Captain Huff Dies After Illness at Hospital
Captain John Huff of 1109 Oriando Street died at 4 a.m. after illness. A retired U S Army captain born in Te-count Pennsylvania he came to High Point 22 years ago and served the city as health officer for 10 years. He is survived by his widow one son Sgt John Huff of the U S Army one step daughter Alice Overman and one brother W C Huff of Pittsburgh. Body remains at the funeral home pending arrangements.
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John Huff
Oriando Street
Huff
Alice Overman
High
W. C
Pittsburgh
Eastern Airlines Donate $500 to Chest Fund
Eastern Airlines contributed $500 to the High Point War Chest fund. Arthur Neve announced the donation as a substantial boost to the Community Chest drive, helping High Point's campaign cross the $120,000 mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Airlines
High Point United War Chest Fund
Arthur Neve
Community Chest Airlines
High Point
Joe Fambrough Faces Repeated Mattress Fires
Joe Fambrough 40 a Carolina Upholstery employee is charged with damaging Mrs. M. T. Coulianos property by sleeping with a lit cigarette and setting a mattress on fire. He is free on 300 bond. A similar Sheraton hotel fire case was dismissed after damages paid. The case was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Fambrough
Carolina Upholstry Company
Fambrough
M. T. Coulianos
Oakwood Court
Sheraton Hotel
D. C. MacRae
Ecker
MacRae
Fireman Faces Drunk Charge In Local Court
Fire Department Lt. E. E. Pegram of station two was arrested for drunkenness late yesterday and his case was continued until Wednesday by Judge D. C. MacRae. Fire Chief E. K. Ingrams said disposition would be made despite Pegram not being on duty and that he did not report for work this morning. Pegram may have left town to seek another job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
E. E. Pegram
D. C. MacRae
E. K. Ingrams
Pegram
Ingram
Col Strickland Returns To City On Army Leave
Col Sam Strickland city engineer on 15 day leave arrives with family at 532 Parkway. He has served since Sept 16 1940 in the local national guard unit. His service included Fort Moultrie South Carolina six months Fort Screven Georgia a year and Trinidad 17 months. He completed the military government course begun Sept 5 1943 and awaits next assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Strickland
City Engin
Strickland
National Guard
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Fort Screven
Trinidad
School of Military Government
Parkway
Meeting Of Judge Clerk And Chief Postponed
A postponed meeting between Judge D C Mac Rae Police Chief W G Friddle and Count Clerk M W Nash will reconvene tomorrow at 11 00. They will review police capias files to weed out dead capiases from settled cases amid a heavy criminal court docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
W. G. Friddle
M. W. Nash
Fellows Craft Club Schedule Invites Members and Visitors
The notice lists two upcoming meetings on Tuesday November 30 and Thursday November 11 at 7 30 P M inviting members and visitors to attend both sessions at unspecified location.
G T Wood Sr Dies After Illness At Home
G T Wood Sr 69 a well known city mercantile and furniture dealer died at 206 Boulevard Sunday night after about two months illness. He was born in Wilson Feb 8 1874 and had a long business career in High Point including Heritage Furniture Inc and George T Wood & Sons. Survived by widow Bessie Sherrill four sons a daughter two sisters and ten grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with burial in Oakwood Memorial Park.
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Wood, Sr
Boulevard
Mr. Wood
Wilson
Franklin H. Wood
Elizabeth Pearce Wood
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Duke University
Randolph County
Wood
Ellis & Stone
Durham
High Point
Newlin & Brooks
George T. Wood & Sons
West Broad Street
Heritage Furniture, Inc
Barnes Furniture Co
Laurinburg
Methodist Church
Trinity
Wesley Memorial Church
Peacock Bible
Stewards
Bessie Sherrill
George T. Wood, Jr
United States Army Evacuation Hospital
Italy
Carl S
Frank H
Elliott S. Wood
E. K. Lyon
W. F. Ellis
Salisbury
R. K. Stewart
City
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. L. Sherrill
Murder Inc Man May Get Commutation
Attorney General Francis Biddle told Governor Dewey Roosevelt would ask to commute Louis Lepke Buchalter’s federal narcotics sentence once New York State signals readiness to carry out his death sentence. Biddle criticized Dewey for public statements implying opposition from the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Biddle
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
New York State
Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Dewey
Biddle
Justice Department
Louis Buchalter
State of
New York
Thomas Hughes
Kings County
William Grant Commended By Navy Chief
William Robert Grant, gunner's mate 3/C, son of William J. Grant, 514 East Lexington Avenue, Navy commendation for valor aboard an American merchantman during a war zone convoy. He led and educated crew, delivering steady ordnance work amid submarine and air attacks, including four Heinkel 111k bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Washington, D.C
William Robert Grant
William James Grant
Lexington Avenue
Grant
Navy
Ourself
Mrs. Dollie Elizabeth Long Dies After Illness
Dollie Elizabeth Long of 132 West Lexington avenue died Sunday morning in a local hospital after several days ill. Born in Alabama she had lived here 43 years. Her husband John H. Long died in 1929. Survived by three sons W. G. Long Cleveland Ohio W. E. Long Greensboro and W. E. Long High Point. Funeral arrangements pending with services likely Wednesday at Lebanon Methodist Church and interment at Lebanon cemetery. Body at Sechrest Funeral Home.
