Local Talent To Be Feature Of USO Dance
USO dance at the Y M C A showcases home town talent with a local orchestra providing music. Intermission acts are directed by Dorothy Hoskins and Emile Serposs. Mrs Paulette Lindsay opens the event with senior hostesses and husbands arriving for an 8 15 start. junior hostesses arrive at 8. Club rooms host a party led by Mrs Helen Dunkelberger and Miss Ruth Welborn with Miss Evelyn Boyd and Terry Childs. Staff Sgt Jackson Bosley from Camp Mackall performs a 15 minute song recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Hoskins
Emile Serposs
Paulette Lindsay
C. W. Kneessi
Tesses
Helen Dunkelberger
Ruth Welborn
Evelyn Boyd
Terry Childs
Jackson Bosley
Camp Mackall
Father of High Point Woman Passes Away
Mrs. B J Yates of Madison Apartments learned her father J L Currence died suddenly at his Gastonia home. He is survived by his wife. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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High Point
B.J. Yates
Madison Apartments
J.L. Currence
Gastonia
Currence
Radio Schedule Highlights Multiple Programs and Sports
A detailed Saturday November 13 broadcasting grid lists programs across CBS NBC CBC and blue networks. It includes dramas soap operas sports football games and variety shows with times ranging from 1:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. featuring The Baxters Chips Davis War Telescope Roy Shield and Company and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chips Davis
Commando
Cbs News
London
Nbc
Roy Shield and Company
Nbec
Bhra
Cbc
Cbs
Tobree Suns
Tommy Tucker
Curt Massey
Nbe
Israel
Ble Quincy Howe
Cbe
Navy
Forum
Ella Fitzgerald
Rupert Hughes
Nbe World News
Cbhs
Leon Henderson
American Eagle Club
Nbc-Basic
Nbc-South
Bob Hawk Ulz
Cbea
Basic
Arthur Hale
Wbax
Abie
Nhe News
Cbe Melodies
California
Boston Symphony Orches
Cbs Foreign Assignment
Cbs Chis Theater of the Air
Mbs
Gage
Harry Wismer
Barry Wood
John Gunther
John B. Hughes
Army Service Forces
Blu
11 Year Old Boy Held On Arson Charge
In Thomasville on Friday afternoon an 11 year old local boy was held on arson charges after a barn and horse were set ablaze near Roby Kaney’s home off the Lexington highway. Deputies say the youth, recently under suspended sentences in two other arson cases, admitted setting a truck fire at Thomasville Upholstering and causing damage at a Green Street house. The arrest was made by Davidson County Deputies Bob Kennedy and Jesse Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Roby Kaney
Lexington Highway
Kaney
Tommie Everhart
Hollis Everhart
Everhart
Lt Jane Ault Dies in Texas Auto Crash
Lt Jane Ault of the U S Nurse Corps stationed at Fort Bliss Texas was killed near Sierrablanca Texas on November 9 after a tire blowout caused a car rollover. Survivors include a brother Barry Franklin Jeffries and a Baltimore foster mother. body to be shipped there for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Ault
U. S. Nurse Corps
Fort Bliss
Texas
Sierrablanca
Wiley Jerry Jeffries
Oak Street
Ault
Barry Franklin
Jeffries
William Ault
Johnsons Hospital
David and
Lottie Jeffries
Knoxville
Fire Crew Responds as Drunk Worker Sparks Alarm
Firemen answered a call to Shirley Manufacturing at 112 Ward Street early this morning but found no blaze. John Mills, a white plant worker who lights the stove, entered and started a disturbance. Mills was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. the fire caused no damage beyond the stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Manufacturing Company
Ward Street
John Mills
Ind
I. 5
Ingram
Mills
Viscount Halifax to Speak at Duke University Event
