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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1944
Page
3
A Red Cross member notes the organization’s efforts at railroad terminals to assist travelers. The article mentions immense river traffic with more than 92,000,000 tons of goods passing through the Mississippi in 1942.
City of High Point schedules multiple land sales by public auction for October and November 1944. Mayor Arnold J. Koonce notes bids must meet minimum payments over up to sixty months and reserves right to reject any offer. Parcels include properties in Guilford County with named blocks and plats.
Olivia DeHavilland, American film star touring Pacific army bases, is ill with pneumonia. Army hospital officials said her condition was satisfactory with no complications and noted she was improving.
Volunteers organized shivering relief efforts as Red Cross needlework groups produced 20 afghans for each of the stations, totaling 400 pieces to aid cold shelters.
An advertisement promotes PASTEETH and FASTERTH denture products amid a public auction notice issued by City of High Point authorities. The sale, conducted at the City Mall at 1100 AM on October 12, 1944, features Lot 4 of College Heights in Guilford County NC with cash or staged terms and a bidder rejection right.
Under authority of May 1943, Arnold J. Koonce announces sale of Lot 153 Emerywood Add 4 in High Point Township Guilford County NC at 11:00 A M October 3 1944. Cash or terms 20 percent down. Bid opening given by local official on October 10 1944.
The city of High Point North Carolina announces a sealed bid public sale of property described by metes and bounds in Point Township at 11 00 A M October 30 1944. Terms require not less than 20 down with cash balance at interest and sale conducted by Arnold J Koonce mayor.
Under authority dated May 1943 the undersigned will not less than 20 and the balance by October 30 1944 in High Point Township Guilford County North Carolina. Describes Lot 4 of the Sherrod Park Plaza as recorded in Book 7 page 107. Arnold J. Koonce Mayor.
The notice sets an 11:00 AM sale on October 30, 1944 in High Point NC for lot 6 block F Brentwood, as recorded in book 6 page 49. The surface includes the property description and is signed by Arnold J. Koonce, Mayor.
The notice states a bid for property comprising lots 6 and 7 of the G. F. Wilson Plat, as recorded in the office of N. C. book 7 page 108. The balance payments required are not less than 20 percent, with Arnold J. Koonce serving as mayor.
Paris opens the first of a series of trials as France moves to try more than 100 000 people accused of collaboration with the Germans during the occupation. The initial defendant, George Suarez, a veteran Paris journalist, is said to have been paid 15000 dollars monthly for his services.
The notice states Arnold J. Koonce, mayor, will sell property in High Point Guilford County at City Hall on specified date and time. The parcel is in Willoughby Terrace, Block L, with bidding requiring at least 20 cents down and balance over 60 months.
Public auction notices issued by High Point City Council and mayor Arnold J. Koonce describe sales of land in Emerywood Add and Willenbar Terrace Plaza. Prospectus lists minimum twenty cents down, balance in installments, auction at 11:00 A M on specified dates in October 1944 and November 1944 in Guilford County North Carolina.
ANCON Panama Canal vital to Allies in global war. The piece highlights wartime use of the canal for moving ships troops and supplies and notes the strain on the canal workforce from December 1941 to the present. It details repair ports at Cristobal and Balboa and the heavy expansion of operations to meet rush ship repair needs while crews work extended hours.
New York Navy electrician's mate Robert Pearson became the millionth service member to visit the National Catholic Community Service Center and received a $150 cash award from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The mayor noted it was tough for an army man to give something to a sailor. Pearson smiled at the moment.
Henry V Koonts vice president of the state association speaks at the 23rd annual gathering in Raleigh with other speakers including Paul Kelly Josiah Crudup Ward Wright C J Burns and during the session the day notes a historical tax on hat and cane owners in North Carolina.
Logan Clendening explains the evolution from hand cupping to electric hearing aids. He notes bone and air conduction, the amplifier role, and the social stigma of wearing aids, urging openness to improve communication and reduce embarrassment.
Morris Chaitowitz choked on an apple core July 15 causing coughing wheeze and weight loss. A doctor removed the core from his lung using a bronchoscope and he recovered within 24 hours. The report notes the zircon is the heaviest of rem stones.
The statement explains that normal urine is always acidic, with alkalinity occurring only after meals high in alkalis. It suggests acidity is typical and not inherently dangerous, though it lacks further detail on specific conditions or risks.
In Portland workers found a Detroit News issue from August 7, 1907 on the back of a mirror. A Detroit woman, Lucy S. Noodle, after return from the Far East, warned that only a destructive war could curb Japan and that they would “hold their heads high” until then.
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