Navy cuts pilot washouts with 100 secret questions
Navy fighter pilot training improved as a set of 100 biographical questions cut washouts by 20 to 30 percent. The questions, drawn from beliefs of officers and experts, probe lives and emotions while being kept secret in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Howard W. Blakeslee
Cincinnati
Bny
Aero Medical Association of
United States
John W. Jenkins
Washington
Jenkins
Fort Sheridan Squirrel Visitor Goes Missing From Ward
Pvt. George S. Labounty of Bridgeport Conn plans to take his pet squirrel Zoot Suit, a friendly visitor at Fort Sheridan Ward 1 hospital, to an unannounced destination, leaving patients and staff surprised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Fort Hospital
George S. Labounty
Bridgeport
Notice by Publication in High Point Municipal Court
Publication informs defendants Walter Folger Mary Finn and others of a foreclosure and real estate action in High Point Municipal Court Guilford County North Carolina. It states appearance and pleading deadlines and describes the property on Grimes Street subject to street assessments and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porth Carolina
Guilford County
City OF
High Point
City OF High Point & Municipal Corporation
Geant High Point Realty Inv. Co
Nency UH
Clinard
Maros. Folger
Walter ¢ Folger
Imard
W.limerd, Jr
Walter €. Folger
Mary A Finn
Husbend Hof Fitna, Jr
Dorth Cerctinag
Caid Acton & & Force
W. Chinard Beatie
C Aid
Dave
Florench Wallen
North Carolina
Jerry OF
Plaintifp
Notice of Commissioner Sale in High Point
Public auction for land in High Point North Carolina will occur at 11:00 AM on November 20 1943 at the front door of City Hall. The parcel sits on South Main Street with a described metes and bounds. Sold to the highest bidder for cash, subject to street assessments and all city and county taxes not included in the judgment. Signed by Commissioner Wilson Jr on November 28 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greendeere
Guilford County
Robbins
Alma Robbins
City of
High Point
City Mall
N. Y
Grimes Street
G. A
Detebwr
J. V. Welbon
B. Hayworth
John W. Clinard Jr
Gilbert HM. Clinard
J. W. Clinard
Neunle Clinard
John W. Clinard
Lelia T. Clinard
Gilbert H. Clinard
Mildred @ Clinard
Walter ¢ Bolger
Margaret ¢ Volger
Mary Alan ¢ Finn
Henry I. Flinn, Jr
Ruth Clinard
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Johnson Brothers
Wish Point
Nannie Clinard
John W. Clinard, Jr
Lelia T .Clinard
Gilbert E Oeet Te Clinard
Walter
N. C
South Maintreet
Main St
Birth
Rufus King Best
Smith’s Me
Metobey
Wilson
Mary E. Mitchell
BR. E. Mitchell
Mary Mitchell
City of High Point
R. BH. Mitchell
Mary Mitch
Eft
Fligh Point
Smith Street
Snow Park
Peoples Realty Company
Smith and Lee Streets
Netoher
J. ¥. Wilbon, Jr
Navy Day Reflections and Wartime Verse Commentary
W A Bivins notes Navy Day on October 27 with sparse flag display at High Point. He recounts Francis Scott Key writing The Star Spangled Banner after Fort McHenry and shares a soldier poem by Corporal Erwin Leonard. The column also recalls England’s 1940 bombing as H M Tonkesn’s Atlantic Monthly excerpt reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
High Point
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Baltimore
St. Johns College
Annapolis
Frederick City
District of Columbia
Fort McHenry
Adolf Hitler
West Whitman
C. E. Yokely
William Penn High School
Yokely
Erwin Leonard
Curtis Leonard
Kivett Drive
Leonard
OPA Ration Book Woes and Property Foreclosure Sale
Oregon dispatch notes James Mount as district OPA rationing official unable to validate a No 4 ration book with No 3 unvalidated. A separate notice details Commissioner’s sale of Guilford County street assessment land in High Point on November 2 1945 at 11 am for cash at City Hall front door with taxes and assessments to be included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Portland
Ore
James Mount
Mount
Labor Charges Cost Of Living Index Under Review
The cost of living index used for wage and price policy faces critique. Officials say the 25 percent rise since 1939 reflects city averages from 34 urban areas, not individual costs, prompting calls to include black market prices and tax effects. Labor seeks a government panel to reassess methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor
White House
Bureau of Labor Statistic
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Statistics Bureau
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Gilford County
W. A. Bivins
England
Goerings
H. M. Tonknesn
Atlantic Monthly
Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
The
Bureau
Cleveland
America
Fortrow
Alan H. Me
Girl Scout Navial Council
Flynn
Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Shirley Evans Hassan
Asia
Uncle Sam
Red Cross
George Rector
Lpig
Walt
Val
Ark
Wilson & Co
Scient Ae
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