Viscount Halifax British ambassador to the United States will address Duke University on December 2. He will lunch in Raleigh with Gov. J M Broughton and be escorted to Durham by the governor. The speech topic was not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Durham
Viscount Halifax
United States
Duke University
Raleigh
Gov. J.M. Broughton
Durham
WPB Bars New Steel For Spring Cushion Production
Henry Foscue of Globe Parlor Furniture in Washington said WPB officials told him there is no objection to using spring units already in stock but no more steel will be supplied. Order L-135 restricts new steel. existing springs not frozen but future supplies look unlikely. Compliance units will vigorously enforce the order and curtailment threatens wood use and furniture output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Foscue
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
I~ate Furniture Industry Advisory Committee
Washington
War Production Board
OPA
WPA
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Foscue
Atso
WPB
Business Week
Boxing Shows Dwindle Among Troops At Algiers
The article notes soldiers near towns prefer boxing shows to participation, making full 16 man GI cards rare. Describes social distractions such as dating and local venues like Mimi's. A sergeant laments limited turnout and costs, hoping for a future boxing star to attract crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
SHO
Mimi
Rquis
Gene Tunney
Det. Weisberger
Algiers
Nazis Hold Castello Santo and Nicaria In Island Struggle
British and German forces clash in the Dodecanese with Nicaria and Castelrosso reported in contention. Cos and Symi had already fallen to the Nazis, while Samos remains in Allied control. Cairo officials withheld predictions on Leros' fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mos
Nicaria
Castelrosso
Samos
Dodecanese
Cos
Symi
Cairo
Leros
Strife Radio News Declares Syrian Lebanon Quiet
The radio said reports of disturbances in Lebanese towns are unfounded and that a few demonstrators dispersed were mainly women and children paid by agitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Syria
Lebanon
Water Invention to Make Sea Water Drinkable in 20 Minutes
The Navy reports a device to desalinate sea water in twenty minutes. It weighs under four pounds and uses a plastic bag, drinking tube, and fourteen briquets. Drop a briquet into sea water bag and knead gently to desalinate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Theavy
Casualties Rise in UK Air Raids
United Kingdom air raid losses rose last month with 118 deaths or missing and believed dead and 283 injuries. The Ministry of Home Security reported September figures, noting five deaths and 11 injuries in September 1940 as a comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Russians Near Zhitomir Press Advancing From Korostyshev
Russian sources say General Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army moved within 15 miles of Zhitomir after passing Korostyshev, threatening the 43 mile rail stretch between Zhitomir and Korosten. Kiev front now spans about 150 miles, with heavy tank use and Cossack cavalry support under colder conditions.
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Crimea
Crossihe Oeast
Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korostyshev
Korosten
Ukraine
Korosteyshev
Kiev
Rechitsa
Gomel
Prit Marshes
Idichev
Germans Suffer Casualties as Allied Pressure Rises in Italy
Allied and German actions unfold across central and western Italy with updates on retreating German minefields causing further losses, an American patrol destroying a German machine-gun nest near the Sangro, and small advances north of Isernia. Western front air and sea support intensifies with raids on Berat Kocove and Mostar airfields and targets at Opuzen.
