First Soldiers Influx To City Starts Today
High Point welcomes hundreds of troops for a maneuver period. The county building becomes soldiers headquarters with lodgings at the Y M C A and various homes. A dance at the National Guard Armory hosts 300 troops, plus radio broadcasts, hotel lounges, and church welcomes planned. Hospitality fund donations total 196 dollars. Cotton farming statistics noted.
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High Point
National Guard
Moving Picture
Sheraton
Elwood
Biltmore
Elks Club
Moose Hall
Salvation Army
American Legion Auxiliary
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Political Intrigue Colorful Talk On Stalin Religion
Nye criticizes attempt to involve Stalin in church talks as a ploy to offset religious freedom losses in a conference with Churchill. He argues Roosevelt and Churchill avoided mentioning religion in Russia, noting the Communist record remains unchanged and that Americans know it well. Nye cites Roosevelt’s claim Russia’s constitution offers similar freedom of worship.
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Riman
Stalin
Harriman
Churchill
Nye
LE Dowt
Russia
Roosevelt
Berlin's flaven aboard in delay of prisoner exchange
In Newhaven England Oct 4 Mysterious inter government talks stall the first British German prisoner swap delaying the 1500 wounded on two ships in the harbor. A planned exchange for 1500 German wounded and 1500 British wounded is postponed as Red Cross truce to Dieppe is announced. Ships St Julien and Dinard await orders under extinguished harbor lights.
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Flaven
Newhaven
England
London
Isle of Man
Germany
St. Julien
Dinard
International Red Cross
Dieppe
France
Who's Who in Films Prompted by Crantum Crackers
Questions ask which aunt or characters appear in specific titles. Identify characters from Charley’s Aunt Man Hunt Appointment for Love Tom Dick and Harry and Aloma of the South Seas. Answers appear on the Classified Page.
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Charley
Margaret Sullavan
Charles Boyer
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Ginger Rogers
Aloma
South Seas
Jamestown High School to Get Vocational Wing
Guilford County Board of Education authorized architect Joseph J. Sawyer to draw plans for a vocational wing at Jamestown High School at an estimated cost around 310,000 dollars. The vote followed a Jamestown delegation's request to proceed with the project. The board also approved selling the old Mount Hope school property of over three acres, abandoned several years ago.
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Jamestown High School
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Education
Joseph J. Sawyer
Jamestown
Mount Hope
Weather North Carolina Outlook Tonight Through Sunday
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Sunday with possible light showers in the mountains and north central portion. Moderate to strong southwest winds shifting to northeast along the coast, increasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday. Hatteras to Jacksonville expects moderate southwest winds north and variable winds south with fair to partly overcast conditions.
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North Carolina
Block Island
Batteres
yHatteras
Jacksonville
North Portion
Gentile
Sinking of T. C. White Sparks Senate Debate on Neutrality
The 7,052 ton tanker T C White, American owned but under British orders, was sunk while en route from Curacao to Capetown. Survivors were picked up by West Niles and Mormacrey crews near Recife and Rio de Janeiro. Officials debate whether to amend the Neutrality Act to arm merchant ships as a response.
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Curacao
Capetown
South Africa
William Mello
Everett Mass
West Niles
Recife
Brazil
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
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Mormacrey
Rio de Janeiro
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Standard Oil
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Panama
Roosevelt
Axis
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North Atlantic
Britain
White House
Navy
Congress
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Germany
Hemisphere
Woodruff
R-Mich
Privilege licenses due for Greensboro business operators
Greensboro reporters note the State Department of Revenue will issue warrants at month end against all business operators and professionals who lack privilege licenses. License fees were due in June, with a 20 percent penalty now being collected on late payments.
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Greensboro
State Department of Revenue
Revival Services to Open Sunday at Macedonia Church
Revival services begin Sunday at 11 o'clock in the Macedonia Church of The Living God 1105 Lake Street Open to the public Bishop Paul R. Alspaugh of Winston-Salem will preach Special music featured pastor Rev W L Hicks announced Today Also noted milk powder factory in New Zealand converts over 230000 pounds of milk daily during the dairy season
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Macedonia Church of the Living God
Lake Street
Paul R. Alspaugh
Win Ston-Salem
W. L. Hicks
New Zealand
Knox and Briggs Push Fast PWA Funds for Steam Plant
City Manager E M Knox and Board of Power Commissioners chair E L Briggs traveled to Washington to press for immediate PWA loan and grant approval for an $8,000,000 hydro and steam power project. Engineers Murrayland Flood and W C Olsen expected to join, with a plan to file for a certificate of convenience and necessity from the State Utilities Commission once money is assured.
