Fortress Raid On Bremen Leads Allied Bombing Campaign
RAF Mosquito bombers hit unspecified targets in Western Germany while U S Flying Fortresses and RAF bombers pounded Bremen for a second time in four days. American Marauders and RAF Typhoons attacked Belgium airfields. British Mosquitos hit a Northwest Germany railway center. Allied losses totaled 13 heavy bombers and 18 fighters with 45 enemy aircraft destroyed. crews faced extreme icing in the 800 mile Bremen mission. Captain Rodney E Snow of James town NC led the Fortress Holy Terror crew amid a large escort of P 47s and P 38s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Air Ministry
France
Holland
U. S
Bremen
Belgium
Jea
Rodney FE. Snow
Jamestown
N. C
Holy Terror
Funeral Rites for John D. Jarrett Child
Funeral services were held at the Jarrett home on Mangum Avenue for two year old John D. Jarrett son of Mr. and Mrs E D Jarrett who died Saturday morning The ceremony at 2 30 was led by Rev Julian S Hopkins pastor of Green Street Baptist Church Music was provided by Harry O Webster Pallbearers were Fred Carpenter Quentin Royal W H Royal and Paul Wagner Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Jarrett
John D. Jarrett
E. D. Jarrett
Mangum Avenue
Julian S. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
Harry O. Webster
Fred Carpenter
Quentin Royal
W. H. Royal
Wagner
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral services for George T. Wood Sr
George T. Wood Sr died at home at 206 Boulevard Sunday night at 9 38. services were held at the home at 2 30 conducted by Dr C Excelle Rozzelle and Rev W L Sherrill. Burial in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wood
Boulevard
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. L. Sherrill
Lincolnton
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Cap John Huff Health Officer Dies in Local Hospital
Funeral services for Captain John Huff city health officer of 1109 Orlando Street who died in a local hospital will be held Sunday or Monday pending the arrival of the Sgt John Huff from the West Coast. The body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home with interment in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hupf
John Huff
Orlando Street
West Coast
Sechrest
Concord
Funeral services for Mrs. Deilie Long at Meadow Street home
The 75 year old widow of John H Long will be cared for at 317 Meadow Street. Rev O L Easter of Lebanon Methodist church will conduct the service Wednesday at 3 00 PM with burial in Lebanon cemetery. The body will be moved to the Bain home this afternoon at 4 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollie
Deilieth Long
John H
A. M. Bain
Meadow Street
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Methodist Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Rose Marlowe Returns on Gripsholm from the Far East
Miss Rose Marlowe sister of Tom A. Marlowe of High Point will arrive with other refugees on the Gripsholm expected in New York this week. She was a missionary in China and has been out of contact for more than a year. She returns as an exchange national after arrangements with Japan. Mr and Mrs Marlowe left for New York to welcome her and plan to return to High Point by December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Marlowe
Tom A. Marlowe
High Point
Far East
Criminal Term Opens December 7 With Heavy Docket
The municipal jury court will begin its criminal term on Tuesday December 7 and will likely run most of the week due to an unusually heavy docket, court officers say.
Piedmont Magicians Amaze Schoolchildren With Tricks
The Piedmont Society of Magicians performed at the senior high before over 600 students. Participants included R. E. Betts, Coke Cecil, Allman, Maxwell, and Beam. The baffling feats drew praise and left students pondering what they did not know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Society of Magicians
R. E. Betts
Coke Cecil
Allman
Maxwell
Beam
1944 Student Meeting Of Methodists To Be Here
The North Carolina Methodist student conference will hold its 1944 session in High Point at First Methodist church on February 11 to 13. About 250 students from state colleges will attend with Dr. W A Smart of Emory University as featured speaker. Rev Carl H King of Salisbury is dean, with Miss Helen Prince of Greensboro College as state ident. Wesley Memorial and High Point church assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Methodist
High Point
First Methodist Church
W. A. Smart
Emory University
C. Excelle Rozzelle
West Memorial Church
Ilson O. Weldon
Carl H. King
Calisbury
Louise Panigot
Wesley Foundation
Woman's College
Greensboro
Mary Molling Kirkman
Mildred Whitener
Myrtle Davis
Percy Payne
Wilson
Salisbury
Helen Prince
Soldier Looks For Mother In High Point
Pfc. William O'Neal of Camp Hale Colorado seeks his mother formerly of Burlington. He last saw her in July in Burlington. she has since remarried and moved to High Point as Mrs. McKane. He does not know her initials. contact 3700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O'Neal
Camp Hale
Colo
Burlington
Ae Point
Coggins Returns to Parris Island After Home Visit
