Weather report notes little temperature change across Carolinas
Harlotte October 17 Official records show minor shifts in temperature across the west and east portions tonight. Readings from major stations list high temperatures ranging from 37 in Tampa to 86 in Jacksonville with varied rainfall, including 1.54 inches in Washington and 0.60 in Savannah.
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Rights Last Night by the Associated Press
In Providence Rhode Island Pepperdine, Archibald 38 and 47 year old Garvey Young from the U S Marine Corps and Georgia Martin competed in a boxing event with scores and placements noted. The outing featured several bouts including Jon Drew and local fighters from Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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Garvey Young
U. S. Rine Corps
Georgia Martin
Jon
Drew
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Wille Pep
Lifeboat Losses Reported After Sinking Mystery Ship
Survivors from the doomed vessel recount chaotic surfacing and raft capsizes as lifeboats topple in heavy seas. Gladys Shiers and her baby survived a ruinous plunge toward St Johns while Leonard Smith and others battled water and cold. Agnes Wilkie and a woman comrade drifted on a raft before losing contact with rescuers.
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At. Tavern
Corge Smothers
Toledo
U., S. Navy
Cook
Woman
Smothy
Gladys Shiers
Ward
St. John's
Newfoundland
Elmer Shiers
Ex- Sion
J. H. Barrett
Calgary
John
Tex Agnes Wilkie
Lashbrook's high speed horse ride saves time
In a curious bid to save time, Sher H. G. Lashbrook rides his horse in back of a pickup from unlisted location to Seche d Pass. He claims the journey totals 590 miles and 17 hours by car, while the horse covers the distance in six hours along the route.
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Seched Pass
Seback
Anne Adams Pattern 4123 for fall and winter wear
Busy months ahead demand a shirtwaist frock and Anne Adams Pattern 4123 fits. Tailored with an inset waistband and a single-button bodice, it offers a feminine collar and wool-like spun rayons. Available in misses and women sizes 14 through 42 with size 16 needing 383 yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern book and order details from The High Point Enterprise.
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High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
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Flood Disaster Continues to Ravage Capital Area
Large portions of the city faced electricity and water outages as floods threatened major areas along the Potomac and Shenandoah. President Roosevelt urged urgent action while crews sandbagged threats and Red Cross shelters filled. Coast guards and volunteers evacuated residents as the river crested, with boats aiding transport and aid workers coordinating relief efforts.
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Fredericksburg
Coast Guard
Washington
Roosevelt
Weather Bureau
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Red Cross
Shenandoah Valley
Rappahannocs
Potomac
Navy
District of Columbia
Virginia
Shenandoah
Washington Civil Air Patrol Squadron
John
Fierce warfare near Stalingrad and Caucasus front
Soviet reports detail heavy combat as Red Army repelled a Nazi infantry push northwest of Stalingrad, demolishing 28 block houses and killing about two Nazi companies. Farther east, in the central front, scouts and snipers claimed about 600 enemy casualties. In the western Caucasus southeast of Novorossisk, German advances cost heavy German losses while X unit repulsed further attacks. Guerrillas behind Axis lines in the north Caucasus killed 300 Germans, derailed an ammo train, blew four bridges, and drained fuel from tanks.
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Aloscow
Western Caucasus
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North Caucasus
War Phase Sees Japan Defend Gains In Pacific
The piece explains a four year or longer war outlook from Tokyo. It argues Japan’s strategy centers on defending spoils already seized rather than seeking new major victories. Guadalcanal may not alter the goal of holding gains, while Tojo touts past defeats as defeats for the U S fleet.
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Singapore
Bataan
Solomons
Japan
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Coral Sea
Midway
House action delayed as McNary blocks vote until absentees return
House leadership delayed major legislation after assurances of a pause. McNary voiced support but said he would oppose a vote until all absentees could return, signaling possible action push into next week. The rules committee set two hours of general debate with limited floor amendments to the draft age section.
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Rules Committee
South Carolinian Jailed In Fatal Shooting Offair
George Willard, rural filling station operator, is jailed in UNTON S C pending inquest into the fatal shooting of his wife Ida Willard and Charles Willard near Whitmire. The victims were found with gunshot wounds from a .32 caliber pistol at the station last night. Willard surrendered but made no statement.
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Chicago market report price and stock notes
Chicago on October 17 reports butter receipts at 525,578 pounds with prices unchanged and nominal firmness. Eggs receipts total 6,527 cases with current receipts 3,412 and rest unchanged.
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Storm toll rises with five deaths and missing victims
E Buell 31 of Bethesda Md swept to death while attempting to pull a stalled auto from a flooded zone. Joseph Lamp a power company lineman electrocuted during flood repairs near Winchester Va. Joseph S Beatr in 63 and his wife Elizabeth 65 of Baltimore were killed in a traffic crash attributed to the storm. Albert Miller of Washington drowned after falling from a waterfront pier. Red Cross headquarters probed reports of additional victims across the area.
