Sixth War Loan Drive Targets 3 497 500 To Start Tomorrow
High Point launches its Sixth War Loan drive for 3 497 500 beginning tomorrow with Chairman Earl N Phillips stating the campaign will be thorough and hard hitting. He notes a noted decline in purchases and urges broad participation from merchants employees and the public to meet the quota and support the war effort.
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High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Phillips
H. N. Williard
U. S
Eton
Womens Division
Campign
Pe United Ates
Open House Draws 1000 for Junior High Program
Lloyd Y. Thayer told about 1000 parents at Junior High’s Open House during American Education Week that schools and businesses are vital partners in building a greater America. He warned against axis ideas and praised educated minds ready to work.
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America
Lloyd Y. Thayer
Thayer
Sesson
Iss Mary Washburn
Tony Teachey
Jane Roach
Peggy McCain
Ralph Tilden
Emile Serposs
Polio Hospital Seeks Bedside Tables in Hickory
Mrs James Younts of 710 Woodrow Avenue reports the Hickory emergency polio hospital needs at least 50 bedside tables. Crates and packing cases are being used as makeshift tables. Mr Younts offers to receive or send donated tables and Mrs Jerry 707 Woodrow organizes collection if donors cannot deliver to him.
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Hickory
James Younts
Woodrow Avenue
Younts
Jerry
Woodrow
Point Value Of Applesauce Reduced
The rationing board announced a redaction in applesauce points. Ten ounce to fourteen ounce cans drop from 30 to 10 points, fourteen to one pound two ounce cans fall from 40 to 20 points, and up to one pound six ounces decrease from 50 to 30 points.
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Frances Wiles
Draft Notice After Long Service in War
Navy Captain James Simpson Jr returned to suburban Wadsworth after 21 months in the Pacific and found a draft board notice for today. He joked about possibly missing the date due to scheduled treatment at Great Lakes Naval hospital.
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Chicago
Navy
James Simpson, Jr
Wadsworth
Pacific
Simpson
Great Lakes Naval Training Hospital
City to open new street and pave Wellington street
The city public works department plans a 950 foot opening between Sherbrook and Palatka to create a through route from Rotary Drive to Wellington Avenue with grading and gravel surface. Wellington Street, a dead end residential road, will be paved at the property owners' expense, with surveys underway and pavement type to meet standards.
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Sherbrook ‘Drive
Palatka’street
Rotary Drive
Wellington Avenue
Wellington Street
City Public Works Department
Public Works
T. C. Kirkman
Sherbrook
Palatka
Emerywood
Kirkman
Purchasing Agent Exam Set For November 15
The city civil service commission announced examinations for the purchasing agent position at a salary of 3300 per year to be held in the city council chambers on Wednesday night November 15. Applications must be filed by Monday November 13. Vas si e Wilson, head of the tax foreclosure and sales division, is expected to apply. Lois Welborn’s status is undecided though she currently earns 3000 per year.
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Civil Service Commission
City Orncil
Commission
Vassie Wilson
City Attorney's Office
Lois Welborn
Memorial Service for Col McCollum
Memorial services will be held for Lieutenant Colonel Paul McCollum who was killed in action in Holland on October 6. The service will be at First Methodist Church on Sunday November 12 at three o clock with Rev Wilson Weldon officiating.
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Paul McCollum
Holland
First Methodist Church
Wilson
Weldon
Adams Millis Employees Hear Dr Stockdale Sermon on Soldiers of Production
Adams Millis workers estimated over a thousand gathered in an outdoor court to hear Dr. Allen A. Stockdale New York deliver a stirring address on Soldiers of Production. Stockdale spoke as a National Industrial Information Committee representative about wartime effort and postwar industry.
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Adams-Millis Corporation
Allen A. Stockdale
New York
Stockdale
High Point
National Industrial Information Committee
Piedmont Area
United States
Dr. Stockdale
Adams-Millis
Stockdalen
America
J. E. Millis
Young
Navy
Harry G. Bell
C. H. Miller
Carl Gibson
Naval Office Here Gets Five Recruits
Five new recruits have enlisted in the Navy through the Navy Recruiting branch here. Aubrey and Lawrence Grimes of Willowbrook Street seek the Elementary Combat Air branch and, if they pass the test, will go to Memphis for a year at the Naval Trade School. Margaret Wilson of West Willis Street aims for the Waves and, if admitted, will train at Hunter College in New York City. Ira Billie Walker and Bobby Robbins from Thomasville seek Navy Reserve enlistment. The recruiting office at the Post Office is open Monday through Wednesday.