Corporal James Rayford Coggins, stationed with the United States Marine Corps, returned to Parris Island after spending the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wade Coggins at 4 Flint Street. He has been in service since March 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rayford Coggins
Parris Island
Hates Corps
Add
Wade Coggins
Flint Street
Cpl. Coggins
Hour-Long Fire Damages Garage At 223 Edgedale
A fire at 223 Edgedale Drive damaged a garage at the home of Mrs. M. P. Vail. Fire Chief E. K. Ingram said the end of the garage was saved and a car, then an old truck in the yard, were protected with minor damage. The blaze began about six o'clock and the cause was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Vail
Edgedale Drive
E. K. Ingram
Ingram
In And Out And Back For Negro Plea Delayed
Negro man 42 year old from 408 Leonard street faced a plea on prohibition charges in municipal court yesterday. Due to a heavy docket the case was postponed until Wednesday as Young was back in jail after arrest for drunken and disorderly conduct during court recess. Judge MacRae noted the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleaze Young
Leonard Street
Young
T. W. Sprinkle
Sprinkle
D. C. MacRae
Pegram Resigns to Enlist in U S Navy
Fire Lt. E E Pegram resigns from the High Point Fire Department to join the U S Navy after passing a physical in Charlotte. He will report to Raleigh for induction Thursday. Pegram’s wife serves as a sergeant in the WAC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegram
Fire Department
U. S. Navy
E. E. Pegram
High Point Fire Department
E. K. Ingram
Charlotte
Raleigh
WAC
Elimination of capias warrants under way in municipal court
Judge D C MacRae and officials M W Nash W G Friddle and James Teague trimmed about one fifth of a 300 plus capias warrant list in a lengthy elimination process. Many warrants are for traffic offenses and out of town defendants. some bonds amount to about 8000 dollars remain. Some defendants are in the armed services or dead, making locate and forfeit actions likely. Te-file-y will discard about 250 capiases lacking patent warrants after final court docket checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muniee Court
D. CcRae
Rega
MacRae
Armed Services
North Carolina
Bivins Delivers Wilson Talk Before U D C Members
W A Bivins of The Range staff addressed the High Point Chapter of the U D C, presenting Woodrow Wilson as a symbol of democracy in the South. He traced Wilson from Staunton Virginia born December 1856 to his death in 1924, covering his education, fourteen points, Versailles success and Senate treaty defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
W. A. Bivins
Bran
Lindsay Street
Bivins
Bruce Carraway
L. R. Terry
Wilson
United States
Staunton
Versailles
Senate
Princeton University
University of Virginia
Princeton
New Jersey
Fayetteville
Edith Moore Sherrod
J. H. Tate
Civitan Club Plays Double Or Nothing At Regular Meet
Civitan members at the Sheraton hotel played double or nothing patterned after the radio program. Mace Haworth presided as host while questions spanned many subjects. Winners collected pennies donated to a charity bank. guests included Lt. Col. Sam Strickland recounting Trinidad experiences, Jesse Catling of Roanoke Virginia, and Leonard Romback of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Mace Haworth
Sam Strickland
Trinidad
Jesse Catling
Roanoke
Leonard Romback
Pittsburgh
St. Mary's Vestrymen Elected At Meeting
The annual parish meeting of St. Marys Episcopal Church elected vestrymen L. R. Stewart C. E. Diffendal Jr Dr O B Bonner and Victor Dallas after reports by the rector Rev. Howard Hartsell and church committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.'s Episcopal Church
Howard Hartsell
L. R. Stewart
C. E. Diffendal, Jr
O .B. Bonner
Victor Dallas
Nazis Use Women as War Time Abuses Across Occupied Europe
The Inter Allied Information Committee cites a 20 page booklet accusing German forces of brutal acts against women in occupied regions. It says Polish, Luxembourg, Greek and Chinese women faced forced prostitution, starvation driven seduction, and public degradation by Nazi and Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Inter-Allied Information Committee
Luxembourg
Gauleiter
Gustav Simon
Germany
Fuehrer
Netherlands
Bien Sommes
Greece
Piraeus
China
Hydrogen Tank Blast Injures War Workers in Manhattan Plant
A leaking hydrogen tank exploded on a loading platform at Western Electric in lower Manhattan injuring about 30 workers, six of them critically. The blast shook Greenwich Village and was felt up to ten miles away in New Jersey as fire crews controlled a platform fire after evacuation of roughly 1,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Electric Company
Lower Manhattan
Greenwich Village
New Jersey
New York City
St. Vincent's
French
First U S Navy Overhaul with A B C D Fleet in 1883
In 1883 Congress authorized the A B C D Fleet comprising the cruiser Atlanta Boston Chicago and Dolphin marking the first major overhaul of the United States Navy with named ships and a new strategic approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Olphin
