Local War Honor Roll News From High Point Area
Cpl Robert T Jordan Jr received an honorable discharge after 35 months in the army air forces serving as a classification clerk. He plans to attend High Point College and is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert T Jordan of 210 Blvd High Point N C His wife is the former Mary Feebe. Sgt Silas P Bland of High Point N C was promoted to sergeant in China with the 12th air service group as the 10th air force transports over 100000 Chinese troops to key cities. Pfc Chester Norwood Carmichael also received an honorable discharge after three years service and time as a prisoner of war He is the brother of Mrs Doris White and now resides with his mother in Schoolfield Va.
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Fort George Wright
Robert T. Jordan, Jr
Army
Army Air Forces
Cpl
Jordan
High Point College
High Point
N. C
Robert T. Jordan
Blvd
N.C
Mary Feebe
Silas P. Bland
Kennedy Street
Duke University
Carmichael
Pfc
Chester’ Norwood Carmichael
Doris White
Woodbury Avenue
23Rd Infantry
Fort Dix
N. J
Ony Carmichael
Schoolfield, A
Contractors to Hold Meet In Southern Pines
The 25th annual meeting of the Carolinas branch of the Associated General Contractors of America will open with member registration at 9 a.m. November 19 in the Pine Needles Inn lobby. Postwar construction plans and new employment opportunities will be discussed. Convention committee chair is Ben H. Martin of Easley, S. C., with Edwin L. Jones, Frank H. Conner, and Robert H. Pinnix as members and L. G. Mumaw of Charlotte as entertainment chair.
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Southern Pines
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
Pine Needles Inn
Ben H. Martin
Easley
S. C
Edwin L. Jones
Frank H. Conner
Charlotte
Robert H. Pinnix
Gastonia
L. G. Mumaw
Charlotte Golf
N. K. Dickerson
Monroe
R. F. Brownlee
Anderson
Ohio 1945 deer season opens December 3 in three counties
The State conservation department announced the 1945 deer hunting season will run six days from December 3 through December 8. It will be limited to Adams Pike and Scioto counties. Buckshot is illegal this year. Shotguns with single balls or slugs are legal and barbless arrows are permitted.
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Columbus
INS
State Conservation Department
Adams
Pike
Scioto
Production trends and executor notice from 1945
Production gains at American Can rise over 100 percent in a decade as demand for vacuum packed coffee cans is forecast to grow 75 percent over last year’s 400 million. Separate notice: executor qualified for A. F. Hiatt estate in Guilford County North Carolina, with claims to be presented within twelve months to High Point attorney.
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NEW York
INS
American Can Company
W. C. Stolk
A. F. Hiatt
Guilford
North Carolina
High Point
Gurney Briggs
A. F P. Hiatt
D. H. Parsons
Real cough relief via Broncho-line Emulsion advertised
An old ad urges readers to buy Broncho-line Emulsion from Mann Drug Store to relieve coughing and soreness quickly. It promises fast relief after one dose and a money back offer if not satisfied, targeting adults with a higher price for quality medicine.
Many Farm Lands Are Being Sold For Cash Survey Shows
New York reports that during the wartime period a larger share of farm land sales were cash transactions. In the first quarter of 1945 cash sales reached 56 percent, up from 51 percent in early 1944. Down payments on mortgage-financed sales averaged 44 percent in Q1 1945, higher than 42 percent in Q1 1944. Farmers reduced farm mortgages by over 14 billion dollars during the war while boosting savings via bonds and deposits. Copper is Chile’s chief mineral export.
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New York
Ootes U. Department of Agriculture
Alto
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Cabbage Climbing Social Ladder With Vitamin C Claim
Plant scientists at the Southeastern Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory in Charleston say cabbage can reach high vitamin C levels comparable to grapefruit and orange juice. A two year U S Department of Agriculture study found cabbages with vitamin C content equal to kale and turnip greens, signaling a new phase in cabbage breeding.
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Washington
Ponte
Southeastern Regional
Charleston
S. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Cambridge Police Bans Dominoes After Slow Response Reports
Cambridge Chief Timothy F. Leahy ordered officers to stop playing dominoes after an investigation found police on duty rambling around the building playing dominoes or listening to the radio, delaying response calls.
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Cambridge
Mass
Timothy F. Leahy
Thirty hunting deaths reported in five mountain states
Denver reports 30 hunting accident fatalities across five mountain states for the year 1944. Utah leads with ten deaths, Idaho eight, Colorado six, and Wyoming two, despite more hunters overall and a bag not much larger than last year.
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Denver
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
First Transoceanic Oil Shipment From Philadelphia
In 1861 a contingent of five barrels were shipped from Philadelphia to London marking the first transoceanic oil cargo. The event underscored the growing reach of American petroleum exports and the expanding global energy trade.
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Philadelphia
London
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Ohio
Mann Drug Store
Copper
Chile
Dominoes
Walgreen’s
Arrid
Walgreen
Delphia
Ction
Wrize
Ben -Gay
Johnson
MAZDA
Walgreen's
Ramsdel
Timffer
Daggett & Ramsdell
Norwich
Saybrook's
Parke-Davis
Iway Meri
Tuane
Sic
Rou
Hue
du Pont
Oraton
Federa
Billiolds
Olafsen’s
Abdol
Olafsen
Olafsen's
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