Charge Against Swartzberg To Be Considered
Secretary J F Jones said Ben Swartzberg will be referred to the OPA investigation department in Winston Salem this week after David Sharper testified Swartzberg sold three pairs of shoes in September without ration stamps. Jones requested a written report from the clerk of court and noted only OPA investigators handle such work in the state, to determine whether to route the case to price panel or rationing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Jones
Ben Swartzberg
OPA
Winston-Salem
David Sharper
Swartzberg
Jones
Fourteen Youths 18 Register For Military Service
Fourteen eighteen year olds register for military service as available for the armed forces. Names listed include Wilbur Estes Petersburg Fla Lee Tobey c o William School Albert Frank Stutts 2108 Hamilton St Theodore Tucker 1109 Park St John William Stanton 223 Mangum Ave Lloyd Holder Highland Station Davis P O Box 1187 Richard Kimsey P O Box Jamestown Carlton Harold 706 E Commerce Charles Misenheimer Route Four Forney Newton Weeks 1108 Red Benjamin Phifer Jr E Washington Vernon Cla dis Chappell 211 Enniss St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board Four
Tobs
Wilbur Estes
Petersburg
Fla
Lee Tobey
c/o William School
Albert Frank Stutts
Hamilton Street
Theodore Tucker
Park Street
John William Stanton
Mangum Avenue
Lloyd Holder
Highland Station
Davis
Richard Kimsey
Jamestown
Carlton Harold
E. Commerce
Charles Misenheimer
Route Four
Forney Newton Weeks
Benjamin Phifer, Jr
E. Washington
Vernon Cladis Chappell
Enniss Street
No More Surprise Blackouts Control Center Eliminated
Civilian defense workers in High Point were told the civilian defense corps would not be demobilized though there will be no more surprise drills. Controls shift to police for air raid alerts while telephonists remain on standby for real emergencies. Whistles signal real danger only, with periodic tests of proper manning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Charles F. Carroll
United States
Police Department
Carroll
Corps of
Grade 1 Tires Allotment in High Point for November
November quotas set by J F Jones of the rationing board for High Point include grade 1 tires at 187, an increase of 51 from last month, passenger tubes at 222 up 41, and new truck tires at 129 with 50 already allocated to Atlantic States Motor Lines. Truck tires are 37 less than last month, truck tubes 104, down 73, and automobile quota at five, half of last month’s sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. F. Jones
Secree
Atlantic
States Motor Lines
Clean Fire Month Slowly Adds Up for Local Department
Through October the fire department reported no alarms this month and Lieutenant Gene Horney filed all October reports by the last day of the month. By noon today no incidents had occurred but crews remained cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Horney
Teague Appointment Pending Civil Service Review
City Manager Roy S Braden plans to approve Margaret Teague as soon as the civil service commission forwards the matter. A meeting will be held to receive the examiners notice before the official appointment is made. A separate note cites a five inch anti aircraft gun containing 2700 parts at 24 tons.
Backache Link to Kidneys Promoted by Dean's Pills
Warns that many backaches come from kidney trouble and urges using Dean's Pills. Claims kidneys remove waste. describes symptoms like fatigue swelling eye puffiness and frequent urination. Ends with an appeal to ask a druggist for Dean's Pills as a 40 year trusted remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Takine
Dean
Cauitons
Funeral Rites For Mrs. Cox Here Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Myatt Herndon Cox widow of T. D. Cox who died yesterday in Pinehurst will be held Friday at two o'clock at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. The body will be at Sechrest Funeral Home until noon then moved to the church. Mrs. Cox formerly of High Point and Jacksonville Fla. owned and managed R. C. Motor Lines until five months ago and served as vice president. She was born October 28 1893 and survived by two children and one grandchild, a sister and a brother. Interment will be in Cox family plot at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev Howard Sll officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rhodes Herndon
Della Catherine Ferrell Herndon
Wake County
Mr. Cox
High Point
James Stuart Finch
E Cox
T. D. Cox, Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Julian Horton
Zebulon
Leslie Herndon
Cox
Wesley Long
Greensboro
Kwood Cemetery
Howard
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Doctor discusses Soong family at Rotary Club
