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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
11
Smith of Washington D. C. rises from first lieutenant to captain after recent army re negotiations. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Smith of 310 Louise Avenue.
Jesse R Crater son of Mrs Herbert Wright of 639 Willowbrook Street received an honorable discharge at Finney General hospital in Thomasville Georgia He served as a salesman with Cecil Home Appliance before entering service on December 2 1941 He earned the Victory ribbon American Theatre European African Middle Eastern Theatre ribbons with two bronze stars for Rhineland and Central European campaigns plus the good conduct medal and bronze star medal.
Pvt. Dorothy R. Martinez of High Point North Carolina was discharged from the Women Army Corps at Fort Des Moines separation center located in Des Moines Iowa.
Fort Missoula Montana reports Jones R Scott of James N C promoted to his present grade by the post commandant.
Dwight F. Causey of Asheboro and shipmates on escort carrier USS Manila Bay aided the ship’s campaign from the Marshalls to Okinawa and finally to northern Japan for occupation duties. Navy histories of its ships are being revised to reflect these actions.
Corporal Calvin Alexander Ferree, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Ferree of 118 Oakwood Court, is with the 26th Infantry in Nurnburg Germany guarding the Palace of Justice where war crimes trials proceed. He reports guarding Justice Jackson on November 3. Ferree joined in July 1944 and has been overseas since January. a 1943 high school graduate and former aeronautical engineering student at N C State College and Spartan Co., he trained in aeronautics at 6a.
USES office in High Point surveys how many local manufacturing plants use the GI bill apprentice program for returning veterans. Ralph Miller notes VA allowances of up to 75 dollars a month plus tool kits and agreed wages, with many openings still for trainees as veterans seek skills to support families and start new businesses.
Twenty four local men departed for Fort Bragg for induction into the armed forces. Fifteen were registrants of draft board four and nine from board five. Named from board four are Henry Ford Burney Elwin Aust en Hughes Charles Brady Mc Daniel Mack Donald Brock Ray Morris Clarence Burrows Smith Willie Eugene Hall David Jerome Harris Floyd Rodger Hines John David Bennett James Wolfie Kearns Clyde Lewallen Silman Fred Douglas Lance Frederick Collins Freeman Harry Colon Chappell. From board five: David Murphy Weatherly Lawson Jerome Ingram Ralph Shelton Beamon James Harold Craven Robert Keels Cobb Samuel Robert Branson Charles Esker Willard Jr Alvin Larkin Holbrook and Donald Odella Tise.
Service men from this vicinity listed as passengers on vessels arriving at American ports. On the SS Thomas Jefferson due at San Francisco November 11 T Sgt Carlos Allman High Point on the SS John Brown due at New York November 14 Pfe Thomas A Kelley High Point. On the SS Elgin Victory due at Newport News November 13 Pvt Davis Clifton Thomasville.
The North Carolina unemployment compensation commission mails decisions to 13 mills. Deputy claims adjuster L P Pierce says no blanket ruling was made but messages to all mills are similar. If favorable, days will be set for filing with a special interviewer sent to the USES office.
The article notes the Army Dental Corps is 44 years old but officers were not granted equal rank with the Medical Corps until a later date. It discusses the long-standing disparity and the timing of the correction without detailing the exact year.
The world has four major uranium deposits currently known located in Colorado and Canada, with additional deposits in cue and the Belgian 0.
Smithdeal says complaints by citizens alone do not justify federal rent control and only city council action can bring it. He notes investigators’ work is mostly talk and plans a meeting of property owners and real estate dealers to lower rents. Trailers from Oak Ridge are proposed as temporary housing to ease the shortage.
Clarence Meredith 55 a Trinity Rt 1 resident died at Baptist hospital Winston Salem after six weeks illness. A bird dog trainer and farmer, he was a Fairview Methodist Sunday school superintendent for 18 years. Surviving include a daughter Florence and four sisters. Funeral at Fairview Methodist Church Friday at 3 with burial at Hopewell cemetery.
Greensboro High Point airport welcomed two new airline routes. Eastern Airlines began Detroit to Miami service while Pennsylvania Central Airlines resumed Norfolk to Knoxville flights. Officials from the two cities toured the PCA plane, then EAL flew guests to Miami for a weekend.
S. S. Hurt Ralph Starnes and Hugh Childress posted $500 bonds each after re indictment by a Guilford county grand jury for receiving stolen property in the Marietta paint theft case. A true bill of indictment followed testimony by Officer L C Madden as seventeen others faced various larceny and embezzlement charges in the ongoing case.
Victor Watts a 12 year old Negro boy was released to his father after the fatal shotgun shooting of his playmate Jimmy Hines Tuesday night. Chief J A Lowdermilk believed an inquest unlikely and noted Coroner W W Harvey is away on personal business delaying any final disposition. Police consider the shooting an accident and expect no charges if evidence convinces the coroner.
Sylvia Moore ten year old girl was hit by an automobile at Ward and South Main streets this afternoon. She suffered a broken collarbone and was treated at High Point Memorial hospital before being released. No charges were filed against driver W R Loving as reported by police.
A geophysicist notes the role of mapping underground strata for oil research while referencing Chile in 1910 and the ousting of the Spanish Captain General Antonio Garcia Carasco, highlighting the era’s political shifts.
In the Pacific theater, army exchanges reported a monthly business exceeding seven million dollars. The figure underscores the scale of on base retail activity supporting troops and operations during the period.
Smith, Dewey English, Cicero Peace and Charlie H. Burton were named in a notice stating the body was moved from Yow's to the home late this after noon.
Bids on 23 highway projects in 21 counties will be opened by the state highway department on Tuesday November 27. The proposal includes an overhead bridge on Hamilton Street in Point. Estimated total cost exceeds 3 million dollars.
The YMCA will launch a spring drive in May to raise 300000 for a new unit beside the current building at South Main and East Russell streets. It already has 100000 on hand and aims to expand the gymnasium, add athletic facilities, a health club, Y club rooms, and a young men's residence.
City public safety officials clarified the indictment of Jess Staton a journeyman plumber charged with installing a water heater in a residence without a plumbing contractor. Staton's lawyers said they will pursue the case beyond municipal court to prove his right to work independently on large jobs.
Firefighters answered a blaze on Fairview Street in a four frame dwelling. Fire Chief E K Ingram cited a shorted electrical circuit as the cause with damage deemed negligible.
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