
Wayne Kennedy
J. M Kennedy
Thomasville
Rt. One
Camp Sibert
Pvt Kennedy
Hughie
Brewer
Banner
Leach
King Street
John F
Parks
Henry Me
Daris
Sta
Madison, Wis
Son
Mrs. Mabel Me
Lee F. Clodfelter
Alaska
U. Army
W. A. Clodfelter
Rt. Two
Lish Street
William H. Rawdon
Fifth Ave
Lexington
Lexington Silk Mills
Fort Jackson
Fort McClellan
Ala
J. S. Smith
R. L DeLapp
Grad
Paul Bullin
John Bullin
Randloph Street
Bainbridge
Pie. T. M. Kin
I. P. Pipkin
West High Street
San Diego
Calif
Parris Island
D. C
New River
Billy Inglis Fowler
D. A. Fowler
Miami, Fla
Ing
Pvt. Fowler
Reid Joyce
Camp Forrest
Joyce
Irene Brown
Great Britain
England
Vasquez de Ayllon
South Carolina
Pvt. Vancey
North Africa
Brinkley
Mrs. L. Brinkley
Alabama
Middle East
Force Command
Lloyd M
Hedgecock
JW. Hedgecock
Route One
Camp White
Oregon
United States Army
Pvt. Perry
Floyd
J. F. Floyd
P. J. Tise
Harlingen
Harlin
Texas
Maureen Seoa Tit
O'Hara Power
Laird Cregar
Thomas Mitchell
George Sanders
Anthony Quinn
George 2Ucco
Army Air Force Band
Mme
Kai-Shek
New York
Edith Gaylord
VFW
G’horo
FDR
Salem Street
Margaret
Robert Young, Loraine Day
Margaret O'Brien
Chetniks
Fighting
Phillip Boren and
Anna Stein
George Sanders, Doris Dudley
Herbert Marshall
South Main Street
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