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Eighth Army
Sangro
Rionero
Isernia
Italy
Garigliano
Berlin
Berat
Kocove
Mostar
Yugoslavia
Opuzen
Flying Banking Service Solves Air Forces Pay Problem
Air Forces adopt a flying banking service allowing U S Army Air Forces airmen to receive pay on time even under attack. Lt Col G W Beals explains the front line bank operates from the most forward airfields often under dive bombing and strafing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
United States Army Air Forces
Ya Pia
G.W. Beals
North Africa
RAF Tactical Center
Africa
Polish executions reported in Poland mass killings
The Polish telegraph agency says advancing forces have executed 2,500 Poles in Bialystock and Lomza. Whole families were said to be killed in Lomza where victims exceed 1,000, and the town of Paulice in the Wolkowysk district is reported destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Polish Telegraph Agency
Rmans
Bialystock
Lomza
Paulice
Wolkowysk
Two Damage Suits Filed Total Forty Thousand Four Hundred Fifty
R M Kendall and his wife sue Hardison Inc and Piedmont Coach Company of Anson County over a July 24 car bus collision on the highway between Ansonville and Wadesboro. Mrs Kendall seeks 25000 for injuries and Kendall seeks 15000 punitive damages plus 450 for his auto. Attorneys Silas Casey and T J Gold represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Nash
High Point Municipal Court
Hardison, Inc
Piedmont Coach Company
Anson County
R. M. Kendall
Ansonville
Wadesboro
Kendall
North Carolina Sees Record Corn Yield Potential
The North Carolina crop reporting service projects a record corn yield of 22.5 bushels per acre, two bushels above last year. They also forecast tobacco production around 538 million pounds, barley at 8.47 million pounds, soybeans at 2.295 million bushels, and sweet potatoes at 97 bushels per acre amid drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Service
Coal Mining It Returning To Normal
Pittsburgh dispatch reports coal production in Pennsylvania nearly returned to normal after Armistice Day stoppage. Eight mines employing about 4500 of 110000 diggers were idle, with two pits down since Oct 28 and a new walkout of 500 at a Jones & Laughlin Steel mine blamed on wage disputes under the miners pact. Central Pennsylvania had five idle mines and government pits saw workers arrive then retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Burglars Steal Gas Coupons Valued at 1.8 Million Gallons
In Racine Wisconsin four men broke into a ration board office just before midnight tying up two men and looting an old fashioned safe containing gasoline coupons estimated at 1,809,076 gallons by OPA director Bruno Bitker. The burglars escaped with most coupons marked C de nomination and ignored other ration stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Bruno V. Bitker
OPA
Fred G. Bosshard
William Wren
Ration Roundup Expiring Stamp Validities Nationwide
Government ration notes list stamp validity for meats fats and staples with dates for stamps G H J K X Z A B C and 29 sugar units and shoes and gasoline allowances. Regional limits apply for gasoline 6 A 8 A and 8 A with date limits through November and February.
Penetro Promises Quick Cold Relief From Grandma Style
Orations on traditional Grandmother remedies describe Penetro as a two way relief for cold symptoms. The base uses mutton suet to ease congestion and stimulate local circulation. Advert says white stainless cream 25c or 35c double supply.
Ceiling Put On Seed Potatoes
The office of price administration set ceiling prices for seed potatoes at all distribution levels effective Nov. 19. The action eliminates distribution prices from last spring and cuts certified seed potato prices by 10 to 20 cents from last season. OPA notes higher production costs and establishes state by state ceilings for growers wholesalers retailers excluding carrot distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Priorities Released On Laundry Equipment
Atlanta hardware veteran WPB official says armed services released priorities on used laundry and dry cleaning gear. He notes equipment frozen for 17 months has been freed to aid beleaguered laundries nationwide and should relieve the shortage promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Forrest Armstrong
War Production Board
Armed Services
Armstrong
Automotive Division
WPB
Annual Meeting Notice for Carolina Lumber and Building Supply
Meeting announced for Charlotte on November 13 by the Carolina Lumber and Building Supply Association. Members are urged to attend the annual event to discuss industry matters and plans for upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
The
Carolina Lumber and Building Supply Vecreration
Moses Grier Dies After 18 Years with Myrtle Desk
Moses Grier, an employee of the Myrtle Desk company for 18 years, died last night at his home on 600 East High Street. Funeral services are set for Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Mark's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored News
Moses Grier
Myrtle Desk Company
East High Street
St. Mark's Church
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Jane Wyman
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Chicago
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Army Flying School
Lula Davis Siler
Guilford County
Fred N.tate
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
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S. Main ST
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown Lumber CD
Radio Corporation OF America Presents
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Jack Douglas
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Bert Lahr
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