Subsidy Fees Threaten Funds Of OPA
Washington reports House subsidy fees threaten the Office of Price Administration unless President Roosevelt drops demands for authority to pay out government funds to curb retail food prices. House Banking Chairman Steagall says the tactic hinges on events. CCC life extension bill may be taken up Thursday with a rider banning consumer subsidies after this calendar year.
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Washington
OPA
Roosevelt
Steagall
D-Ala
House Banking Committee
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Office of Price Administration
Conrow
Senate
Agriculture Committee
State Department
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Pro- Federation
Holman
Citizens Service Corps Prepares For Final Instructions
In Winston Salem on Wednesday night the Citizens Service Corps will mobilize at 7 30 at the county building for final Home Front Pledge instructions ahead of the Monday drive. About 400 leaders from block, sector and zone areas attend to receive campaign details. A movie on inflation and price ceilings will be shown, and speakers include Charles F Carroll and Lt Gussie Heiffner of the WAC.
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Citizens Service Corps
High Point
Sherwood Forrest
Sam Currant
Charles F. Carroll
High Point Enviience Defense
Matt Wall
John Peacock
Gussie Heiffner
United States Wac
WAC
Duck Hunters Bag Dove With Bow and Arrow
In Bucklin Missouri 12 year old hunters Willard Finney and Gerald Apel proved undeterred by a shell shortage as they tracked and brought down a duck using bow and arrow.
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Bucklin
Willard Finney
Gerald Apel
Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney Blue Dies in Winston-Salem Hospital
Elizabeth Kinney Blue 53 longtime Thomasville and Charlotte resident died after a brief illness in a Winston-Salem hospital. She was born in Raleigh to James Branson Kinney and Mamie Pearson Kinney. Funeral arrangements are pending with J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville and may be at Saint Edward's Catholic Church.
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Thomasville
Elizabeth Kinney Blue
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Blue
Raleigh
James Branson Kinney
Mamie Pearson Kinney
Jerome C. Kinney
George C. Kinney
J. Q. Miller
Maye Livengood
Richmond
M. O. Tucker
Ben Pearson
Charlottesville
J. C. Green and Sons
Robert M. MacMillan
Saint Edward's Catholic Church
High Point
Thomasville Cemetery
Infant Linda Lloyd Dies at Two Months
Lloyd Infant, two months old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lloyd of 1303 Franklin, died at home after several weeks illness. Born in High Point on September 2, 1943, she is survived by four brothers and four sisters. Funeral from the home Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Hoy L. Fesperman officiating, Oakwood Cemetery burial.
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Linda Sue Lloyd
W. T. Lloyd
Franklin Street
High Point
Charles
Darrell
James
Terry
Pauline
Wanda
Betty
Reba
Hoy L. Fesperman
Oakwood
Actress joins daughter in doorbell search for apartment
Goodman told a Post-Intelligencer reporter that the actress joined her daughter in a doorbell ringing search for an apartment for the newlyweds last August.
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Goodman
Post-Intelligencer
Abattoir Roof Collapse Halts Meat, City Plans Restart
High Point officials report the abattoir roof collapse injured no meat. Slaughtering would resume this afternoon with repairs on a chilled room, while two other rooms store meat. Ammonia exposure was contained by fire crews in gas masks.
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J. L. Perkins
City Utilities
Verkins
Rkins
Perkins
High Point
Start Saving Wastepaper for Nov 21 28 Drive
Community effort sponsored by the Boy Scouts and the Junior Chamber of Commerce urges saving and bundling waste paper for collection on November 21 north of the railroad and November 28 south of the railroad. The text notes waste paper as a key resource for military packaging including shells and air engine parts.
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Boy Scouts
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Army
Four Die After Drinking Lacquer Thinner
LENOIR Nov 16 Chief of Police J Gordon Bush said four Black men died over the weekend after consuming lacquer thinner taken from a furniture plant. He warned that more deaths could follow as five gallons were reported missing Saturday and some others may have joined in drinking it. He said lacquer thinner is used in finishing furniture and is similar to mule, which is not generally obtainable now.
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Lenoir
J. Gordon Bush
Bushe
Bush
Three Convicted Of Drunken Driving In Thomasville
In Thomasville on Monday Judge Carl Wilson convicted William Floyd Spoon of 700 Arch Street High Point Carl Swink of Thomasville and James R Wilmoth of Thomasville Route One on drunken driving charges Spoon and Swink were fined 50 each plus court costs and forbidden to drive for one year Wilmoth also faces an AWOL charge from the army and his case awaits army contact details The report notes the Pennsylvania State capitol dome modeled after St Peter's in Rome.
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Thomasville
Wiliam Floyd Spoon
Arch Street
High Point
Carl Swink
James R. Wilmoth
Thomasville Court
Carl Wilson
Wilmoth
Army
Spoon
Swink
High Pointer Saves Shipmate With Cigarettes And Wire
Radioman First Class James Robert Thompson, son of Mrs. George Poole, was cited for meritorious conduct after improvising a tourniquet from a package of cigarettes and electrical wire to stop bleeding on a wounded chief store keeper during a destroyer engagement with Japanese aircraft near Guadalcanal in February 1943. His actions saved a life and reflected the Navy’s highest traditions.