Dr. L. L. Wilkinson long a China resident now practicing in town spoke to the Rotary Club at the Sheraton on the Soong family. He highlighted Charles Soong education at Old Trinity College and Vanderbilt University funded by General Julian S. Carr and noted his religious and industrial work in China. He said Madame Chiang is one of Charles Soong’s six children and that her mother was highly educated, crediting her for her daughter’s success. The talk included anecdotes from Wilkinson’s years in China before the Japanese invasion. Visitors included Frank Dix and Jimmy Bulla Jr. Rotarian of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Wilkinson
China
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Soong
Charles Soong
Old Trinity College
Vandebilt University
Julian S. Carr
United States
Madame Chiang
Wilkinson
Frank Dix
Durham
Jimmy Bulla
Ten Listed With Board Four Are Now Delinquent
Draft board four announced about ten men registered with the board are delinquent and placed in 1-A. If not located by December 1, they will be turned over to the district attorney for investigation. Board five reported no current delinquents, while three registrants turned over last week for failure to report have cleared their status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board Four
Board Five
City to Save on Jury Calendars at High Point
High Point plans annual savings of about 85 dollars by ceasing printed juror calendars and mimeographing them at city hall. Clerk M W Nash says the change cuts costs from roughly 100 dollars to 15 dollars yearly with the machine already available. He notes the preparation cost drops to about 50 seats per calendar event from 6 50 before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
M. W. Nash
Nash
City Hall
Medlin Receives Commendation for Sicilian Invasion Work
Pvt Henry L Medlin son of Mrs C R Medlin Route Two is commended by Lt Col Chester Rath for his role in the Sicilian invasion. He belongs to the 396th Port Battalion which earned praise from Maj Gen Hugh J Gaffey for loading and unloading vehicles during the invasion. Lt Col Kath lauded the unit for dedication amid aerial attacks and shore battery fire, continuing work despite exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Medlin
C. R. Medlin
Route Two
Chester Rath
Pvt. Medlin
396Th
Hugh J. Gaffey
U. S. Army
Kath
Death notices: C A Beck 67 longtime contractor dies at home
C A Beck 67 a well known retired contractor died at his home 604 went siome after three years of illness He was born in Davidson county September 26 1876 and moved to this city 43 years ago He engaged as a general contractor for more than 30 years and had grocer interests for 15 years He leaves widow Nellie Moore two daughters Anne Swaim and Mrs Robert Haney a son W E Gregory a step son and ten grandchildren Funeral services set for Friday at 3 PM at the First Evangelical and Pilgrim churches with interment at Oakwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Beck
Beck
Davidson County
George
Sally Clodfelter Beck
Minnie Hedrick
Nellie Moore
W. E. Gregory
First Evangelical
Bea
Hoyt L. Fesperman
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
Archie Peacz
D. A. Dowdy
Woody Samuels
Dewey Foust
J. R. Young
W. Ed Jones
Oakwood Memorial Park
Koonce Funeral Home
Moore Girls Returns Home After Disappearance
Fourteen year old Margaret Leighton Moore returned to Park Avenue home exhausted after vanishing from Central Park last Sunday. Police reported she was frightened away by two sailors after being accosted, and she claimed to have been in Columbus, Ohio with a sailor from whom she took money for her transport. Her father is Major David Dodge Moore, Army Medical Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Leighton Moore
Central Park
Park Avenue
David Dodge Moore
Army Medical Corps
School Teachers Get Wage Hike
The state board of education granted full year pay raises for teachers with class C elementary A and B certificates under minimum and maximum schedules. Increases retroactive for the year only, costing about 21 060 dollars, aimed at low classification teachers returning during the war. The board also approved an 18.5 cent tax rate election in Salisbury and named superintendents Luther B. Robinson for Caldwell county and H. M. Bowles for Haywood county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Education
Salisbury City
Luther B. Robinson
Caldwell County
H. M. Bowles
Haywood County
Chiropractors Hear Ennis on World Problems Address
About 150 members of the North Carolina Association of Chiropractors heard Dr. Peyton H. Ennis of Washington, D.C., discuss postwar world issues at a Sheraton banquet in Raleigh. He warned of chaos in U.S. business, outlined research aims, and predicted tax changes and rapid tech advances. A Q A followed and he projected Roosevelt’s 1944 renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Association of Chiropractors
Sheraton Hotel
Peyton H. Ennis
