Plans for two-man Jap sub exhibit in High Point
Final plans outline a Saturday exhibit of a two man Japanese submarine in High Point from 10 30 a m to 1 30 p m with a parade from English Street to Main Street The event includes a large volunteer lineup and pre exhibit stamp and bond sales led by committees across the city Admission is 25 cent stamps for children and 1 stamps for adults with proceeds counted toward the exhibit total.
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High Point
Roy Briggs
B Hackney
C. W. Patterson
C. A. Morrison
English Street
Lindsay Street
Lindsay
Church Street
Main Street
Richardson Street
Wren
Green Street
Post Office
Broad
Washington Streets
High Point High School
High Point College
Home Guard
Auxiliary Police
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
W. C. Ido
W. T. Powell
John Peacock
Chas. F. Carroll, Jr
New York Stock Report March 17 2 P.M. Trading
AP dispatch lists afternoon stock ticker readings with numerous corporate quotes including Adams Expo Adams Millis Air Reduction Alaska Jun 4 Am Can Am Car Fdy Am For Pow Am Rad St S Am Roll Mill Am Smelt Ref Am Sug Ref AT&T Am Tob B Anaconda Boeing Coffers for Colum G & EB De Coml Credit Consol Edis Con Oil Cont Can Corn Prod Curtiss Wright Penney Penn Dix Penn R R Pepsi Cola Phillips Pitts Scr Pub Soc N J Pullman Pure Oil and others showing mixed gains and losses across industries as traders react to market conditions.
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New York
Adams Expo
Adams Millis
Alaska
At&t
At& SF
Atl
Aviat Corp
Ches & O
Chrysler
Colum G
Penney J C Penn Dix Penn R
Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet Pitts
Scr & B Pub Soc
Pullman
Pure Oil
Postwar planning debate lightens as senators push outline
Opposition notes proposed broad postwar objectives rather than binding commitments. Senator Ball cites no binding terms, only groundwork for United Nations aims. President Roosevelt echoes, insisting war victory comes first then general postwar planning proceeds.
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Ball
United Nations
Senate
Burton
Roosevelt
Tax plan proposals modify 1942 service pay exemptions
The committee and the Rumi plan outline tax rules for 1942 income. They seek a minimum $3,500 exemption for service pay, cancel taxes on service pay up to certain ranks, and retroactive relief for those in the armed forces who die. Both plans require June 15 payments for the second 1942 quarter and outline withholding shifts for 1943.
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Navy
Soviet gains unfold after heavy artillery break through south of Lake Simen
Soviet reports say Timoshenko’s artillery unlimbered south of Lake Simen shelling a junction of German fortifications forcing Germans to abandon forts. Red Star notes bitter Donets fighting in the Izyum Elbow with German counterattacks and Russian recapture of several hills and a large western bank settlement before German air forces regained ground.
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Donets
Izyum
Red Star
Bond Sales Total 13375 Reported by War Savings Staff
S. C. Kirkman reports an incomplete total of 13375 dollars in War Savings bonds sold Monday and Tuesday. Stamps sold this week will be counted in the War Savings total tied to the Japanese death by own action submarine exhibit next Saturday. Full agency reports likely later in the week. drives continue at multiple local bond locations.
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S. C. Kirkman
High Point War Savings
Kirkman
W.C. Idol
Security National Bank
Wachovia Bank
High Point Savings and Trust
Hood System Industrial Bank
Post
Sentence Suspended On Negro Youth For Bicycle Larceny
Jerry Strickland an 18 year old Negro of 800 Leonard Street was arrested March 13 on two counts of larceny for stealing bicycles valued at 35 and 20 dollars. He received a 16 month suspended sentence under supervision of Ossie Davis a Negro probation officer. Ralph Doster a 30 year old Negro of 1407 Leonard Street was arrested March 6 for driving 80 mph without lights and charged with reckless driving. He received a six month suspended sentence with conditions not to drive for 12 months and to pay 25 dollars and court costs.