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Dollie Elizabeth Long
West
Lexington Avenue
On Long
Alabama
John H. Long
Lebanon Methodist Church
W. G. Long
Cleveland
Ohio
W. E. Long
Greensboro
High Point
Lebanon Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Fifth Army advances in Italy with heavy fighting and air strikes
Allied operations on the Fifth Army front focused on patrols and heavy artillery duels as British and American forces secured bridgeheads near Archi and Castel Frontano. Air power struck Dogna rail viaduct and tunnels, while Dubrovnik to Zara ports faced American bombing amid ongoing German counterattacks and tank assaults.
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Venafro
Fifth Army
Alps
Italy
Dogna
Trieste
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Eighth Army
Sangre
Archi
Castel Frontano
Montgomery
Iunisia
Rome
Tactical
Dubrovnik
Sibenik
Zara
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
French Riviera
Germany
Brenner Pass
Paper dolls return as war time toy in place of trains
Central Press reports Chicago toy trade pivots to wood and paper models as metal and electric trains dwindle due to material shortages. Makers launch limited run paper dolls and military themed figures while shortages push parents to patch and reuse toys, ensuring a wartime Christmas for children.
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Lucia Perrigo
Santa Claus
Little America
Toy and Game Group
John C. Goodall
The
Mart
Santa
Gingham and the
Commission Asked To Explain Rate Intent
Senator Stewart requests the Interstate Commerce Commission clarify his view that the 1940 transportation act establishes a policy of interregional rate uniformity. He seeks to participate in the southern governors class rate case to remove interregional freight rate discrimination and promote equal rail rates nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stewart
D-Tenn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hitler vows Nazi victory in speech to officers
Berlin radio quoted Adolf Hitler telling 2,000 young officers that the nation that loses this war will cease to exist and that only one ideology can win. The broadcast offered no explanation for the delay in releasing the address.
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Hitler
London
Berlin
Germans Fight Italians Near Lake Maggiore and Florence
A Stockholm newspaper dispatch reports German airborne troops and dive bombers battering Italians resisting Nazism in northern Italy. The battle near Lake Maggiore is described as raging with hundreds dying daily in Florence as fighting continues.
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New York
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
Italy
Lake Maggiore
Florence
Abdication Call Grows in Naples Demonstration
In Naples a thousand mourned a republic as crowds demand King Vittorio Emanuele's abdication. Count Sforza urged that Italians must see a monarchy's end to fight Germany, with Croce heckled while proposing a regency and republican cheers dominating the scene.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Carlo Sforza
Leros
Sforza
Germany
Christian Democrats
United Front
Benedetto Croce
Italy
Croce
Republica
House of Savoy
Thirteen Army Nurses Missing
Allied Headquarters reports thirteen United States army nurses missing since November 8 after their transport plane diverted in bad weather while flying from Africa to Italy. The last contact was over the Adriatic. they were attached to an air evacuation unit and next of kin have been notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Algiers
United States Army
Africa
Italy
Adriatic
Paul Scores Bill Washington Navy
Treasury general counsel Randolph Paul testified before the Senate finance committee charging the House tax bill creates excessive complexity for little revenue. He criticized the House formula to integrate the 3 percent victory tax with the regular income levy as burdensome while Morgenthau urged 10.5 billion dollars in additional revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Washington
Navy
Randolph Paul
Treasury General Counsel
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Negro Bound Over on Manslaughter Count
Judge D C MacRae found probable cause in manslaughter charges against Sam Claude Thompson of 714 Fairview street. Thompson, driving a truck, allegedly struck and killed G T Bennett, a former resident of 410 Willowbrook street, on November 14 while Bennett changed a tire. South Main street posted a $2,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
Sam Claude “Thompson
Fairview Street
Thompson
G. T. Bennett
Willowbrook Street
South Main Street
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Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Prand
Parker - Brown
Oak Street
Jevelers
S. Main
Garner
Agency
Col. Strickland
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A. M
T. Tucker
Round the
Sicily
Solomons
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
G. T. Wood, Sr
George T. Wood, SR
Moses Pemberton
Winston Salem
William Grant
Saint Nicholas
Chip's Merchandise Mart
Teey Gurey
Joy Stocking
Chicago
Patti Hughes
Joy
Vittorio
Penetro
Nat Walker
Walgreen
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Chelivery Comvant
West Brond Street
New England Mutual
Continental
Washington, D. C
State Life of
Indianapolis
Ind
L. F. Ferree
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Boston
First Chartered Mutual Life Insurance Company
America
East Commerce St
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