Washington City
American Research Institute
Ennis
McKinley Dollar
J. T. Hedrick
Europe
Husband and son reach separate destinations safely
Mrs Inez Reasons learns her traveling husband Carma has arrived in England. Her son Bobbie, who had disappeared, is found safe in a restaurant after a call to town hall police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inez Reasons
Carma
Army Air Forces
England
Erie
Bobbie
Soldiers buy war bonds on each payday in large volume
The report states that soldiers, numbering up to 2,000,000, purchase about 13 million dollars in war bonds every pay day. It also notes that transporting members of Congress costs the United States roughly 175 thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Rites Set Sunday for Pvt Meador Jr Killed in Maneuvers
Funeral rites for Pvt E Byron Meador Jr son of Mr and Mrs E Byron Meador of 707 Montheu Avenue will be held Sunday at 3 PM. The body arrives Saturday from California for services at home with Dr C Excelle Rozzelle pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in charge. Interment follows at Oakwood Memorial Park. He is survived by his father and step mother and had served two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Byron Meador, Jr
E. Byron Meador
Montheu Avenue
Orcott
Calif
California
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park
Sugar stamps 15 and 16 expired, retailers told
The War Price and Rationing Board announced that canning sugar coupons 15 and 16 have expired and should not be honored. Some grocers had refused sales after October 31, while others reportedly dispensed sugar due to an incorrect report.
Mrs. R. T. Amos Chosen President of Service Bureau
Mrs. R T Amos was elected president of the Family Service Bureau for the coming year at the regular monthly board meeting. Dr O B Bonner was elected vice president and Harry Alexander was re elected treasurer. The retiring president Grady Goldston presided as routine business was transacted. The secretary reported 23 new applications in October and 2 re applications. The treasurer announced relief expenditures of 192 76. Present were Alexander Bell Bonner Goldston Richardson Smithdeal Slane Perry Ha worth Praigg Mor Doctor Briggs Aycock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Amos
Family Service Bureau
Board of Trustees
0. B. Bonner
Harry Alexander
Grady Goldston
Harry Bell
O. B. Bonner
J. P. Richardson
Curtis Smithdeal
Willis Slane
Charles Perry
Byron Haworth
J &. Praigg
H. P. Mor
Ivy Doctor
Margaret Briggs
Grace Aycock
Six Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court
Six divorce suits were filed today in High Point municipal court with five on grounds of two years separation. Named plaintiffs include Millard Leach, George W. Motter, Marion E. Mullis, Hazele Dennis Surratt Jr, Jane Yorke, and Charles E. Rothrock, the latter alleging physical impotence against Della Rothrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Municipal Court
Millard Leach
Mildred Leach
George W. Motter
Virginia Lee Motter
Marion E. Mullis
William V. Mullis
Hazele Dennis Surratt, Jr
Frank S. Surratt, Jr
Jane Yorke
Virginia M. Ie
Charles E. Rothrock
Della Rothrock
Postal Receipts Increase Reported for October
An increase of 2164.79 in postal receipts during October over the same month last year was reported. Receipts for the past month totaled 26118.61, compared with 24000 last October, indicating a rise in postal takings.
Early Mailing Urged To Make Deliveries
Postal officials urge Christmas mail be sent in November to avoid a December backlog and ensure delivery by Christmas. Superintendent B G Leonard says wartime constraints apply to military and civilian mail alike and last minute surges can overwhelm the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Leonard
Leonard
Sharp Decline In Salvage Of Fats
A sharp decline in the fat salvage program is reported with targets of at least 300 million pounds in the next year. Army and navy installations are expected to contribute about 70 million pounds, households the remaining 230 million, roughly 72 3 pounds per family annually, or about 4 pounds per month. If each family saves one unit per month a tablespoonful daily, household salvage could reach 360 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
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Civilian Defense Corps
Elwood Hotel
Rima
Wagger
Time Payments
Mrs. Cox
Dr. Wilkinson
Rotary
Soong Family
Moore Girls
Washington Research
By W. A. Emns
Moscow
Russia
Mediterranean
Balkan
Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Kobe
Washington
Germany
Rome
France
Spain
America
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Tut
Egypt
R.T. Amos
Service Bureau
Pepsi-Cola
Sumter
van Camp
Kalo Dog Food
RINSO
West End
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