Thomasville Draft Board Inductees Named for Service
The Thomasville Draft Board released the area list of men to be inducted for immediate service this week after final examinations and furlough. The roster includes Robert Wayne Harrison Lewis Hill Welborne Jr Joe Wesley Sheloff Grover Oscar Ritchie Charles Eliott Turner Raymond Lester Owen Plank Daniel Wagner Raymond Larston Quails James Stanci Jones Nolan Hill Sink David Lee Younts Rayshow Theodore Russell Walter Roscoe Frank James Wilson Wall Nolan Freddie Payne Roy Lee Brady Lewis Clifton Kennedy Harry Raymond Jenkins Ernest Lee Cook Edgar Paul Brewer William Whitehart Charles Fred Sowers John Raymond Bryant Howard Asbury Goins James Clarence Jarnagin Howard William Stanley Hayden Clavie Crawford Daniel Carson Culbreth Arlie Woodrow Myers William Lawrence Bailey Norman Alexander Nifong Henry Malone Templeton Charles Mel-
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Robert Wayne Harrison
Lewis Hill Welborne, Jr
Joe Wesley Sheloff
Grover Oscar Ritchie
Charles Eliot
Howard William Stanley
Hayden Clavie Crawford
Daniel Carson Culbreth
Air Corps
Arlie Woodrow Myers
William Lawrence Bailey
Norman Alexander Nifong
Henry Malone Templeton
Charles Mel
Long list of Allied military enlistees and Prague executions
A long roster of named servicemen is listed, including vin Dorsett and many others, followed by a Nov 19 Prague report from Czech sources noting 40 executions in five days as part of Nazi terror aimed at quelling Czech enthusiasm over Allied Africa successes.
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IMORE
London
Prague
Africa
Teen held in Raleigh jail after alleged incident in Allensville
Sheriff M. T. Clayton said a 14 year old Black person from Allensville is being held in an unnamed Raleigh jail for safekeeping on a charge related to an alleged incident with a 24 year old White woman from Allensville. The report notes no further identifying details.
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Raleigh
M. T. Clayton
Allensville
Colleges Being Adapted For War Training
North Carolina colleges including State College at Raleigh and A and T at Greensboro are shifting toward war training. Governor Broughton says changes are exaggerated. most institutions will expand technical and scientific preparation for service rather than end regular classes. Colleges statewide are cooperating with the national war program, with Duke Wake Forest and Davidson among those seeing students move to wartime training disciplines.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Roxboro
North Carolina
Broughton
State College At
Raleigh
State College
Tno
iState College
Army
Greensboro
A. &Et
Chapel Hill
Duke
Wake Forest
Davidson
State Taxes May Affect Leaf Prices
Lynn Nisbet reports that NFTA figures show state tobacco taxes rose to 130 million dollars last year, a 761 percent decade rise. Increased taxes, tied to war related consumption, likely reduced payments to North Carolina tobacco growers while boosting retail prices. An unrelated note describes an unidentified woman found asleep on a Rio de Janeiro train after drinking mineral water.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Lynn Nisbet Raleigh
National Federation of Tax Administrators
North Carolina
Carolina
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Reporter From W-S Wounded In Invasion
United Press correspondent Leo Disher, veteran of American forces in French North Africa, was wounded with nine shell and bullet hits during the Oran harbor raid. He describes crawling through fire, jumping into the water, and being rescued by a French patrol, with recovery in an Oran hospital. a Winston-Salem native born and UP correspondent since 1939.
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New York
Leo
Disher
United Press
French North Africa
Oran
U. S. Coast Guard
Ames
Winston-Salem, N. Co
Community Song Service at Liberty Church
A community song service is set for Sunday November 29 at Rockey River Friends church four miles southeast of Liberty starting at 2 PM. choirs quartets and duets will perform with congregational singing and R P Smith directing invites all singers and friends to attend for an afternoon of sacred music.
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Liberty
Rockey River Friends Church
R. Pp. Smith
Eastern North Carolina declares new dim-out zone
Raleigh news report states State Civilian Defense Director Ben E. Douglas announces a new dim-out zone along a 30 mile stretch of U.S. Highway 70 from Beaufort in the eastern region. The measure tightens blackout rules and directs local shelters and patrols during wartime conditions.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Ben E. Douglas
Beaufort
Coastline Dim-Out Zone Extends Along 300 Miles
A state directive marks Atlantic and county roads extending to the ocean as dim-out zones with road signs. Night traffic is restricted to essential movement and lights limited to parking or dim settings, not exceeding 15 miles per hour. The note recalls the first cigar-making machine in 1919, while millions of cigars are still produced by hand.
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Atlantic
All County
Ocean
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