New Hostesses Added For USO Dance At YMCA
Thirty six new hostesses joined the USO Club last night bringing total to 301. Junior and senior volunteers assist as entertainers, desk staff, and committee members. Miss Virginia Frank outlined USO rules and local duties. An orchestra from B T C 10 will play at 8 15 pm. Mrs. Paulette Lindsay will oversee the event with senior hostesses and their husbands invited.
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USO
Virginia Frank
USC
Miss Frank
Crect
An Orchestra
Renue
Paulette Lindsay
Evelyn Boyd
Easen Welborn
Terry
Satee
Possum Lore and Rural Observations in October Uproar
A Raleigh AP piece opens with playful notes on possum hunting seasons across counties, then shifts to nostalgic pieces about possum pens and autumn beauty. It recalls moonlit hunts, tree treed critters, and quirky local habits amid rainy memory.
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Per
Simmons
Neck of the Woods
Associated Press
Raleigh
Camden
Chowan
Currit 'Dare
Gates
Pasquotank
Periquimans
Prize Winners Probe Heart Of Life In U S In American Art Show
The Carnegie Institute exhibit shows 304 American paintings from the last five years. Francis Henry Taylor of the Metropolitan notes American art is growing up as artists focus on domestic scenes and people rather than war canvases. War scenes are scarce amid a nation at war.
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U. S
Carnegie Institute
Francis Henry Taylor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
United States
Thomasville Court Fines Odom Fifty Dollars
In Thomasville Judge Carl Wilson fines Charlie Odom fifty dollars and court costs for drunken driving and bans driving for a year. Walter Kindley has six month license revocation for speeding reckless driving and improper brakes. Wilbern Austin Wilson pays costs and surrenders license for six months. Harris D Kearns, a youth, is bound over for three years on rifle larceny. Wilson L Minton pays ten dollars and costs for assault and fifteen dollars for disorderly conduct.
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Thomasville
Charlie Odom
Doris Street
High Point
Carl Wilson
Odom
Walter Kindley
Lexington
Wilbern Austin Wilson
Kindley
Harris D. Kearns
Tiow
Paul Clodfester
Wilson L. Minton
Winston-Salem
Maggie Brooks Negro Teacher Dies After forty years in High Point
Maggie Brooks a longtime Negro schoolteacher in High Point died Friday at Burrus hospital after forty years in education. She retired in June from Leonard Street School where she taught twenty two years. A Kernersville native and High Point resident, she was educated at local schools and advanced at Winston Salem Teachers College. Funeral Sunday at Provident Baptist Kernersville with tributes from Rev W F Elliott and Professor S Whit ted. burial in Brooks Cemetery. Cars depart Haizlip’s Funeral Home at 1 p m.
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M. Brooks
High Point
Burrus Hospital
Leonard Street
Kernersville
Old
Provident Baptist Church
W. F. Elliott
First Baptist Church of
S. 5. Whitted
Miss Brooks
Brooks Cemetery
Haizlip
W H Parish Dies After Brief Illness
W H Parish 61 died in a local hospital shortly before noon yesterday after a brief illness. He lived along Route One and worked as a carpenter. Survivors include his widow Mrs Delia Hedgecock, a daughter Miss Davie Parrish, and three step-daughters. Funeral services set for Sunday at 3 PM at Sandy Ridge Methodist Church with the pastor officiating. interment in the church cemetery.
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W. H. Parish
Delia Hedgecock
Davie Parrish
Saandy Ridge Methodist Church
Radio Schedule Highlights Busy War Time Lineup
Reading the October broadcast map, the program lists War Time P.M. blocks with news, music, and dance segments. Notable entries include Tommy Tucker Orch, Roy Shield and Company, Three Suns Trio, and the Grand Old Opry among many others, with several football game broadcasts and Navy and Israel messaging interwoven.
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Cope
Allces de Victory
Ore
Nbe
Tommy Tucker
Ebs
War Telescope
London
Roy Shield and Company
Musette Music Box
bin Dancing Music
Cbs
Cbe Tong
Mbs
Three Suns
Ted Fiorito
Chips Davis
Curt Massey and Company
Army Winge
Israel
Quincy Howe
Navy Bulletin
Tform
Elta Fitzgerald
Nbe World News
Lerott Henderson
Gomment
Biu
American Eagle Club
South Hob Hawk
Arthur Hale
Abie
Dailyblu
Che Dancing
Dbs
California
Boston Symphony
Cbe
Chicago
Theater of the Air
Howard Tomiloson
Harry Wismer
Barry Wood
John Gunther
John B. Hughes
Biu Army Service Forces
Hawaii
Ap Eo
Blu
Cbs UN
Exchange Ship Teia Maru Returns with Repatriates
American Canadian and Latin American civilians aboard the Teia Maru are in good health after 21 months in Japanese occupied territory. U.S. consuls report sixteen patients in the ship hospital while most passengers are aged and modestly clothed as Gripsholm expected to arrive soon for further exchanges.
