Local Resident Brown Dies After Short Illness
Wrv Brown of uckstone Virginia died at Piedmont Memorial Hospital in Greensboro after 8 o clock in the morning while visiting. He was visiting Greensboro for a week and is survived by his daughter Mrs. David Cecil of this city. Arrangements are incomplete. body to remain at the Koonce Funeral Home.
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Wrv. Brown
Uckstone
Piedt Memorial Hospital
Bero
Mr. Brown
Greensboro
David Cecil
Koonce Funeal
Normal Boxes Of Cigars This Year
New York reports 2017 shortages as 91 million monthly cigars go to the armed forces. The Cigar Institute of America plans a colored poster campaign to urge smokers to adjust to the reduced holiday boxes.
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New York
Cigar Institute of America
Armed Forces
Post Office To Be Closed On Thursday
Postmaster S C Clarke announced the post office will be closed Thursday October 23 for Thanksgiving. Mail will be received dispatched and boxed as usual but there will be no city or rural delivery. The general delivery window opens until noon and special delivery is handled as usual.
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S. C. Clarke
Thomasville Man Charged With Rape
Thomasville police hold T. J. Whitchard a clerk and delivery man for West End Grocery on charges of raping a 10 year old girl and attempting criminal assaults on two other girls. Warrants expected as investigators scrutinize Whitchard's activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
T. J. Whitchard
West End
Whitchard
Numerous military reclassifications and a land sale notice
The list shows extensive Board Five reclassifications moving personnel to 1-A and 4-F, with numerous shifts between 1-A 2-A and other designations across many individuals ledgers. A separate Notice of Sale of Land from High Point outlines public auction terms for November 27 1944 with a 20 down payment option and 60 month balance, city rights reserved.
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City of
High Point
N. C
N.C
Christmas Shines for Nubbins in Cheyenne
Forest Hoffman known as Nubbins enjoys an early festive Christmas day in Cheyenne with Santa, opening over 250 gifts from nationwide donors and family. His bladder illness endangers Dec 25, yet the joy lifts locals as William Jeffers of Union Pacific sends a toy car and parents provide a jeep, battleship, and wooden freight train.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Forest
Nubbins
Hoffman
Santa Claus
Charrles B. Dilbeck
William Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Marshal Hoffman
Salisbury Soldier Claims Tenth Into Metz
Pfc. John Chandler of Salisbury, Maryland, said he was the tenth American infantryman to enter Metz as the fortress city began falling to U.S. forces, counting the momentous advance in the French city.
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Metz
France
Salisbury
N. C
John Chandler
M. C
Military draft classifications updated for several registrants
The list shows multiple individuals shifting from various draft classifications to 4-A or 7, including Junius Hester David Byerly William Davis Robert Sgoaf James Flowers Louis Paulos Guy Dixon Lewis Ridge Dewey Cates Charlie Bamne Ralph Slate Carroll Johnson Paul Knight Raymond Reddick Orville S Henry Bizzell and William Turner, reflecting a broad move toward available service status.
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Everett E. McNeil
Everett R. Pope
Roland C. Garmon
Leroy Watts
Thurman J. Allen
James FE. Chandler
A F. Gray
John G. Lassiter
Harry P.sa
Raymond C. Bottoms
Robert R. Hedrick, Jr
Edgar T. Alfred
Grady R. Stafford
Alvin F. Sutherlin
Alden R. Best
Frank A.brown
Fred E
David V. Martin
Wesley McC. Motsinger
Rueben B. McKinzie
Robert I. Trivett
Boyd C. Royal
Walter H. Wireless
Carl H. Miller
Troy M. Skeen
Arthur T. Brady
Leon M. Moffitt
Richard A. Parker, Jr
Richard C. Gobble
Ralph M. Gardner
Ind
Roy Byerly
Harvey FE. Dillon
Jesse A. Cox
Inc
Luther Co. Jones
Harvey C. Broadway
Charlie L. Bame
Charles T. Cole
Grover C. Smith, Jr
Wayne B. Sullivan
James C. Moore
Chester L. Orrell
Stephen C. Bull
Julius E. Horney
Paul C. Sprinkle
James R. Davis
Angue L
MicArthur
Henry B. Koonce
Rufus C. Russell
Houston Hayes
Rufus BE. Campbell
Albert L. Candler
Fred Eaton
Charlie G. Mitchell
Harry Russell
Thomas Odell Lyles
Norris Franklin
Harvey L. Embler
Marshall T. Williams
Samuel Z. Acks
Victor Blackburn
Dewey L. Reid
Walter E. Lloyd
Alfred R. Craven
Charles B. Miller
John L. Johnson
Jesse W. Jeffers
Ray M. Cook
William P. Fogleman
Wyatt E. Creakmore
Joseph B. Shackelford
George C. Halton
Charlie E. Wood
Brady C. White
Beck
Eddie Walter
Zebulon Vance Edwards
John B. Austin
Harold P. Morrison
Bennie A. Woodell
Eckley R. Morris
John L. Andrews
James J. Brown
Leon A. Caudle
Avery F. Rook
William W. Stone
John R. Dawkins
William R. Saunders
Paul L. Younts
Patrick L. Massey
Alexander H. Whitley
