Traffic deaths double battle losses in war years
National Safety Council reports 46 000 traffic deaths and 21 940 combat deaths since Pearl Harbor. Government injuries total 65 170 wounded and missing, with 110 000 permanently injured. council urges caution to curb losses. September 1943 saw 2 170 traffic deaths, six percent below September 1942. Rural deaths fell 33 percent first nine months 1943. 82 of 377 cities had perfect records.
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
National Safety Council
Ned H.thorn
Council
Nee
R. I
Medford
Mass
Russell addresses Greensboro Negro Business League meeting
L R Russell president of Greensboro Negro Business League spoke at the Business Men's Civic Club noting the league’s start in 1937 and its growth. He urged affiliation with the National Negro Business League and highlighted local civic concerns like fire alarm boxes in Negro sections. Divorces filed in High Point Municipal Court included Roscoe Burchfield against Aleene Burchfield and Marian Mullis against William Mullis.
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L. AB. Russel
L. R. Russell
Greensboro
Negro Business League
Business Men's Civic Club
Herman Nelson
Underhill Street
Russell
National N Business League
E. Simmons
C. W. Robinson
High Point Municipal Court
Roscoe Thomas Burchfield
Aleene Wilson Burchfield
Marian E. Mullis
William V. Mullis
Labor Gives Big Punch To Living Index
Labor leaders press Roosevelt for changes to the cost of living index as they seek higher wages. A college committee urged broader, regionally adjusted measures while praising the index for tracking unit prices for moderate income families in large cities. Suggestions include regional indexes, smaller city indexes, and area-specific measures, with funding implications for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
War Labor Board
WLB
Ies
National Statistical Association
Birmingham
Ala
Lowell
Lawrence
Mass
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Congress
19 Listed Delinquent by Board Four
Draft board four reports that 19 registrants are delinquent and must report by Monday November 1 or be placed in 1 A for immediate induction. Addresses unknown. district attorney and federal authorities will locate them. Names include Elmer Burt, Joseph Henry Sawyer, Paul Moore Burgess, and others.
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Draft Board Four
Elmer Burt Joseph Henry Sawyer
Paul Moore Burgess
Will McCure
Walter White
Samuel Titus Whitworth
Mrs Flossie Brown Fails To Appear In Court
Mrs Flossie Trogden Brown of 1401 E Lexington Avenue did not show for High Point Municipal Court on an assault charge against Mrs J A Mizell. Indicted June 9 she requested a jury trial but waived it. originally slated for October 22 the trial was continued to today.
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Flossie Brown
Flossie Trogden Brown
E. Lexington Avenue
High Point
J. A. Mizell
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