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Normagad
Port India
Gripsholm
U. S
A. R. Preston
Ray L. Thurston
Joseph J. Wagner
Seven Thomasville Officers Earn Gold Merit Badges
Seven Thomasville police officers were awarded gold merit badges by the U S Army Air Forces Wilmington command for 500 hours in air warning service. Recipients include Chief E R Richardson Sergeants Fred Kaney Gilbert Byerly and officers Paul Shore Henry Easley Ottis Koontz and Willie Loflin.
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Thomasville
U. S. Army Air Force
Wilmington
E. R. Richardson
Fred Kaney
Gilbert
Stockings at 5 Cents Draw Shoppers in Auckland Sale
Old stockings full of holes and ladders drew many buyers at an Auckland store as the sale advertised stockings at five cents a pair. Shoppers crowded the shop, attracted by the bargain and novelty of the unusual promotion.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Thomasville War Fund Drive Aims for $10 000
Thomasville sets a week long drive beginning Monday October 25 to raise 10000 for the War Fund. Local leaders including J Walter Lambeth I G Greer and E Clyde Hunt outline goals and urge citizens to work hard buy government bonds and donate to support boys in service and those in need. A Sunday rally is planned and county officials predict the Davidson county quota will be met.
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Thomasville
UN War Fund
City Hall Court Room
E Walter W. Thomasville
Rive
J. Walter Lambeth
I. G. Greer
E. Clyde Hunt
Vidson County
Fundsville
Davidson County
E. Clydeunt
HPC Stamp Drive Surpasses Goal with Week Totals
The HPC stamp drive raised 1432.50 in a week doubling the 8500 goal set by team and college. The Student Government organized the effort as part of wartime support, with each student pledging 50 cents in stamps, and success led to continued stamp sales in the foyer by student government.
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HPC
McDonald Lewis Adds Otis Phillips to Piedmont Team
Investment bankers McDonald Lewis and Company announce Otis D Phillips, now affiliated with Merrill Lynch in the Piedmont region, will represent them in that market.
Los Angeles Divorce Ends After Accusations of Pawned Horn Looting
Marvin J. Hogan a musician sues for divorce claiming his wife Vivian pawned his horn without his knowledge. The dispute centers on alleged looting of his property and the couple reaches a divorce ruling.
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Los Angeles
Marvin J. Hogan
Vivian
Civitans Hear Cherry Urge State Sovereignty in Postwar North Carolina
Gastonia politician R Gregg Cherry told Winston Salem Civitan club the state must regain powers from Washington after the war. He warned against over centralization and urged North Carolina to solve problems locally while preserving state sovereignty and finances.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Civitan Club
Washington
Cherry
Hendley Named New Managing Editor of Greensboro News
Floyd F. Hendley, news editor of The Greensboro Record since 1930, is named managing editor of The Greensboro Daily News and The Greensboro Record. He is a native of Iredell County and UNC educated, previously with The Danville Register in 1924.
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Hendley
Greensboro News
Greensboro
Floyd F. Hendley
Greensboro Record
Greensboro Daily News
T. Hines
Greens- News Company
Iredell County
University of North Carolina
Danville Register
Danville
Selassie Rejects Italy as Co-Belligerent Ally
Emperor Haile Selassie announced from London that Ethiopia, at war with the Axis, would refuse to Italy the status of a co beligerent ally after his restoration to the throne following the 1941 British conquest of Italian East Africa.
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London
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italian East Africa
Italy
Chicago Subways Open for Revenue Operation
Chicago begins first revenue run of its municipally owned subway at 12:01 a m Sunday. Officials tout innovations including fluorescent lighting, color coded station identifications, and automatic train control for safety and efficiency. The 3,500 foot continuous platform and reduced operating noise mark a shift from the older elevated loop plan.
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Chicago
Charles Tyson Yerkes
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Europe
State Street Center
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Carl Cronstedt
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
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Surge
Moors
Park St
City Fuel CO
Nat Walker
Fyel
Walgreen
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Grand
Parker - Brown
Oak Street
S. Main ST
WSJS
Carolina Cavaliers
Esso
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Duke Carolina
Silver
Soldier's Center
the Dixie Ramblers
Million Dollar Band
The
Grand Ole Opry
Morning Melodies
Baptist Hour News of the World
Commando
Mary Manes
Randthaler
Clare
Walte Centenary
W. A. Bivins
Piedmont
Greece
Turkey
Cers
Pittsburgh
Niagara Falls
Arizona Mountains
VU. S
T'villie Court
Maggie Brooks
W.H. Parish
Greensboro Road
Powdertown
Victor MeLagren
Charles Coburn
Marguerite Chapman
Bill Carter
Isobel Elsom
Gargam
T’ville
French Relief Fund
United War Chest Campaign
Civitans
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
West Broad Street
Autoloans AR the Industrial Finance Company
Charles
Dingle
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