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Bethesda
Joseph Lamp
Power Company
Winchester
Joseph S. Beatrin
Elizabeth
Noth
Baltimore
Albert Miller
Washington
Red Cross
Laval Rebels, Dutch Recruits and German Labor Pressure
Reports from Bern say Laval and his collaborationist government in France remain unsettled with a breathing spell until Monday. Germany presses to move 150,000 French workers and 70,000 Dutch hands for German factories, while Dutch barge captains delay coal shipments amid Nazi threats. The Netherlands reports 13 more executions for anti German activities, and Swiss press questions the claimed progress of voluntary enlistment.
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Wartime economy measures and farm wage subsidies debated
Treasury officials discuss lines of agricultural production to support war needs and potential subsidies to farm operators to raise wages. Senators Reed Aiken Pepper oppose or urge scrutiny as Byrnes heads a wartime economic board of eight agencies and six public reps to avoid inflation and aid small businesses. A 73 acre Arkansas diamond field yields a 40 carat prize in the latest find.
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Reed
Aiken
Pepper
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Byrnes
Arkansas
Japanese Beetle Invasion Met With Vigorous Sprays
High Point reports a beetle invasion with shrubs infested in several spots. County Farm Agent J E Wagoner notes a small local infestation treated with arsenate of lead by workers under J B Riley from state and federal agriculture departments. No commercial damage in Guilford County. Sprayers operated briefly Saturday morning. About 32 000 people were killed in home accidents during 1940.
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Heavy Tobacco Sales Hover Near Million-Pound Day
Winston-Salem reports another very heavy leaf tobacco market with about 1.2 million pounds sold and an average near 42.50 per hundred, per Sales Supervisor James T. Booth. Indicates continued heaviness next week as top lots from firms such as G. L. Link, Reynolds & Gordon, Nunn & Chavis, and Gas ton Joyce posted strong prices across multiple lots.
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James T. Booth
G. L. Link
J. F. Crissman
Reynolds & Gordon
Nunn & Chavis
G. Gordon
Gaston Joyce
Warren & R
Hayden & Smith
W.T. Hill
CW. Hobson
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A.W. Pinnix
Randolph Baptist Meet Set at Randolph Next Week
The Randolph Baptist Association will hold a two day session with the First Baptist Church in Randleman on Thursday and Friday next week. Moderator G. H. King and clerk W. F. Cates preside. Numerous pastors and members from Asheboro, Liberty, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Greensboro, Coleridge, Bennett, Ramspeur and other towns participate in the program.
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Randolph Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
G. H. King
W. F. Cates
Association
L. C. Chandler
W. M. Green
Bruce H. Price
Horace Anderson
E. C. Getzman
Asheboro
J. C. Edwards
W. B. Bryant
Liberty
S. G. Snyder
Thomas Ville
Smith Hagaman
Winston- Salem
C. L. Strickland
Greensboro
Kale K. Burgess
M. A. Huggins
Raleigh
J. C. Pearce
R. E.heath
Julia Underwood
Balfour
C. L. Moffitt
Coleridge
J. C. Kidd
Bennett
Irs
Arthur Presnell
Ramsceur
C. F. Laughlin
E. C. Williamson
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J. C. Gatewood
C. L. Smith
Guadalcanal defense and Aleutian bombardment reported
United States forces fought to hold Guadalcanal as Marines seized ten American built 73 millimeter guns from the Japs amid heavy fighting. Navy reported motor torpedo boats shelling Guadalcanal targets and a probable cruiser hit. In the Aleutians, Kiska was bombarded with fires and three seaplanes destroyed while Allied planes from Andreanos base clashed with no enemy air resistance. MacArthur’s New Guinea push edged toward Kokoda as Japanese occupation expanded to northeastern villages.
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Funeral Rites for W. H. Seburn Held in Greensboro
Funeral rites for W. H. Seburn. 58, Greensboro resident, who died Friday morning in Salisbury, will be held at Elm Street Christian Church at four o'clock Sunday. Rev. Donald W. Fein will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Seburn, a Missouri native who had lived in Greensboro 30 years and worked for Marietta Paint and Color Co. in High Point, left Greensboro early and died en route in Salisbury. He leaves a wife, a son Harold Seburn of Durham, a daughter Mrs. Cuba Seeburn Walker of Washington, two grandchildren Charles Walker and Marilyn Moore Seburn Durham, and six brothers and three sisters in Missouri.
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High Point
Curious World Orr Beliefs On Sleep Direction
Ancestors believed sleeping with the head of the bed pointed north aided rest by magnetic currents flowing from the north to the south. The idea appeared in this historical curiosity feature, noting old superstitions about room orientation and body harmony.
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Nine Die As Army Bomber Crashes Near Magdalena Mountain
A four motor Army bomber crashed into a mountain near Magdalena New Mexico killing nine crewmen. Delayed reports from a forest ranger indicated the night accident, with bodies to be transported to Alamogordo Army base for official records.
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