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Navy
Aubrey
Lawrence Grimes
Willowbrook Street
Memphis
Tenn
Naval Trade School
Margaret Wilson
West Willis Street
Hunter College
New York City
Ira Billie Walker
East Green Street
Bobby Robbins
Thomasville
Navy Reserve
City Council Hears Credit Paving Plan And Salary Amendment
City council meeting will review a paving credit ordinance for new street intersections in developing areas and consider a salary ordinance amendment for J J Ellington. The proposal sets credits per front foot and excludes radii on new streets. Also proposed is a $220 monthly salary with $25 car allowance, $200 to $250 range.
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Ue. Pp
City of
High Po
J. J. Ellington
Council
First Soldier Discharged At Fort Bragg Center
Pvt. William A. Brown of High Point became the first service member discharged from Fort Bragg’s new separation center. He received his discharge from Brig Gen John T. Kennedy on November 7 after a wartime service spanning Africa and Italy with the 9th Infantry Division, earning the Purple Heart and European and African campaign ribbons.
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William A. Brown
High Point
Fort
John T. Kennedy
Fort Bragg
Sicily
Pvt
Brown
Bessie Venable
Rt. 2
Army
9Th Infantry Division
Train Collision Draws Delay at Local Station
Southbound passenger train No 35 halted at the local station after a draw head came loose between two coaches. The damaged car was emptied and moved to a side track, delaying No 35, No 135, and No 134 which was already two hours behind schedule. Rail workers remodel the ticket office to widen windows for better service.
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New York
New Orleans
High Point
Grocery Stores Close One Hour for War Bond Rally
Grocery stores will close from 9 to 10 AM Friday to participate in the Sixth War Loan rally at the Center Theater. They will reopen on schedule with early morning service. Downtown stores won’t open until 10 AM to allow clerks to attend the rally.
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Center Theater
Gas Applicants Called To Bring A Book Stubs
J F Jones of the local rationing board states applicants renewing supplementary gas tickets must bring the Mileage Ration Record No. 534 stub from their A book. This helps staff issue renewals for B and C books.
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J. F. Jones
Mayor Koonce Endorses Buddy Poppy Sale in High Point
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce endorses the Veterans of Foreign Wars Buddy Poppy sale to be held Armistice Day Saturday Nov 11 by the VFW and auxiliary in High Point. He calls the poppies emblems of sacrifice made by brave soldiers and notes proceeds aid disabled veterans in hospitals nationwide.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Anant Weiay Wasertein
Veterans of Foreign Wars
High Point
City
WACs Recruit Three New Recruits in City
Three women have been accepted into the WACs recruiting branch here. Ethel Lovett of Asheboro becomes an X ray technician, Doris Shaw of Asheboro will serve in Miami Beach Florida, and Irene Councilman of 314 Howell Street will be stationed with the Army Ground Forces in Asheville. The recruiting office will operate through Saturday.
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Wacss
High Point
Asheboro
Ethel Lovett
Doris Shaw
Miami Beach
Fla
Irene Councilman
Howell Street
Asheville
Army Ground Forces
Wacs
Youngest High Point voter Miss Lambeth breaks registration rule
Etta Cark reports Miss Carmele Cecil Lambeth the 21st birthday voter who arrived after registration deadlines. She swore she was 21 to cast her ballot at the Junior High School in High Point after a trek from Burlington via Greensboro. Also noted were three building permits totaling about 962 dollars, including Adams Millis Corp reroofing on Gaylord Street.
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Carmele Cecil Lambeth
Miss Lambeth
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
Beth
Adams Millis Corporation
Gaylord Street
Ie Gate Street
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Wade Uf. Hedrick
France
W. J. Hedrick
Hedrick
Engineers
Camp Swift
Texas
George S. Childress
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Highland Cotton Mill
Lareie Bristow
Childress
Larcie Bristow
Annie Brewer
Collie Dowell
Nell Yow
Wilmington
Ruth
Bertha Childress
North Wilkesboro
Bill Childress
Luther
Paul
Wilkesboro
James Noah Johnson
Roy E. Johnson
Rt. 4
South Pacific
Marines
Allen Jay High School
Polio Hospital
Col. McCollum
Naval Office
Wm.a. Brown
Bragg
Koonce
By Etta Cark
Wagger
Elwood Hotel
Wagger’s
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