Emergency Food Drive For Europe Sets 12 Day May Collection
High Point to hold a city wide emergency food collection starting Sunday and running for 12 days in May. Rev. Julian A. Lindsey chairs the effort, organized with aid from Emergency Food section agency New York and Famine Emergency committee Washington. The drive aims to relieve famine in war torn lands and includes food conservation education and a money collection component. Meantime hunger in Europe is described as grave and the drive seeks to ship food overseas as soon as possible in a coordinated relief effort.
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High Point
Julian A. Lindsey
Emergency Food Section
New York
Famine Emergency Committee
Washington, D. C
Earl N. Phillips
Mr. Lindsey
Europe
Lindsey
Mayor Pope Urges Wide Support for Food Aid Drive
Thomasville mayor R L Pope calls all citizens and groups to back an emergency food collection and cash drive to aid overseas starvation relief via UNRRA. The proclamation cites wartime hunger, drought, and near record 1945 crop, urging free distribution to those in need.
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Thomasville
R. L. Pope
United States
Truman
Europe
Asia
I. R. L.pope
N. C
UNRRA
Betty Sechrest to Supervise City Youth Survey
Roy Braden and Mrs. Willis Slane announce Betty Sechrest will direct a city youth activity survey funded by the community chest. She will coordinate volunteers and devote full time for about three months, drawing on prior work with the local rationing board and nursery school system.
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Betty Sechrest
Roy Braden
Willis Slane
Braden
Braden Said. “Miss Sechrest
Ted
Miss Sechrest
Egom
San Marino's Historic Roots Traced to Fourth Century
San Marino, a 26 square mile republic encircled by Italy, traces its origins to the Fourth Century. Its longstanding independence and status as one of the world’s oldest republics are highlighted in a concise historical overview.
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San Marino
Italy
YMCA Building Drive Reaches 51334 in Campaign
Nathan Ayers, co-chairman of a 327000 YMCA building fund drive, says reports total 51334 and calls workers to speed up solicitations. He notes most companies meet quotas, urges unit quotas and prompt envelope submission to reach a large city’s second largest total and a modern YMCA.
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Ymca Building Fund
Nathan Ayers
YMCA
Sullivan's Paris Holdout Ends as Nazi Forces Yield
The Luxembourg Palace, last Nazi stronghold in Paris, finally surrenders after heavy pressure, ending a key occupation landmark. Sir Arthur Sullivan is noted for light operas with Gilbert and hymns like Onward Christian Soldiers and Nearer My God to The.
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W.S. Gilbert
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Luxembourg Palace
Paris
Plaintiff In Damage Suit Rests Case
In Gastonia municipal court, E. V. Stone rests his case for $25,000 against Akers Motor Lines over the October 1943 accident at highways 10 and 10 A. Maxine Stone, minor plaintiff, survived with injuries while siblings Josephine Stone and Donald Corzine were killed. The trial, begun January 18, 1944, precedes two related death suits and tests testimony about companions and alleged drinking.
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E. V. Stone
Maxine Stone
Akers Motor Lines of
Gastonia
Akers Motor Line
Henry L. Evett
Harold Richards
ORD
Greensboro
Josephine Stone
Donald Corzine
Helen Weaver
Richard
Robert A. Nichols
Miss Stone
Evett
Richards
Nichols
Miss Weaver
Funeral Rites for Edna Marie Bame
Funeral service for Edna Marie Bame age 12 will be held Friday at 2 PM at Marlboro Friends Church. Rev N L Oliver of Oakview Methodist Church will lead the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
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Edna Marie Bame
Marlboro
Sophia
Marlboro Friends Church
N. L. Oliver
Oakview Methodist Church
Composer Views Carmen Fit With His Failures
A brief note describes the French composer thinking his grand opera Carmen would follow a long line of unsuccessful works.
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Carmen
Lampe and Singletary To Address North Carolina State Alumni
R R Fountain reports the Guilford County NC State alumni group will hold its annual meeting Friday night at 8 at the Oney Hotel in Greensboro. Speakers include Dr J Harold Lampe dean of engineering and E G Singletary Greensboro construction engineer and former Cleesy tool tender. Reservations for dinner are expected to be light. about 40 graduates are in the High Point area. Lampe, a Baltimore native, has advanced from Johns Hopkins to Connecticut and then state college. Singletary, a 1922 civil engineer graduate, has extensive experience with W B Higgins company and Naval Seabees service in World War II. He currently serves as secretary treasurer of the Guilford NC State alumni chapter.
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High Point College
J. Roscoe A . Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Adams
A. H. Whitley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carolina Container Company
R. R. Fountain
Guilford County
N. C
College Alumni Association
Onemy Hotel
Greensboro
J. Harold Lampe
School of Engineering
E. G. Singletary
Cleesy Tool
N. C. Tate
High Point
Lampe
University of Connecticut
State College
Baltimore
General Stendent
Fort Jackson
Camp Davis
Camp Pickett
Civil Engineers Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Seabees
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Singletary
States
W. B. Higgins Company
Guilford
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Cummings
Education
W. F. Bailey
Walter Hester
J. Roscoe Adams
Allen Austin
J. Wrose
A. C. Jones
Harry Alexander
J. A. Eshelman
J. H Hogg
Red Cross Council
Clara Harrison
Edna Boone
James Brown
G. J. Humphreys
Junior Service League
D. S. Neill
Horace S. Haworth
Harry Bell
Herbert Mitchell
Chamber of Commerce
Colored Division
R. B. McRae
C. E. Yokeley
S. E. Burford
Mytrolene Gray
S. S. Whitted
W. F. Elliott
J. E. Melton
C. W. Marsh
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Elwood Hotel
J. H. Lampe
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Eversharp
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