Casual Comment By W. A. Bivins Reflects On George Wood Sr
A prose piece sketches George T. Wood Sr as a kindly, spiritful city figure who loved simplicity, church life, and orderly progress. It notes his monthly poem feature and his kindness to furniture dealers while mourning his passing and praising his upright character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wood
Mr. Wood
George T. Wood, Jr
Good Samaritan Smith to be repaid for wounded soldier aid
Congress and the President approved repayment to Harry L. Smith of Manteo North Carolina for losses after he sped a wounded soldier to a hospital during an accidental shooting near Nags Head on February 2 1942. He drove at high speed and burned out his car repairing the damage at a cost of 236.06 dollars. President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manteo
N. C
Elizabeth City
Roosevelt
Scream Stops Purse Snatching Near Oakwood Court
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes screamed in Oakwood Court apartments yesterday, causing a lanky Negro purse snatcher to drop the pocketbook and flee before taking anything, according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hughes
Oakwood Court Apartments
Funny books stolen from Hoffman Drug store
Police report notes recurring thefts of funny books from in front of Joe Hoffman’s drug store. The supplier delivers early each morning and the thefts occur before the store opens every Tuesday and Friday, removing several comics from the displayed piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Joe Hoffman
Marines Form Bagpipe Band in Londonderry Ireland
United States Marines establish a bagpipe band in Londonderry Ireland featuring pipes bugles and drums highlighting a ceremonial music unit abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marines
Londonderry
Ireland
Furniture Makers Face Shrinking Margins Amid War Time Strains
War time costs squeeze margins for furniture manufacturers as ceilings, materials, and labor costs rise. October 1943 shipments fell while orders and payrolls fluctuated. unfilled orders remained higher than a year earlier. Plant activity neared 74 percent of peak 1941 levels, excluding war furniture.
Duke Trinity Alumni Meet Here Tonight
Alumni of Duke University and Trinity College gather in High Point for their first local meeting split into two sections. Speakers include Dr Excelle Rozzelle T C Kirkman T W Sprinkle James E Lyon and Rev Wilson Weldon all alumni and invited High Point football players will view a film of Duke scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
Trinity College
Greensboro
Frank A
Durham Institution
Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Church
T. C. Kirkman
City Public Works
T. W. Sprinkle
James E. Lyon
Wilson O. Weldon
First Methodist Church
Charles L. Kearns
T. V. Celle
Frank A. Ogburn
High Point
Mrs Robichaux Named On WAC Honor Roll
Pauline Robichaux chair man of civilian enlistments for the WAC in High Point is listed on the honor roll announced by the WAC liaison office in Raleigh. New recruits will be called after the year begins. North Carolina contributed the second highest number of WAC into service last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Robichaux
WAC
High Point
Raleigh
North Carolina
Furniture stores close to honor late George Wood
All city furniture stores closed from 2 to 3 pm following a joint meeting of the local furniture dealer association. The action honored George T. Wood Sr whose funeral services were held at 2:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wood, Sr
Furniture Dealer Association
Licenses Revoked For Drunk Driving In Triangle Area
The highway safety division revoked licenses of Wilt Floyd Spoon of High Point and Carl Swink of Thomasville after both were convicted in Thomasville court of driving while intoxicated. Louis IV reportedly spent over 4 million dollars on Versailles royal gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Safety Division
Wilt
Floyd Spoon
High Point
Carl Swink
Thomasville
Louis IV
Royal Gardens
Versailles
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Rodney E. Snow
Capt
Rodney Snow
Hedrick
W. Cecil
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown
Oak Street
Righ Point
Crean Jeweliers
S&s. Main SI
N. Lt
Warner
Agency
Gripsholm
Ue Finance Ode
Nrne
ACT
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Winston-Salem
Methodists
First Church
Mother
Ee Ie
The
Ordnance Automotive School
Edgedale
MacRae, Friddle, Nash and Teague
William Robert Grant
William James Grant
Putnam Street
Knox
Grant
Civitans
St. Mary’s
T. P. Hines
Guilford County Salvage Committee
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Mr. World
Duke-Trinity
Robichaux
Francis Louis Cannon
Boot
Selective Service Board 2
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Army
Tf Board
Boa
Acadia Lodge
A. F
T. Tucker
Nat Walker
Walgreen
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Main and Taylor Sts
ICE Delivery
West Broad Street
Reral
New England Mutual
L. F. Ferree
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of
First Chartered Mutual Life Insurance Company
America
Thomasville Road
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