Toys Shortage Forecast as Christmas Demand Grows
Toy industry officials warn stockouts may extend into mid December with inventories at about half of normal. Trade groups cite war births boosting child population while metals and textiles tighten. Some dolls, sleds, and higher priced items will be scarce. wood and basic games remain more available.
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Hudson Phillips
New York
Nta
Toy Manufacturers of
James L. Frn
War Proton Board
Iris
Death notices honor Dan Grey prominent High Point figure
Daniel Webster Grey known as Dan of High Point died Sunday October 24 1943 at 1211 Crawford St. He drove a dray long served at St. Mark Methodist Church and Sunday School and later worked for H P T and D Railroad. Survived by son Dewey W Grey Philadelphia PA. funeral Thursday at St. Mark Methodist Church led by Rev J E Melton.
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Daniel Webster Grey
Dan
Crawford Street
George
Martha Hayes Grey
High Nt
H. P. T. and D. Railroad Company
Grey
St. Mark Methodist Church
Evie L. Davis
Henry
Carrie Davis
Dewey W. Grey
Philadelphia
J. E. Melton
Calvary Baptist Church
St. Mark's
W. S. McLeod
Carter's Liver Pills Double Action Relief Ad
A vintage drug advertisement promotes Carter's Liver Pills to relieve headache and low spirits by stimulating liver bile flow and cleansing the intestinal tract. It claims a double action, promises better mornings, and sells at 25 cents at druggists.
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Carter
Lescar
Clothes To Be Collected For Greek War Relief
An intense one week collection of clothes and blankets for Greek War Relief will be held in High Point during November. Plans were outlined at a Greek community meeting at Mrs. Nick Krakalakovos home on 419 North Hamilton Street.
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High Point
Nick Krakalakos
Hamilton St
Father Of Five Held As Killer Of Divorcee
Frederick C. Mergner a 45 year old widower and father of five faces a murder charge for the shooting of Charlotte W. Robinson a divorced recreation service employee born Emmi Mallwitz in Germany. She was killed after a quarrel in Washington near the capitol and dumped on a rain soaked street. Police say he confessed and attempted to dispose of the body before officers arrived. The arraignment was postponed due to his condition with the plea to take care of his children.
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Washington
Capitol
Frederick C. Mergner
Charlotte W. Robinson
Emmi Mallwitz
Germany
W. Robinson
Crown Point
Ind
Chicago
Robert J. Barrett
Mergner
Roy
Grace Lucas
Barrett
U. S
Marble shaft honors Waldenesian colonists in Burke county celebration
A marble shaft honoring Waldensian colonists from the Cottian Alps who settled in Burke county in 1893 was erected. An unveiling ceremony highlighted a Go Jubilee celebration marking the migration anniversary.
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Waldese
Cottian Alps
Italy
Burke County
Funeral Rites Planned for Tra F Strickland
Tra F Strickland a Thomasville and High Point man died from burns suffered when the Randleman Chairman Company plant burned. The funeral will be at West End Methodist Church in Thomasville Thursday at four. Interment in Calvary Reformed Church cemetery. The body will be moved from Green Funeral Home to the home of daughter Mrs Hattie Hiatt at 304 Barnwell Street for viewing prior to the service.
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BE. Strickland
Tra F. Strickland
Thomasville
High Point
Randleman Chairman Company
West End Methodist
Calvary Reformed Church
Green Funeral Home
Hattie Hiatt
Barnwell Street
Funeral Rites Set For Mrs Lovelace Of Wilson
Funeral services for Mrs. John P. Lovelace of Wilson, mother of Mrs. Charles F. Tomlinson of this city, will be held Thursday at four o’clock at the Presbyterian Church in Wilson. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson. ANCIENNE LORETTE Que. Oct. 27 47) that some of the 24 persons an RCAF Liberator missing for a week en route from an Eastern Air Base to Montreal might still be alive persisted today after the discovery of wreckage in the LacO area near Cap De La Madeleine. JAP TANKER SUNK CHUNGKING Oct. 27- American Mitchell bombers sank a 150-foot Japanese tanker off the West coast of Hainan island Monday, a communique of the 4th U. S. Air Force said today. The bombers also blasted a 250-foot freighter in the same area, leaving it sinking at the stern and listing badly.