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High Pointer
Buddy
Pacific
James Robert Thompson
George Poole
King Street
South Pacific
T. S. Wilkinson
Guadalcanal
Ritish
Solomon Island
Thompson
United States Naval Service
Mrs. Emma E. Lewallen 60 Dies at Home
Mrs Emma E Lewallen 60 wife of H L Lewallen died at her home 934 Forrest Ave Monday afternoon after five in declining health five years She was born July 17 1883 in Forsyth County Daughter of Jim and Mary Parrish Surviving: husband two daughters Mary and Jo Ann three sons Herbert Robert and Paul Funeral at Crews Methodist Church Wednesday at 11 Interment in church cemetery Body lies in state at church 10 to 11 Koonce Funeral Home transported to church Wednesday morning.
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Emma E. Lewallen
H. L. Lewallen
Forrest Ave
Lewallen
Forsyth County
Jim
Mary Hester Parrish
Los Angeles
Calif
Crews Methodist
Winston-Salem
Mary Lewallen
Jo Ann Lewallen
Herbert Lewallen
Newport News
Robert Lewallen
Tank Destroyer Corps
U. S. Army
Camp Hood
Texas
Paul Lewallen
Sicily
Lula White
W. R. Parrish
Tom Parrish
Petersburg
Crews Methodist Church
Church
Sitte
Koonce Funeral
Lions Hold District Meet In Thomasville
Thom asville Lions host a district zone meeting with Winston-Salem and High Point clubs at the Woman's club building. District governor Linn McIver Jr. presided. Reed received five years attendance pin. Harrison earned a Lions pin for membership work. The club raised about 125 dollars for the Thomasville High athletic fund. Out of town guests included Kalte, Allison, and Rankin.
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Thomasville
Winston-Salem
High Point
Lions
Woman's Club
Linn McIver, Jr
Sanford
Clifton R. Reed
Harold Harrison
Lions Club
Thomasville High School
John Kalte
Okey J. Allison
George Rankin
International
Funeral Rites for Mrs Bertha Lowdermilk Held at Local Church
Funeral service for Mrs Bertha Garner Lowdermilk was held at the First Baptist church Monday at two o clock with Dr A B Conrad and Dr C E Rozzelle officiating. A mixed quartet provided music and pallbearers included F R Allman H A Long J E Lewis W H Currie James McDowell Frank Smith J V Garrett and Dewey Garrett. Interment followed in the Why Not cemetery family plot near Seagrove.
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Bertha Lowdermilk
Bertha Garner Lowdermilk
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
C. E. Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Church
Walter Crissman
Miss Davis
Roy Padgett
J. V. Garrett
F. R. Allman
H. A. Long
J. E. Lewis
W. H. Currie
James McDowell
Frank Smith
Dewey Garrett
Why Not
Seagrove
Masons Plan Thanksgiving Banquet at Thomasville Lodge
Masons in Thomasville will host their annual Thanksgiving banquet at the Masonic Temple on Randolph Street Friday November 19. L W Hansell announces the 6 30 program with historical address by Charles F Lambeth and sermons by Rev Karl Koestline. John Perry leads song with solos by Mrs George D Finch and Mrs Alvah Boyles.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Masons
Masonic Temple
Randolph Street
L. W. Hansell
Charles F. Lambeth
Karl Koestline
Community Methodist Church
Lodge
John Perry
George D. Finch
Alvah Boyles
T. J. Covington
Hansell
P. E. Parker
J. A. Palmer
Dot Lewis
Twenty One Divorces Granted In Civil Court
Twenty one uncontested divorces were granted this morning in a civil jury term of municipal court. The records show spouses including A B Blankenship from Pansie Blanken ship and Sara M Turnage from James P Turnage among others.
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A. B. Blankenship
Pansie Blankenship
Winnie Corry
Otis Corry
Johnnie Byrum
Glenn Byrum
Elsie York
Thurl York
Leota Bailey Hendrick
Harry Erwin Hendrick
Ruby Pearl Smith
Lawrence G. Smith
C. A. Reese
Mary Reese
Regina Frost Warner
Zebulon Francis Warner
Jesse Steed
Ada M. Steed
Lacy LeGrand
Florence LeGrand
Sara M. Turnage
James P. Turnage
Women inspectors at border detect contraband in San Diego
Customs officials report more women crossing the border and assign women inspectors to screening. An officer notes that inspectors can tell whether a perfume bottle or other item wrapped in silk is concealed, describing their role as vigilance grows at the international line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Ors
New Orleans Vitamin Debate Feeds Local Health Talk
In New Orleans a doctor argues that city cooks neglect vitamins A to G, cooking foods to death. He contrasts with a Chinese cook whose meals retain nutrients, while warning of ration era practices and vitamin denial in local cuisine.
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New Orleans
Administrator's Notice for Estate of Dan W Gray
Administrator announces notice to creditors to file itemized verified statements by November 16 1944 or barred. Debts owed to the decedent must be paid to the administrator. W S McLeod administrator signs with Alien Austin attorney.
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Dan W. Gray
W. S&s. McLeod
Austin
Atty
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Pennsylvania State Capitol
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St. Peter's
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