John B. Reitzel
Floyd E. Peel
Edward M. Spencer
Robert Valentine
Chesney
M. Edwards
John S. Miller
Robert G. Hendrix
Roberts. Stewart
Melvin B. St
Ernest D
Bach
Foster Ley
Frank T. Wilhite
Harvey R. Paschal
James E. Gordon
Claude L. Clark
John R. McCollum
Clarence C. Schultheiss
Carey W. Meredith
McKinley Hales
Thomas C. Martin
Robert F. Troxler
Roman J. Riggs
Rose F. Smith
James R. Beene
Freeman McMichael
Gurney W. Davis
Frank B. Lee
John W. Foust
Alma E Henderson
Willie E. Kennedy
Robert S. Maxwell
Charlie V. Doby
Willis J. Anderson
Harry A. Revels
William D. Russell
Albert N. Campbell
John H. Davis
Walter L. Welch
Claude F. Bouldin
Paul E. Moss
Joseph J. Carroll
John R. Freeman
Shober E. Blackburn
Judson R. Butler
Horatio H. Smith
Joseph S. Boozer
Jeff P. Jones
June L. Medlin
Thomas H. Rowland
Charles M. Jones
Persifer G. Elkins
Fred D. Bunting
Wilson Alexander
John A. Cassidey
William B. Geber
Theodore R. Sullivan
Guy E. Welborn
James D. Harris
John L. Causby
Riding Z. Jones
Walter C. Huber
Donald L. Lindsay
Ray E. Daniel
Geo W. Summers
Ymond B. Wardell
Benjamin C. Brasington
James T. Ferebee
Demitrios Sousis
Elmer V. Slack
Clyde R. Edwards
Frank B. Smith
Russell D. Harriss
Coy J. Elliott
John T. Bennett
Spencer
Irwin L. Ridge
Luther F. Lambeth
George W. Williams
James Gray
Floyd Brown
Lawton R. Dutton
Louis W. Knight
Ray W. Clark
John W. Hiatt
Willard D. Setliff
Stonewall Jackson
Junius McK. Hester
David L. Byerly
William B. Davis
Robert E. Sgoaf
James T. Flowers
Louis G. Paulos
Guy Dixon
Lewis D. Ridge
Dewey J. Cates
Charlie M. Bamne
Ralph W. Slate
Charles V. Carroll
Joseph Dugan Johnson
Paul H. Knight
Raymond F. Reddick
Orville H. S
Henry E. Bizzell
Grant Jr. Blacker
William A. Turner
City purchasing test poses tricky ethics questions
A local civil service exam for city purchasing agents asks women candidates to choose among three identical bids from A B and C who offer dinner flowers or no attention and to explain the choice. City Manager Roy S Braden expects an eligibility list soon and will help grade the answers.
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Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Roys. Braden
Braden
Commission
Post War Plans Discussed By Welfare Groups
The southern regional conference of the Child Welfare League of America met at the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh on November 14 15 and 16 to plan post war care and protection for American youth. Mrs Gladis Kivett Guilford County Welfare Department director returned from the meeting and said leaders in child welfare are focusing on immediate and future community problems.
Light penalty doubles in contract bridge play discussed
The article explains that a penalty double to defeat an overcall is a light bid not needing strong cards. It examines a typical East dealer case in which two tricks are set with a weak West hand, noting the play benefits even if the doubled contract fails and the overall point gain remains favorable for East West.
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West
South
First Snow Falls in Boone Area Dusts Town with White Mantle
Winter blanketed Boone on November 20 1944 with the season's first snowfall. A morning drizzle gave way to sleet and the highways near Blowing Rock turned slick though no serious accidents were reported.
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Boone
Blowing Rock
Local Business Leaders Hear Eric Johnston Tonight
High Point business leaders will attend two events today and tomorrow. Eric Johnston president of the U S Chamber of Commerce will speak at Reynolds auditorium tonight at 8 o clock. Tomorrow a Greensboro seminar on state taxes will be attended by High Point figures including Henry Foseue Noble T Praigg and Mr Sizemore.
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High Point
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Winston-Salem
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Greensboro
Reynolds Auditorium
W. G Idol
Henry Foseue
Amos Kearns
J. A. Johnson
Cigarette Fire Destroys Mattress at East Washington Home
Firemen extinguished a blaze at 733 East Washington street yesterday afternoon at 1 25. The fire started in a mattress where a burning cigarette had been dropped.
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East Washington Street
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V. Brown
A Greensboro
Jy the Great
Firestone Factory
Bho
Rick
Firestone Stores
North Main
Firestone
N. B.C
Board Five
High Point Township
Guilford Country
North Carolina
High Point Development Co
Office of Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Arnold Jeoonce
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
East Dealer
North-South Vulnerable
Mei
Deiry Bern
Portland Cement Association
Planters Bank
Richgrend
Plymouth
Dodge
de Soto
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Thie
YOUU
T. Cos
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