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John P. Lovelace
Wilson
Charles F. Tomlinson
Presbyterian Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Ancienne Lorette
Montreal
Laco
Cap de la Madeeine
Chungking
Hainan Island
U. S. Air Force
Famine Death Toll Reported At One Hundred Thousand Weekly
K Santhanam a former central legislative member and Indian journalist told Hindustan Times that about 100000 people die weekly from starvation in Bengal. He warned the number would rise each week through December as famine worsens.
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New Delhi
Bengal
K. Santhanam
Central Legislative Assembly
Hindustani Times Today
Cadet Wayne Lonergan Tracked For New York Murder Probe
Police await the arrival of Royal Canadian Air Force cadet Wayne Lonergan in New York to provide information in the murder case of a 22 year old Pa woman. Lonergan was transported from Buffalo after waiving extradition in Toronto and appeared before a U S immigration board at Fort Erie before traveling to New York with Detective Loehr.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lonergan
Buffalo
N. Y
Black Rock
John Loehr
Toronto
Fort Erie
Ont
Customs House
U. S. Immigration Department
Loehr
New York Central
Health Today readers discuss pernie and hay fever relief
In a village chat, Martha and Mrs. Quackenbos discuss winter skin trouble called pernie linked to frost bite. The piece explains heat, vaseline, and home methods plus when x rays or professional care are needed for widespread cases.
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Pernie
Men and Women in Services in Hospital Sicily and U S
Pvt William C Craven son of Mr and Mrs O A Craven 526 Centennial Ave this city is in a hospital somewhere in Sicily wounded on duty and hospitalized in July Infantry paratrooper Bill recently sent his father 650 to invest in War Bonds Lieut Hobart G Ferree back in the U S for pilot training after seven months in North Africa He is at the San Antonio aviation cadet center and James S Ellis Naval Aviation Cadet has reported to pre flight school at Athens Ga for three months training in advanced ground school subjects He is the son of C H Ellis Sr of 116 Brentley Circle
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William C. Craven
O. A. Craven
Centennial Avenue
Sicily
Bill
Lieut
Ferrer
U. S
Hobart G. Ferree
North Africa
San Antonio
Naval Aviation
James S. Ellis
U. S. Navy
Athens
C. H. Ellis, Sr
Brentley Circle
Local officer named as group chaplain at Ephrata Army Air Base
First Lieut. Lee R. Spencer formerly of 1410 King Street has been assigned as group chaplain of the Ephrata Army Air Base in Washington. He is married to Dolores Smoak, now living in High Point with their two sons.
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Lee R. Spencer
1410
King Street
Ephrata Army Air Base
Washington
Dolores Smoak
High Point
Four High Point Girls Accepted for SPARS Training Abroad
The four High Point girls Helen Eurelia Edwards Bonnie Rae Lanier Golda Clemence Mickey and Frances Irene Mitchell were accepted for SPARS training and have left for Palm Beach Florida for the program.
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High Point
SPARS
Palm Beach
Fila
Helen Eurelia Edwards
Bonnie Rae Lanier
Golda Clemence Mickey
Frances Irene Mitchell
Moffitt on Leave From Panama Duty
E Moffitt spent the past weekend with his parents on the Asheboro road. He has been stationed in Panama Canal Zone with the armed forces for several months.
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Moffitt
Colon
E. Moffitt
C. E. Moffitt
Asheboro Road
Panama
Canal Zone
War talk and public patience in a wartime editorial
The column urges office holders to learn from the public and acknowledges wartime realities. It laments Senators touring the country and throwing rocks at the Administration while the War Department shows more knowledge about fighting fronts. It suggests continued learning by elected officials as progress.
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Loudmoths
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