OPA Ready to Publish New Car Ceiling Prices
Washington reports the OPA will publish ceiling prices for new cars within days. Dealers may evade ceilings via side payments, excessive trade-ins, or upgrading models. OPA will monitor sales at start and pursue violators, with enforcement targeting up to 400 used car dealers monthly.
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Washington
OPA
Harvey Diamond
Automotive Enforcement
Diamond
Ceil
National Automobile Dealers Association
City to Auction Five Pieces Of Real Estate In High Point
The City of High Point plans a public auction next Monday at 11 at city hall. Five properties include Lot 1 on Tipton and Hedrick streets with starting bid 150 dollars, and four Ottawa avenue and West Green street parcels with bids from 1000 and 850 dollars.
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City of
High Point
City Hall
Tipton and
Hedrick Streets
Oakland Avenue
West Green Street
Oak Street
Highland Avenue
Stanton Street
Tipton Street
Kennedy
Refresher Course Offered at Presbyterian J C Maxton
A veterans administration refresher course started at Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton on November 1 and runs through November 15 for enrollment. A similar session begins January 23, 1946, with math English languages history sciences and business classes aimed at preparing students whose high school work was interrupted for college entrance exams. Individual work moves at each student’s pace and those passing exams may enter colleges as freshmen.
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Maxton
Veterans Administration
Presbyterian Junior College
Seeing Eye Dog Tex Injures Master Then Guides Home
A seeing eye dog named Tex injured its blind master in a car collision, then limped over two blocks to summon help. Tex reached the Wallman home where Mrs. Wallman learned from witnesses that her husband was hurt.
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Chicago
Tex
Russell Wallman
Nash Man Tests Variety Of Corn In Nash County
Five hybrid corn strains were tested on J. M. Skinner’s Whitakers farm in Nash County. County agent M. E. Hollowell reports yields per acre of T-21 75.2, T-11 89.9, NC 1028 61.95, T-23 75.2, and T-20 53.1 bushels, with producers noting extra yields cost about 4 to 6 cents per bushel to achieve.
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Nashville
J. M. Skinner
Route 2
Whitakers
Nash County
M. E. Holowell
State Cell Extension Service
N. C
Get Large Sum For Freezer Plant In Richmond County
Eighty thousand dollars has been subscribed for a freezer locker plant and a battier to the locatel rehe and serve the farmers and citizens of Richmond county. Approximately 75 percent of the stock has been paid in per N L Hendrix State College Extension Service. The movement was sponsored by the Rockington Chamber of Commerce and S A Hallam headed the committee.
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Rockingham
Richmond County
N. L. Hendrix
State College Extension Service
Rockington
Circus Elephant Prank Haunts Boy in Kansas City
In Kansas City on November 7, Vincent Totta, 22, watched a Shrine circus. A box of elephant shaped soaps was given to him, and as real elephants entered the arena his grandmother, Mrs. W. E. Urkuhart, exclaimed to him to look at the display.
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Kansas City
Vincent Totta
Shrine Circus
Vincent
W. E. Urkuhart
Funeral Held Tuesday For Local Colored Citizen
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the home 517 Elizabeth Street for a local Colored resident. Rev L M Eator and assistants led the service. Evening church events include services at Mar's Hill Holiness Church and a Calvary Gospel Singers appearance. Altrusa Club hosts a meeting at 8 p.m. at the church. The Jubilee Kings Gospel Singers from Winston-Salem perform at Emmanuel Baptist Church at 8 p.m. tonight.
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Elizabeth Street
L. M.eetor
Brooks Memorial Church
Frome
Get McLeod
H. ‘Walden
Mar’s Hill
W. H. Hales
Mar's Fur Holiness Church
Calvary Gospel Singers
Temple Memorial
Altrusa Club
Jubilee Kings
Gospel Singers of
Winston-Salem
Emmanuel Baptist Church
North Carolina farm youth plan college after war end
State Farm Youth survey shows 75 percent of NC vegetable growers aged 12 to 21 intend to pursue education beyond high school or are already enrolled. Nationally 74 percent plan college, up from 54 percent last year. The group also notes wartime duties and contests influenced youths' activities.
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Amherst
Mass
North Carolina
National Junior Vegetable Growers Association
Grant B. Snyder
Massachusetts State College, Association
Lily Home and Market Food
Avery Woman Harvests 2000 Quarts From Half Acre
Mrs. Martha Taylor of Sugar Mountain Avery County collected 2000 quarts of strawberries from a half acre this year. County agent C. B. Baird notes berries recently sold fresh at 30 cents per quart as markets opened.
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Newland
Martha Taylor
Sugar Mountain
Avery County
C. B. Baird
State College Extension Service
Tobacco Men Back NC Agricultural Foundation Drive
Tobacco men in North Carolina pledge five cents for each 1000 pounds sold in 1945 as 90 percent of Bright Leaf Tobacco Warehouse Association members contribute to a two million dollar fund for the state agricultural foundation.
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Raleigh
Bright Leaf Tobacco Warehouse Association
North Carolina
N. C. Agricultural Foundation
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