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E. M. Knox
E.L. Briggs
Board of Power Commissioners
Washington
PWA
Henry Flood, Jr
Murrayland Flood,Inc
W. C Olsen
Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Knox
Briggs
Utilities Commission
Olsen
Dodgers Yankees Game Play by Play Fragment
A partial ball game narrative covers innings with Dodgers and Yankees, detailing fielders, outs, hits, and notable plays. Key events include DiMaggio stealing, Camilli arguing over a ball, and Henrich stealing. The text captures defensive plays, runs, and injuries with scattered player actions and umpire interference.
Local Woman Seeks 10000 Damages After Ambulance Crash
Mrs. Ethel Welborn of High Point filed in Municipal Court for 10000 damages citing injuries from an August crash between an ambulance she rode in and a car between High Point and Asheboro. Defendants listed are G R Farlow trading as Farlow Funeral Home and Colon T Redding.
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Ethel Welborn
High Point
Asheboro
G. R. Farlow
Farlow Funeral Home
Colon T. Redding
Welborn
Farlow
Redding
British Raid Strikes Catanzaro Marina in Italy
British planes damaged the Catanzaro Marina railroad station and tracks in daylight bombing south of Italy. Two killed and 12 injured among residents. raid also hit Bengali port in Libya. Fires set in Matruh and Tobruk by German dive-bombers. FDR invited to visit North and South Carolina maneuver area as 400,000 soldiers train.
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Rome
Catanzaro Marina
Italy
High Command
I Lonian Sea
Catanzaro
Bengali
Libya
FDR
Raleigh
Broughton
Roosevelt
North
South Carolina
Dodgers Yankee clash at bases and runs in tense inning
In a packed stadium the Dodgers and Yankees battle through errors and suspenseful at bats. Fitzsimmons leaves injured after a line drive and the Badgers Reiser and Gordon spark a late-inning rally as Camilli and others work the field and bullpen responds.
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Médwick
Russo
Sturm
iHerman
Dodgers
Otven
DiMaggio
Fitzsimmons
Keller
Reese
Rizzuto
FOUTH
Yankees
Rolfe
Henrich
Camilli
Owen
Goetz
Gorton
Herman
Reiser
Gordon
Medwick
Brooklyn
Lavagetto
Pete Coscarart
Kehler
Coscarar
Walker
Ankees
Hugh Casey
Larry Frenely
Fitz
Coscarart
Dickey
Land
Badgers
Durocher
Casey
Lavagello
Hitler Winter Help Speech Reveals German Mindset
The war report surveys Hitler’s speech claiming to answer Germans’ whispered questions about the war. It notes assertions blaming Churchill, Russia, and America, plus boasts of German superiority. Also cited are factory gains with air plant space rising to 30,192,752 square feet and payrolls up to 8,516,768 dollars in August 1941.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Hitler
Churchill
Russia
England
RAF
America
Koontz Seeks Imposed Sentence After Davis Case
Greensboro prosecutors maintain that the May 1 offenses linked to Frank Davis occurred before the High Point suspension of road sentences. Judge MacRae may hear arguments on imposing the suspended sentence, while Koontz and Prosecutor Jarrell prepare to present full facts. Davis had been convicted in Greensboro and High Point on liquor related charges and appealed, receiving a $300 fine on the Superior Court ruling.
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Greensboro
Frank Davis
Davis
High Point
H. L. Koontz
Koontz
D. C. MacRae
Harriss Jarrell
High Point Court
MacRae
Capias
Greenshoro
E. £. Rives
Rives
Sedgefield
A. Hall Johnston
Hitler says new Russian front development in October front
Soviet communique claims on October 4 that German forces were along the entire front while a Soviet sub was sunk. Red Fleet says marine parachutists disrupted enemy lines near Odessa and joined guerrillas harassing siege forces. German scouts report Russia mobilizing reserves in the south as air raids strike Leningrad and Moscow. A German regiment reportedly destroyed 306 Red Army tanks. A Black Sea troop transport of about 20 000 tons was sunk by the German air force.
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Red Fleet
Black Sea
Odessa
Berlin
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Daily War Bulletin
Leningrad
Moscow
Jail for Farr On Slugs Used In Phone Station
Police arrested Jack Farr at the Piedmont Hotel on charges of using slugged coins in a pay telephone station. A warrant lists false pretense, and about a pound of counterfeit coins was seized from Farr.
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Jack Farr
Piedmont Hotel
Farr
Evangelist Roy T Richardson Set to Close Revival
Evangelist Roy T Richardson will preach Sunday afternoon at o clock and again Sunday at 730 pm at the Gospel Temple on the 1400 block of English Street. The revival has run for some time and will end Sunday night with special music by the Townsend family.
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Roy T." Richardson
English Street
Townsend
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