Waste Paper Drive Reports 60000 Lbs Collected
Officials announced 60000 pounds of waste paper were collected north of yesterday on day one. Boy Scouts aided by Chamber of Commerce members delivered trucks from local firms. Collection point beside the Post Office will operate 330 to 600 each day. South-of-railroad collections planned next Sunday afternoon. Byron Haworth will speak at 730 PM before Woodmen of the World camp with portraits of past and current presidents to be presented. W L Hunt to give acceptance speech. Refreshments after the program. Members urged to attend and visitors welcome.
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Chamber of Commerce
Byron Haworth
Woodmen of the World
Wow
W. L. Hunt
W.O.W
Open House At Tomlinson Showcases 19th Century Furniture
The Tomlinson open house runs this week drawing dealers from Florida to New York to view a full second floor exhibit of 19th century American furniture. Rey W. Neville, director of style and design, says the event preserves historic forms as a service to society.
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Tomlinson
Florida
Alabama
California
Texas
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Washington
Carolas
Tomlinson Building
Rey W. Neville
Association Urges Purchase Of Xmas Seals
The High Point Tuberculosis association asks residents to buy Christmas seals mailed to them and use them to support local TB prevention, noting 95 percent of funds stay in the area. The notice emphasizes seals are for purchase and use, not sale, and November is Christmas mailing month per the Post Office.
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High Point
Post Office Department
High Point Tuberculosis Association
Col McAnally Halts Court Session at Camp Jackson
Lt Col Charles W McAnally a former High Point lawyer now at Camp Jackson interrupted a municipal court session by shaking hands with Judge D C MacRae and about a core or more attorneys. The piece notes the first passenger elevator was installed in New York in 1857.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. McAnally
High Point
Camp Jackson
D. C. MacRae
New York
High Point Colonel Leads U S Attack On Bougainville
From Bougainville in the Solomons a High Point, North Carolina, colonel led a Marine battalion in a late November jungle assault. Lt. Col. E. R. Smoak described a hard fought push to drive the Japanese from Piva No. 4 and reach the river edge as tanks, dive bombers, and artillery supported the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hampson
Piva River
Bougainville
Solomons ’ Islands
Piva No. 4
Piva
Cocoanut
E. R. Smoak
High Point
N. C
Smoak
Laundries Limited to Two Deliveries Each Week
High Point imposes new rule on laundry and dry cleaning trucks restricting pickups and deliveries to twice weekly per street. M A Jones, head of a local laundry, notes a possible third trip per week per street only for wash pickups or deliveries. Routes will be split into zones A B and C with trips on set weekdays.
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High Point
M. A. Jones
Jones
Six-Year-Old Bedridden Boy Becomes Navy Mascot
Jimmy Carrick of Mt. Washington, only six, bedridden four years with a spinal infection, serves as official mascot for a naval battalion in the Aleutian Islands. He writes with his mother, receives V-mail from sailors, and earns a plaque honoring his service 1942 43.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jimmy Carrick
Mt. Washington
Uncle Sam
Navy
Jimmy
Aleutian Islands
Louis Carrick
Aleutian Naval Battalion
United States Navy
National Commander to Address North Carolina Legion Meet
National Commander Warren H. Atherton will speak at the 1944 Post Officers Conference of the North Carolina American Legion in High Point on January 17. The conference runs January 16–17 with memorial services and a banquet planned, and the site was chosen at a Burlington conference in October.
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Warren H. Atherton
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
High Point
Atherton
Indianapolis
Bob Stevens
Jim Caldwell
Burlington
Robert E. Walevene
Department
Stevens
Auxiliary
Legion
Developments on American Home Front in wartime provisions
Food supplies rise as the Agriculture department reports 5 to 10 percent more fresh vegetables for civilians this winter. Canners are directed to release from the contingency reserve 900000 cases of peaches 1080000 cases of peas 810000 cases of ketchup and set aside constraints on dried and split peas are removed.
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Agriculture Department
Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Fuel Oil Retaining
OPA General Rrr
Life saving suit for soldiers weighs 12 ounces
A life saving suit designed for soldiers and sailors protects wearers from depth bombs and other underwater explosions. It weighs 12 ounces and includes a collapsible rubber boat for buoyancy and escape.
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App
Navy Reports Death Of Baxter Howle
The Navy Department announced the casualty death of Baxter McLendon Howle aviation machinist's mate third class U S naval reserve His wife Mrs Mary Oneida Outlaw Howle resides at High Point North Carolina
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Baxter McLendon Howle
U. S. Naval Reserve
Mary Oneida Outlaw Howle
High Point
Nursery School Opens at Clara Cox Apartments
The Clara Cox Apartments host the fourth nursery school for children aged 2 to 6 whose mothers work. Mrs. J. W. McGuinn notes overflow from Park Street school, bringing total enrollment to 115. Fees are 2.40 weekly per child, with federal aid covering just over half. Twenty children started today and enrollment is open to any child with working parents.
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Clara Cox
J. W. McGuinn
High Point
Park Street
McGuinn
U. S
Federal
J. H. Hi
D. L. Cana
Ra Fox Sc
Odd Fellows Oyster Supper and Turkey Dinner Plans
Announcement outlines annual oyster supper for the Odd Fellows group and a turkey dinner for the children at the Odd Fellows Orphans Home in Goldsboro at Christmas. Full attendance is requested and initiation plans for the order are noted with ceremonial details.
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Odd Fellows Orphans Home
Goldsboro
P-38 Catches Fire After Landing
A P-38 on a routine flight caught fire on landing at Greensboro High Point airport last night with no injuries. Pilot Lieut Cooley from Dallas, Texas was at the controls. An air board will be appointed to investigate the cause.
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Greensboro High Point
Lieut
Lewis
U. S. Army
Cooley
Dallas
Texas
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