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Jerry Strickland
Leonard Street
High Point
Ossie Davis
Strickland
Buddy Nance
R. J. Lohr
Ralph Doster
Gordon Street
Greensboro
Stamps Updated for Sugar and Coffee Rations
The rationing board announces Stamp No. 12 valid for five pounds of sugar until May 31 and Coffee Stamp No. 25 valid for one pound of coffee until March 21.
Germans Probe Front as Red Star Reports Big Tank Attack
Newsreels and dispatches say Germans move tanks along a sector of the front and probe for weak spots. Red Star notes a large scale battle near an unidentified major town where a 60 tank assault was beaten off.
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Donets
Don
Volga
Red Star
Practice Blackout Scheduled For Tomorrow Night
High Point alerts for tomorrow's blackout as Civil Defense Coordinator Charles F. Carroll urges residents to turn off lights at the first whistle and keep them out until the all-clear at approximately 8 50 with street lights on again about 9 2.
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High Point
Charles F. Carroll
WMEFA
Carroll
Weather forecast for Carolinas and Charlotte data note
Occasional rain and thundershowers expected this afternoon, with light sleet possible in the mountains and rain in the east and central portions tonight. Cold air remains in the mountains and grows notably colder in the central and eastern areas. In South Carolina similar rain and thundershowers are forecast for this afternoon and tonight, with somewhat colder conditions tonight. Charlotte records show 24 hour temperature and rainfall data to 8:30 a.m. EWT.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
EWT
Catroux Named Possible Official in Giraud Administration
Gen Georges Catroux, Fighting French delegate to Syria and liaison with Giraud, may become a senior official in Giraud’s administration after talks. Catroux has long served as De Gaulle’s trusted aide in London and is an old friend of Giraud, who once criticized the North Africa high commissioner Darian as poorly chosen.
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Aud
Georges Catroux
Syria
Giraud
Catroux
de Gaulle
London
France
Darian
North Africa
AFL battle over plane production standards sparks clash
The AFL member challenged a War Department statistic on 5,500 planes in February while Green praised record output. Holman pressed for the standard behind Patterson’s figure, arguing past speed alone proves nothing and no strikes claim is near perfect.
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Green
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Holman
War Workers Strike Over Hiring Of Women
In Baltimore on March 17, 4 percent of men crane operators at the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard refused to work the 7 a.m. shift over the hiring of women. The union says management reneged on an agreement allowing a restart of work and pending a union management conference with the War Production Board.
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Bethlehem-Fairfield
Parios Fleezanis
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
War Production Board
Irish Honor Patron Saint In Parade
In New York 50 000 marchers celebrate St Patrick Day as wreaths of green appear nationwide. The crowd is smaller than past years due to war service and shortages of firemen and police on duty. The First Methodist Church holds its second quarterly conference Thursday at 7:30 in the Phila theater Classroom led by Dr S W Taylor with Rev Wilson O Weldon inviting all members.
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Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick
Uncle Sam
First Methodist Church
Philathea
S. W. Taylor
High Point
Wilson O. Weldon
Chicago Produce Prices Report
Butter receipts 431,419. firm prices as quoted. Eggs receipts 23,522. fresh graded extra firsts local 37 percent, cars 384 firsts local 37 percent, cars 38. current receipts 36. Other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
British patrols cut routes to Mareth Line in Tunisia
British patrols tore up tracks between Gabes and Sfax used by equipment moving toward the Mareth Line. Patrol successes occurred near Medjez-el-Bab. German artillery shelled the Medenine plain from hidden hill emplacements while Montgomerys Eighth Army concentrated its assault groups three miles north of Gafsa.
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Sfax
Mareth Line
Medjez-el-Bab
Tunisia
Sir Bernard L
Solomons Air Attacks Continue Through February
Allied air raids over the Solomons persist through February with harassment strikes expanding beyond recent days. Tuesday targeting Bougainville and Munda areas included Kahil, Buka, Vila, and Vira harbor near Munda. the Munda attack marks the 94th since November 23.
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Solomons
Bougainville
Munda
Kahil
Buka
Vila
Vira Harbor
Approve Absentee Bill by House Naval Committee
Washington March 17 A measure to curb absenteeism among war plant workers won approval 19 to 7 today by the House Naval Committee.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
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